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{{Infobox Rugby Sevens
| series = <small>'''[[2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series|IRB Sevens VIII]]'''</small>
| countries = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| date = 7–8 April 2007
| champions1 = {{ru7|FIJ}}
| runnersup1 = {{ru7|SAM}}
| champions2 = {{ru7|AUS}}
| runnersup2 = {{ru7|RSA}}
| champions3 = {{ru7|WAL}}
| runnersup3 = {{ru7|TON}}
| champions4 = {{ru7|CAN}}
| runnersup4 = {{ru7|JPN}}
| matches = 44
| tries = 
| top point scorer = 
| top try scorer = 
| prevseason = [[2003 Brisbane Sevens|2003 Brisbane]]
| nextseason = [[2008 Adelaide Sevens|2008]]
}}
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 IRB Sevens World Series|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]].<ref name = adelaide-7s/>

It was the first such tournament in [[Adelaide]], and replaced the [[Singapore Sevens]]. The competition was won by [[Fiji national rugby sevens team|Fiji]] who defeated [[Samoa national rugby sevens team|Samoa]] 21–7 in the Cup final.<ref name = rugby7-2007/>

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]].<ref name = fanatics/>

==Format==
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.<ref name = irb-rules/>

==Teams==
The participating teams were:<ref name = rugby7-2007/>

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* {{ru7|ARG}}
* {{ru7|AUS}}
* {{ru7|CAN}}
* {{ru7|ENG}}
* {{ru7|FIJ}}
* {{ru7|FRA}}
* {{ru7|HKG}}
* {{ru7|JPN}}
{{col-2}}
* {{ru7|KEN}}
* {{ru7|NZL}}
* {{ru7|POR}}
* {{ru7|RSA}}
* {{ru7|SAM}}
* {{ru7|SCO}}
* {{ru7|TON}}
* {{ru7|WAL}}
{{col-end}}

==Pool stage==

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.<ref name = rugby7-2007/><ref name = ur7s-stats/>

===Pool A===
{|
|-
|
:{| class="wikitable"
|-border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|F
!width="20"|A
!width="20"|TOTAL
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|ENG}}
|3||2||0||1||56||36||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|FIJ}}
|3||2||0||1||67||48||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|TON}}
|3||2||0||1||52||41||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|CAN}}
|3||0||0||3||33||83||'''3''' 
|}
|width=10|&nbsp;
|'''Results'''
* Fiji '''33 - 7''' Canada
* England '''5 - 12''' Tonga
* Fiji '''22 - 21''' Tonga
* England '''31 - 12''' Canada
* Canada '''14 - 19''' Tonga
* Fiji '''12 - 20''' England
|}

===Pool B===
{|
|-
|
:{| class="wikitable"
|-border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|F
!width="20"|A
!width="20"|TOTAL
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|RSA}}
|3||3||0||0||93||7||'''9''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|KEN}}
|3||1||0||2||46||60||'''5''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|FRA}}
|3||1||0||2||52||79||'''5''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|JPN}}
|3||1||0||2||31||76||'''5''' 
|}
|width=10|&nbsp;
|'''Results'''
* South Africa '''15 - 0''' Kenya
* France '''12 - 19''' Japan
* South Africa '''42 - 0''' Japan
* France '''33 - 24''' Kenya
* Kenya '''22 - 12''' Japan
* South Africa '''36 - 7''' France
|}

===Pool C===
{|
|-
|
:{| class="wikitable"
|-border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|F
!width="20"|A
!width="20"|TOTAL
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|NZL}}
|3||3||0||0||124||20||'''9''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|AUS}}
|3||2||0||1||75||36||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|WAL}}
|3||1||0||2||49||81||'''5''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|HKG}}
|3||0||0||3||20||131||'''3''' 
|}
|width=10|&nbsp;
|'''Results'''
* New Zealand '''42 - 10''' Wales
* Australia '''46 - 0''' Hong Kong
* Australia '''24 - 15''' Wales
* New Zealand '''61 - 5''' Hong Kong
* Wales '''24 - 15''' Hong Kong
* New Zealand '''21 - 5''' Australia
|}

===Pool D===
{|
|-
|
:{| class="wikitable"
|-border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!width="200"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|F
!width="20"|A
!width="20"|TOTAL
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|SAM}}
|3||3||0||0||95||17||'''9''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|SCO}}
|3||2||0||1||53||52||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|ARG}}
|3||1||0||2||45||60||'''5''' 
|-
|align=left| {{ru7|POR}}
|3||0||0||3||24||88||'''3''' 
|}
|width=10|&nbsp;
|'''Results'''
* Samoa '''26 - 10''' Scotland 
* Argentina '''19 - 17''' Portugal
* Samoa '''50 - 0''' Portugal
* Argentina '''19 - 24''' Scotland
* Scotland '''19 - 7''' Portugal
* Samoa '''19 - 7''' Argentina
|}

==Finals==

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.<ref name = rugby7-2007/><ref name = ur7s-stats/>

