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The 2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series
IRB Sevens World Series
The IRB Sevens World Series, known officially as the HSBC Sevens World Series as of the 2010-11 season, through sponsorship from banking group HSBC, and also sometimes called the World Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby union sevens tournaments organised for the first time in the...

was the ninth of an annual series of rugby union sevens

Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...

tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board

International Rugby Board

The International Rugby Board is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. It was founded in 1886 as the International Rugby Football Board by the unions of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. England refused to join until 1890. The International Rugby Football Board changed its name to the...

since 1999–2000. The defending

2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series

2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series was the eighth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999-2000.New Zealand won the 2006-07 series by winning the final tournament in Edinburgh...

series champions, New Zealand

New Zealand national rugby union team (sevens)

The New Zealand national rugby union sevens team is the New Zealand representative team in rugby union sevens and competes in the IRB Sevens World Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.-IRB Sevens:...

, completely dominated this season's competition, winning the first five events, setting new records for consecutive tournament wins and consecutive match wins, and clinching the 2007–08 series with one tournament remaining after winning the Plate Final of the London leg. They ended with six wins out of the eight events.

Sevens is a stripped-down version of rugby union, with seven players on each side rather than fifteen. Games are much shorter, seven or ten minutes each half, and tend to be very fast-paced. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format; however, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens

Hong Kong Sevens

The Hong Kong Sevens is considered the premier tournament on the IRB Sevens World Series in rugby sevens—a variant of rugby union....

Dubai 2007 Dubai Sevens The Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens...	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground is a multi-use stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches, and was the home stadium of the Dubai Sevens, the first event in the annual IRB Sevens World Series, through the 2007 edition. The Dubai Sevens moved to a new...	November 30–December 1, 2007	>-	South Africa 2007 South Africa Sevens The Emirates Airlines South Africa Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens...	Outeniqua Park Outeniqua Park Outeniqua Park is a multi-purpose stadium in George, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and was the home stadium of the South African leg of the IRB Sevens World Series from 2001 through 2010, after which it moved to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.The... , George George, Western Cape George is a city with 203,253 inhabitants in South Africa's Western Cape province. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre and the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden Route.- Location :...	December 7–8 2007	>-	New Zealand 2008 Wellington Sevens The Emirates Airline Wellington Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens...	Westpac Stadium Westpac Stadium Westpac Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Due to its shape and silver coloured external walls, it is colloquially known as The Cake-Tin to the locals and other New Zealanders... , Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...	February 1–2 2008	>-	United States 2008 USA Sevens The USA Sevens, with the New Zealand brewery Steinlager as the presenting sponsor, is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens...	PETCO Park PETCO Park Petco Park is an open-air ballpark in downtown San Diego, California, USA. It opened in 2004, replacing Qualcomm Stadium as the home park of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres. Before then, the Padres shared Qualcomm Stadium with the NFL's San Diego Chargers... , San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...	February 9–10 2008	>-	Hong Kong 2008 Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens is contested annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens . The 2008 competition, which took place between March 28 and March 30 in Hong Kong, was the fifth Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series and was won by New Zealand...	Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...	March 28–30 2008	>-	Australia 2008 Adelaide Sevens The Adelaide Sevens, was played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens . The 2008 competition, took on 5 April and 6 April in Adelaide, Australia and was the sixth Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.South Africa halted New Zealand's winning...	Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide... , Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...	April 5–6 2008	>-	London 2008 London Sevens The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens . The 2008 competition took place 24 May and 25 May at Twickenham in London, England and was the seventh Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.Samoa won their first Cup of the...	Twickenham Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...	May 24–25 2008	>-	Scotland 2008 Edinburgh Sevens The 2008 Edinburgh Sevens was the second edition of a rugby sevens tournament which forms part of the IRB Sevens World Series, an annual series of events for national representative teams in sevens...	Murrayfield Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Its all-seater capacity was recently reduced from 67,800 to 67,130 to incorporate the largest permanent "big screen" in the country though it still remains the largest stadium in Scotland and one... , Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...	May 31–June 1, 2008

Tournament structure

In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participate. Because of its place as the sports most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament as 24 teams. In each tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.

Four trophies are awarded in each tournament, except for Hong Kong. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. In Hong Kong, the Shield is not awarded. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.

