2004 Hong Kong Sevens

Rugby sevens event in Hong Kong IRB Sevens V Hong Kong 26–28 March 2004 ENG ARG SCO FRA COK JPN 45 2003 2006 The 2004 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium between 26 and 28 March 2004. It was the 29th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and was the fifth tournament of the 2003–04 World Sevens 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. After winning all three of their group stage matches, England took out the Hong Kong title for the third year running, defeating Argentina in the cup final 22–12.http://www.irbsevens.com/tournaments/hongkong/280304results.html England claim Hong Kong hat trick 28 March 2004 International Rugby Union usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20041022180517/http://www.irbsevens.com/tournaments/hongkong/280304results.html 22 October 2004 7 April 2020 The plate-final saw Scotland defeat France while the Cook Islands 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. 22em ARG AUS CAN CHN TPE COK ENG FIJ FRA GEO HKG ITA JPN KEN NAM NZL POR SAM SCO SIN RSA KOR THA USA 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/general-info/fact.htm Format dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040608081205/http://www.hksevens.com/general-info/fact.htm 8 June 2004 7 April 2020 Pool stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Plate quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals Pool A main WDL Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL USA USA ITA ITA JPN JPN 3 0 0 138 7 2 0 1 44 55 1 0 2 38 81 0 0 3 31 108 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B complete 26 March 17:00 NZL 48–0 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26 March 19:12 USA 10–5 ITA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 10:46 ITA 33–19 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 12:58 NZL 38–7 USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 15:10 USA 27–12 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 17:22 NZL 52–0 ITA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool B main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ENG ENG SCO SCO GEO GEO CHN CHN 3 0 0 129 12 2 0 1 74 50 1 0 2 22 85 0 0 3 29 107 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B B complete 26 March 17:22 ENG 49–0 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26 March 19:34 SCO 26–0 GEO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 11:08 GEO 22–17 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 13:20 ENG 38–12 SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 15:32 SCO 36–12 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 17:44 ENG 42–0 GEO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool C main WDL Q 3 2 1 points RSA RSA KEN KEN COK COK THA THA 3 0 0 132 24 2 0 1 69 29 1 0 2 43 88 0 0 3 29 132 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B B complete 26 March 17:44 RSA 63–0 THA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26 March 19:56 KEN 19–0 COK Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 11:30 KEN 38–5 THA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 13:42 RSA 45–12 COK Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 15:54 COK 31–24 THA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 18:06 RSA 24–12 KEN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool D main WDL Q 3 2 1 points CAN CAN FIJ FIJ HKG HKG POR POR 3 0 0 87 12 2 0 1 78 14 1 0 2 21 64 0 0 3 12 108 #ccffcc A A #ffddbb B complete 26 March 18:06 FIJ 35–0 POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26 March 20:18 CAN 21–0 HKG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 11:52 CAN 52–0 POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 14:04 FIJ 31–0 HKG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 16:16 HKG 21–12 POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 18:28 CAN 14–12 FIJ Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool E main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ARG ARG FRA FRA KOR KOR SIN SIN 3 0 0 91 7 2 0 1 67 19 1 0 2 59 55 0 0 3 5 141 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B complete 26 March 18:28 ARG 48–0 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26 March 20:40 FRA 19–7 KOR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 12:14 FRA 48–0 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 14:26 ARG 31–7 KOR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 16:38 KOR 45–5 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 18:50 ARG 12–0 FRA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool F main WDL Q 3 2 1 points AUS AUS SAM SAM NAM NAM TPE TPE 3 0 0 118 24 2 0 1 81 19 1 0 2 45 90 0 0 3 28 139 #ccffcc A A #ffddbb B complete 26 March 18:50 SAM 38–0 TPE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26 March 21:02 AUS 31–12 NAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 12:36 AUS 68–0 TPE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 14:48 SAM 31–0 NAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 17:00 NAM 33–28 TPE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27 March 19:12 AUS 19–12 SAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Knockout stage Bowl high 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium COK 46 SIN 0 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium POR 26 CHN 12 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium JPN 31 THA 10 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium TPE 17 GEO 19 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium COK 21 POR 5 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium JPN 26 GEO 21 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium COK 31 JPN 19 170 50 Source: HK Sevens Plate high 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium FRA 31 NAM 5 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium KOR 14 USA 12 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium SCO 20 ITA 17 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium HKG 0 KEN 21 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium FRA 21 KOR 7 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium SCO 19 KEN 7 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium FRA 22 SCO 28 170 50 Source: HK Sevens Cup high 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 27 SAM 5 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium ARG 19 CAN 14 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium RSA 17 AUS 5 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 12 ENG 17 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 17 ARG 19 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium RSA 7 ENG 15 28 March – Hong Kong Stadium ARG 12 ENG 22 170 50 Source: HK Sevens Tournament placings PlaceTeam Points ENG 30 ARG 24 NZL 18 RSA 18 5 AUS 8 CAN 8 FIJ 8 SAM 8 9 SCO 4 10 FRA 3 11 KEN 2 KOR 2 PlaceTeam Points 13 HKG 0 ITA 0 NAM 0 USA 0 17 COK 1 18 JPN 0 19 GEO 0 POR 0 21 CHN 0 TPE 0 SIN 0 THA 0 Source: Rugby7.com References IRB Sevens V 2004 Hong Kong Sevens 2004 USA Sevens 2004 Singapore Sevens Hong Kong Sevens 2004 Hong Kong Sevens 2003 Hong Kong Sevens 2006 Hong Kong Sevens Category:Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong Sevens