The qualification process of men's teams for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Automatic qualification was extended to the host and the eight quarterfinalists of the previous World Cup. The remaining spots were contested in each of the six regions' respective tournaments.
Qualified teams Africa North America and the West Indies South America Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualification Arabian Gulf (host) Regional Qualifiers
Qualifying
Africa Key to colours in group tablesTeams that progressed to the Cup Semi-finalsTeams that progressed to the Plate Semi-finalsTeams that were eliminated from the Plate Semi-finals
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||88||33||+55||9 |- |- align=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |3||2||0||1||67||55||+12||7 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||1||0||2||57||58||-1||5 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||0||0||3||24||90||-66||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-3138-0 2008-10-3131-14 2008-10-3126-5 2008-10-3131-0 2008-11-0119-27 2008-11-0126-19
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |4||4||0||0||86||19||+67||12 |- |- align=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |4||3||0||1||71||36||+35||10 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |4||2||0||2||50||39||+11||8 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |4||0||1||3||51||71||-20||5 |- |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |align=left| |4||0||1||3||31||97||-66||5
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-3126-0 2008-10-3114-0 2008-10-3119-0 2008-10-3128-7 2008-10-31 20-21 2008-10-31 0-31 2008-11-0124-5 2008-11-0113-12 2008-11-0126-5 2008-11-01 19-19
Plate
Cup
North America And West Indies Key to colours in group tablesTeams that progressed to the Cup Group stageTeams that progressed to the Plate Final
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||2||0||0||83||0||+83||6 |- |- align=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||1||0||1||10||36||-26||4
|- bgcolor="#ccccff" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||0||0||2||5||62||-57||2
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-2610 – 5 2008-10-2652 – 0 2008-10-2631 – 0
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |2||2||0||0||74||0||+74||6 |- |- align=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |2||1||0||1||12||26||-14||4 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |2||0||0||2||0||60||-60||2 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-2612 - 0 2008-10-2648 - 0 2008-10-2626 - 0
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |2||2||0||0||44||0||+44||6 |- |- align=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |2||1||0||1||27||10||-17||4 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |2||0||0||2||0||61||-61||2 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-2627 - 0 2008-10-2634 - 0 2008-10-2610 - 0
Plate
{| 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||2||0||0||36||10||+26||6 |- |- bgcolor="#ccccff" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||1||0||1||10||17||-7||4
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||0||0||2||5||24||-19||2
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-2717 - 5 2008-10-275 - 0 2008-10-2719 - 5
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that progressed to the Cup Semi-finalsTeams that were eliminated from the Cup Semi-finals
Cup Group stage
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||2||0||0||76||7||+69||6 |- |- align=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||1||0||1||12||41||–9||4
|- bgcolor=#ccccff |style="text-align:left;"| |2||0||0||2||10||40||–60||2
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-2735 - 10 2008-10-2735 - 0 2008-10-2741 - 7
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||2||0||0||86||0||+88||6 |- |- align=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||1||0||1||17||47||-30||4
|- bgcolor=#ccccff |style="text-align:left;"| |2||0||0||2||0||58||-58||2
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-2741 - 0 2008-10-2717 - 0 2008-10-2747 - 0
Cup Knockout stage
South America Key to colours in group tablesTeams granted automatic qualification for RWC Sevens 2009Teams that progressed to the Cup Semi-finalsTeams that were eliminated from the Cup Semi-finals
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||130||0||+130||9 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||2||0||1||57||34||+23||7 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||1||0||2||50||73||-23||5 |- |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |align=left| |3||0||0||3||12||142||-130||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-01-1845 - 0 2008-01-1836 - 5 2008-01-1868 - 0 2008-01-1821 - 12 2008-01-1838 - 7 2008-01-1817 - 0
Group 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 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||3||0||0||128||24||+104||9 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||2||0||1||36||89||-53||7 |- |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |align=left| |3||1||0||2||41||62||-21||5 |- |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |align=left| |3||0||0||3||32||62||-30||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-01-1838 - 12 2008-01-1817 - 15 2008-01-1857 - 0 2008-01-1812 - 5 2008-01-18 17 - 19 2008-01-1833 - 12
Cup
Asia Key to colours in group tablesTeams that progressed to the Cup Semi-finalsTeams that progressed to the Plate Semi-finalsTeams that progressed to the Bowl Semi-finals
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||2||0||0||72||0||+72||6 |- |- bgcolor="#ccccff" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||1||0||1||24||41||-17||4
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||0||0||2||0||55||-55||2
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-0441 – 0 2008-10-04 0 – 24 2008-10-0431 – 0
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||2||0||0||59||12||+47||6 |- |- bgcolor="#ccccff" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||1||0||1||38||28||+10||4 |- |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||0||0||2||12||71||-59||2
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-0433 – 7 2008-10-0438 – 5 2008-10-04 7 – 21
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||2||0||0||83||7||+76||6 |- |- bgcolor="#ccccff" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||1||0||1||54||36||+18||4 |- |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||0||0||2||7||101||-94||2
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-0452 – 0 2008-10-0449 – 7 2008-10-0431 – 7
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||2||0||0||52||19||+33||6 |- |- bgcolor="#ccccff" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||1||0||1||50||24||+26||4 |- |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |style="text-align:left;"| |2||0||0||2||12||71||-59||2
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-10-0433 – 7 2008-10-0438 – 5 2008-10-0419 – 12
Bowl
Plate
Cup
Europe
The tournament held in Hannover, Germany on 12 and 13 July 2008, as well as being the European Sevens championship, functioned as a qualifying tournament for the world cup. The five best nations out of the twelve participating ones qualified for the Dubai tournament. Teams finished in the following order:Die Endplatzierungen Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 25 January 2009
Oceania Key to colours in group tablesTeams that progressed to the Cup Semi-finalsTeams that progressed to the Plate Semi-finals
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||152||12||+140||9 |- |- align=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |3||2||0||1||41||69||-28||7 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||1||0||2||50||62||-12||5 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||0||0||3||17||117||-100||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-07-2547 - 5 2008-07-2531 - 7 2008-07-2567 - 0 2008-07-25 12 - 17 2008-07-2538 - 7 2008-07-2519 - 10
Group 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=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||87||12||+75||9 |- |- align=center bgcolor="#98fb98" |align=left| |3||2||0||1||81||34||+47||7 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||1||0||2||32||84||-52||5 |- |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=left| |3||0||0||3||19||89||-70||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-07-2539 - 0 2008-07-2543 - 0 2008-07-2526 - 7 2008-07-2533 - 12 2008-07-25 12 - 20 2008-07-2522 - 5
Plate
Cup
References