In a 16 team tournament, the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third-place finishers in each pool, while the Shield is contested by the last-place teams from each pool. In Hong Kong, the six pool winners, plus the two highest-finishing second-place teams, advance to the Cup. The Plate participants are the eight highest-ranked teams remaining, while the lowest eight drop to the Bowl.

Points schedule

The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. For most events, points are awarded on the following schedule:

Cup winner (1st place): 20 points
Cup runner-up (2nd place): 16 points
Losing Cup semifinalists (3rd & 4th place): 12 points
Plate winner (5th place): 8 points
Plate runner-up (6th place): 6 points
Losing Plate semifinalists (7th & 8th place): 4 points
Bowl winner (9th place): 2 points

Points are awarded on a different schedule for the Hong Kong Sevens:

Cup winner (1st place): 30 points
Cup runner-up (2nd place): 24 points
Losing Cup semifinalists (3rd & 4th place): 18 points
Losing Cup quarterfinalists (5th, 6th, 7th & 8th place): 8 points
Plate winner (9th place): 4 points
Plate runner-up (10th place): 3 points
Losing Plate semifinalists (11th & 12th place): 2 points
Bowl winner (17th place): 1 point

Table

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! colspan=12 style="border-right:0px;"; | Final 2007-08 Standings
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! width=5%|Pos.
! Country
! width=8%|Dubai
! width=8%|South Africa
(George)
! width=8%|New Zealand
(Wellington)
! width=8%|USA
(San Diego)
! width=8%|Hong Kong
! width=8%|Australia
(Adelaide)
! width=8%|England
(London)
! width=8%|Scotland
(Edinburgh)
! width=8%|Overall
|-
|| 1 || || 20 || 20 || 20 || 20 || 30 || 16 || 8 || 20 || 154
|-
|| 2 || || 12 || 12 || 8 || 16 || 24 || 20 || 6 || 8 || 106
|-
|| 3 || || 6 || 4 || 16 || 12 || 18 || 12 || 20 || 12 || 100
|-
|| 4 || || 16 || 16 || 4 || 8 || 18 || 12 || 16 || 4 || 98
|-
|| 5 || || 12 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 12 || 16 || 54
|-
|| 6 || || 8 || 12 || 0 || 6 || 3 || 2 || 12 || 0 || 43
|-
|| 7 || || 4 || 8 || 0 || 12 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 38
|-
|| 8= || || 2 || 0 || 12 || 0 || 8 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 30
|-
|| 8= || || 0 || 2 || 6 || 2 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 30
|-
|| 10 || || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 6 || 26
|-
|| 11 || || - || - || 12 || - || 2 || 8 || - || - || 22
|-
|| 12 || || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 8
|-
|| 13 || || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || - || - || 6
|-
|| 14= || || - || - || 0 || - || - || 4 || - || - || 4
|-
|| 14= || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || 4 || 0 || 4
|-
|| 16 || || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
|| 17 || || - || - || - || - || 1 || - || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || - || 0 || 0 || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || 0 || 0 || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || 0 || 0 || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || 0
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|| 18= || || - || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || || - || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 0
|-
|| 18= || Arabian Gulf

Arabian Gulf rugby union team

The Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...

|| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 0
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Individual points

