2007 Wellington Sevens

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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.

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The competition was won by Samoa, marking their first-ever overall title in a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series. [1]

Pool stages

Pool A

TeamPldWDLFATOTAL
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 330013279
Flag of France.svg  France 320146757
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 310240855
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 300335863
 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

TeamPldWDLFATOTAL
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 330082299
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 310248605
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 310254705
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 310253785
 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

TeamPldWDLFATOTAL
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 330076389
Flag of England.svg  England 320167387
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 310255765
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 300319653
 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

TeamPldWDLFATOTAL
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 330090109
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 320156597
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 310226555
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 300331793
 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

Round 3 table

Pos. Country Flag of Dubai.svg Flag of South Africa.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Hong Kong.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of England.svg Flag of Scotland.svg Overall
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20161248
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 16201248
3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 12121640
4Flag of England.svg  England 1212832
4Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 842032
6Flag of France.svg  France 64616
7Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 088
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4048
9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4206
9Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 066
11Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2024
11Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 0044
13Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0000
13Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 0000
13Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 000
13Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 00
13Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 00
13Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 00
13Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 00
13  Arabian Gulf 00

Notes and references

  1. "Samoa win first ever Cup title". International Rugby Board. 3 February 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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