2004–05 World Sevens Series
| 2004–05 World Sevens Series | |
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| Host nations |  Dubai South Africa New Zealand United States Singapore England France |
| Date | 2 December 2004 – 11 June 2005 |
| Nations | 32 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New Zealand |
| Runners-up |  Fiji |
| Third | England |
| Series details | |
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The 2004–05 IRB Sevens World Series, was the sixth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. The defending series champions were New Zealand, who won the 2003–04 series.
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.
Contents
Calendar
| 2004–05 Itinerary[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leg | Venue | Date | Winner |
| Dubai | Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground | December 2–3, 2004 | England |
| South Africa | Outeniqua Park, George | December 10–11, 2004 | New Zealand |
| New Zealand | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 4–5, 2005 | New Zealand |
| United States | Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, California | February 12–13, 2005 | New Zealand |
| Singapore | National Stadium, Singapore | April 1–2, 2005 | New Zealand |
| London | Twickenham | June 4–5, 2005 | South Africa |
| Paris | Stade Jean-Bouin | June 10–11, 2005 | France |
The season
In an event, 16 teams are entered. 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. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.
In an 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.
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
Table
| 2004–05 Standings | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Country | Dubai | South Africa (George) |
New Zealand (Wellington) |
USA (Los Angeles) |
Singapore | England (London) |
France (Paris) |
Overall | ||
| 1 | New Zealand |
12 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 116 | ||
| 2 | Fiji |
16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 88 | ||
| 3 | England |
20 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 86 | ||
| 4 | South Africa |
12 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 76 | ||
| 5 |  Argentina |
6 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 70 | ||
| 6 |  Samoa |
8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 46 | ||
| 7 |  Australia |
4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 42 | ||
| 8 | France |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 30 | ||
| 9 |  Scotland |
4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 10 |  Kenya |
0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Tunisia |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 12 |  Canada |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13 |  Portugal |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
The events
Dubai
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Results
- Cup: Fiji 21-26 England
- Losing Cup semifinalists: South Africa, New Zealand
- Plate: Samoa 21-19 Argentina
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Australia, Scotland
- Bowl: France 5-10 Portugal
- Shield:
Ireland 5-17 Tunisia
South Africa
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Results
- Cup: New Zealand 33-19 Fiji
- Losing Cup semifinalists: England, Argentina
- Plate: South Africa 12-7 Samoa
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Tunisia, Kenya
- Bowl: Canada 12-38 Australia
- Shield: Portugal 17-12 France
New Zealand
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Results
- Cup: Argentina 7-31 New Zealand
- Losing Cup semifinalists: South Africa, Fiji
- Plate: Scotland 0-32 Australia
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Samoa, England
- Bowl:
Tonga 12-17 Kenya - Shield:
Japan 19-29 
Niue
USA
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Results
- Cup: Argentina 5-34 New Zealand
- Losing Cup semifinalists: Australia, England
- Plate: Samoa 21-24 Fiji
- Losing Plate semifinalists: France, South Africa
- Bowl: Kenya 0-15 Canada
- Shield: Tonga 40-0
Mexico
Singapore
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Results
- Cup: New Zealand 26-5 England
- Losing Cup semifinalists: Fiji, South Africa
- Plate: Samoa 14-15 Australia
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Scotland, Argentina
- Bowl: Canada 12-19 France
- Shield:
Chinese Taipei 17-10 
China
France
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Results
- Cup: France 28-19 Fiji
- Losing Cup semifinalists: Samoa, New Zealand
- Plate: South Africa 26-19 England
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Australia, Scotland
- Bowl: Argentina 26-10
Georgia - Shield: Canada 33-21
Russia
London
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Results
- Cup: South Africa 21-12 England
- Losing Cup semifinalists: Argentina, New Zealand
- Plate: Australia 12-29 Fiji
- Losing Plate semifinalists: Scotland, France
- Bowl: Tunisia 0-27 Samoa
- Shield: Kenya 12-18 Canada
References
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External links
- Official tournament site
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