2003–04 World Sevens Series

2003–04 IRB Sevens Series V United Arab Emirates RSA NZL USA HKG SGP FRA ENG 34 NZL ENG ARG 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 Sevens World Series was the fifth edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The series was held over eight tournaments, an increase of one over the previous year. This was the first year that the USA Sevens was added to the series. New Zealand won its fifth consecutive series, narrowly defeating England. 3 Calendar + 2003–04 Itinerary2004 Annual Report - The year in detail Australian Rugby http://www.rugby.com.au/Portals/1/PDFs/Annual%20Reports/2004/ARU_2004_Annual_Report_-_The_Year_In_Detail.pdf 1 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20140502042147/http://www.rugby.com.au/Portals/1/PDFs/Annual%20Reports/2004/ARU_2004_Annual_Report_-_The_Year_In_Detail.pdf 2 May 2014 Leg Venue Dates Winner Dubai Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai 4–5 December 2003 RSA South Africa Outeniqua Park, George 12–13 December 2003 ENG New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington 6–7 February 2004 NZL United States Home Depot Center, Los Angeles 14–15 February 2004 ARG Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26–28 March 2004 ENG Singapore National Stadium, Singapore 3–4 April 2004 RSA Bordeaux Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 28–29 May 2004 NZL London Twickenham Stadium, London 5–6 June 2004 ENG 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. + 2003–04 IRB Sevens – Series VPos. Team Event  border-bottom:1px solid transparentUAEDubaiRSAGeorgeNZLWellingtonUSALos AngelesHKGHong KongSGPSingaporeFRABordeauxENGLondonPointstotal    1 NZL16 16 20 16 18 6 2016 128 2 ENG 12 20 12 8 30 4 16 20 122 3 ARG 8 8 2 2024 16 8 12 98 4 FIJ 4 12 16 12 8 8 12 12 84 5 RSA0.2em20sa a 0.2em12sa a 12 4 18 20 12 8 74 6 SAM 12 4 4 12 8 12 4 4 60 7 FRA 4 6 4 4 3 12 2 2 37 8 AUS 6 4 0 2 8 4 6 4 34 9 CAN 2 2 0 6 8 0 4 0 2210 SCO – – – – 4 2 0 6 1211 KEN 0 0 6 0 2 – 0 0 811 TON – – 8 0 – – – – 813 KOR – – 0 0 2 0 – – 214 COK – – 0 – 1 – – – 1rowspan=25 background:transparent; USA – – 0 0 0 0 – – 0 ITA – – – – 0 – 0 0 0 POR – – – – 0 – 0 0 0 GEO 1990 – – – – 0 – 0 0 0 MAR 0 0 – – – – – – 0 SRI 0 0 – – – – – – 0 UGA 0 0 – – – – – – 0 ZAM 0 0 – – – – – – 0 ZIM 0 0 – – – – – – 0 NAM – 0 – – 0 – – – 0 JPN – – – – 0 0 – – 0 HKG – – – – 0 0 – – 0 SIN – – – – 0 0 – – 0 RUS – – – – – – 0 0 0 ESP – – – – – – 0 0 0 GCC Arabian Gulf 0 – – – – – – – 0 NIU – – 0 – – – – – 0 PNG – – 0 – – – – – 0 CHI – – – 0 – – – – 0 URU – – – 0 – – – – 0TRI – – – 0 – – – – 0 CHN – – – – 0 – – – 0 TPE – – – – 0 – – – 0 THA – – – – 0 – – – 0 MAS – – – – – 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. |} Notes: sa a South Africa won the 2003 Dubai Sevens and lost in the Cup Semi-Finals at the 2003 South Africa SevensMatch Archive http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2003-2004&country=&tournament=George&submit=Search https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212834/http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2003-2004&country=&tournament=George&submit=Search 2014-03-12 but no points are indicated on the IRB Series Standings for 2003-04.IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2003/04 http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1080/season=2003/standings.html South Africa were deducted their points for these rounds for fielding an ineligible player (Tonderai Chavhanga).https://www.news24.com/xArchive/Sport/Rugby/IRB-to-rule-on-Tonderai-fine-20040602 IRB to rule on Tonderai fine Pretorius Herbert 2004-06-02 News24 Archive News24 2018-06-11 Tournaments Dubai 2003 Dubai Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCupRSA sa a 0.2em33–26NZLENGSAMPlateARG40–10AUSFIJFRABowlCAN21–12KENMARUGAShieldZAM59–26GCC Arabian GulfSRIZIM George 2003 South Africa Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCupENG38–14NZLRSAsa a 0.2emFIJPlateARG29–12FRAAUSSAMBowlCAN19–14NAMZAMUGAShieldKEN22–19MARSRIZIM Wellington 2004 Wellington Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCupNZL33–15FIJENGRSAPlateTON28–12KENSAMFRABowlARG31–26AUSCANSKOShieldUSA43–26COKPNGNIU Los Angeles 2004 USA Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCupARG21–12NZLFIJSAMPlateENG55–0CANRSAFRABowlAUS33–31KENTONCHIShieldUSA29–22SKOURUTTO Hong Kong 2004 Hong Kong Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsQuarter-finalistsCupENG22–12ARGNZLRSAFIJAUSSAMCANPlateSCO28–22FRAKENSKOUSANAMHKGITABowlCOK31–19JPNGEO 1990POR TPECHNSINTHA Singapore 2004 Singapore Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCupRSA24–19ARGSAMFRAPlateFIJ19–15NZLENGAUSBowlSCO34–5CANJPNSKOShieldHKG24–21USASINMYS Bordeaux 2004 Bordeaux Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCupNZL28–19ENGFIJRSAPlateARG22–21AUSSAMCANBowlFRA26–21KENSCOPORShieldESP14–10GEO 1990RUSITA London 2004 London Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCupENG22–19NZLFIJARGPlateRSA31–12SCOAUSSAMBowlFRA19–14GEO 1990CANESPShieldPOR24–0RUSKENITA External links Official tournament site 2003-04 Season Overview irb.com 12 December 2013 http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/archive/tcode=1080/season=2003/overview.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090220185039/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/archive/tcode%3D1080/season%3D2003/overview.html 20 February 2009 References Category:World Rugby Sevens Series