The 2003–04 Sevens World Series was the fifth edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The series was held over eight tournaments, an increase of one over the previous year. This was the first year that the USA Sevens was added to the series. New Zealand won its fifth consecutive series, narrowly defeating England.
Calendar + 2003–04 Itinerary Leg Venue Dates Winner Dubai Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai 4–5 December 2003 South Africa Outeniqua Park, George 12–13 December 2003 New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington 6–7 February 2004 United States Home Depot Center, Los Angeles 14–15 February 2004 Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26–28 March 2004 Singapore National Stadium, Singapore 3–4 April 2004 Bordeaux Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 28–29 May 2004 London Twickenham Stadium, London 5–6 June 2004
Final standings The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.
+ 2003–04 IRB Sevens – Series VPos. DubaiGeorgeWellingtonLos AngelesHong KongSingaporeBordeauxLondonPointstotal 1 16 16 20 16 18 6 2016 128 2 12 20 12 8 30 4 16 20 122 3 8 8 2 2024 16 8 12 98 4 4 12 16 12 8 8 12 12 84 5 12 4 18 20 12 8 74 6 12 4 4 12 8 12 4 4 60 7 4 6 4 4 3 12 2 2 37 8 6 4 0 2 8 4 6 4 34 9 2 2 0 6 8 0 4 0 2210 – – – – 4 2 0 6 1211 0 0 6 0 2 – 0 0 811 – – 8 0 – – – – 813 – – 0 0 2 0 – – 214 – – 0 – 1 – – – 1rowspan=25 – – 0 0 0 0 – – 0 – – – – 0 – 0 0 0 – – – – 0 – 0 0 0 – – – – 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – 0 – 0 – – 0 – – – 0 – – – – 0 0 – – 0 – – – – 0 0 – – 0 – – – – 0 0 – – 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 Arabian Gulf 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – – 0 – – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – 0 Source: rugby7.com (archived) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |colspan=2 style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series.
Notes: South Africa won the 2003 Dubai Sevens and lost in the Cup Semi-Finals at the 2003 South Africa SevensMatch Archive http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2003-2004&country=&tournament=George&submit=Search but no points are indicated on the IRB Series Standings for 2003-04.IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2003/04 http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1080/season=2003/standings.html South Africa were deducted their points for these rounds for fielding an ineligible player (Tonderai Chavhanga).
Tournaments
Dubai
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup 33–26Plate40–10Bowl21–12Shield59–26 Arabian Gulf
George
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup38–14 Plate29–12Bowl19–14Shield22–19
Wellington
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup33–15Plate28–12Bowl31–26Shield43–26
Los Angeles
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup21–12Plate55–0Bowl33–31Shield29–22
Hong Kong
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsQuarter-finalistsCup22–12Plate28–22Bowl31–19
Singapore
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup24–19Plate19–15Bowl34–5Shield24–21
Bordeaux
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup28–19Plate22–21Bowl26–21Shield14–10
London
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup22–19Plate31–12Bowl19–14Shield24–0
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