1	Tomasi Cama Junior Tomasi Cama Tomasi Cama is a New Zealand Rugby union player. He plays for Manawatu Turbos in the Air New Zealand Cup, and has also been included in the New Zealand Sevens team. He is the son of former Fiji sevens great Tomasi Cama.-Early career:...		>-	2	Fabian Juries Fabian Juries - External links :**...		>-	3	Neumi Nanuku Neumi Nanuku Neumi Nanuku Neumi Nanuku Neumi Nanuku (born 20 June 1976 in Burenitu, Nalawa, Ra, in Fiji's Ra Province, is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays at full back.Nanuku is 5 feet 9 (175 cm) tall and weighs . He grew up in the Nalawa and he played for Nadroga in the National Provincial Rugby...		>-	4	Renfred Dazel		>-	5	Lote Raikabula Lote Raikabula Lote Raikabula is a New Zealand Rugby union player. He plays for Manawatu in the Air New Zealand Cup, and has also been included in the New Zealand Sevens team.-Career highlights:*New Zealand Sevens 2006–present...		>-	6	Steven Yates Steven Yates Steven Yates is a New Zealand Rugby union player who plays for the New Zealand Sevens team.-Career highlights:New Zealand Sevens 2007–presentCrusaders 2006Canterbury Air New Zealand Cup 2004 - 2007Canterbury Sevens 2004, 2005*Canterbury B 2003...		>-	7=	Mikaele Pesamino Mikaele Pesamino Mikaele Pesamino is a rugby union player in the Samoa Sevens team. He is one of the highest point scorers in the 2009–2010 IRB Sevens World Series.Pesamino was born in Vailele on the island of Upolu in Samoa....		>-	7=	Emosi Vucago Emosi Vucago Ratu Emosi Vucago is a Fiji Rugby union player. He plays as a half-back in the Fifteens man-code and also as a halfback/fly-half in the Sevens code He has also been part Fiji Sevens team since the Wellington leg in 2007...		>-	9	Philip Mack Philip Mack Philip John Mack was an officer of the British Royal Navy.He was born in Paston Hall near Norwich, the son of Paston Mack, a Major in the 12th Royal Lancers, British Army...		>-	10	Ben Gollings Ben Gollings Ben Gollings is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Rugby Lions and formerly for England Sevens.-Career:...		124

Individual tries

1	Fabian Juries Fabian Juries - External links :**...		>-	2	Steven Yates Steven Yates Steven Yates is a New Zealand Rugby union player who plays for the New Zealand Sevens team.-Career highlights:New Zealand Sevens 2007–presentCrusaders 2006Canterbury Air New Zealand Cup 2004 - 2007Canterbury Sevens 2004, 2005*Canterbury B 2003...		>-	3	Mikaele Pesamino Mikaele Pesamino Mikaele Pesamino is a rugby union player in the Samoa Sevens team. He is one of the highest point scorers in the 2009–2010 IRB Sevens World Series.Pesamino was born in Vailele on the island of Upolu in Samoa....		>-	4=	Alafoti Fa'osiliva Alafoti Fa'osiliva Alafoti Fa'osiliva is a rugby union player in the national Samoa Sevens team representing Samoa internationally. The team are the current champions of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series...		>-	4=	Victor Vito Victor Vito (rugby player) Victor Vito is a New Zealand rugby player/male model who plays blindside flanker for the New Zealand All Blacks. He was a star of New Zealand Sevens, and captained the 2006 New Zealand Under 19 Rugby team...		>-	6	Zar Lawrence Zar Lawrence Zar Lawrence is a New Zealand Rugby union player who plays for the New Zealand Sevens team and for Bay of Plenty in the Air New Zealand Cup.-Career highlights:New Zealand Sevens 2005–presentNZ Maori 2006...		>-	7=	Emosi Vucago Emosi Vucago Ratu Emosi Vucago is a Fiji Rugby union player. He plays as a half-back in the Fifteens man-code and also as a halfback/fly-half in the Sevens code He has also been part Fiji Sevens team since the Wellington leg in 2007...		>-	7=	Chris Wyles Chris Wyles Chris Wyles is an International rugby union player who plays for the USA Eagles and plays his club rugby for Saracens in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fullback or wing...		>-	9=	Tomasi Cama Junior Tomasi Cama Tomasi Cama is a New Zealand Rugby union player. He plays for Manawatu Turbos in the Air New Zealand Cup, and has also been included in the New Zealand Sevens team. He is the son of former Fiji sevens great Tomasi Cama.-Early career:...		>-	9=	Lote Raikabula Lote Raikabula Lote Raikabula is a New Zealand Rugby union player. He plays for Manawatu in the Air New Zealand Cup, and has also been included in the New Zealand Sevens team.-Career highlights:*New Zealand Sevens 2006–present...		18

Dubai

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South Africa

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New Zealand

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USA

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|Plate
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Hong Kong

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|Plate
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|17 - 14
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Australia

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!Event
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|15 - 7
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|Plate
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|14 - 12
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|Bowl
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|26 - 21
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|Shield
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|12 - 7
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London

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!Event
!Winners
!Score
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|19 - 14
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|-
|Plate
|align=left|
|19 - 12
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|-
|Bowl
|align=left|
|19 - 12
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|Shield
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|10 - 7
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Scotland

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|24 - 14
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|Plate
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|14 - 5
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|Bowl
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|24 - 14
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|Shield
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|10 - 5
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