2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series
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| 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series | |
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| 2007-11-30 - 2008-06-01 | |
| Host nations |  Dubai and |
 South Africa |
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| No. of nations | 23 |
| Champions |  New Zealand |
| Preceded by | 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series |
| Succeeded by | 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series |
The 2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series was the ninth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. The defending series champions, New Zealand, completely dominated this season's competition, winning the first five events, setting new records for consecutive tournament wins and consecutive match wins,[1] and clinching the 2007–08 series with one tournament remaining after winning the Plate Final of the London leg.[2] They ended with six wins out of the eight events.
Sevens is a stripped-down version of rugby union, with seven players on each side rather than fifteen. Games are much shorter, seven or ten minutes each half, and tend to be very fast-paced. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format; however, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, is played over three days.
The series' tournaments, which were identical to those in 2006–2007, span the globe:
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[edit] Tournament structure
In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participate. Because of its place as the sports most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament as 24 teams. In each 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.[4]
Four trophies are awarded in each tournament, except for Hong Kong. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. In Hong Kong, the Shield is not awarded. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.[5]
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-place finishers in each pool, while the Shield is contested by the last-place teams from each pool.[4] In Hong Kong, the six pool winners, plus the two highest-finishing second-place teams, advance to the Cup. The Plate participants are the eight highest-ranked teams remaining, while the lowest eight drop to the Bowl.[6]
[edit] Points schedule
The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. For most events, points are awarded on the following schedule:[5]
- Cup winner (1st place): 20 points
- Cup runner-up (2nd place): 16 points
- Losing Cup semifinalists (3rd & 4th place): 12 points
- Plate winner (5th place): 8 points
- Plate runner-up (6th place): 6 points
- Losing Plate semifinalists (7th & 8th place): 4 points
- Bowl winner (9th place): 2 points
Points are awarded on a different schedule for the Hong Kong Sevens:[5]
- Cup winner (1st place): 30 points
- Cup runner-up (2nd place): 24 points
- Losing Cup semifinalists (3rd & 4th place): 18 points
- Losing Cup quarterfinalists (5th, 6th, 7th & 8th place): 8 points
- Plate winner (9th place): 4 points
- Plate runner-up (10th place): 3 points
- Losing Plate semifinalists (11th & 12th place): 2 points
- Bowl winner (17th place): 1 point
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Table
| Final 2007-08 Standings[7] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Country | Dubai | South Africa (George) |
New Zealand (Wellington) |
USA (San Diego) |
Hong Kong | Australia (Adelaide) |
England (London) |
Scotland (Edinburgh) |
Overall | |
| 1 | New Zealand |
20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 154 | |
| 2 | South Africa |
12 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 106 | |
| 3 |  Samoa |
6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 100 | |
| 4 |  Fiji |
16 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 94 | |
| 5 |  England |
12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 54 | |
| 6 |  Argentina |
8 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 43 | |
| 7 |  Kenya |
4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
| 8= |  Australia |
2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 30 | |
| 8= |  Wales |
0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 30 | |
| 10 |  Scotland |
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 | |
| 11 |  Tonga |
- | - | 12 | - | 2 | 8 | - | - | 22 | |
| 12 |  France |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 13 |  United States |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | |
| 14= |  Cook Islands |
- | - | 0 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| 14= |  Portugal |
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 16 |  Canada |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Russia |
- | - | - | - | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18= |  Zimbabwe |
0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Tunisia |
0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Arabian Gulf |
0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Uganda |
- | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Papua New Guinea |
- | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  West Indies |
- | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Chile |
- | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Mexico |
- | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Hong Kong |
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  China |
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Chinese Taipei |
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Japan |
- | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  South Korea |
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Sri Lanka |
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 18= |  Moldova |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18= |  Spain |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
[edit] Individual points
| Individual points [8] Updated:2008-04-04 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Player | Country | Points |
| 1 | Tomasi Cama | New Zealand |
188 |
| 2 | Fabian Juries | South Africa |
150 |
| 3 | Neumi Nanuku | Fiji |
146 |
| 4 | Renfred Dazel | South Africa |
137 |
| 5 | Lote Raikabula | New Zealand |
134 |
| 6 | Steven Yates | New Zealand |
130 |
| 7= | Mikaele Pesamino | Samoa |
127 |
| 7= | Emosi Vucago | Fiji |
127 |
| 9 | Philip Mack | Canada |
126 |
| 10 | Ben Gollings | England |
124 |
[edit] Individual tries
| Individual tries [9] Updated:2008-04-04 |
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| Pos. | Player | Country | Tries |
| 1 | Fabian Juries | South Africa |
30 |
| 2 | Steven Yates | New Zealand |
26 |
| 3 | Mikaele Pesamino | Samoa |
25 |
| 4= | Alafoti Fa'osiliva | Samoa |
23 |
| 4= | Victor Vito | New Zealand |
23 |
| 6 | Zar Lawrence | New Zealand |
20 |
| 7= | Emosi Vucago | Fiji |
19 |
| 7= | Chris Wyles | United States |
19 |
| 9= | Tomasi Cama | New Zealand |
18 |
| 9= | Lote Raikabula | New Zealand |
18 |
[edit] Tournaments
[edit] Dubai
- Cup: New Zealand 31-21 Fiji
- Losing Cup semifinalists: South Africa, England
- Plate: Argentina 15-14 Samoa
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Scotland, Kenya
- Bowl: Canada 0-31 Australia
- Shield: Zimbabwe 22-19 Tunisia
[edit] South Africa
- Cup: New Zealand 34-7 Fiji
- Losing Cup semifinalists: South Africa, Argentina
- Plate: United States 14-15 Kenya
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Scotland, Samoa
- Bowl: England 19-21 Wales
- Shield: Canada 31-14 Zimbabwe
[edit] New Zealand
- Cup: New Zealand 22-17 Samoa
- Losing Cup semifinalists: Australia, Tonga
- Plate: Wales 12-19 South Africa
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Scotland, Fiji
- Bowl: England 12-7 Argentina
- Shield: United States 22-17 Kenya
[edit] USA
- Cup: New Zealand 27–12 South Africa
- Losing Cup semifinalists: Kenya, Samoa
- Plate: Fiji 26–21 Argentina
- Losing Plate semifinalists: England, Scotland
- Bowl: United States 19–21 Wales
- Shield: Chile 12–24 Australia
[edit] Hong Kong
- Cup: New Zealand 26–12 South Africa
- Losing Cup semifinalists: Samoa, Fiji
- Losing Cup quarterfinalists: Wales, Australia, Kenya, England
- Plate: Argentina 14–17 France
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Tonga, Canada
- Bowl: Zimbabwe 14–19 Russia
[edit] Australia
- Cup: South Africa 15-7 New Zealand
- Losing Cup semifinalists: Fiji, Samoa
- Plate: Tonga 14–12 Kenya
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Australia, Cook Islands
- Bowl: Argentina 26–21 United States
- Shield: Wales 12–7 Canada
[edit] London
- Cup: Samoa 19-14 Fiji
- Losing Cup semifinalists: England, Argentina
- Plate: New Zealand 19-12 South Africa
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Portugal, Scotland
- Bowl: Australia 19-12 Wales
- Shield: Spain 10-7 Kenya
[edit] Scotland
- Cup: New Zealand 24-14 England
- Losing Cup semifinalists: Samoa, Wales
- Plate: South Africa 14-5 Scotland
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Fiji, France
- Bowl: Australia 24-14 Canada
- Shield: Portugal 10-5 Russia
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ International Rugby Board (2008-04-06). "South Africa halt kiwi winning streak". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
- ^ "Rugby sevens: NZ lose, but still win world title", nzherald.co.nz, 2008-05-26. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ IRB Sevens World Series set for another record breaking year. International Rugby Board (2007-08-01). Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
- ^ a b Rules: 16-Team Tournament. International Rugby Board (2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ a b c Rules. International Rugby Board. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ Rules: 24-Team Tournament. International Rugby Board (2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ Overall Standings. International Rugby Board. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
- ^ Season Player Points. International Rugby Board. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ Season Player Tries. International Rugby Board. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by 2006-07 |
IRB Sevens World Series 2007-08 |
Succeeded by 2008-09 |
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