2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby tournament held in Hong Kong September 2020 2005年橄欖球七人欖球賽 March 18 March 20 Hong Kong 24 Fiji New Zealand 120,000 2001 2009 The 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens or the Melrose Cup was the fourth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held in Hong Kong at Hong Kong Stadium. Fiji defeated New Zealand in the final to take the Melrose Cup for the second time, becoming the first team to win the competition twice. The Tournament broke all previous broadcast and attendance records, attracting a capacity audience of 120,000 spectators across for three competition days, while television coverage of the event reached over 450 million homes.Record interest in Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15394555/record-interest-rugby-world-cup-sevens-2009 espnscrum 7 December 2006 3 October 2022 Teams 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying 14em ARG AUS CAN TPE ENG FIJ FRA GEO HKG (Hosts) IRE ITA JPN KEN NZL (Holders) POR RUS SAM SCO RSA KOR TON TUN USA URU Squads 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens squads Group stage https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/4274279.stm England given tough Sevens draw 17 February 2005 Key to colours in group tablesTeams advanced to the Cup quarter-finalTeams advanced to the Plate quarter-finalTeams advanced to the Bowl quarter-final Pool A main WDL Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL SCO SCO USA USA IRE IRE KOR KOR TGA TGA 5 0 0 211 17 4 0 1 114 98 2 0 3 88 145 2 0 3 86 140 1 0 4 66 152 1 0 4 72 85 #ccffcc A A #ffe6bd B B #fcc C C complete Pool B main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ENG ENG FRA FRA SAM SAM GEO GEO TPE TPE ITA ITA 4 0 1 158 35 4 0 1 130 48 4 0 1 120 41 1 1 3 56 152 1 0 4 56 157 0 1 4 46 133 #ccffcc A A #ffe6bd B B #fcc C C complete Pool C main WDL Q 3 2 1 points FIJ FIJ AUS AUS JPN JPN POR POR CAN CAN HKG HKG 5 0 0 178 19 4 0 1 138 69 3 0 2 64 107 2 0 3 50 85 1 0 4 83 91 0 0 5 15 157 #ccffcc A A #ffe6bd B B #fcc C C complete Pool D main WDL Q 3 2 1 points RSA RSA ARG ARG TUN TUN RUS RUS KEN KEN URU URU 4 0 1 173 48 4 0 1 138 48 3 0 2 93 70 2 0 3 86 160 2 0 3 75 124 0 0 5 45 160 #ccffcc A A #ffe6bd B B #fcc C C complete Play Offs Bowl KOR 21 ITA 26 KEN 62 HKG 10 CAN 39 URU 0 TPE 19 TGA 28 ITA 28 KEN 15 CAN 7 TGA 0 ITA 7 CAN 5 Plate USA 0 GEO 24 TUN 12 POR 21 JPN 5 RUS 29 SAM 19 IRL 14 GEO 5 POR 29 RUS 12 SAM 19 POR 7 SAM 29 Cup NZL 33 FRA 7 RSA 14 AUS 15 FIJ 22 ARG 14 ENG 36 SCO 0 NZL 24 AUS 20 FIJ 24 ENG 19 NZL 19 FIJ 29 ru7 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens winners FIJ 2nd Team roster Serevi, Bobo, Delasau, Ryder, Vunibaka, Naevo, Roko, Rawaqa, Daunivucu, Nabuliwaqa, Ligairi, V. Satala, A. Satala See also Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup References External links wdwll1OQRBE 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens final: New Zealand v Fiji results on BBC 2005 Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Hong Kong Category:2005 rugby sevens competitions Category:2005 in Hong Kong sport Category:March 2005 sports events in Asia