The
Edinburgh Sevens was a
rugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
sevensRugby 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...
tournament, the eighth and final Cup tournament in the
2009–10 IRB Sevens World SeriesThe 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series was the eleventh of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. Samoa won the series crown for their first time....
. The 2010 competition was held at
Murrayfield StadiumMurrayfield 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...
between May 29 and May 30.
Format
The tournament, as in all 16-team IRB Sevens events, consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.
Pool A
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
PF |
PA |
+/- |
Pts |
| |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
90 |
62 |
28 |
7 |
| |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
62 |
38 |
24 |
7 |
| |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
68 |
48 |
20 |
7 |
| |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
96 |
−72 |
3 |
| Date |
Team 1 |
Score |
Team 2 |
| 2010-05-29 |
|
42–5 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
4–14 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
28–26 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
26–14 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
5–28 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
10–31 |
|
Pool B
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
PF |
PA |
+/- |
Pts |
| |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
133 |
17 |
116 |
9 |
| |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
85 |
36 |
49 |
7 |
| |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
31 |
88 |
−57 |
5 |
| |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
125 |
−108 |
3 |
| Date |
Team 1 |
Score |
Team 2 |
| 2010-05-29 |
|
57–0 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
49–5 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
52–0 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
19–7 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
24–12 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
24–17 |
|
Pool C
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
PF |
PA |
+/- |
Pts |
| |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
70 |
42 |
28 |
8 |
| |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
57 |
52 |
5 |
6 |
| |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
50 |
66 |
−16 |
5 |
| |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
40 |
57 |
−17 |
5 |
| Date |
Team 1 |
Score |
Team 2 |
| 2010-05-29 |
|
14–0 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
17–5 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
35–21 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
19–26 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
14–24 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
21–21 |
|
Pool D
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
PF |
PA |
+/- |
Pts |
| |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
97 |
47 |
50 |
9 |
| |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
64 |
50 |
14 |
7 |
| |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
47 |
69 |
−22 |
5 |
| |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
34 |
76 |
−42 |
3 |
| Date |
Team 1 |
Score |
Team 2 |
| 2010-05-29 |
|
10–19 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
14–31 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
12–33 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
26–7 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
12–24 |
|
| 2010-05-29 |
|
21–33 |
|
Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
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