2004–05 World Sevens Series

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The 2004–05 Sevens World Series was the sixth edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. The defending series champions New Zealand retained their title by winning the 2004–05 series.

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Calendar

2004–05 Itinerary^[1]
Leg	Venue	Dates	Winner
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	December 2–3, 2004	File:Flag of England.svg England
South Africa	Outeniqua Park, George	December 10–11, 2004	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	February 4–5, 2005	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
United States	Home Depot Center, Los Angeles	February 12–13, 2005	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Singapore	National Stadium, Singapore	April 1–2, 2005	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
London	Twickenham	June 4–5, 2005	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Paris	Stade Jean-Bouin	June 10–11, 2005	File:Flag of France.svg France

Competition format

All tournaments in the 2004–05 series were played as a standard 16-team event, beginning with the pool stage before progressing to a knockout stage to decide the tournament winners.

Pool stage

For the pool stage, teams were divided into 4 pools of 4 teams and a round-robin was played within each pool. The points awarded for the pool matches were 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. Where tie-breakers were required, the head-to-head result between the tied teams was used, followed by the difference in points scored during tournament play.

Knockout stage

Four trophies were contested during the knockout stage – in descending order of prestige: the Cup (whose winner became the tournament champion), Plate, Bowl and Shield. The format of the playoffs is described below Template:Block indent

Points schedule

The season championship was determined by the total points earned in all tournaments. The points schedule used for 2004–05 World Sevens Series was:

Points schedule: 16-team event
Points	Place	Status
20	1st	Cup winner
16	2nd	Cup runner-up
12	3rd ^{(2-way share)}	Losing Cup semifinalists

8	5th	Plate winner
6	6th	Plate runner-up
4	7th ^{(2-way share)}	Losing Plate semifinalists

2	9th	Bowl winner

Final standings

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.

2004–05 IRB Sevens – Series VI
Pos.	Template:Diagonal split header	Template:Flagdeco Dubai	Template:Flagdeco George	Template:Flagdeco [[2005 Wellington Sevens\|WellTemplate:Shying Template:Shyton]]	Template:Flagdeco [[2005 USA Sevens\|Los Template:WbrAngTemplate:Shyeles]]	Template:Flagdeco [[2005 Singapore Sevens\|SingaTemplate:Shypore]]	Template:Flagdeco [[2005 London Sevens\|LonTemplate:Shydon]]	Template:Flagdeco Paris	Points total

1	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	12	20	20	20	20	12	12	116
2	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	16	16	12	8	12	8	16	88
3	File:Flag of England.svg England	20	12	4	12	16	16	6	86
4	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	12	8	12	4	12	20	8	76
5	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	6	12	16	16	4	12	4	70
6	File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	8	6	4	6	8	2	12	46
7	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	4	2	8	12	6	6	4	42
8	File:Flag of France.svg France	0	0	0	4	2	4	20	30
9	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	4	0	6	0	4	4	2	20
10	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	6
11	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	0	4	–	–	–	0	0	4
12	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
13	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	2	0	–	–	–	0	0	2
14	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	0

Source: rugby7.com (archived)

Notes:
Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series.