2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series

Rugby tournament 2009–10 IRB Sevens Series XI United Arab Emirates RSA NZL USA HKG AUS ENG SCO 4 December 2009 - 30 May 2010 SAM NZL AUS 2008-09 2010-11 The 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series was the eleventh of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. Samoa won the IRB Sevens World Series crown for their first time. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. However, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, is played over three days, largely because it involves 24 teams instead of the normal 16. The 2009-10 Series was won by Samoa, who won four of the eight tournaments and placed second in two others. Samoa were led by top try-scorer Mikaele Pesamino, who led the Series with 56 tries. Itinerary The series' tournaments were identical to those in 2008–09 and spanned the globe, visiting five of the six populated continents. + 2009–10 Itineraryhttp://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2032654.html#200910+irb+sevens+world+series+schedule 2009/10 IRB Sevens World Series schedule set International Rugby Board 2009-07-08 2009-07-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090711161335/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid%3D2032654.html 2009-07-11 Leg Venue Date Winner Dubai The Sevens December 4–5, 2009 NZL South Africa Outeniqua Park, George December 11–12, 2009 NZL New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington February 5–6, 2010 FJI United States Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas February 13–14, 2010 SAM Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide March 19–21, 2010 SAM Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium March 26–28, 2010 SAM London Twickenham May 22–23, 2010 AUS Edinburgh Murrayfield, Edinburgh May 29–30, 2010 SAM Two minor changes were made to the schedule: The USA event moved from San Diego, its home from 2007 to 2009, to Las Vegas.http://www.usasevens.com/event/las-vegas.aspx USA Sevens Signs Letter Of Intent to Bring Tournament to New Venue in 2010 USA Sevens, LLC 2009-07-13 2009-07-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090716183827/http://www.usasevens.com/event/las-vegas.aspx 2009-07-16 The Adelaide event moved from its previous slot of one week after Hong Kong to one week before. Core teams Before each season, the IRB announces the 12 "core teams" that will receive guaranteed berths in each event in that season's series. The core teams for 2009–10 were:http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=2/news/newsid=2033905.html#pools+matches+south+africa+sevens Pools and matches set for South Africa Sevens International Rugby Board 2009-10-12 2009-10-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20091020223029/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition%3D2/news/newsid%3D2033905.html#pools+matches+south+africa+sevens 20 October 2009 dead ARG AUS ENG FJI FRA KEN NZL SAM SCO ZAF USA WAL The core teams were unchanged from 2008–09; the most recent change came before that season, when the USA replaced its neighbor Canada.http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2026934.html#usa+rugby+receives+major+sevens+boost USA Rugby receives major Sevens boost International Rugby Board 2008-09-22 2009-03-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090612055717/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid%3D2026934.html 2009-06-12 Points schedule The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. Effective with this season, the IRB changed the points allocations for all events as follows:http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2034177.html#overhaul+sevens+world+series+point+system Overhaul for Sevens World Series point system International Rugby Board 2009-11-05 2009-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20091109021206/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid%3D2034177.html#overhaul+sevens+world+series+point+system 2009-11-09 dead 16-team events (all except for Hong Kong) Cup winner (1st place): 24 points Cup runner-up: 20 points Losing Cup semifinalists: 16 points Plate winner (5th place): 12 points Plate runner-up: 8 points Losing Plate semifinalists: 6 points Bowl winner (9th place): 4 points 24-team event (Hong Kong) Cup winner: 30 points Cup runner-up: 25 points Losing Cup semifinalists: 20 points Plate winner (5th place): 16 points Plate runner-up: 10 points Losing Plate semifinalists: 8 points Bowl winner (9th place): 5 points Tournament structure In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participate. Due to its place as the sport's most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament has 24 teams. In each 16-team tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/rules16.html Rules: 16-Team Tournament International Rugby Board 2009-07-14 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090209014516/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/rules16.html 9 February 2009 Four trophies are awarded in each tournament. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. The Shield was contested in Hong Kong for the first time in 2010. