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.
Calendar + 2004–05 Itinerary Leg Venue Dates Winner Dubai Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground December 2–3, 2004 South Africa Outeniqua Park, George December 10–11, 2004 New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington February 4–5, 2005 United States Home Depot Center, Los Angeles February 12–13, 2005 Singapore National Stadium, Singapore April 1–2, 2005 London Twickenham June 4–5, 2005 Paris Stade Jean-Bouin June 10–11, 2005
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
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 eventPointsPlaceStatus 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. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. 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 VIPos. DubaiGeorgeWellingtonLos AngelesSingaporeLondonParisPointstotal 1 12 20 20 20 20 12 12 116 2 16 16 12 8 12 8 16 88 3 20 12 4 12 16 16 6 86 4 12 8 12 4 12 20 8 76 5 6 12 16 16 4 12 4 70 6 8 6 4 6 8 2 12 46 7 4 2 8 12 6 6 4 42 8 0 0 0 4 2 4 20 30 9 4 0 6 0 4 4 2 20 10 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 11 0 4 – – – 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 13 2 0 – – – 0 0 2 14 – – 0 0 – – – 0 Source: rugby7.com (archived) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |colspan=2 style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series.
Tournaments Dubai
TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup 21–26 Plate 21–19 Bowl 5–10 TBCTBCShield 5–17 TBCTBC
South Africa
TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup 33–19 Plate 12–7 Bowl 12–38 TBCTBCShield 17–12 TBCTBC
New Zealand
TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup 7–31 Plate 0–32 Bowl 12–17 TBCTBCShield 19–29 TBCTBC
United States
TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup 5–34 Plate 21–24 Bowl 0–15 TBCTBCShield 40–0 TBCTBC
Singapore
TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup 26–5 Plate 14–15 Bowl 12–19 TBCTBCShield 17–10 TBCTBC
France
TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup 28–19 Plate 26–19 Bowl 26–10 TBCTBCShield 33–21 TBCTBC
London
TrophyWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists Cup 21–12 Plate 12–29 Bowl 0–27 TBCTBCShield 12–18 TBCTBC
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