* 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==
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! width=5%|Pos.
 ! Country !! {{flagicon|Dubai}} !! {{flagicon|RSA}} !! {{flagicon|NZL}} !! {{flagicon|USA}} !!{{flagicon|HKG}} !! {{flagicon|AUS}} !!{{flagicon|ENG}} !! {{flagicon|SCO}} !! Overall
|-
| 1 || {{Ru7|FIJ}} || 12 || 12 || 16 || '''20''' || 24 || '''20''' |||||| '''104''' 
 |-
| 2 || {{Ru7|SAM}} || 8 || 4 || '''20''' || 16 || '''30''' || 16 |||||| '''94'''
 |-
| 3 || {{Ru7|NZL}} || 16 || '''20''' || 12 || 12 || 18 || 12 |||||| '''90'''
 |-
| 4 || {{Ru7|RSA}} || '''20''' || 16 || 12 || 8 || 18 || 6 |||||| '''80'''
 |-
| 5 || {{Ru7|ENG}} || 12 || 12 || 8 || 4 || 8 || 4 |||||| '''48'''
 |-
| 6 || {{Ru7|FRA}} || 6 || 4 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 0 |||||| '''28'''
 |-
| 7 || {{Ru7|AUS}} || 4 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 8 || 8 |||||| '''24'''
 |-
| 8 || {{Ru7|SCO}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 8 || 4 ||||||  '''18'''
 |-
| 9 || {{Ru7|KEN}} || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 12 ||||||  '''16'''
 |-
| 10 || {{Ru7|WAL}} || 0 || 8 || - || - || 4 || 2 |||||| '''14'''
 |-
| 11 || {{Ru7|TON}} || - || - || 0 || 2 || 8 || 0 ||||||  '''10'''
 |-
| 12  || {{Ru7|CAN}} || 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 |||||| '''8''' 
 |-
| 13  || {{Ru7|ARG}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 ||||||  '''7'''
 |-
| 14  || {{Ru7|TUN}} || 0 || 6 || - || - || 0 || 0 |||||| '''6''' 
 |-
| 15 || {{Ru7|RUS}} || - || - || - || - || 1 || - ||||||  '''1'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|POR}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|JPN}} || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|HKG}} || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|USA}} || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|KOR}} || - || - || - || - || 0 || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|SRI}} || - || - || - || - || 0 || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|CHN}} || - || - || - || - || 0 || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|ITA}} || - || - || - || - || 0 ||||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{noflag|[[West Indies rugby union team (sevens)|West Indies]]}} || - || - || - || 0 || - || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|CHI}} || - || - || - || 0 || - || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|COK}} || - || - || 0 || - || - || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|PNG}} || - || - || 0 || - || - || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|ZIM}} || 0 || 0 || - || - || - || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{Ru7|UGA}} || - || 0 || - || - || - || - ||||||  '''0'''
 |-
| 16 || {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team (sevens)|Arabian Gulf]]}} || 0 || - || - || - || - || - ||||||  '''0'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name = adelaide-7s>{{cite web 
 |title= Adelaide Sevens
 |website= adelaidesevens.com
 |url= http://www.adelaidesevens.com/
 |url-status= dead
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409052229/http://www.adelaidesevens.com/
 |archivedate= 9 April 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name=fanatics>{{cite web
 |title=About the Adelaide Sevens 
 |website=thefanatics.com 
 |accessdate=13 December 2013 
 |url=http://www.thefanatics.com/2011-adelaide-sevens/adelaide-sevens 
 |url-status=live
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204555/http://www.thefanatics.com/2011-adelaide-sevens/adelaide-sevens
 |archivedate=4 March 2016
 |df=dmy 
}}
</ref>

<ref name=rugby7-2007>{{cite web
 |year=2003 
 |title=IRB Sevens VIII - Adelaide, Australia. 
 |website=rugby7.com 
 |accessdate=12 December 2013 
 |url=http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2007 
 |url-status=live
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225182701/http://www.rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2007
 |archivedate=25 February 2014
 |df=dmy 
}}
</ref>

<ref name = ur7s-stats>{{cite web
 |title= Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide
 |website= ur7s.com
 |accessdate= 12 December 2013
 |url= http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=&country=Australia&tournament=Adelaide&submit=Search
 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131217214804/http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=&country=Australia&tournament=Adelaide&submit=Search
 |archive-date= 17 December 2013
 |url-status= dead
 }}</ref>

<ref name=irb-rules>{{cite web
 |title=IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament 
 |website=irbsevens.com 
 |accessdate=9 December 2013 
 |url=http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html
 |url-status=usurped
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 
 |archivedate=20 May 2013 
}}
</ref>

}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20031121144325/http://www.irbsevens.com/index.html IRB Sevens]}}
* {{cite web 
 |title= Adelaide Sevens
 |website= adelaidesevens.com
 |url= http://www.adelaidesevens.com/
 |url-status= dead
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409052229/http://www.adelaidesevens.com/
 |archivedate= 9 April 2007
}}
* {{cite web
 |title=Adelaide Sevens 
 |website=rugby.com.au 
 |url=http://www.rugby.com.au/fixtures_results/irb_sevens/irb_sevens_landing_page,50316.html 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429151140/http://www.rugby.com.au/fixtures_results/irb_sevens/irb_sevens_landing_page%2C50316.html 
 |archivedate=29 April 2007 
}}

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