Suvarna Garge (Editor)

2004–05 World Sevens Series

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Nations
  
32

Runners-up
  
Fiji

Champions
  
New Zealand

Third
  
England

Host nations
  
Dubai  South Africa  New Zealand  United States  Singapore  England  France

Date
  
2 December 2004 – 11 June 2005

The 2004–05 IRB Sevens World Series, was the sixth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. The defending series champions were New Zealand, who won the 2003–04 series.

Contents

Sevens is a stripped-down version of rugby union, with seven players on each side rather than fifteen. Games are much shorter, seven or ten minutes each half, and tend to be very fast-paced, open affairs. Sevens is traditionally played in a two–day tournament format.

The season

In an event, 16 teams are entered. In each tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.

Four trophies are awarded in each tournament. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.

In an event, the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third-place finishers in each pool, while the Shield is contested by the last-place teams from each pool.

Points schedule

The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. For most events, points are awarded on the following schedule:

  • Cup winner (1st place): 20 points
  • Cup runner-up (2nd place): 16 points
  • Losing Cup semifinalists (3rd & 4th place): 12 points
  • Plate winner (5th place): 8 points
  • Plate runner-up (6th place): 6 points
  • Losing Plate semifinalists (7th & 8th place): 4 points
  • Bowl winner (9th place): 2 points
  • Results

  • Cup:  Fiji 21-26  England
  • Losing Cup semifinalists:  South Africa,  New Zealand
  • Plate:  Samoa 21-19  Argentina
  • Losing Plate semifinalists:  Australia,  Scotland
  • Bowl:  France 5-10  Portugal
  • Shield:  Ireland 5-17  Tunisia
  • Results

  • Cup:  New Zealand 33-19  Fiji
  • Losing Cup semifinalists:  England,  Argentina
  • Plate:  South Africa 12-7  Samoa
  • Losing Plate semifinalists:  Tunisia,  Kenya
  • Bowl:  Canada 12-38  Australia
  • Shield:  Portugal 17-12  France
  • Results

  • Cup:  Argentina 7-31  New Zealand
  • Losing Cup semifinalists:  South Africa,  Fiji
  • Plate:  Scotland 0-32  Australia
  • Losing Plate semifinalists:  Samoa,  England
  • Bowl:  Tonga 12-17  Kenya
  • Shield:  Japan 19-29  Niue
  • Results

  • Cup:  Argentina 5-34  New Zealand
  • Losing Cup semifinalists:  Australia,  England
  • Plate:  Samoa 21-24  Fiji
  • Losing Plate semifinalists:  France,  South Africa
  • Bowl:  Kenya 0-15  Canada
  • Shield:  Tonga 40-0  Mexico
  • Results

  • Cup:  New Zealand 26-5  England
  • Losing Cup semifinalists:  Fiji,  South Africa
  • Plate:  Samoa 14-15  Australia
  • Losing Plate semifinalists:  Scotland,  Argentina
  • Bowl:  Canada 12-19  France
  • Shield:  Chinese Taipei 17-10  China
  • Results

  • Cup:  France 28-19  Fiji
  • Losing Cup semifinalists:  Samoa,  New Zealand
  • Plate:  South Africa 26-19  England
  • Losing Plate semifinalists:  Australia,  Scotland
  • Bowl:  Argentina 26-10  Georgia
  • Shield:  Canada 33-21  Russia
  • Results

  • Cup:  South Africa 21-12  England
  • Losing Cup semifinalists:  Argentina,  New Zealand
  • Plate:  Australia 12-29  Fiji
  • Losing Plate semifinalists:  Scotland,  France
  • Bowl:  Tunisia 0-27  Samoa
  • Shield:  Kenya 12-18  Canada
  • References

    2004–05 World Sevens Series Wikipedia


    Similar Topics