2008 Adelaide Sevens
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Rugby Sevens 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 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.[1]
South Africa halted New Zealand's winning streak, defeating them 15–7 in the Cup final. The 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 in the Cup quarterfinals. Ultimately, Tonga won the Plate, defeating Kenya 14–12. Argentina won the Bowl and Wales won the Shield.[1][2]
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.[3]
Teams
The participating teams were:[1]
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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.[1][2]
Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3 3 0 0 92 31 +61 9 File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 64 76 -12 5 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3 1 0 2 54 78 -24 5 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 1 0 2 49 74 -25 5
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 21 - 14 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 22 - 17 | File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 33 - 7 | File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 17 - 19 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 21 - 40 | File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 38 - 10 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 3 3 0 0 73 55 +18 9 File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga 3 2 0 1 84 31 +53 7 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 3 1 0 2 60 64 -4 5 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 0 0 3 43 110 -67 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 28 - 17 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga | 53 - 0 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 31 - 26 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga | 19 - 17 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 26 - 17 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 14 - 12 | File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga |
Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 3 0 0 83 24 +59 9 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 2 0 1 59 52 +7 7 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 1 0 2 38 91 -53 5 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 0 0 3 48 61 -13 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 43 - 0 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 21 - 14 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 21 - 17 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 31 - 19 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 19 - 17 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 19 - 7 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 3 3 0 0 93 38 +55 9 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3 2 0 1 52 51 +1 7 File:Flag of France.svg France 3 1 0 2 43 66 -23 5 File:Flag of England.svg England 3 0 0 3 34 67 -33 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 31 - 12 | File:Flag of England.svg England |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 21 - 12 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 33 - 12 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 17 - 10 | File:Flag of England.svg England |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of England.svg England | 12 - 19 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 5 April 2008 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 29 - 14 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya |
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.[1][2]
Shield
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Plate
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Cup
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Reference list
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External links
- Adelaide Sevens on irb.com
- IRB Sevens World Series