2007 Hong Kong Sevens

International rugby sevens tournament 2007 Hong Kong Sevens 36 SAM 2006 2008 The 2007 Hong Kong Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held on 30 March until 1 April 2007 in Hong Kong at the 40,000 capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The event, the fifth leg of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series, was won by Samoa. The Format The Hong Kong Sevens is unique among the IRB Sevens events in several ways. First, because 24 teams compete instead of the 16 that compete in all other series events, the Hong Kong Sevens is divided into six pools instead of the normal four. Also because of the expanded number of teams, the points system for this tournament is also different. Most significantly, the winning team picks up 30 points instead of the normal 20, and the runner-up earns 24 points instead of the normal 16. Finally, only three trophies are awarded instead of the four in a normal IRB Sevens event. The Shield is not awarded, leaving the Bowl, Plate, and Cup. Teams are assigned to the knockout tournaments for each trophy as follows: Cup — The six pool winners, plus the two top-rated second-place teams Plate — The four remaining second-place teams, plus the four top-rated third-place teams Bowl — The eight remaining teams Each of the top four seeds won an IRB Sevens World Series event in the 2006–07 season, with defending Hong Kong champions England out to capture a first Cup title of the season. Ticket The public ticket sale for the Hong Kong Sevens 2007 was held in December 2006 at the Hong Kong Stadium. Hong Kong residents enjoyed the opportunity to purchase tickets for the event with the launch of the HKRFU's local ticket campaign in October 2006, tickets sold through Hong Kong rugby clubs and other rugby stakeholders, sponsors and long-term event patrons in Hong Kong. This most recent public sale marked the final opportunity for local spectators to secure their tickets for the event. The tournament Pool stages Pool A auto main WDL Q 3 2 1 points FIJ FIJ SCO SCO POR POR SRI SRI 3 0 0 99 7 2 0 1 84 54 1 0 2 61 66 0 0 3 28 145 complete 5em Results Fiji 45 - 0 Sri Lanka Scotland 31 - 7 Portugal Scotland 53 - 21 Sri Lanka Fiji 28 - 7 Portugal Portugal 47 - 7 Sri Lanka Fiji 26 - 0 Scotland Pool B auto main WDL Q 3 2 1 points RSA RSA TON TON WAL WAL TPE TPE 3 0 0 121 12 2 0 1 94 55 1 0 2 68 64 0 0 3 17 169 complete 5em Results South Africa 59 - 0 Chinese Taipei Wales 7 - 33 Tonga Wales 61 - 0 Chinese Taipei South Africa 31 - 12 Tonga Tonga 49 - 17 Chinese Taipei South Africa 31 - 0 Wales Pool C auto main WDL Q 3 2 1 points SAM SAM CAN CAN JPN JPN CHN CHN 3 0 0 144 12 1 0 2 45 67 1 0 2 52 92 1 0 2 38 108 complete 5em Results Samoa 49 - 5 China Canada 26 - 5 Japan Canada 19 - 21 China Samoa 54 - 7 Japan Japan 40 - 12 China Samoa 41 - 0 Canada Pool D auto main WDL Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL ITA ITA KEN KEN RUS RUS 3 0 0 145 19 1 0 2 36 63 1 0 2 33 79 1 0 2 27 80 complete 5em Results New Zealand 41 - 5 Italy Kenya 14 - 10 Russia Kenya 5 - 19 Italy New Zealand 54 - 0 Russia Russia 17 - 12 Italy New Zealand 50 - 14 Kenya Pool E auto main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ENG ENG ARG ARG HKG HKG KOR KOR 3 0 0 95 35 2 0 1 57 45 1 0 2 38 69 0 0 3 40 81 complete 5em Results England 38 - 7 Hong Kong Argentina 24 - 14 Korea Argentina 19 - 12 Hong Kong England 38 - 14 Korea Korea 12 - 19 Hong Kong England 19 - 14 Argentina Pool F auto main WDL Q 3 2 1 points AUS AUS USA USA TUN TUN FRA FRA 3 0 0 62 40 2 0 1 42 25 1 0 2 38 45 0 0 3 31 63 complete 5em Results France 5 - 14 USA Australia 19 - 12 Tunisia Australia 15 - 14 USA France 12 - 21 Tunisia Tunisia 5 - 14 USA France 14 - 28 Australia Finals Bowl Match 37 JPN 45 TPE 0 Match 38 FRA 36 CHN 7 Match 39 RUS 19 KOR 10 Match 40 SL 14 KEN 26 Match 49 JPN 7 FRA 24 Match 50 RUS 38 KEN 7 Match 50 FRA 7 RUS 21 Plate Match 41 USA 19 HKG 12 Match 42 WAL 20 ITA 7 Match 43 CAN 21 POR 22 Match 44 TUN 19 ARG 22 Match 51 USA 19 WAL 22 Match 52 POR 10 ARG 12 Match 56 WAL 26 ARG 19 Cup Match 45 FIJ 28 SCO 7 Match 46 ENG 0 NZL 26 Match 47 SAM 26 AUS 17 Match 48 TON 7 RSA 19 Match 53 FIJ 21 NZL 12 Match 54 SAM 10 RSA 0 Match 57 FIJ 22 SAM 27 Round 5 table Pos. Country Dubai RSA NZL USA HKG AUS ENG SCO Overall 1 FIJ 12 12 16 20 24 84 2 NZL 16 20 12 12 18 78 2 SAM 8 4 20 16 30 78 4 RSA 20 16 12 8 18 74 5 ENG 12 12 8 4 8 44 6 FRA 6 4 6 12 0 28 7 AUS 4 2 0 4 8 18 8 SCO 0 0 0 6 8 14 9 WAL 0 8 - - 4 12 10 TON - - 0 2 8 10 11 CAN 4 0 4 0 0 8 12 ARG 2 0 2 0 3 7 13 TUN 0 6 - - 0 6 14 KEN 0 0 4 0 0 4 15 RUS - - - - 1 1 16 POR 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 USA - - - 0 0 0 16 JPN - - - - 0 0 16 KOR - - - - 0 0 16 SRI - - - - 0 0 16 CHN - - - - 0 0 16 HKG - - - - 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 See also Hong Kong Sevens IRB Sevens World Series External links Hong Kong Sevens Profile on UR7s.com Hong Kong Rugby Sevens Coverage History of the Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong Sevens 2006 Hong Kong Sevens 2008 Hong Kong Sevens 2007 2007 rugby union Category:2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series Category:2007 in Asian rugby union Category:March 2007 sports events in China Category:April 2007 sports events in China