The 2007 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2007, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2006–07 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over the weekend of 7 and 8 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.
It was the first such tournament in Adelaide, and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The competition was won by Fiji who defeated Samoa 21–7 in the Cup final.
The tournament was the fourth completed edition of the Australian Sevens, with the event returning after a three-year absence following the 2003 Brisbane Sevens.
Format The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.
Teams The participating teams were:
Pool stage
Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.
Pool A {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL 320156367 320167487 320152417 300333833 |width=10| |Results Fiji 33 - 7 Canada England 5 - 12 Tonga Fiji 22 - 21 Tonga England 31 - 12 Canada Canada 14 - 19 Tonga Fiji 12 - 20 England
Pool B {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL 33009379 310246605 310252795 310231765 |width=10| |Results South Africa 15 - 0 Kenya France 12 - 19 Japan South Africa 42 - 0 Japan France 33 - 24 Kenya Kenya 22 - 12 Japan South Africa 36 - 7 France
Pool C {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL 3300124209 320175367 310249815 3003201313 |width=10| |Results New Zealand 42 - 10 Wales Australia 46 - 0 Hong Kong Australia 24 - 15 Wales New Zealand 61 - 5 Hong Kong Wales 24 - 15 Hong Kong New Zealand 21 - 5 Australia
Pool D {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL 330095179 320153527 310245605 300324883 |width=10| |Results Samoa 26 - 10 Scotland Argentina 19 - 17 Portugal Samoa 50 - 0 Portugal Argentina 19 - 24 Scotland Scotland 19 - 7 Portugal Samoa 19 - 7 Argentina
Finals
Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.
1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 36 - 12 Japan 1/4 final Bowl - Argentina 33 - 5 Hong Kong 1/4 final Bowl - Wales 24 - 7 Portugal 1/4 final Bowl - France 17 - 14 Canada 1/4 final Cup - England 12 - 17 Kenya 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 22 - 17 Australia 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 40 - 14 Scotland 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 17 - 22 Fiji SF Shield - Japan 29 - 10 Hong Kong SF Shield - Portugal 12 - 14 Canada SF Bowl - Tonga 17 - 12 Argentina SF Bowl - Wales 19 - 14 France SF Plate - England 21 - 26 Australia SF Plate - Scotland 5 - 42 South Africa SF Cup - Kenya 0 - 31 Samoa SF Cup - New Zealand 17 - 24 Fiji Final Shield - Japan 17 - 43 Canada Final Bowl - Tonga 14 - 26 Wales Final Plate - Australia 31 - 0 South Africa Final Cup - Samoa 7 - 21 Fiji
Round 6 table Pos. Country Overall 1 12 12 16 20 24 20 104 2 8 4 20 16 30 16 94 3 16 20 12 12 18 12 90 4 20 16 12 8 18 6 80 5 12 12 8 4 8 4 48 6 6 4 6 12 0 0 28 7 4 2 0 4 8 8 24 8 0 0 0 6 8 4 18 9 0 0 4 0 0 12 16 10 0 8 - - 4 2 14 11 - - 0 2 8 0 10 12 4 0 4 0 0 0 8 13 2 0 2 0 3 0 7 14 0 6 - - 0 0 6 15 - - - - 1 - 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 - - - - 0 0 0 16 - - - - 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 - - - - 0 16 - 0 - - - - 0 16 0 - - - - - 0
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