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 2009 competition took place on 23 and 24 May in London, England, and was the seventh Cup trophy in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series. England won the most prestigious Cup trophy, with an extra time 31-26 victory over New Zealand; Fiji won the Plate trophy, Kenya won the Bowl trophy, and Canada won the Shield trophy.
Format
The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.
Teams
Pool stages
Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts
|align=left| |3||3||0||0||116||19||+97||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||95||38||+57||7
|align=left| |3||1||0||2||71||65||+6||5
|align=left| |3||0||0||3||5||165||-160||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-05-2329 - 5 2009-05-2350 - 0 2009-05-2370 - 0 2009-05-2331 - 21 2009-05-2345 - 5 2009-05-2317 - 14
Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts
|align=left| |3||3||0||0||112||28||+84||9
|align=left| |3||1||1||1||97||53||+44||6
|align=left| |3||1||1||1||87||57||+30||6 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||7||165||-158||2
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-05-2320 - 14 2009-05-2347 - 0 2009-05-2361 - 0 2009-05-2326 - 26 2009-05-2357 - 7 2009-05-2331 - 14
Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts
|align=left| |3||2||0||1||64||24||+40||7
|align=left| |3||2||0||1||59||27||+32||7
|align=left| |3||2||0||1||55||38||+17||7
|align=left| |3||0||0||3||10||99||-89||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-05-2326 - 10 2009-05-2317 - 12 2009-05-23 7 - 12 2009-05-2333 - 0 2009-05-23 0 - 40 2009-05-2326 - 5
Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts
|align=left| |3||3||0||0||121||7||+114||9
|align=left| |3||1||1||1||52||71||-19||6
|align=left| |3||1||1||1||45||71||-26||6
|align=left| |3||0||0||3||19||88||-79||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-05-2321 - 21 2009-05-2340 - 0 2009-05-2324 - 12 2009-05-2343 - 7 2009-05-2324 - 7 2009-05-23 0 - 38
Knockout
Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
External links London Sevens Profile on UR7s.com IRB Sevens London Sevens on irb.com