2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series

International rugby sevens series held in 2008–09. 2008–09 IRB Sevens Series X United Arab Emirates RSA NZL USA HKG AUS ENG SCO 28 November 2008 – 31 May 2009 32 RSA FIJ ENG ENG Ben Gollings KEN Collins Injera 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series was the tenth of an annual IRB Sevens World Series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. South Africa clinched the 2008–09 World Series, its first Series title. The defending series champions New Zealand finished fourth. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. However, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, is played over three days, largely because it involves 24 teams instead of the normal 16. Starting in 2008–09, the Australia leg (which involves the normal 16 teams) was spread out over a three-day period. Tournaments The series' tournaments are identical to 2007–2008 and span the globe: + 2008-09 Itineraryhttp://www.irb.com/mm/document/newsmedia/0/080901ccirbsevensworldseries2008-2009selections_6135.pdf IRB Sevens World Series 2008-09 (Referee) Selections International Rugby Board 2008-09-01 2008-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20110519025343/http://www.irb.com/mm/document/newsmedia/0/080901ccirbsevensworldseries2008-2009selections_6135.pdf 2011-05-19 dead Leg Venue Date Winner Dubai The Sevenshttp://www.irb.com/rwcsevens/news/newsid=2025888.html#emirates+unveils+dubai+venue+the+sevens Emirates unveils Dubai venue 'The Sevens' International Rugby Board 2008-07-02 2008-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080731225458/http://www.irb.com/rwcsevens/news/newsid=2025888.html#emirates+unveils+dubai+venue+the+sevens 2008-07-31 dead November 28–29, 2008 ZAF South Africa Outeniqua Park, George December 5–6, 2008 ZAF New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington February 6–7, 2009 ENG United States Petco Park, San Diego February 14–15, 2009 ARG Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium March 27–29, 2009 FIJ Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide April 3–5, 2009 RSA London Twickenham May 23–24, 2009 ENG Scotland Murrayfield, Edinburgh May 30–31, 2009 FIJ The 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens was not a part of the 2008-09 series. Unlike the 2005 edition held in Hong Kong, the 2009 edition did not replace one of the 2008-09 series events. The World Cup was held in Dubai from March 5–7, 2009 and won by Wales. Core teams Prior to the season, the IRB announced the 12 "core teams" that would receive guaranteed berths in each event in the 2008–09 series:http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2026934.html#usa+rugby+receives+major+sevens+boost USA Rugby receives major Sevens boost International Rugby Board 2008-09-22 2009-03-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090612055717/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid%3D2026934.html 2009-06-12 ARG AUS ENG FRA FJI KEN NZL SAM SCO ZAF USA WAL The one new core team was the USA, which replaced its neighbor Canada. Points schedule The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. For most events, points are awarded on the following schedule: Cup winner (1st place): 20 points Cup runner-up (2nd place): 16 points Losing Cup semifinalists (3rd & 4th place): 12 points Plate winner (5th place): 8 points Plate runner-up (6th place): 6 points Losing Plate semifinalists (7th & 8th place): 4 points Bowl winner (9th place): 2 points Points are awarded on a different schedule for the Hong Kong Sevens: Cup winner (1st place): 30 points Cup runner-up (2nd place): 24 points Losing Cup semifinalists (3rd & 4th place): 18 points Losing Cup quarterfinalists (5th, 6th, 7th & 8th place): 8 points Plate winner (9th place): 4 points Plate runner-up (10th place): 3 points Losing Plate semifinalists (11th & 12th place): 2 points Bowl winner (17th place): 1 point Tournament structure In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participate. Due to its place as the sports most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament has 24 teams. In each tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments–3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/rules16.html Rules: 16-Team Tournament International Rugby Board 2008-04-04 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20080321075909/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/rules16.html 21 March 2008 dead dmy-all Four trophies are awarded in each tournament, except for Hong Kong. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. In Hong Kong, the Shield is not awarded. