The Wellington Sevens, also known as the New Zealand Sevens or for sponsorship reasons the NZI Sevens, is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 2 and 3 February was played at Westpac Stadium in Wellington as part of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series.
The competition was won by Samoa, marking their first-ever overall title in a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.
Pool stages
Pool A {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL 330013279 320146757 310240855 300335863 |width=10| |Results Fiji 42 – 0 Portugal France 17 – 14 USA Fiji 43 – 0 USA France 22 – 14 Portugal Portugal 26 – 21 USA Fiji 47 – 7 France
Pool B {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL 330082299 310248605 310254705 310253785 |width=10| |Results South Africa 24 – 10 Canada Australia 35 – 17 Cook Islands South Africa 31 – 12 Cook Islands Australia 12 – 26 Canada Canada 12 – 24 Cook Islands South Africa 27 – 7 Australia
Pool C {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL 330076389 320167387 310255765 300319653 |width=10| |Results England 33 – 12 Scotland Samoa 26 – 0 Papua New Guinea England 22 – 7 Papua New Guinea Samoa 31 – 26 Scotland Scotland 17 – 12 Papua New Guinea England 12 – 19 Samoa
Pool D {| class="wikitable"TeamPldWDLFATOTAL 330090109 320156597 310226555 300331793 |width=10| |Results New Zealand 38 – 0 Kenya Argentina 12 – 14 Tonga New Zealand 19 – 5 Tonga Argentina 14 – 32 Kenya Kenya 24 – 7 Tonga New Zealand 33 – 5 Argentina
Finals 1/4 final Bowl – Portugal 12 – 24 Cook Islands 1/4 final Bowl – Tonga 19 – 12 Papua New Guinea 1/4 final Bowl – Scotland 12 – 17 Argentina 1/4 final Bowl – Australia 33 – 12 USA 1/4 final Cup – Fiji 60 – 0 Canada 1/4 final Cup – New Zealand 14 – 7 England 1/4 final Cup – Samoa 26 – 21 Kenya 1/4 final Cup – South Africa 26 – 14 France SF Shield – Portugal 26 – 19 Papua New Guinea SF Shield – Scotland 26 – 19 USA SF Bowl – Cook Islands 7 – 29 Tonga SF Bowl – Argentina 26 – 21 Australia SF Plate – Canada 7 – 29 England SF Plate – Kenya 5 – 26 France SF Cup – Fiji 31 – 0 New Zealand SF Cup – Samoa 14 – 12 South Africa Final Shield – Portugal 26 – 24 Scotland Final Bowl – Tonga 5 – 12 Argentina Final Plate – England 21 – 12 France Final Cup – Fiji 14 – 17 Samoa
Round 3 table Pos. Country Overall 1 20 16 12 48 1 16 20 12 48 3 12 12 16 40 4 12 12 8 32 4 8 4 20 32 6 6 4 6 16 7 0 8 – 8 7 4 0 4 8 9 4 2 0 6 9 0 6 – 6 11 2 0 2 4 11 0 0 4 4 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 – 0 13 – – 0 0 13 – – 0 0 13 – – 0 0 13 – 0 – 0 13 0 – – 0
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