2003–04 World Sevens Series

The 2003–04 Sevens World Series was the fifth edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The series was held over eight tournaments, an increase of one over the previous year. This was the first year that the USA Sevens was added to the series. New Zealand won its fifth consecutive series, narrowly defeating England.

2003–04 IRB Sevens
Series V
Hosts
Nations34
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runners-up England
Third Argentina

Calendar

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2003–04 Itinerary[1]
Leg Venue Dates Winner
Dubai Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground 4–5 December 2003   South Africa
South Africa George 12–13 December 2003   England
New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington 6–7 February 2004   New Zealand
United States Home Depot Center, Los Angeles 14–15 February 2004   Argentina
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26–28 March 2004   England
Singapore Singapore 3–4 April 2004   South Africa
Bordeaux Bordeaux 28–29 May 2004   New Zealand
London Twickenham 5–6 June 2004   England

Final standings

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The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played 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.

2003–04 IRB Sevens – Series V
 
Pos.
Event 
Team
 
Dubai
 
George
 
Well­ing­ton
 
Los Ang­eles
 
Hong Kong
 
Singa­pore
 
Bor­deaux
 
London
Points
total
   
1   New Zealand 16 16 20 16 18 6 20 16 128
2   England 12 20 12 8 30 4 16 20 122
3   Argentina 8 8 2 20 24 16 8 12 98
4   Fiji 4 12 16 12 8 8 12 12 84
5  0 a  0 a 12 4 18 20 12 8 74
6   Samoa 12 4 4 12 8 12 4 4 60
7   France 4 6 4 4 3 12 2 2 37
8   Australia 6 4 0 2 8 4 6 4 34
9   Canada 2 2 0 6 8 0 4 0 22
10   Scotland 4 2 0 6 12
11   Kenya 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 8
11   Tonga 8 0 8
13   South Korea 0 0 2 0 2
14   Cook Islands 0 1 1
  United States 0 0 0 0 0
  Italy 0 0 0 0
  Portugal 0 0 0 0
  Georgia 0 0 0 0
  Morocco 0 0 0
  Sri Lanka 0 0 0
  Uganda 0 0 0
  Zambia 0 0 0
  Zimbabwe 0 0 0
  Namibia 0 0 0
  Japan 0 0 0
  Hong Kong 0 0 0
  Singapore 0 0 0
  Russia 0 0 0
  Spain 0 0 0
  Arabian Gulf 0 0
  Niue 0 0
  Papua New Guinea 0 0
  Chile 0 0
  Uruguay 0 0
  Trinidad and Tobago 0 0
  China 0 0
  Chinese Taipei 0 0
  Thailand 0 0
  Malaysia 0 0

Source: rugby7.com (archived)

Notes:
^a South Africa won the 2003 Dubai Sevens and lost in the Cup Semi-Finals at the 2003 South Africa Sevens[2] but no points are indicated on the IRB Series Standings for 2003-04.[3] South Africa were deducted their points for these rounds for fielding an ineligible player (Tonderai Chavhanga).[4]

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  • Official tournament site[usurped]
  • "2003-04 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

References

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  1. ^ "Annual Report - The year in detail" (PDF). Australian Rugby. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ^ Match Archive http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2003-2004&country=&tournament=George&submit=Search Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2003/04 http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1080/season=2003/standings.html
  4. ^ Pretorius, Herbert (2004-06-02). "IRB to rule on Tonderai fine". News24 Archive. News24. Retrieved 2018-06-11.