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament. http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/index.html Rules International Rugby Board 2008-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20080405120045/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/index.html 5 April 2008 dead dmy-all In a 16 team tournament, the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third-place finishers in each pool, while the Shield is contested by the last-place teams from each pool. In Hong Kong, the six pool winners, plus the two highest-finishing second-place teams, advance to the Cup. The Plate participants are the eight highest-ranked teams remaining, while the lowest eight drop to the Bowl.http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/rules24.html Rules: 24-Team Tournament International Rugby Board 2008-04-04 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20080321075914/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/rules24.html 21 March 2008 dead dmy-all 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 competed 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. + 2008–09 IRB Sevens – Series Xhttp://www.irb.com/irbsevens/standings.html Overall Standings International Rugby Board 2008-12-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20081202092753/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/standings.html 2 December 2008 dead Pos. Team Event  border-bottom:1px solid transparentUAEDubaiRSAGeorgeNZLWellingtonUSASan DiegoHKGHong KongAUSAdelaideENGLondonSCOEdinburghPointstotal    1 RSA20 20 8 12 24 20 12 16 132 2 FIJ 12 12 4 4 30 12 8 20 102 3 ENG16 8 20 16 8 8 20 2 98 4 NZL 12 16 16 8 8 4 16 8 88 5 ARG 4 12 12 20 8 12 0 0 68 6 KEN 6 0 12 6 18 16 2 4 64 7 SAM 8 4 0 4 18 2 0 4 40 8 AUS 4 0 0 2 8 6 4 6 30 9= SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 24 9= WAL 0 0 6 0 2 4 0 12 24 11 USA 0 4 4 12 0 0 0 0 20 12 PRT 2 6 - - 1 0 6 0 15 13 FRA 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 8 14 TON - - 0 - 4 0 - - 4 15 CAN - - 0 0 3 - 0 0 3 16 COK - - 2 - - 0 - - 2 N/A ZWE 0 0 - - 0 - - - 0 Japan - - - 0 0 0 - - 0 GCC Arabian Gulf 0 - - - - - - - 0 Georgia 0 0 - - - - 0 0 0 GER - - - - - - 0 - 0 Niue - - 0 - - - - - 0 MEX - - - 0 - - - - 0 TUN - 0 - - - - - - 0 URU - - - 0 0 - - - 0 West Indies - - - - 0 - - - 0 Hong Kong - - - - 0 - - - 0 China - - - - 0 - - - 0 Sri Lanka - - - - 0 - - - 0 Chinese Taipei - - - - 0 - - - 0 South Korea - - - - 0 - - - 0 ESP - - - - - - - 0 0 {| 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. |} Player statistics Most points Individual points http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html Season Player Points International Rugby Board 2008-12-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20081202134655/http://www.www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html 2 December 2008 dead Pos.PlayerCountryPoints 1 Ben Gollings ENG 260 2 Collins Injera KEN 210 3 Richard Kingi AUS 205 4 Renfred Dazel ZAF 191 5 Lolo Lui SAM 187 6 Tomasi Cama NZL 174 7 Pedro Leal POR 168 8 Lavin Asego KEN 166 9 Paul Albaladejo FRA 165 =10 Ollie Phillips ENG 161 =10 Mzwandile Stick RSA 161 Most tries Individual tries http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html Season Player Tries International Rugby Board 2008-12-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025245/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html 2008-04-09 Pos.PlayerCountryTries 1 Collins Injera KEN 42 2= Rayno Benjamin ZAF 28 2= Santiago Gomez Cora ARG 28 4 Luke Morahan AUS 27 5 Vereniki Goneva FIJ 24 6 Ollie Phillips ENG 23 7= Alafoti Fa'osiliva SAM 22 7= Renfred Dazel ZAF 22 7= Robert Ebersohn ZAF 22 7= Pio Tuwai FIJ 22 7= Vuyo Zangqa ZAF 22 Tournaments Dubai 2008 Dubai Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup ZAF19 – 12 ENG NZLFJIPlate SAM12 – 7 KEN ARGAUSBowl PRT 24 – 0 FRA WALZWEShield USA31 – 7 Arabian Gulf GEOSCO South Africa 2008 South Africa Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup ZAF12 – 7 NZL ARGFJIPlate ENG24 – 7 POR SAMUSABowl FRA21 – 12 AUS KENWALShield ZWE26 – 0 SCO GeorgiaTUN New Zealand 2009 Wellington Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup ENG19 – 17 NZL ARGKENPlate ZAF26 – 12 WAL FIJUSABowl COK24 – 10 TGA FRAAUSShield SCO24 – 0 Niue SAMCAN United States 2009 USA Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup ARG19 – 14 ENG RSAUSAPlate NZL22 – 7 KEN FJISAMBowl AUS40 – 0 FRA SCOWALShield CAN31 – 7 URY MEXJPN Hong Kong 2009 Hong Kong Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsQuarter FinalistsCup FJI 26 – 24 ZAF KENSAM ENGNZLARGAUSPlate TON 14 – 12 CAN WALFRA USAHong KongSCOKORBowl POR 14 – 12 URU ZIMJPN Chinese TaipeiWest IndiesChinaSri Lanka Australia 2009 Adelaide Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup ZAF 26 – 7 KEN ARGFJIPlate ENG 24 – 19 AUS WALNZLBowl SAM 35 – 14 FRA TONCOKShield USA 24 – 21 SCO JPNPOR London 2009 London Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup ENG31 – 26 NZL SCORSAPlate FIJ24 – 10 POR FRAAUSBowl KEN12 – 7 WAL SAMARGShield CAN27 – 7 USA GERGEO Scotland 2009 Edinburgh Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup FIJ20 – 19 ZAF SCOWALPlate NZL34 – 12 AUS SAMKENBowl ENG26 – 15 FRA ARGPORShield USA12 – 10 CAN GEOESP References External links Official tournament site 2008-09 Season Player Points and Tries irb.com 12 December 2013 http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100210024414/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics.html 10 February 2010 Category:World Rugby Sevens Series