2009 London Sevens

The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2009 competition took place on 23 and 24 May in London, England, and was the seventh Cup trophy in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series. England won the most prestigious Cup trophy, with an extra time 31-26 victory over New Zealand; Fiji won the Plate trophy, Kenya won the Bowl trophy, and Canada won the Shield trophy. Format The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals. Teams ARG AUS CAN ENG FRA FJI GEO GER KEN NZL POR SAM SCO ZAF USA WAL Pool stages Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| ZAF |3||3||0||0||116||19||+97||9 |- |align=left| AUS |3||2||0||1||95||38||+57||7 |- |align=left| WAL |3||1||0||2||71||65||+6||5 |- |align=left| GER |3||0||0||3||5||165||-160||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-05-23ZAF29 - 5 WAL 2009-05-23AUS50 - 0 GER 2009-05-23ZAF70 - 0 GER 2009-05-23AUS31 - 21 WAL 2009-05-23WAL45 - 5 GER 2009-05-23ZAF17 - 14 AUS Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| ENG |3||3||0||0||112||28||+84||9 |- |align=left| FRA |3||1||1||1||97||53||+44||6 |- |align=left| SAM |3||1||1||1||87||57||+30||6 |- |align=left| GEO |3||0||0||3||7||165||-158||2 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-05-23ENG20 - 14 FRA 2009-05-23SAM47 - 0 GEO 2009-05-23ENG61 - 0 GEO 2009-05-23SAM26 - 26FRA 2009-05-23FRA57 - 7 GEO 2009-05-23ENG31 - 14 SAM Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| SCO |3||2||0||1||64||24||+40||7 |- |align=left| FIJ |3||2||0||1||59||27||+32||7 |- |align=left| KEN |3||2||0||1||55||38||+17||7 |- |align=left| USA |3||0||0||3||10||99||-89||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-05-23FIJ26 - 10 USA 2009-05-23KEN17 - 12 SCO 2009-05-23 FIJ7 - 12SCO 2009-05-23KEN33 - 0 USA 2009-05-23 USA0 - 40SCO 2009-05-23FIJ26 - 5 KEN Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| NZL |3||3||0||0||121||7||+114||9 |- |align=left| POR |3||1||1||1||52||71||-19||6 |- |align=left| ARG |3||1||1||1||45||71||-26||6 |- |align=left| CAN |3||0||0||3||19||88||-79||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-05-23ARG21 - 21POR 2009-05-23NZL40 - 0 CAN 2009-05-23ARG24 - 12 CAN 2009-05-23NZL43 - 7 POR 2009-05-23POR24 - 7 CAN 2009-05-23 ARG0 - 38NZL Knockout Shield 24 May - London, England WAL 36 GEO 0 24 May - London, England ARG 24 USA 19 24 May - London, England KEN 12 CAN 7 24 May - London, England SAM 42 GER 0 24 May - London, England GEO 12 USA 38 24 May - London, England CAN 26 GER 24 24 May - London, England USA 7 CAN 27 Bowl 24 May - London, England WAL 36 GEO 0 24 May - London, England ARG 24 USA 19 24 May - London, England KEN 12 CAN 7 24 May - London, England SAM 42 GER 0 24 May - London, England WAL 19 ARG 14 24 May - London, England KEN 17 SAM 10 24 May - London, England WAL 7 KEN 12 Plate 24 May - London, England RSA 21 FRA 5 24 May - London, England NZL 33 FIJ 14 24 May - London, England SCO 22 POR 21 24 May - London, England ENG 26 AUS 12 24 May - London, England FRA 19 FIJ 35 24 May - London, England POR 19 AUS 10 24 May - London, England FIJ 24 POR 10 Cup 24 May - London, England RSA 21 FRA 5 24 May - London, England NZL 33 FIJ 14 24 May - London, England SCO 22 POR 21 24 May - London, England ENG 26 AUS 12 24 May - London, England RSA 5 NZL 10 24 May - London, England SCO 12 ENG 26 24 May - London, England NZL 26 ENG 31 External links London Sevens Profile on UR7s.com IRB Sevens London Sevens on irb.com London Sevens Adelaide Sevens Edinburgh Sevens 2009 London London Sevens London Sevens London Sevens Category:London Sevens