the other group. For 2016, the teams in Africa 1 played the teams in the Australian Conference, while the teams in Africa 2 played the teams in the New Zealand Conference. The top team in each of the four conferences automatically qualified to the Quarter Finals. The next top three teams in the Australasian Group and the next top team in the South African group also qualified to the Quarter Finals as wildcards. The conference winners were seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards were seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages. In the Quarter Finals, the conference winners hosted the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners progressed to the Semi-Finals, where the highest seed to reach the Semi-Finals hosted the lowest seed and the second-seeded semi-finalist hosted the third-seeded team. The winners of the Semi-Finals progressed to the Final, at the venue of the highest-seeded team. Standings Matches The fixtures for the 2016 Super Rugby competition were released on 28 September 2015: The following matches were played during the regular season: Finals The four conference winners advanced to the Quarter Finals, where they had home advantage against four wildcard teams, which consisted of the third to fifth-ranked teams in the Australasian Group and the third-ranked team in the South African Group. The final seedings of these teams were: The play-off fixtures were as follows: Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Players Squads The following squads were named for the 2016 Super Rugby season: Player statistics The top ten points scorers during the 2016 Super Rugby season are: Referees The following refereeing panel was appointed by SANZAAR for the 2016 Super Rugby season: Attendances References External links Super Rugby websites: SANZAAR Super Rugby Australia Super Rugby New Zealand Super Rugby SuperXV.com 2016 2016 in Argentine rugby union 2016 in Australian rugby union 2015–16 in Japanese rugby union 2016–17 in Japanese rugby union 2016 in New Zealand rugby union 2016 in South African rugby union 2016 rugby union tournaments for clubs