2007 London Sevens

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven a side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 26 and 27 May, was held at Twickenham and was part of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series.

New Zealand were overall winners, defeating defending series champions and current 2006-07 leaders Fiji 29–7 in the Cup final. However, the Fijians put themselves in good position to win the overall season crown; they only need make the Cup semifinals in the final event, the Edinburgh Sevens, to successfully defend their season title.

Pool Stages

Pool A

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL Fiji 3 2 1 0 102 38 8 Argentina 3 2 1 0 93 31 8 France 3 1 0 2 55 52 5 Russia 3 0 0 3 7 136 3

Results Fiji 19-19 Argentina France 24-7 Russia Fiji 62-0 Russia France 12-24 Argentina Argentina 50-0 Russia Fiji 21-19 France

Pool B

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL Samoa 3 3 0 0 94 17 9 Australia 3 2 0 1 67 36 7 Canada 3 1 0 2 50 63 5 Georgia 3 0 0 3 10 105 3

Results Samoa 34-5 Canada Australia 36-0 Georgia Samoa 43-5 Georgia Australia 24-19 Canada Canada 26-5 Georgia Samoa 17-7 Australia

Pool C

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL New Zealand 3 3 0 0 134 17 9 Scotland 3 1 1 1 45 62 6 Italy 3 1 0 2 29 72 5 Kenya 3 0 1 2 34 91 4

Results New Zealand 43-10 Kenya Scotland 19-0 Italy New Zealand 48-0 Italy Scotland 19-19 Kenya Kenya 5-29 Italy New Zealand 43-7 Scotland

Pool D

Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL Wales 3 2 0 1 51 38 7 South Africa 3 2 0 1 55 43 7 England 3 2 0 1 36 50 7 Portugal 3 0 0 3 40 51 3

Results South Africa 24-14 Wales England 19-14 Portugal South Africa 17-12 Portugal England 0-22 Wales Wales 15-14 Portugal South Africa 14-17 England

Finals

• 1/4 final Bowl - France 31-0 Georgia
• 1/4 final Bowl - England 19-0 Kenya
• 1/4 final Bowl - Italy 0-5 Portugal
• 1/4 final Bowl - Canada 5-19 Russia
• 1/4 final Cup - Fiji 26-10 Australia
• 1/4 final Cup - Wales 15-5 Scotland
• 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 14-0 South Africa
• 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 39-10 Argentina
• SF Shield - Georgia 0-19 Kenya
• SF Shield - Italy 17-12 (aet) Canada
• SF Bowl - France 7-17 England
• SF Bowl - Portugal 19-12 Russia
• SF Plate - Australia 15-5 Scotland
• SF Plate - South Africa 17-14 Argentina
• SF Cup - Fiji 24-7 Wales
• SF Cup - New Zealand 19-0 Samoa
• Final Shield - Kenya 15-0 Italy
• Final Bowl - England 10-0 Portugal
• Final Plate - Australia 5-14 South Africa
• Final Cup - Fiji 7-29 New Zealand

Round 7 table

Pos.	Country	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Overall
1	Fiji	12	12	16	20	24	20	16		120
2	Samoa	8	4	20	16	30	16	12		110
2	New Zealand	16	20	12	12	18	12	20		110
4	South Africa	20	16	12	8	18	6	8		88
5	England	12	12	8	4	8	4	2		50
6	Australia	4	2	0	4	8	8	6		30
7	France	6	4	6	12	0	0	0		28
8	Wales	0	8	-	-	4	2	12		26
9	Scotland	0	0	0	6	8	4	4		22
10	Kenya	0	0	4	0	0	12	0		16
11	Argentina	2	0	2	0	3	0	4		11
12	Tonga	-	-	0	2	8	0	-		10
13	Canada	4	0	4	0	0	0	-		8
14	Tunisia	0	6	-	-	0	0	-		6
15	Russia	-	-	-	-	1	-	0		1
16	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
16	Italy	-	-	-	-	0	-	0		0
16	Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0		0
16	Japan	-	-	-	-	0	0	-		0
16	Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	0	0	-		0
16	United States	-	-	-	0	0	-	-		0
16	South Korea	-	-	-	-	0	-	-		0
16	Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	0	-	-		0
16	China	-	-	-	-	0	-	-		0
16	West Indies	-	-	-	0	-	-	-		0
16	Chile	-	-	-	0	-	-	-		0
16	Cook Islands	-	-	0	-	-	-	-		0
16	Papua New Guinea	-	-	0	-	-	-	-		0
16	Zimbabwe	0	0	-	-	-	-	-		0
16	Uganda	-	0	-	-	-	-	-		0
16	Arabian Gulf	0	-	-	-	-	-	-		0

External links

• London Sevens Profile on UR7s.com