The 2007 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2007, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2006–07 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over the weekend of 7 and 8 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.[1]
| 2007 Adelaide Sevens | |
|---|---|
| IRB Sevens VIII | |
| Host nation |  Australia |
| Date | 7–8 April 2007 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Fiji |
| Runner-up |  Samoa |
| Plate | |
| Winner | Australia |
| Runner-up |  South Africa |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Wales |
| Runner-up |  Tonga |
| Shield | |
| Winner |  Canada |
| Runner-up |  Japan |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 44 |
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It was the first such tournament in Adelaide, and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The competition was won by Fiji who defeated Samoa 21–7 in the Cup final.[2]
The tournament was the fourth completed edition of the Australian Sevens, with the event returning after a three-year absence following the 2003 Brisbane Sevens.[3]
Format edit
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.[4]
Teams edit
The participating teams were:[2]
Pool stage edit
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.[2][5]
Pool A edit
Results
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Pool B edit
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Results
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Pool C edit
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Results
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Pool D edit
Results
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Finals edit
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.[2][5]
- 1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 36 - 12 Japan
- 1/4 final Bowl - Argentina 33 - 5 Hong Kong
- 1/4 final Bowl - Wales 24 - 7 Portugal
- 1/4 final Bowl - France 17 - 14 Canada
- 1/4 final Cup - England 12 - 17 Kenya
- 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 22 - 17 Australia
- 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 40 - 14 Scotland
- 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 17 - 22 Fiji
- SF Shield - Japan 29 - 10 Hong Kong
- SF Shield - Portugal 12 - 14 Canada
- SF Bowl - Tonga 17 - 12 Argentina
- SF Bowl - Wales 19 - 14 France
- SF Plate - England 21 - 26 Australia
- SF Plate - Scotland 5 - 42 South Africa
- SF Cup - Kenya 0 - 31 Samoa
- SF Cup - New Zealand 17 - 24 Fiji
- Final Shield - Japan 17 - 43 Canada
- Final Bowl - Tonga 14 - 26 Wales
- Final Plate - Australia 31 - 0 South Africa
- Final Cup - Samoa 7 - 21 Fiji
Round 6 table edit
| Pos. | Country |  |
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Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji |
12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 104 | ||
| 2 | Samoa |
8 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 94 | ||
| 3 | New Zealand |
16 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 90 | ||
| 4 | South Africa |
20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 80 | ||
| 5 | England |
12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 48 | ||
| 6 |  France |
6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| 7 | Australia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 24 | ||
| 8 | Scotland |
0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 9 |  Kenya |
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 10 | Wales |
0 | 8 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 11 | Tonga |
- | - | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 12 | Canada |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 13 |  Argentina |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 14 |  Tunisia |
0 | 6 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 15 |  Russia |
- | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Portugal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Japan |
- | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Hong Kong |
- | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | United States |
- | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 16 |  South Korea |
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 16 |  Sri Lanka |
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 16 |  China |
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 16 |  Italy |
- | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | West Indies | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | ||
| 16 |  Chile |
- | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | ||
| 16 |  Cook Islands |
- | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| 16 |  Papua New Guinea |
- | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| 16 |  Zimbabwe |
0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| 16 |  Uganda |
- | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| 16 | Arabian Gulf | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
References edit
- ^ "Adelaide Sevens". adelaidesevens.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2007.
- ^ a b c d "IRB Sevens VIII - Adelaide, Australia". rugby7.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "About the Adelaide Sevens". thefanatics.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide". ur7s.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
External links edit
- IRB Sevens[usurped]
- "Adelaide Sevens". adelaidesevens.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2007.
- "Adelaide Sevens". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.