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{{Infobox Rugby Sevens
| countries = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| series = <small>'''[[2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series|IRB Sevens IX]]'''</small>
| date = 5–6 April 2008
| champions1 = {{ru7|RSA}}
| runnersup1 = {{ru7|NZL}}
| champions2 = {{ru7|TON}}
| runnersup2 = {{ru7|KEN}}
| champions3 = {{ru7|USA}}
| runnersup3 = {{ru7|ARG}}
| champions4 = {{ru7|WAL}}
| runnersup4 = {{ru7|CAN}}
| matches = 
| attendance = 
| tries = 
| top point scorer = 
| top try scorer = 
| prevseason = [[2007 Adelaide Sevens|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2009 Adelaide Sevens|2009]]
}}
The '''2008 Adelaide Sevens''', promoted as the '''International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2008''', was a [[rugby sevens]] tournament that was part of the [[IRB Sevens World Series]] in the [[2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series|2007–08]] season. It was the [[Australian Sevens]] leg of the series, held on the weekend of 5 and 6 April at the [[Adelaide Oval]] in [[South Australia]].<ref name = rugby7-2008/>

[[South Africa national rugby sevens team|South Africa]] halted [[New Zealand national rugby sevens team|New Zealand's]] winning streak, defeating them 15–7 in the Cup final. The [[Cook Islands national rugby sevens team|Cook Islands]] provided the biggest upset of the competition by finishing 2nd in their group, thus qualifying to the Cup competition; they would parachute into the Plate competition after a 48–0 drubbing by [[Samoa national rugby sevens team|Samoa]] in the Cup quarterfinals. Ultimately, [[Tonga national rugby sevens team|Tonga]] won the Plate, defeating [[Kenya national rugby sevens team|Kenya]] 14–12. [[Argentina national rugby sevens team|Argentina]] won the Bowl and [[Wales national rugby sevens team|Wales]] won the Shield.<ref name = rugby7-2008/><ref name = ur7s-stats/>

==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 = rugby7-2008/>

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* {{Ru7|ARG}}
* {{Ru7|AUS}}
* {{Ru7|CAN}}
* {{Ru7|COK}}
* {{Ru7|ENG}}
* {{Ru7|FJI}}
* {{Ru7|FRA}}
* {{Ru7|JPN}}
{{col-2}}
* {{Ru7|KEN}}
* {{Ru7|NZL}}
* {{Ru7|SAM}}
* {{Ru7|SCO}}
* {{Ru7|RSA}}
* {{Ru7|TON}}
* {{Ru7|USA}}
* {{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 = rugby7-2008/><ref name = ur7s-stats/>

===Pool A===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|- 
|align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}}
|3||3||0||0||92||31||+61||'''9'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|Cook Islands}}
|3||1||0||2||64||76||-12||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}}
|3||1||0||2||54||78||-24||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}}
|3||1||0||2||49||74||-25||'''5'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00" 
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''21 - 14'''
| {{Ru7|ARG}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''22 - 17'''
| {{Ru7|Cook Islands}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''33 - 7'''
| {{Ru7|Cook Islands}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| {{Ru7|SCO}}
| bgcolor="silver" |'''17 - 19'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''
|-
| 5 April 2008
| {{Ru7|ARG}}
| bgcolor="silver" |'''21 - 40'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|Cook Islands}}'''
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''38 - 10'''
| {{Ru7|SCO}}
|}

===Pool B===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|- 
|align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}}
|3||3||0||0||73||55||+18||'''9'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|TON}}
|3||2||0||1||84||31||+53||'''7'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|WAL}}
|3||1||0||2||60||64||-4||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|Japan}}
|3||0||0||3||43||110||-67||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00" 
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''28 - 17'''
| {{Ru7|WAL}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|TON}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''53 - 0'''
| {{Ru7|JPN}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''31 - 26'''
| {{Ru7|JPN}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|TON}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''19 - 17'''
| {{Ru7|WAL}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''26 - 17'''
| {{Ru7|JPN}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''14 - 12'''
| {{Ru7|TON}}
|}

