2008 Wellington Sevens

The Emirates Airline Wellington Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, which took place on 1 and 2 February was the third Cup trophy in the 2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series.

Pool stages edit

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 103 7 +96 9
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 60 29 +31 7
  Canada 3 1 0 2 37 95 -58 5
  Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 21 90 -69 3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
1 February 2008   New Zealand 43 – 0   Canada
1 February 2008   Samoa 22 – 0   Papua New Guinea
1 February 2008   New Zealand 41 – 0   Papua New Guinea
1 February 2008   Samoa 31 – 10   Canada
1 February 2008   Canada 27 – 21   Papua New Guinea
1 February 2008   New Zealand 19 – 7   Samoa

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 88 28 +60 9
  Wales 3 2 0 1 48 52 -4 7
  Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 42 74 -32 5
  England 3 0 0 3 29 53 -24 3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
1 February 2008   Fiji 40 – 7   Wales
1 February 2008   England 17 – 21   Cook Islands
1 February 2008   Fiji 31 – 14   Cook Islands
1 February 2008   England 5 – 15   Wales
1 February 2008   Wales 26 – 7   Cook Islands
1 February 2008   Fiji 17 – 7   England

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 86 28 +58 9
  Australia 3 2 0 1 57 38 +19 7
  Kenya 3 1 0 2 26 52 -26 5
  France 3 0 0 3 21 72 -51 3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
1 February 2008   South Africa 24 – 14   Australia
1 February 2008   Kenya 19 – 0   France
1 February 2008   South Africa 29 – 7   France
1 February 2008   Kenya 0 – 19   Australia
1 February 2008   Australia 24 – 14   France
1 February 2008   South Africa 33 – 7   Kenya

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  Scotland 3 2 1 0 52 19 +33 8
  Tonga 3 2 0 1 57 50 +7 7
  United States 3 1 1 1 31 52 -21 6
  Argentina 3 0 0 3 36 55 -19 3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
1 February 2008   Argentina 7 – 17   United States
1 February 2008   Scotland 26 – 0   Tonga
1 February 2008   Argentina 17 – 19   Tonga
1 February 2008   Scotland 7 – 7   United States
1 February 2008   United States 7 – 38   Tonga
1 February 2008   Argentina 12 – 19   Scotland

Knockout edit

Shield edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
 
  Canada17
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  England33
 
  Canada7
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  United States19
 
  United States12
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  France17
 
  United States22
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Kenya17
 
  Kenya7
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Argentina19
 
  Kenya38
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Papua New Guinea7
 
  Cook Islands24
 
 
  Papua New Guinea17
 

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
 
  Canada17
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  England33
 
  England14
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  France5
 
  United States12
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  France17
 
  England12
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Argentina7
 
  Kenya7
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Argentina19
 
  Argentina36
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Cook Islands5
 
  Cook Islands24
 
 
  Papua New Guinea17
 

Plate edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
 
  New Zealand40
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Wales5
 
  Wales24
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Scotland12
 
  Scotland7
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Australia31
 
  Wales12
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  South Africa19
 
  South Africa10
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Tonga14
 
  South Africa26
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Fiji19
 
  Fiji17
 
 
  Samoa19
 

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
 
  New Zealand40
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Wales5
 
  New Zealand32
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Australia7
 
  Scotland7
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Australia31
 
  New Zealand22
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Samoa17
 
  South Africa10
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Tonga14
 
  Tonga21
 
2 February – Wellington, New Zealand
 
  Samoa24
 
  Fiji17
 
 
  Samoa19
 

Round 3 table edit

Pos. Country                 Overall
1   New Zealand 20 20 20 60
2   Fiji 16 16 4 36
3   South Africa 12 12 8 32
4   Samoa 6 4 16 26
5   Argentina 8 12 0 20
6   Australia 2 0 12 14
6   England 12 0 2 14
8   Kenya 4 8 0 12
8   Tonga 12 12
8   Scotland 4 4 4 12
11   Wales 0 2 6 8
12   United States 0 6 0 6
13   France 0 0 0 0
13   Canada 0 0 0 0
13   Zimbabwe 0 0 0
13   Tunisia 0 0 0
13   Papua New Guinea 0 0
13   Cook Islands 0 0
13   Uganda 0 0
13  Arabian Gulf 0 0

  Fiji was the second team to score over 1,000 overall points in the Group Stage of this tournament.

External links edit