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The 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series is the eighth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999-2000. The defending champions are Fiji.

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, open affairs. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format; however, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, is played over three days.

The tournaments span the globe:

2006-07 Itinerary
Leg	Venue	Date	Winner
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	December 1-2, 2006	South Africa
South Africa	Outeniqua Park, George	December 8-9, 2006	New Zealand
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	February 2-3, 2007	Samoa
United States	PETCO Park, San Diego, California	February 10-11, 2007	Fiji
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	March 30-April 1, 2007	Samoa
Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	April 7-8, 2007	Fiji
London	Twickenham	May 26-27, 2007
Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	June 2-3, 2007

The Australia and Scotland events are new for 2006-07. The Australia event effectively replaces Singapore, and the Scotland event effectively replaces the Paris Sevens.

Contents 1 The season 2 Points schedule 3 Current table 4 The events 4.1 Dubai 4.1.1 Results 4.2 South Africa 4.2.1 Results 4.3 New Zealand 4.3.1 Results 4.4 USA 4.4.1 Results 4.5 Hong Kong 4.5.1 Results 4.6 Australia 4.6.1 Results 4.7 London 4.7.1 Results 4.8 Scotland 4.8.1 Results 5 External links

In a normal event, 16 teams are entered; in Hong Kong, 24 teams enter. 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 normal event, 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.

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: 16 points
• Losing Cup semifinalists: 12 points
• Plate winner (5th place): 8 points
• Plate runner-up: 6 points
• Losing Plate semifinalists: 4 points
• Bowl winner (9th place): 2 points

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

• Cup winner: 30 points
• Cup runner-up: 24 points
• Losing Cup semifinalists: 18 points
• Losing Cup quarterfinalists: 8 points
• Plate winner (9th place): 4 points
• Plate runner-up: 3 points
• Losing Plate semifinalists: 2 points
• Bowl winner (17th place): 1 point

Current 2006-07 Standings
Pos.	Country	Dubai	South Africa (George)	New Zealand	USA	Hong Kong	Australia (Adelaide)	London	Scotland	Overall
1	Fiji	12	12	16	20	24	20			104
2	Samoa	8	4	20	16	30	16			94
3	New Zealand	16	20	12	12	18	12			90
4	South Africa	20	16	12	8	18	6			80
5	England	12	12	8	4	8	4			48
6	France	6	4	6	12	0	0			28
7	Australia	4	2	0	4	8	8			26
8	Scotland	0	0	0	6	8	4			18
9	Wales	0	8	0	0	3	2			13
10	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	12			12
11	Tonga	0	0	0	2	8	0			10
12	Canada	4	0	4	0	0	0			8
13	Argentina	2	0	2	0	3	0			7
14	Tunisia	0	6	0	0	0	0			6
15	Portugal	0	0	0	0	2	0			2
15	United States	0	0	0	0	2	0			2
17	Russia	0	0	0	0	1	0			1

Main article: 2006 Dubai Sevens

• Cup: South Africa 26–12 New Zealand
• Losing Cup semifinalists: Fiji, England
• Plate: France 7–26 Samoa
• Losing Plate semifinalists: Canada, Australia
• Bowl: Argentina 26–7 Zimbabwe
• Shield: Wales 33–0 Arabian Gulf

Main article: 2006 South Africa Sevens

• Cup: New Zealand 24–19 South Africa
• Losing Cup semifinalists: Fiji, England
• Plate: Wales 26–7 Tunisia
• Losing Plate semifinalists: France, Samoa
• Bowl: Australia 41–7 Kenya
• Shield: Portugal 14–12 Zimbabwe

• Cup: Samoa 17 - 14 Fiji
• Losing Cup semifinalists: New Zealand, South Africa
• Plate: England 21 - 12 France
• Losing Plate semifinalists: Canada, Kenya
• Bowl: Argentina 12 - 5 Tonga
• Shield: Portugal 26 - 24 Scotland

Main article: 2007 USA Sevens

• Cup: Fiji 38–24 Samoa
• Losing Cup semifinalists: France, New Zealand
• Plate: South Africa 28–19 Scotland
• Losing Plate semifinalists: Australia, England
• Bowl: Tonga 22–17 Argentina
• Shield: United States 26–5 Portugal

Main article: 2007 Hong Kong Sevens

• Cup: Samoa 27–22 Fiji
• Losing Cup semifinalists: New Zealand, South Africa
• Losing Cup quarterfinalists: Australia, England, Scotland, Tonga
• Plate: Wales 26–19 Argentina
• Losing Plate semifinalists: Portugal, United States
• Bowl: Russia 21–7 France

Main article: 2007 Adelaide Sevens

• Cup: Fiji 21–7 Samoa
• Losing Cup semifinalists: Kenya, New Zealand
• Plate: Australia 31–0 South Africa
• Losing Plate semifinalists: England, Scotland
• Bowl: Wales 26–14 Tonga
• Shield: Canada 43–17 Japan

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• Official tournament site