2004–05 World Sevens Series

2004–05 IRB Sevens Series VI United Arab Emirates RSA NZL USA SGP ENG FRA 2 December 2004 – 11 June 2005 32 NZL FIJ ENG 2003–04 2005–06 The 2004–05 Sevens World Series was the sixth edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. The defending series champions New Zealand retained their title by winning the 2004–05 series. 3 Calendar + 2004–05 Itineraryhttp://www.irb.com/newsmedia/sevens/newsid=52605.html#irb+sevens+world+series+another+record+breaking+year IRB Sevens World Series set for another record breaking year International Rugby Board 2007-08-01 2007-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20071024150936/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/sevens/newsid=52605.html#irb+sevens+world+series+another+record+breaking+year 2007-10-24 dead Leg Venue Dates Winner Dubai Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground December 2–3, 2004 ENG South Africa Outeniqua Park, George December 10–11, 2004 NZL New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington February 4–5, 2005 NZL United States Home Depot Center, Los Angeles February 12–13, 2005 NZL Singapore National Stadium, Singapore April 1–2, 2005 NZL London Twickenham June 4–5, 2005 ZAF Paris Stade Jean-Bouin June 10–11, 2005 FRA Competition format All tournaments in the 2004–05 series were played as a standard 16-team event, beginning with the pool stage before progressing to a knockout stage to decide the tournament winners. Pool stage For the pool stage, teams were divided into 4 pools of 4 teams and a round-robin was played within each pool. The points awarded for the pool matches were 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. Where tie-breakers were required, the head-to-head result between the tied teams was used, followed by the difference in points scored during tournament play. Knockout stage Four trophies were contested during the knockout stage – in descending order of prestige: the Cup (whose winner became the tournament champion), Plate, Bowl and Shield. The format of the playoffs is described below 1 line-height:1.3 Cup The top 8 sides (i.e. top two from each pool) advanced to the Cup quarterfinals The 4 winners of the quarterfinals meet in the Cup semifinal bracket to play off for first, second and shared third place in the tournament. Plate The 4 losers of the Cup quarterfinals drop down to the Plate semifinal bracket to play off for fifth, sixth and shared seventh place in the tournament. Bowl The 4 third-placed sides from each pool meet in the Bowl bracket to decide 9th, 10th and shared 11th place in the tournament. Shield The 4 fourth-placed sides from each pool met in the Shield bracket to decide 13th, 14th and shared 15th place in the tournament. Points schedule The season championship was determined by the total points earned in all tournaments. The points schedule used for 2004–05 World Sevens Series was: + Points schedule: 16-team eventPointsPlaceStatus 20 1st Cup winner 16 2nd Cup runner-up 12 3rd(2-way share) Losing Cup semifinalists 8 5th Plate winner 6 6th Plate runner-up 4 7th(2-way share) Losing Plate semifinalists 2 9th Bowl winner Final standings The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament. + 2004–05 IRB Sevens – Series VIPos. Team Event  border-bottom:1px solid transparentUAEDubaiRSAGeorgeNZLWellingtonUSALos AngelesSGPSingaporeENGLondonFRAParisPointstotal    1 NZL12 20 20 20 20 12 12 116 2 FIJ16 16 12 8 12 8 16 88 3 ENG20 12 4 12 16 16 6 86 4 RSA 12 8 12 4 12 20 8 76 5 ARG 6 12 16 16 4 12 4 70 6 SAM 8 6 4 6 8 2 12 46 7 AUS 4 2 8 12 6 6 4 42 8 FRA 0 0 0 4 2 4 20 30 9 SCO 4 0 6 0 4 4 2 20 10 KEN 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 11 TUN 0 4 – – – 0 0 4 12 CAN 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 13 POR 2 0 – – – 0 0 2 14 USA – – 0 0 – – – 0 Source: rugby7.com (archived) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |colspan=2 style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series. |} Tournaments Dubai 2004 Dubai Sevens TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup FJI 21–26 ENG ZAFNZL Plate SAM 21–19 ARG AUSSCO Bowl FRA 5–10 POR TBCTBCShield IRE 5–17 TUN TBCTBC South Africa 2004 South Africa Sevens TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup NZL 33–19 FIJ ENGARG Plate ZAF 12–7 SAM TUNKEN Bowl CAN 12–38 AUS TBCTBCShield POR 17–12 FRA TBCTBC New Zealand 2005 Wellington Sevens TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup ARG 7–31 NZL ZAFFJI Plate SCO 0–32 AUS SAMENG Bowl TON 12–17 KEN TBCTBCShield JPN 19–29 NIU TBCTBC United States 2005 USA Sevens TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup ARG 5–34 NZL AUSENG Plate SAM 21–24 FJI FRAZAF Bowl KEN 0–15 CAN TBCTBCShield TON 40–0 MEX TBCTBC Singapore 2005 Singapore Sevens TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup NZL 26–5 ENG FJIZAF Plate SAM 14–15 AUS SCOARG Bowl CAN 12–19 FRA TBCTBCShield TPE 17–10 CHN TBCTBC France 2005 Paris Sevens TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup FRA 28–19 FJI SAMNZL Plate ZAF 26–19 ENG AUSSCO Bowl ARG 26–10 GEO TBCTBCShield CAN 33–21 RUS TBCTBC London 2005 London Sevens TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup ZAF 21–12 ENG ARGNZL Plate AUS 12–29 FJI SCOFRA Bowl TUN 0–27 SAM TBCTBCShield KEN 12–18 CAN TBCTBC References External links Official tournament site 2004-05 Season Overview irb.com 12 December 2013 http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/archive/tcode=1070/season=2004/overview.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090220185034/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/archive/tcode%3D1070/season%3D2004/overview.html 20 February 2009 Category:World Rugby Sevens Series