The Emirates Airline Wellington Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, which took place on 1 and 2 February was the third Cup trophy in the 2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series.
Pool stages
Pool 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
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Date Team 1 Score Team 2 1 February 200843 – 0 1 February 200822 – 0 1 February 200841 – 0 1 February 200831 – 10 1 February 200827 – 21 1 February 200819 – 7
Pool 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
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Date Team 1 Score Team 2 1 February 200840 – 7 1 February 2008 17 – 21 1 February 200831 – 14 1 February 2008 5 – 15 1 February 200826 – 7 1 February 200817 – 7
Pool 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
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Date Team 1 Score Team 2 1 February 200824 – 14 1 February 200819 – 0 1 February 200829 – 7 1 February 2008 0 – 19 1 February 200824 – 14 1 February 200833 – 7
Pool 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
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Date Team 1 Score Team 2 1 February 2008 7 – 17 1 February 200826 – 0 1 February 2008 17 – 19 1 February 20087 – 7 1 February 2008 7 – 38 1 February 2008 12 – 19
Knockout
Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
Round 3 table Pos. Country Overall 1 20 20 20 60 2 16 16 4 36 3 12 12 8 32 4 6 4 16 26 5 8 12 0 20 6 2 0 12 14 6 12 0 2 14 8 4 8 0 12 8 – – 12 12 8 4 4 4 12 11 0 2 6 8 12 0 6 0 6 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 – 0 13 0 0 – 0 13 – – 0 0 13 – – 0 0 13 – 0 – 0 13 0 – – 0
was the second team to score over 1,000 overall points in the Group Stage of this tournament.
External links New Zealand Rugby 7s IRB Sevens New Zealand 7s on irb.com