The 2020 New Zealand Sevens was the third tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twenty first edition of the New Zealand Sevens. This event was the first in the series to only have one team from each pool qualify to the cup knockout phase. Host team won the tournament, defeating by 21–5 in the final.
Format The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match.
The teams that finished second in their respective pool will play another team from another pool whom finished second, however, it will be ranked as the best second placed team v. the second best second placed team and vice versa. This is the first tournament of the 2019–20 season that the format was changed to a four team cup knockout phase.
The pools and schedule were announced by World Rugby on 20 December 2019.
Pool stage All times in NZL Standard Time (UTC+12:00)
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts Qualification330011117+949 Advance to semifinals32017133+387 5th-place playoff31024381–385 11th-place playoff300319113–943 15th-place playoff
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts Qualification33007145+269Advance to semifinals31116750+176 7th-place playoff31026462+25 9th-place playoff30122469–454 13th-place playoff
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts Qualification32105036+148 Advance to semifinals32105947+128 5th-place playoff31025660-45 11th-place playoff30034870–223 13th-place playoff
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts Qualification32018345+387 Advance to semifinals32017348+257 7th-place playoff32014850-27 9th-place playoff30033192-613 15th-place playoff
Placement matches Fifteenth place
Thirteenth place
Eleventh place
Ninth place
Seventh place
Fifth place
Cup
MatchesSemi-finals
3rd place
Cup Final
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 22 19 17 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 11 8 10
PlaceTeam Points 9 810 711 612 513 414 315 216 1
See also 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
References
External links Tournament site World Rugby info