2003 Wellington Sevens

IRB Sevens IV New Zealand 7–8 February 2003 NZL ENG SAM FRA CAN NIU TON JPN 44 2002 2004 The 2003 Wellington Sevens, also known as the 2003 New Zealand Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Wellington, New Zealand as the third leg of the 2002–03 World Sevens Series. The tournament took place at the Westpac Stadium on 7–8 February 2003. The hosts, New Zealand, won the Cup. Niue finished second in the Bowl competition, which was the team's best result at that time. Format The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets. Teams The 16 participating teams for the tournament: ARG AUS CAN CHN COK ENG FIJ FRA JPN NZL NIU PNG SAM RSA TON USA Pool stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals Pool A main WDL Q n p 3 2 1 NZL NZL ENG ENG TON TON PNG PNG 3 0 0 112 13 2 0 1 77 41 1 0 2 63 80 0 0 3 28 146 #ccffcc Q Q complete 7 February 2003 NZL 24–0 ENG Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 TON 40–21 PNG Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 ENG 28–17 TON Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 NZL 57–7 PNG Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 ENG 49–0 PNG Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 NZL 31–6 TON Westpac Stadium, Wellington Source: Rugby7.com Pool B main WDL Q n p 3 2 1 RSA RSA SAM SAM USA USA COK COK 2 1 0 110 26 2 1 0 94 21 1 0 2 31 85 0 0 3 12 115 #ccffcc Q Q complete 7 February 2003 SAM 21–21 RSA Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 USA 26–12 COK Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 SAM 47–0 USA Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 RSA 63–0 COK Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 SAM 26–0 COK Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 RSA 26–5 USA Westpac Stadium, Wellington Source: Rugby7.com Pool C main WDL Q n p 3 2 1 AUS AUS ARG ARG JPN JPN CHN CHN 3 0 0 88 19 2 0 1 81 45 1 0 2 50 64 0 0 3 12 103 #ccffcc Q Q complete 7 February 2003 AUS 28–14 ARG Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 JPN 33–7 CHN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 ARG 31–12 JPN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 AUS 34–0 CHN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 ARG 36-5 CHN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 AUS 26–5 JPN Westpac Stadium, Wellington Source: Rugby7.com Pool D main WDL Q n p 3 2 1 FIJ FIJ FRA FRA CAN CAN NIU NIU 3 0 0 114 33 2 0 1 66 41 1 0 2 60 66 0 0 3 12 112 #ccffcc Q Q complete 7 February 2003 FIJ 29–14 FRA Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 CAN 29–12 NIU Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 FRA 19–12 CAN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 FIJ 50–0 NIU Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 FRA 33–0 NIU Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7 February 2003 FIJ 35–19 CAN Westpac Stadium, Wellington Source: Rugby7.com Knockout stage Shield 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium JPN 29 PNG 7 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium TON 41 CHN 0 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium JPN 26 TON 29 170 50 Source: Rugby7.com Bowl 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium USA 28 PNG 7 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium NIU 25 JPN 0 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium CAN 38 CHN 0 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium COK 20 TON 14 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium USA 17 NIU|20|8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium|CAN|31|COK|5 |8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium|NIU|5|CAN|47''' 170 50 Source: Rugby7.com Plate 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium FRA 22 RSA 12 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium SAM 17 ARG 14 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium FRA 5 SAM 39 170 50 Source: Rugby7.com Cup 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium ENG 17 RSA 7 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium AUS 24 FRA 7 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium FIJ 26 ARG 5 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium NZL 21 SAM 19 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium ENG 21 AUS 15 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium FIJ 22 NZL 24 8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium ENG 26 NZL 38 170 50 Source: Rugby7.com Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points NZL 20 ENG 16 AUS 12 FIJ 12 5 SAM 8 6 FRA 6 7 ARG 4 RSA 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 CAN 2 10 NIU 0 11 COK 0 USA 0 13 TON 0 14 JPN 0 15 CHN 0 PNG 0 Source: Rugby7.com References 2003 IRB Sevens IV - Wellington, New Zealand. 2/7/2003 - 2/8/2003 rugby7.com 18 November 2019 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=WEL-2003 IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament irbsevens.com 18 November 2019 http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 20 May 2013 IRB Sevens IV 2003 Wellington Sevens 2003 George Sevens 2003 Hong Kong Sevens New Zealand Sevens 2003 Wellington Sevens 2002 Wellington Sevens 2004 Wellington Sevens Category:2002–03 IRB Sevens World Series Category:2003 in New Zealand rugby union 2003 Wellington Sevens