2007 Adelaide Sevens

February 2020 April 2011 IRB Sevens VIII AUS Australia 7–8 April 2007 FIJ SAM AUS RSA WAL TON CAN JPN 44 2003 Brisbane 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 7 and 8 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia. 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. 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. 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. Teams The participating teams were: ARG AUS CAN ENG FIJ FRA HKG JPN KEN NZL POR RSA SAM SCO TON WAL 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. Pool A {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL ENG320156367 FIJ320167487 TON320152417 CAN300333833 |width=10|  |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 {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL RSA33009379 KEN310246605 FRA310252795 JPN310231765 |width=10|  |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 {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL NZL3300124209 AUS320175367 WAL310249815 HKG3003201313 |width=10|  |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 {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL SAM330095179 SCO320153527 ARG310245605 POR300324883 |width=10|  |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. 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 Dubai RSA NZL USA HKG AUS ENG SCO Overall 1 FIJ 12 12 16 20 24 20 104 2 SAM 8 4 20 16 30 16 94 3 NZL 16 20 12 12 18 12 90 4 RSA 20 16 12 8 18 6 80 5 ENG 12 12 8 4 8 4 48 6 FRA 6 4 6 12 0 0 28 7 AUS 4 2 0 4 8 8 24 8 SCO 0 0 0 6 8 4 18 9 KEN 0 0 4 0 0 12 16 10 WAL 0 8 - - 4 2 14 11 TON - - 0 2 8 0 10 12 CAN 4 0 4 0 0 0 8 13 ARG 2 0 2 0 3 0 7 14 TUN 0 6 - - 0 0 6 15 RUS - - - - 1 - 1 16 POR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 JPN - - - - 0 0 0 16 HKG - - - - 0 0 0 16 USA - - - 0 0 - 0 16 KOR - - - - 0 - 0 16 SRI - - - - 0 - 0 16 CHN - - - - 0 - 0 16 ITA - - - - 0 0 16 West Indies - - - 0 - - 0 16 CHI - - - 0 - - 0 16 COK - - 0 - - - 0 16 PNG - - 0 - - - 0 16 ZIM 0 0 - - - - 0 16 UGA - 0 - - - - 0 16 Arabian Gulf 0 - - - - - 0 References Adelaide Sevens adelaidesevens.com http://www.adelaidesevens.com/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070409052229/http://www.adelaidesevens.com/ 9 April 2007 About the Adelaide Sevens thefanatics.com 13 December 2013 http://www.thefanatics.com/2011-adelaide-sevens/adelaide-sevens live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204555/http://www.thefanatics.com/2011-adelaide-sevens/adelaide-sevens 4 March 2016 dmy 2003 IRB Sevens VIII - Adelaide, Australia. rugby7.com 12 December 2013 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2007 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140225182701/http://www.rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2007 25 February 2014 dmy Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide ur7s.com 12 December 2013 http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=&country=Australia&tournament=Adelaide&submit=Search https://web.archive.org/web/20131217214804/http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=&country=Australia&tournament=Adelaide&submit=Search 17 December 2013 dead IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament irbsevens.com 9 December 2013 http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 20 May 2013 External links IRB Sevens Adelaide Sevens adelaidesevens.com http://www.adelaidesevens.com/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070409052229/http://www.adelaidesevens.com/ 9 April 2007 Adelaide Sevens rugby.com.au http://www.rugby.com.au/fixtures_results/irb_sevens/irb_sevens_landing_page,50316.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070429151140/http://www.rugby.com.au/fixtures_results/irb_sevens/irb_sevens_landing_page%2C50316.html 29 April 2007 Category:Australian Sevens Adelaide Sevens Adelaide Sevens