2003 Hong Kong Sevens

International rugby sevens tournament IRB Sevens IV Hong Kong 28–30 March 2003 ENG NZL CAN SCO USA JPN 45 2002 2004 The 2003 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium between 28 and 30 March 2003. It was the 28th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and was the fifth tournament of the 2002–03 IRB Sevens World Series. Twenty-four teams competed in the tournament and were separated into six groups of four with the top eight teams qualifying through to the cup tournament. Due to the SARS outbreak that was occurring in Hong Kong, some teams delayed their arrival to the country with three teams (Argentina, France and Italy withdrawing from the competition. England defended their Hong Kong title that they won the previous year defeating New Zealand in the final by a score of 22–17. The plate-final saw Canada defeat Scotland while the United States took home the bowl defeating Japan. Teams Compared to other tournament of the series, the Hong Kong Sevens had 24 teams compete for the title instead of the regular sixteen teams that usually competed in a World Series event. The tournament saw three teams withdraw after the official draw was revealed on February 27 due to the SARS outbreak that was occurring in South-East Asia. On March 21, France and Italy withdrew from the competition with Argentina withdrawing two days later.http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/45645.html Italy and France pull out of 7s 21 March 2003 ESPN Scrumn 5 April 2020http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/45690.html Pumas latest to pull out of Hong Kong 23 March 2003 ESPN Scrumn 5 April 2020 They were replaced by Namibia, Tonga and the Netherlands respectively. Other teams delayed their arrivals to Hong Kong with Fiji and New Zealand only arriving three days before the tournament started.https://www.scmp.com/article/410430/fiji-and-new-zealand-arrivals-offset-argentina-pullout Fiji and New Zealand arrivals offset Argentina pullout Alvin Sallay 25 March 2003 South China Morning Post 5 April 2020 22em AUS CAN CHN COK TPE ENG FIJ HKG JPN KEN MAS NAM NED NZL RUS SAM SCO SIN RSA KOR SRI TGA USA WAL Format The teams were drawn into six pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with three points awarded for a win, two points for a draw, and one point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals.http://www.hksevens.com.hk/schedule_results/pool_format.htm Format dead https://web.archive.org/web/20030417153208/http://www.hksevens.com.hk/schedule_results/pool_format.htm 17 April 2003 Pool stage The draw for the 2003 Hong Kong Sevens was held on 27 February 2003 with the revised draw occurring on the 25 March.http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/rugby_talk/APRIL-2003.pdf All Set for Super Sevens 6 Hong Kong Rugby Union dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050522183146/http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/rugby_talk/APRIL-2003.pdf 22 May 2005http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/45730.html Revised HK 7s Draw 25 March 2003 ESPN Scrum 5 April 2020 Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Plate quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals main WDL Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL NAM NAM USA USA MAS MAS 3 0 0 141 10 2 0 1 70 66 1 0 2 62 97 0 0 3 18 118 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B B complete HK Sevens 28 March 17:00 NZL 38–3 MAS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 19:12 NAM 35–10 USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 10:46 NAM 35–10 MAS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 12:58 NZL 57–7 USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 15:10 USA 45–5 MAS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 17:22 NZL 46–0 NAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: HK Sevens Pool B main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ENG ENG TGA TGA TPE TPE SIN SIN 3 0 0 137 12 2 0 1 83 59 1 0 2 57 81 0 0 3 12 137 #ccffcc A A #ffddbb B complete HK Sevens 28 March 17:22 ENG 52–0 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 19:34 TGA 26–17 TPE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 11:08 TGA 50–0 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 13:20 ENG 43–5 TPE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 15:32 TPE 35–12 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 17:44 ENG 42–7 TGA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: HK Sevens Pool C main WDL Q 3 2 1 points FIJ FIJ CAN CAN JPN JPN RUS RUS 3 0 0 125 24 2 0 1 57 64 1 0 2 47 97 0 0 3 38 82 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B B complete HK Sevens 28 March 17:44 FIJ 33–5 RUS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 19:56 CAN 24–12 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 11:30 CAN 21–19 RUS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 13:42 FIJ 59–7 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 15:54 JPN 28–14 RUS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 18:06 FIJ 33–12 CAN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: HK Sevens Pool D main WDL Q 3 2 1 points KEN KEN AUS AUS HKG HKG CHN CHN 3 0 0 61 29 2 0 1 78 29 1 0 2 43 48 0 0 3 21 97 #ccffcc A A #ffddbb B complete HK Sevens 28 March 18:06 AUS 40–7 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 20:18 KEN 15–10 HKG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 11:52 KEN 31–7 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 14:04 AUS 26–7 HKG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 16:16 HKG 26–7 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 18:28 KEN 15–12 AUS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: HK Sevens Pool E main WDL Q 3 2 1 points RSA RSA SCO SCO KOR KOR SRI SRI 3 0 0 132 7 2 0 1 66 43 1 0 2 69 75 0 0 3 0 142 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B complete HK Sevens 28 March 18:28 RSA 54–0 SRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 20:40 SCO 28–12 KOR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 12:14 SCO 38–0 SRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 14:26 RSA 47–7 KOR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 16:38 KOR 50–0 SRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 18:50 RSA 31–0 SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: HK Sevens Pool F main WDL Q 3 2 1 points SAM SAM COK COK WAL WAL NED NED 3 0 0 112 24 1 1 1 72 38 1 1 1 55 65 0 0 3 19 131 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B complete HK Sevens 28 March 18:50 SAM 41–7 NED Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 21:02 WAL 10–10 COK Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 12:36 WAL 40–12 NED Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 14:48 SAM 28–12 COK Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 17:00 COK 50–0 NED Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 19:12 SAM 43–5 WAL Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: HK Sevens Knockout stage Bowl high 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium USA 39 SRI 7 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium MAS 7 CHN 12 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium RUS 24 NED 12 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium SIN 0 JPN 41 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium USA 31 CHN 0 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium RUS 12 JPN 19 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium USA 24 JPN 19 170 50 Source: HK Sevens Plate high 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium SCO 49 TPE 5 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium WAL 19 COK 24 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium CAN 24 HKG 0 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium KOR 24 NAM 21 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium SCO 24 COK 5 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium CAN 33 KOR 10 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium SCO 14 CAN 19 170 50 Source: HK Sevens Cup high 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 31 TGA 5 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium RSA 40 KEN 0 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 12 SAM 7 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium AUS 14 ENG 19 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 21 RSA 17 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 19 ENG 24 30 March – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 17 ENG 22 170 50 Source: HK Sevens Tournament placings PlaceTeam Points ENG 30 NZL 24 FIJ 18 RSA 18 5 AUS 8 KEN 8 SAM 8 TGA 8 9 CAN 4 10 SCO 3 11 COK 2 KOR 2 PlaceTeam Points 13 TPE 0 HKG 0 NAM 0 WAL 0 17 USA 1 18 JPN 0 19 CHN 0 RUS 0 21 MAS 0 NED 0 SIN 0 SRI 0 Source: Rugby7.com References IRB Sevens IV 2003 Hong Kong Sevens 2003 Wellington Sevens 2003 Cardiff Sevens Hong Kong Sevens 2003 Hong Kong Sevens 2002 Hong Kong Sevens 2004 Hong Kong Sevens Category:Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong Sevens