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/index.html Rules International Rugby Board 2009-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20080405120045/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/index.html 2008-04-05 dead In a 16-team tournament, the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield. The Hong Kong Sevens adopted a new structure effective with its 2010 edition. As in previous years, the 24 teams were divided into six pools of four teams each, with the competition points system and tiebreakers identical to those for a 16-team event. Also as in the past, the six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition.http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/rules24.html Rules: 24-Team Tournament International Rugby Board 2010-01-28 20092010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100125113122/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/rules/rules24.html 25 January 2010 dead dmy-all The changes made in 2010 were:http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=5/news/newsid=2035540.html#all+teams+announced+hong+kong+sevens All 24 teams announced for Hong Kong Sevens International Rugby Board 2010-01-28 2010-01-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205090518/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition%3D5/news/newsid%3D2035540.html#all+teams+announced+hong+kong+sevens 5 February 2010 dead dmy-all The Plate competition was contested by the losing quarterfinalists from the Cup, as in all other events in the series. The Bowl was contested by the four remaining second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers. In previous years, these teams competed for the Plate. The Shield was contested by the remaining eight entrants. In previous years, these teams competed for the Bowl. 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 competed 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. + 2009–10 IRB Sevens – Series XIhttp://www.irb.com/irbsevens/standings.html Overall Standings International Rugby Board 2010-03-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081202092753/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/standings.html 2008-12-02 Pos. Team Event  border-bottom:1px solid transparentUAEDubaiRSAGeorgeNZLWellingtonUSALas VegasAUSAdelaideHKGHong KongENGLondonSCOEdinburghPointstotal    1 SAM20 6 20 24 24 30 16 24 164 2 NZL24 24 16 20 12 25 12 16 149 3 AUS 12 6 12 16 16 16 24 20 122 4 FJI 16 20 24 8 6 20 8 6 108 5 ENG 16 12 16 6 4 20 6 16 96 6 RSA 8 8 8 12 8 10 20 6 80 7 ARG 6 16 0 0 16 0 16 8 62 8 KEN 6 16 6 16 0 8 0 0 52 9 WAL 4 4 4 6 6 0 6 4 34 10 USA 0 0 0 4 20 8 0 0 32 11 CAN – – 6 0 – 5 4 0 15 12 SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 13 FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 {| 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. |} Player scoring Most points + Most pointshttp://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html IRB Sevens World Series 2009/10 Statistics: Season Player Points International Rugby Board 2010-03-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20100211145728/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html 11 February 2010 dead Pos. Player Country Points 1 Ben Gollings ENG 332 2 Mikaele Pesamino SAM 282 3 Lolo Lui SAM 264 4 James Stannard AUS 257 5 Tomasi Cama NZL 241 6 Cecil Afrika ZAF 210 7 Kurt Baker NZL 191 8 Lavin Asego KEN 173 9 Mzwandile Stick ZAF 171 10 William Ryder FIJ 166 Most tries + Most trieshttp://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html IRB Sevens World Series 2009/10 Statistics: Season Player Tries International Rugby Board 2010-03-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025245/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html 2008-04-09 Pos. Player Country Tries 1 Mikaele Pesamino SAM 56 2= Kurt Baker NZL 33 2= Humphrey Kayange KEN 33 4= Rayno Benjamin ZAF 32 4= Collins Injera KEN 32 6 Brackin Karauria-Henry AUS 30 7 Alafoti Fa'osiliva SAM 29 8= Renaud Delmas FRA 28 8= Clinton Sills AUS 28 10 Sherwin Stowers NZL 27 Tournaments Dubai 2009 Dubai Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup NZL24 – 12 SAM ENGFJIPlate AUS7 – 0 ZAF ARGKENBowl WAL 38 – 7 ZWE USAFRAShield RUS17 – 14 POR SCOArabian Gulf South Africa 2009 South Africa Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup NZL21 – 12 FJI ARGKENPlate ENG21 – 7 ZAF SAMAUSBowl WAL14 – 5 RUS USAPORShield SCO28 – 19 FRA ZWETUN New Zealand 2010 Wellington Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup FJI19 – 14 SAM ENGNZLPlate AUS26 – 22 RSA CANKENBowl WAL7 – 5 FRA ARGNIUShield USA17 – 14 TON PNGSCO United States 2010 USA Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup SAM33 – 12 NZL AUSKENPlate ZAF12 – 7 FJI ENGWALBowl USA28 – 17 FRA ARGCHLShield SCO17 – 7 JPN CANGUY Australia 2010 Adelaide Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup SAM38 – 10 USA ARGAUSPlate NZL21 – 14 ZAF FJIWALBowl ENG33 – 12 KEN FRASCOShield JPN22 – 19 TON NIUPNG Hong Kong 2010 Hong Kong Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsQuarter FinalistsCup SAM 24 – 21 NZL ENGFIJ Plate AUS 12 – 5 ZAF KENUSA Bowl CAN 35 – 19 WAL PORSCO ARGFRAJPNTONShield Hong Kong 19 – 17 RUS ITAZIM CHNChinese TaipeiSouth KoreaThailand London 2010 London Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup AUS19 – 14 ZAF ARGSAMPlate NZ26 – 24 FIJ ENGWALBowl CAN19 – 17 POR SCOUSAShield KEN24 – 21 FRA ITARUS Scotland 2010 Edinburgh Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup SAM41 – 14 AUS ENGNZLPlate SCO19 – 0 ARG FIJRSABowl WAL26 – 10 KEN FRAUSAShield RUS26 – 7 CAN ITAPOR References External links Official tournament site London Sevens Profile on UR7s.com Category:World Rugby Sevens Series