===Pool C===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|- 
|align=left| {{Ru7|ZAF}}
|3||3||0||0||83||24||+59||'''9'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}}
|3||2||0||1||59||52||+7||'''7'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|USA}}
|3||1||0||2||38||91||-53||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}}
|3||0||0||3||48||61||-13||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00" 
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''43 - 0'''
| {{Ru7|USA}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''21 - 14'''
| {{Ru7|CAN}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''21 - 17'''
| {{Ru7|CAN}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''31 - 19'''
| {{Ru7|USA}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''19 - 17'''
| {{Ru7|CAN}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''19 - 7'''
| {{Ru7|AUS}}
|}

===Pool D===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|- 
|align=left| {{Ru7|FJI}}
|3||3||0||0||93||38||+55||'''9'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|KEN}}
|3||2||0||1||52||51||+1||'''7'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}}
|3||1||0||2||43||66||-23||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|ENG}}
|3||0||0||3||34||67||-33||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00" 
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''31 - 12'''
| {{Ru7|ENG}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''21 - 12'''
| {{Ru7|FRA}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''33 - 12'''
| {{Ru7|FRA}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''17 - 10'''
| {{Ru7|ENG}}
|-
| 5 April 2008
| {{Ru7|ENG}}
| bgcolor="silver" |'''12 - 19'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''
|-
| 5 April 2008
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''29 - 14'''
| {{Ru7|KEN}}
|}

==Knockout==

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 = rugby7-2008/><ref name = ur7s-stats/>

===Shield===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''|'''24'''|{{Ru7|Japan}}|12
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''|'''28'''|{{Ru7|CAN}}|19
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''|'''26'''|{{Ru7|ENG}}|19
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |{{Ru7|WAL}}|12|'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''|'''17'''
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |{{Ru7|Japan}}|19|'''{{Ru7|CAN}}'''|'''24'''
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |{{Ru7|ENG}}|14|'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''|'''19'''
<!--final  -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |{{Ru7|CAN}}|7|'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''|'''12'''
}}

===Bowl===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''|'''24'''|{{Ru7|Japan}}|12
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''|'''28'''|{{Ru7|CAN}}|19
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''|'''26'''|{{Ru7|ENG}}|19
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |{{Ru7|WAL}}|12|'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''|'''17'''
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''|'''24'''|{{Ru7|FRA}}|12
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''|'''29'''|{{Ru7|SCO}}|14
<!--final  -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''|'''26'''|{{Ru7|USA}}|21
}}

===Plate===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''19'''|{{Ru7|TON}}|14
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|FJI}}'''|'''28'''|{{Ru7|AUS}}|7
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''|'''19'''|{{Ru7|KEN}}|5
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''48'''|{{Ru7|Cook Islands}}|0
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|TON}}'''|'''21'''|{{Ru7|AUS}}|7
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''|'''26'''|{{Ru7|Cook Islands}}|14
<!--final  -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|TON}}'''|'''14'''|{{Ru7|KEN}}|12
}}

===Cup===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''19'''|{{Ru7|TON}}|14
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|FJI}}'''|'''28'''|{{Ru7|AUS}}|7
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''|'''19'''|{{Ru7|KEN}}|5
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''48'''|{{Ru7|Cook Islands}}|0
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''17'''|{{Ru7|FJI}}|14
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''|'''17'''|{{Ru7|SAM}}|12
<!--final  -->
|<small>6 April - [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]</small> |{{Ru7|NZL}}|7|'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''|15
|
}}

==Reference list==
{{Reflist||refs=

<ref name = rugby7-2008>{{cite web 
 |year=2011
 |title= IRB Sevens IX Adelaide, Australia 			
 |website= rugby7.com
 |accessdate= 9 December 2013
 |url= http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2008
 |url-status=live
 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131212204722/http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=ADE-2008
 |archivedate=12 December 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name = ur7s-stats>{{cite web
 |title= Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Adelaide
 |website= ur7s.com
 |accessdate= 7 December 2013
 |url= http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2008-2009&country=Australia&tournament=Adelaide&submit=Search
 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131217230902/http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2008-2009&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==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080218041633/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=6/index.html Adelaide Sevens] on irb.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100208082231/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/index.html IRB Sevens World Series]

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