1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens

International sporting tournament 1997年橄欖球七人欖球賽 21 March 23 March British Hong Kong 1959 24 Fiji South Africa Waisale Serevi Fiji (117 pts)Marika Vunibaka Fiji (12 tries) 1993 2001 The 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament and the first to be held in Hong Kong. It was the last major sporting event to be held in the then British dependency before the transfer of sovereignty to China which took place just three months later. Fiji defeated South Africa 24–21 to take the title for the first time.Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98 1997 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7732-X Mick Cleary and John Griffiths The final is considered to be one of the best sevens matches of all time.October 2018 2 Participating nations 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying The twenty four teams were divided into eight pools of three as follows: Pool A ENG CAN ZIMPool B ROM AUS SCOPool C NZL JPN TONPool D FIJ POR Hong Kong 1959 Pool E FRA USA South KoreaPool F ESP Cook Islands MoroccoPool G IRE ARG ZAFPool H NAM SAM WAL Squads 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens squads Day 1 results Pool A 21 March 199713:00POOL A ENG 33 – 12 CAN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199715:41POOL A ZIM 42 – 7 CAN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199718:51POOL A ENG 26 – 7 ZIM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool B 21 March 199713:20POOL B AUS 19 – 19 SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199716:03POOL B ROM 14 – 26 SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199719:10POOL B AUS 38 – 7 ROM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool C 21 March 199713:40POOL C NZL 47 – 14 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199716:21POOL C TON 35 – 7 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199719:30POOL C NZL 21 – 7 TON Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool D 21 March 199714:00POOL D FIJ 59 – 0 POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199716:40POOL D HKG 1959 33 – 12 POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199719:50POOL D FIJ 45 – 0 HKG 1959 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool E 21 March 199714:20POOL E FRA 35 – 5 USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199717:00POOL E KOR 7 – 33 USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199720:10POOL E FRA 38 – 5 KOR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool F 21 March 199714:40POOL F ESP 26 – 5 Morocco Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199717:19POOL F Cook Islands 31 – 17 Morocco Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199720:30POOL F ESP 31 – 12 Cook Islands Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool G 21 March 199715:00POOL G ZAF 45 – 7 ARG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199717:40POOL G IRE 22 – 31 ARG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199720:50POOL G ZAF 38 – 5 IRE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool H 21 March 199715:20POOL H WSM 48 – 5 NAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199718:32POOL H WAL 12 – 12 NAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 21 March 199721:10POOL H WSM 26 – 24 WAL Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Seedings after Day 1 main WDL Q 3 2 1 points y Day 2Pool Seed FIJ FIJ A2 ZAF ZAF B2 WSM WSM C2 FRA FRA D2 NZL NZL E2 ENG ENG F2 ESP ESP G2 AUS AUS H2 SCO SCO H2 ZIM ZIM G2 COO Cook Islands F2 TON TON E2 USA USA D2 ARG ARG C2 HKG HKG 1959 B2 WAL WAL A2 NAM NAM A2 IRE IRE B2 MAR Morocco C2 ROM ROM D2 JPN JPN E2 CAN CAN F2 KOR South Korea G2 POR POR H2 2 0 0 104 0 2 0 0 83 12 2 0 0 74 29 2 0 0 73 10 2 0 0 68 21 2 0 0 59 19 2 0 0 57 17 1 1 0 57 26 1 1 0 45 33 1 0 1 49 33 1 0 1 43 48 1 0 1 42 28 1 0 1 38 42 1 0 1 38 67 1 0 1 33 57 0 1 1 36 38 0 1 1 17 60 0 0 2 27 69 0 0 2 22 57 0 0 2 21 64 0 0 2 21 82 0 0 2 19 75 0 0 2 12 71 0 0 2 12 92 complete Day 2 results Key to colours in group tablesTeam that progressed to the Cup Quarter-finalsTeam that progressed to the Plate Quarter-finalsTeam that progressed to the Bowl Quarter-finals All times Hong Kong time (UTC+1) Pool A main WDL Q 3 2 1 points FIJ FIJ WAL WAL NAM NAM 2 0 0 101 0 1 0 1 40 40 0 0 2 5 106 #ccffcc A #ccccff B #ffcccc C complete 22 March 199710:59 FIJ 66 – 0 NAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199713:40 WAL 40 – 5 NAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199716:19 FIJ 35 – 0 WAL Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool B main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ZAF ZAF HKG HKG 1959 IRE IRE 2 0 0 63 12 1 0 1 31 34 0 0 2 12 60 #ccffcc A #ccccff B #ffcccc C complete 22 March 199711:19 ZAF 34 – 7 IRE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199713:59 HKG 1959 26 – 5 IRE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199716:39 ZAF 29 – 5 HKG 1959 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool C main WDL Q 3 2 1 points WSM WSM ARG ARG MAR Morocco 2 0 0 70 12 1 0 1 45 35 0 0 2 7 75 #ccffcc A #ccccff B #ffcccc C complete 22 March 199711:39 WSM 42 – 0 Morocco Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199714:19 ARG 33 – 7 Morocco Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199716:58 WSM 28 – 12 ARG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool D main WDL Q 3 2 1 points FRA FRA ROM ROM USA USA 2 0 0 73 7 1 0 1 17 45 0 0 2 19 57 #ccffcc A #ccccff B #ffcccc C complete 22 March 199712:00 FRA 33 – 0 