2008 Hong Kong Sevens

International rugby sevens tournament The Hong Kong Sevens is contested annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, which took place between March 28 and March 30 in Hong Kong, was the fifth Cup trophy in the 2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series and was won by New Zealand. The winners extended their all-time IRB Sevens record for consecutive match wins to 42 while claiming their fifth Cup win of the season and seventh in a row overall.http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=5/news/newsid=2022818.html#new+zealand+hong+kong+title New Zealand land Hong Kong title International Rugby Board 2008-03-30 2008-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20080402234506/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition%3D5/news/newsid%3D2022818.html#new+zealand+hong+kong+title 2 April 2008 dead Pool stages Pool A main WDL Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL USA USA TUN TUN TPE Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 135 12 2 0 1 71 85 1 0 2 87 69 0 0 3 27 154 complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 28, 2008USA26 - 21 TUN March 28, 2008NZL50 - 5 TPE March 29, 2008USA38 - 17 TPE March 29, 2008NZL38 - 0 TUN March 29, 2008TUN66 - 5 TPE March 29, 2008NZL47 - 7 USA Pool B main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ENG ENG SAM SAM CAN CAN SRI Sri Lanka 3 0 0 78 24 2 0 1 76 26 1 0 2 77 60 0 0 3 14 135 complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 28, 2008SAM35 - 7 Sri Lanka March 28, 2008ENG24 - 12 CAN March 29, 2008ENG47 - 7 Sri Lanka March 29, 2008SAM36 - 12 CAN March 29, 2008CAN53 - 0 Sri Lanka March 29, 2008 SAM5 - 7ENG Pool C main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ZAF ZAF ARG ARG RUS Russia JPN Japan 3 0 0 107 21 2 0 1 66 24 1 0 2 24 93 0 0 3 24 83 complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 28, 2008ZAF40 - 7 JPN March 28, 2008ARG33 - 0 RUS March 29, 2008ARG19 - 5 JPN March 29, 2008ZAF48 - 0 RUS March 29, 2008RUS24 - 12 JPN March 29, 2008ZAF19 - 14 ARG Pool D main WDL Q 3 2 1 points FJI FJI WAL WAL ZWE ZWE KOR South Korea 3 0 0 99 21 2 0 1 68 20 1 0 2 35 81 0 0 3 17 97 complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 28, 2008FIJ42 - 7 KOR March 28, 2008WAL34 - 0 ZWE March 29, 2008WAL34 - 5 KOR March 29, 2008FIJ42 - 14 ZWE March 29, 2008ZWE21 - 5 KOR March 29, 2008FIJ15 - 0 WAL Pool E main WDL Q 3 2 1 points KEN KEN POR POR SCO SCO CHN China 3 0 0 85 14 1 0 2 57 55 1 0 2 45 48 1 0 2 29 99 complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 28, 2008KEN47 - 0 China March 28, 2008SCO26 - 10 PRT March 29, 2008 SCO12 - 19China March 29, 2008KEN19 - 7 PRT March 29, 2008PRT40 - 10 China March 29, 2008KEN19 - 7 SCO Pool F main WDL Q 3 2 1 points AUS AUS FRA FRA TON TON HKG HKG 3 0 0 58 39 1 1 1 54 45 1 0 2 78 43 0 1 2 38 101 complete Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 28, 2008AUS24 - 12 HKG March 28, 2008 TON7 - 21FRA March 29, 2008TON56 - 5 HKG March 29, 2008AUS17 - 12 FRA March 29, 2008FRA21 - 21HKG March 29, 2008AUS17 - 15 TON Knockout Bowl March 30 - Hong Kong ZWE 26 Chinese Taipei 7 March 30 - Hong Kong Japan 14 Hong Kong 19 March 30 - Hong Kong China 5 South Korea 12 March 30 - Hong Kong Sri Lanka 10 Russia 35 March 30 - Hong Kong ZWE 35 Hong Kong 7 March 30 - Hong Kong South Korea 5 Russia 19 March 30 - Hong Kong ZWE 14 Russia 19 Plate March 30 - Hong Kong ARG 7 SCO 5 March 30 - Hong Kong TON 26 POR 17 March 30 - Hong Kong FRA 12 TUN 7 March 30 - Hong Kong CAN 24 USA 21 March 30 - Hong Kong ARG 19 TON 12 March 30 - Hong Kong FRA 36 CAN 5 March 30 - Hong Kong ARG 14 FRA 17 Cup March 30 - Hong Kong NZL 26 WAL 7 March 30 - Hong Kong KEN 0 FIJ 10 March 30 - Hong Kong ZAF 19 AUS 14 March 30 - Hong Kong SAM 17 ENG 12 March 30 - Hong Kong NZL 34 FIJ 0 March 30 - Hong Kong ZAF 12 SAM 10 March 30 - Hong Kong NZL 26 ZAF 12 Sponsors The tournament's co-title sponsors were Cathay Pacific and Credit Suisse. Notes and references External links Hong Kong Sevens Profile on UR7s.com Hong Kong Sevens on irb.com IRB Sevens World Series 2008 rugby union Category:2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series Category:2008 in Asian rugby union Category:March 2008 sports events in Asia