2007 Adelaide Sevens

2007 Adelaide Sevens
IRB Sevens VIII
Host nation Australia 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
2008

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]

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 320156367
 Fiji 320167487
 Tonga 320152417
 Canada 300333833
  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 33009379
 Kenya 310246605
 France 310252795
 Japan 310231765
  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 3300124209
 Australia 320174367
 Wales 310249835
 Hong Kong 3003221303
  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 330095179
 Scotland 320153527
 Argentina 310245605
 Portugal 300324883
  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]

Round 6 table

Pos. Country Dubai South Africa New Zealand United States Hong Kong Australia England Scotland 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. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide". ur7s.com. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

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