ROM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199714:38 USA 12 – 17 ROM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199717:19 FRA 40 – 7 USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool E main WDL Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL TON TON JPN JPN 2 0 0 78 5 1 0 1 40 57 0 0 2 26 82 #ccffcc A #ccccff B #ffcccc C complete 22 March 199712:19 NZL 47 – 0 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199714:59 TON 35 – 26 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199717:41 NZL 31 – 5 TON Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool F main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ENG ENG COK Cook Islands CAN CAN 2 0 0 59 17 1 0 1 15 29 0 0 2 7 35 #ccffcc A #ccccff B #ffcccc C complete 22 March 199712:38 ENG 30 – 7 CAN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199715:20 Cook Islands 5 – 0 CAN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199718:00 ENG 29 – 10 Cook Islands Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool G main WDL Q 3 2 1 points KOR KOR ESP ESP ZIM ZIM 1 1 0 33 22 1 1 0 31 24 0 0 2 22 40 #ccffcc A #ccccff B #ffcccc C complete 22 March 199712:59 ESP 12 – 12 KOR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199715:39 ZIM 10 – 21 KOR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199718:19 ESP 19 – 12 ZIM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool H main WDL Q 3 2 1 points AUS AUS SCO SCO POR POR 2 0 0 57 26 1 0 1 47 38 0 0 2 14 54 #ccffcc A #ccccff B #ffcccc C complete 22 March 199713:19 AUS 26 – 7 POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199715:59 SCO 28 – 7 POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22 March 199718:38 AUS 31 – 19 SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Day 3 - Knockout results Bowl 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong JPN 24 NAM 22 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong POR 5 IRE 33 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong USA 24 CAN 21 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong ZIM 12 Morocco 19 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong JPN 24 IRE 22 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong USA 24 Morocco 0 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong JPN 28 USA 40 Quarter-finals 23 March 199710:00 JPN 24 – 22 NAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 23 March 199710:22 POR 5 – 33 IRE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 23 March 199710:42 USA 24 – 21 CAN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 23 March 199711:02 ZIM 12 – 19 Morocco Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Semi-finals 23 March 199714:52 JPN 24 – 22 IRE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 23 March 199715:12 USA 24 – 0 Morocco Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Final 23 March 199716:51 JPN 28 – 40 USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Plate 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong ESP 0 Cook Islands 36 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong WAL 12 Tonga 26 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong ARG 2 HKG 1959 26 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong SCO 43 ROM 19 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Cook Islands 10 Tonga 43 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong HKG 1959 43 SCO 7 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Tonga 40 HKG 1959 19 Quarter-finals 23 March 199711:21 ESP 0 – 36 Cook Islands Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 23 March 199711:40 WAL 12 – 26 TON Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 23 March 199712:00 ARG 2 – 26 HKG 1959 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 23 March 199712:20 SCO 43 – 19 ROM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Semi-finals 23 March 199715:30 Cook Islands 10 – 43 TON Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 23 March 199715:51 HKG 1959 43 – 7 SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Final 23 March 199717:25 TON 40 – 19 HKG 1959 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Cup 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 56 South Korea 0 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium ENG 5 WSM 21 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium ZAF 19 FRA 14 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 40 AUS 12 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 38 WSM 14 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium ZAF 31 NZL 7 23 May – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 24 ZAF 21 Quarter-finals 23 March 199713:33 FIJ 56 – 0 KOR Hong Kong Stadium 23 March 199713:54 ENG 5 – 21 WSM Hong Kong Stadium 23 March 199714:14 ZAF 19 – 14 FRA Hong Kong Stadium 23 March 199714:32 NZL 40 – 12 AUS Hong Kong Stadium Semi-finals 23 March 199716:11 FIJ 38 – 14 WSM Hong Kong Stadium 23 March 199716:32 ZAF 31 – 7 NZL Hong Kong Stadium Final 23 March 199718:00 FIJ 24 – 21 ZAF Hong Kong Stadium ru7 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens champions FIJ First See also Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup References External links tnquvMhrwzU 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens final: South Africa v Fiji RWC Sevens 1997 Rugby Union: Wales are denied by last-gasp try - The Independent 1997 Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Hong Kong Category:1997 rugby sevens competitions Category:1997 in Hong Kong sport Category:March 1997 sports events in Asia