The 2020 Sydney Sevens was the fourth tournament in the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eighteenth edition of the Australian Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 1–2 February 2019 at Bankwest Stadium. won the tournament to claim their sixth Australian title, narrowly defeating in the final by 12–10.
This was second tournament in 2019–20 to have only one team from each pool qualify to the cup knockout phase.
Format The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams, with each team playing the others in their pool once. The knockout round qualifications were determined by the final pool standings, with the four teams that topped their pool advancing to the semifinals to compete for berths in the cup final or third place match.
The remaining teams had only one further classification match each, based on their position, table points and differential in the pool standings. The four teams that finished second in their pool were paired into direct playoffs for either 5th place or 7th place. The teams that finished third were paired into the playoffs for 9th or 11th. Teams that were last in their pool were paired into playoffs for 13th place or 15th place.
Pool stage All times in AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Pool A Team Qualification1330010919 +909Advance to semifinals232017836 +4275th-place playoff3310231130 –99511th-place playoff430034073 –33315th-place playoff
Pool B Team Qualification1330011226 +869Advance to semifinals232015978 –1977th-place playoff331024158 –1759th-place playoff430033888 –50315th-place playoff
Pool C Team Qualification1330012028 +929Advance to semifinals232017164 +775th-place playoff330124985 –35411th-place playoff430123599 –64413th-place playoff
Pool D Team Qualification133009226 +669Advance to semifinals231025757 057th-place playoff331025473 –1959th-place playoff431023885 –47513th-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 Points9 810 711 612 513 414 315 216 1
See also 2020 Sydney Women's Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
References
External links Tournament site World Rugby info