2007 Adelaide Sevens

2007 Adelaide Sevens
IRB Sevens VIII
Host nation	Australia
Date	7–8 April 2007
Cup
Champions	Fiji
Runners-up	Samoa
Plate
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	South Africa
Bowl
Champions	Wales
Runners-up	Tonga
Shield
Champions	Canada
Runners-up	Japan
Tournament details
Matches played	44
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The 2007 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2007, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2006–07 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over the weekend of the 7th and 8 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.^[1]

It was the first such tournament in Adelaide, and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The competition was won by Fiji who defeated Samoa 21-7 in the Cup final.^[2]

The tournament was the fourth completed edition of the Australian Sevens, with the event returning after a three-year absence following the 2003 Brisbane Sevens.^[3]

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.^[4]

Teams

The participating teams were:^[2]

Argentina  Australia  Canada  England  Fiji  France  Hong Kong  Japan

Kenya  New Zealand  Portugal  South Africa  Samoa  Scotland  Tonga  Wales

Pool Stage

Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.^[2][5]

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  England 3 2 0 1 56 36 7  Fiji 3 2 0 1 67 48 7  Tonga 3 2 0 1 52 41 7  Canada 3 0 0 3 33 83 3

Results Fiji 33 - 7 Canada England 5 - 12 Tonga Fiji 22 - 21 Tonga England 31 - 12 Canada Canada 14 - 19 Tonga Fiji 12 - 20 England

Pool B

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  South Africa 3 3 0 0 93 7 9  Kenya 3 1 0 2 46 60 5  France 3 1 0 2 52 79 5  Japan 3 1 0 2 31 76 5

Results South Africa 15 - 0 Kenya France 12 - 19 Japan South Africa 42 - 0 Japan France 33 - 24 Kenya Kenya 22 - 12 Japan South Africa 36 - 7 France

Pool C

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 124 20 9  Australia 3 2 0 1 74 36 7  Wales 3 1 0 2 49 83 5  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 22 130 3

Results New Zealand 42 - 10 Wales Australia 46 - 0 Hong Kong Australia 24 - 15 Wales New Zealand 61 - 5 Hong Kong Wales 24 - 15 Hong Kong New Zealand 21 - 5 Australia

Pool D

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  Samoa 3 3 0 0 95 17 9  Scotland 3 2 0 1 53 52 7  Argentina 3 1 0 2 45 60 5  Portugal 3 0 0 3 24 88 3

Results Samoa 26 - 10 Scotland Argentina 19 - 17 Portugal Samoa 50 - 0 Portugal Argentina 19 - 24 Scotland Scotland 19 - 7 Portugal Samoa 19 - 7 Argentina

Finals

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.^[2][5]

• 1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 36 - 12 Japan
• 1/4 final Bowl - Argentina 33 - 5 Hong Kong
• 1/4 final Bowl - Wales 24 - 7 Portugal
• 1/4 final Bowl - France 17 - 14 Canada
• 1/4 final Cup - England 12 - 17 Kenya
• 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 22 - 17 Australia
• 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 40 - 14 Scotland
• 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 17 - 22 Fiji
• SF Shield - Japan 29 - 10 Hong Kong
• SF Shield - Portugal 12 - 14 Canada
• SF Bowl - Tonga 17 - 12 Argentina
• SF Bowl - Wales 19 - 14 France
• SF Plate - England 21 - 26 Australia
• SF Plate - Scotland 5 - 42 South Africa
• SF Cup - Kenya 0 - 31 Samoa
• SF Cup - New Zealand 17 - 24 Fiji
• Final Shield - Japan 17 - 43 Canada
• Final Bowl - Tonga 14 - 26 Wales
• Final Plate - Australia 31 - 0 South Africa
• Final Cup - Samoa 7 - 21 Fiji

Round 6 table

Pos.	Country									Overall
1	Fiji	12	12	16	20	24	20			104
2	Samoa	8	4	20	16	30	16			94
3	New Zealand	16	20	12	12	18	12			90
4	South Africa	20	16	12	8	18	6			80
5	England	12	12	8	4	8	4			48
6	France	6	4	6	12	0	0			28
7	Australia	4	2	0	4	8	8			24
8	Scotland	0	0	0	6	8	4			18
9	Kenya	0	0	4	0	0	12			16
10	Wales	0	8	-	-	4	2			14
11	Tonga	-	-	0	2	8	0			10
12	Canada	4	0	4	0	0	0			8
13	Argentina	2	0	2	0	3	0			7
14	Tunisia	0	6	-	-	0	0			6
15	Russia	-	-	-	-	1	-			1
16	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0			0
16	Japan	-	-	-	-	0	0			0
16	Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	0	0			0
16	United States	-	-	-	0	0	-			0
16	South Korea	-	-	-	-	0	-			0
16	Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	0	-			0
16	China	-	-	-	-	0	-			0
16	Italy	-	-	-	-	0				0
16	West Indies	-	-	-	0	-	-			0
16	Chile	-	-	-	0	-	-			0
16	Cook Islands	-	-	0	-	-	-			0
16	Papua New Guinea	-	-	0	-	-	-			0
16	Zimbabwe	0	0	-	-	-	-			0
16	Uganda	-	0	-	-	-	-			0
16	Arabian Gulf	0	-	-	-	-	-			0

References

1. "Adelaide Sevens". adelaidesevens.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2007.
2. "IRB Sevens VIII - Adelaide, Australia.". rugby7.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
3. "About the Adelaide Sevens". thefanatics.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
4. "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
5. "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide". ur7s.com. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

External links

• IRB Sevens
• "Adelaide Sevens". adelaidesevens.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2007.
• "Adelaide Sevens". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.