2003 Brisbane Sevens

International rugby tournament IRB Sevens IV AUS Australia 2–3 January 2003 ENG FIJ AUS SAM TON USA COK PNG 44 2002 2007 Adelaide The 2003 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2003 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2002–03 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane over the weekend of 2 and 3 January 2003. The competition was won by England who defeated Fiji 28–14 in the Cup final. The tournament was the third completed edition of the Australian Sevens. For the next three years there was no World Sevens tournament staged in Australia, until the event returned as the 2007 Adelaide Sevens. 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 top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets. Teams The participating teams were: 18em Argentina Australia Canada China Cook Islands England Fiji France Japan New Zealand Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa South Africa Tonga United States Pool Stage Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results. Pool A main WDL Q points n 1 NZL NZL FRA FRA USA USA CHN CHN 3 0 0 137 0 2 0 1 64 45 1 0 2 50 64 0 0 3 0 142 #ccffcc Cup Quarterfinal A A complete 2 January 2003 NZL 33–0 FRA Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 USA 38–0 CHN Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 FRA 21–12 USA Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 NZL 61–0 CHN Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 FRA 43–0 CHN Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 NZL 43–0 USA Ballymore Stadium Pool B main WDL Q points n 1 ARG ARG RSA RSA CAN CAN PNG PNG 3 0 0 81 40 2 0 1 91 40 1 0 2 38 50 0 0 3 19 99 #ccffcc Cup Quarterfinal A A complete 2 January 2003 ARG 26–21 RSA Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 CAN 17–7 PNG Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 ARG 22–7 CAN Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 RSA 49–0 PNG Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 ARG 33–12 PNG Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 RSA 21–14 CAN Ballymore Stadium Pool C main WDL Q points n 1 AUS AUS SAM SAM TON TON NIU NIU 3 0 0 103 7 2 0 1 50 50 1 0 2 34 75 0 0 3 15 70 #ccffcc Cup Quarterfinal A A complete 2 January 2003 AUS 35–7 SAM Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 TON 19–15 NIU Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 SAM 19–15 TON Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 AUS 27–0 NIU Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 SAM 24–0 NIU Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 AUS 41–0 TON Ballymore Stadium Pool D main WDL Q points n 1 ENG ENG FIJ FIJ JPN JPN COK COK 3 0 0 64 31 2 0 1 60 40 1 0 2 64 65 0 0 3 19 71 #ccffcc Cup Quarterfinal A A complete 2 January 2003 ENG 21–12 FIJ Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 JPN 33–12 COK Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 ENG 22–19 JPN Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 FIJ 17–7 COK Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 ENG 21–0 COK Ballymore Stadium 2 January 2003 FIJ 31–12 JPN Ballymore Stadium Knockout stage Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results. Shield 18 February – Ballymore Stadium CHN 0 COK 42 18 February – Ballymore Stadium JPN 19 PNG 38 18 February – Ballymore Stadium COK 29 PNG 14 Bowl 18 February – Ballymore Stadium CAN 31 CHN 0 18 February – Ballymore Stadium TON 27 COK 7 18 February – Ballymore Stadium JPN 7 NIU 31 18 February – Ballymore Stadium USA 40 PNG 7 18 February – Ballymore Stadium CAN 24 TON 29 18 February – Ballymore Stadium NIU 12 USA 17 18 February – Ballymore Stadium TON 29 USA 10 Plate 18 February – Ballymore Stadium AUS 22 ARG 5 18 February – Ballymore Stadium SAM 21 RSA 10 18 February – Ballymore Stadium AUS 47 SAM 12 Cup 18 February – Ballymore Stadium ARG 14 FRA 17 18 February – Ballymore Stadium AUS 7 FIJ 12 18 February – Ballymore Stadium ENG 27 SAM 5 18 February – Ballymore Stadium NZL 19 RSA 10 18 February – Ballymore Stadium FRA 19 FIJ 26 18 February – Ballymore Stadium ENG 19 NZL 14 18 February – Ballymore Stadium ENG 28 FIJ 14 References 2003 IRB Sevens IV - Brisbane, Australia. 2/1/2003 - 3/1/2003 rugby7.com 12 December 2013 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=BRI-2003 live https://web.archive.org/web/20131112225317/http://www.rugby7.com/st.asp?T=BRI-2003 12 November 2013 Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Brisbane ur7s.com 7 December 2013 http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=&country=Australia&tournament=Brisbane&submit=Search https://web.archive.org/web/20131216181811/http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=&country=Australia&tournament=Brisbane&submit=Search 16 December 2013 dead About the Adelaide Sevens thefanatics.com 13 December 2013 http://www.thefanatics.com/2011-adelaide-sevens/adelaide-sevens live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204555/http://www.thefanatics.com/2011-adelaide-sevens/adelaide-sevens 4 March 2016 IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament irbsevens.com 9 December 2013 http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 20 May 2013 Category:Australian Sevens Brisbane Sevens Brisbane Sevens