The 2007 Hong Kong Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held on 30 March until 1 April 2007 in Hong Kong at the 40,000 capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The event, the fifth leg of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series, was won by Samoa.
The Format The Hong Kong Sevens is unique among the IRB Sevens events in several ways.
First, because 24 teams compete instead of the 16 that compete in all other series events, the Hong Kong Sevens is divided into six pools instead of the normal four.
Also because of the expanded number of teams, the points system for this tournament is also different. Most significantly, the winning team picks up 30 points instead of the normal 20, and the runner-up earns 24 points instead of the normal 16.
Finally, only three trophies are awarded instead of the four in a normal IRB Sevens event. The Shield is not awarded, leaving the Bowl, Plate, and Cup. Teams are assigned to the knockout tournaments for each trophy as follows: Cup — The six pool winners, plus the two top-rated second-place teams Plate — The four remaining second-place teams, plus the four top-rated third-place teams Bowl — The eight remaining teams
Each of the top four seeds won an IRB Sevens World Series event in the 2006–07 season, with defending Hong Kong champions England out to capture a first Cup title of the season.
Ticket The public ticket sale for the Hong Kong Sevens 2007 was held in December 2006 at the Hong Kong Stadium. Hong Kong residents enjoyed the opportunity to purchase tickets for the event with the launch of the HKRFU's local ticket campaign in October 2006, tickets sold through Hong Kong rugby clubs and other rugby stakeholders, sponsors and long-term event patrons in Hong Kong. This most recent public sale marked the final opportunity for local spectators to secure their tickets for the event.
The tournament
Pool stages
Pool A
Results Fiji 45 - 0 Sri Lanka Scotland 31 - 7 Portugal Scotland 53 - 21 Sri Lanka Fiji 28 - 7 Portugal Portugal 47 - 7 Sri Lanka Fiji 26 - 0 Scotland
Pool B
Results South Africa 59 - 0 Chinese Taipei Wales 7 - 33 Tonga Wales 61 - 0 Chinese Taipei South Africa 31 - 12 Tonga Tonga 49 - 17 Chinese Taipei South Africa 31 - 0 Wales
Pool C
Results Samoa 49 - 5 China Canada 26 - 5 Japan Canada 19 - 21 China Samoa 54 - 7 Japan Japan 40 - 12 China Samoa 41 - 0 Canada
Pool D
Results New Zealand 41 - 5 Italy Kenya 14 - 10 Russia Kenya 5 - 19 Italy New Zealand 54 - 0 Russia Russia 17 - 12 Italy New Zealand 50 - 14 Kenya
Pool E
Results England 38 - 7 Hong Kong Argentina 24 - 14 Korea Argentina 19 - 12 Hong Kong England 38 - 14 Korea Korea 12 - 19 Hong Kong England 19 - 14 Argentina
Pool F
Results France 5 - 14 USA Australia 19 - 12 Tunisia Australia 15 - 14 USA France 12 - 21 Tunisia Tunisia 5 - 14 USA France 14 - 28 Australia
Finals
Bowl
Plate
Cup
Round 5 table Pos. Country Overall 1 12 12 16 20 24 84 2 16 20 12 12 18 78 2 8 4 20 16 30 78 4 20 16 12 8 18 74 5 12 12 8 4 8 44 6 6 4 6 12 0 28 7 4 2 0 4 8 18 8 0 0 0 6 8 14 9 0 8 - - 4 12 10 - - 0 2 8 10 11 4 0 4 0 0 8 12 2 0 2 0 3 7 13 0 6 - - 0 6 14 0 0 4 0 0 4 15 - - - - 1 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 - - - 0 0 0 16 - - - - 0 0 16 - - - - 0 0 16 - - - - 0 0 16 - - - - 0 0 16 - - - - 0 0 16 - - - - 0 0 16 - - - 0 - 0 16 - - - 0 - 0 16 - - 0 - - 0 16 - - 0 - - 0 16 0 0 - - - 0 16 - 0 - - - 0 16 0 - - - - 0
See also Hong Kong Sevens IRB Sevens World Series
External links Hong Kong Sevens Profile on UR7s.com Hong Kong Rugby Sevens Coverage History of the Hong Kong Sevens