# 2009 Hong Kong Sevens

The Hong Kong Sevens, referred to as the Cathay Pacific Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens for sponsorship reasons is the 5th stop on the IRB Sevens World Series. The 2009 event was played between the 27–29 March, and was won by Fiji. Unlike the 7 other tournaments, Hong Kong contains 24 teams to compete.

## Teams

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* Kenya
* South Korea
* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Sri Lanka
* Tonga
* Uruguay
* United States
* Wales
* West Indies
* Zimbabwe

## Pool Stages
### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  South Africa 330010819+899  France 32015336+177  South Korea 31024763-165  Uruguay 300315105-903
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-03-27 | South Africa | 29 - 7 | South Korea |
| 2009-03-27 | France | 17 - 5 | Uruguay |
| 2009-03-28 | France | 24 - 5 | South Korea |
| 2009-03-28 | South Africa | 53 - 0 | Uruguay |
| 2009-03-28 | Uruguay | 10 - 35 | South Korea |
| 2009-03-28 | South Africa | 26 - 12 | France |

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  England 330013019+1119  Wales 32015248+47  Japan 31022681-555  China 30033494-603
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-03-27 | England | 54 - 0 | China |
| 2009-03-27 | Wales | 14 - 5 | Japan |
| 2009-03-28 | Wales | 19 - 17 | China |
| 2009-03-28 | England | 50 - 0 | Japan |
| 2009-03-28 | Japan | 21 - 17 | China |
| 2009-03-28 | England | 26 - 19 | Wales |

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand 33001285+1239  Australia 32019434+607  Zimbabwe 31023899-615  Sri Lanka 300326148-1223
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-03-27 | New Zealand | 59 - 0 | Sri Lanka |
| 2009-03-27 | Australia | 33 - 5 | Zimbabwe |
| 2009-03-28 | Australia | 56 - 12 | Sri Lanka |
| 2009-03-28 | New Zealand | 52 - 0 | Zimbabwe |
| 2009-03-28 | Zimbabwe | 33 - 14 | Sri Lanka |
| 2009-03-28 | New Zealand | 17 - 5 | Australia |

### Pool D

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Argentina 33007231+419  Hong Kong 32013847-97  Tonga 31024641+55  Portugal 30032663-373
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-03-27 | Argentina | 28 - 0 | Hong Kong |
| 2009-03-27 | Portugal | 5 - 17 | Tonga |
| 2009-03-28 | Portugal | 7 - 24 | Hong Kong |
| 2009-03-28 | Argentina | 22 - 17 | Tonga |
| 2009-03-28 | Tonga | 12 - 14 | Hong Kong |
| 2009-03-28 | Argentina | 22 - 14 | Portugal |

### Pool E

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Samoa 32107622+548  Fiji 32107129+428  Canada 31024947+25  Chinese Taipei 30037105-983
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-03-27 | Fiji | 33 - 0 | Chinese Taipei |
| 2009-03-27 | Samoa | 14 - 10 | Canada |
| 2009-03-28 | Samoa | 50 - 0 | Chinese Taipei |
| 2009-03-28 | Fiji | 26 - 17 | Canada |
| 2009-03-28 | Canada | 22 - 7 | Chinese Taipei |
| 2009-03-28 | Fiji | 12 - 12 | Samoa |

### Pool F

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Kenya 33006729+389  Scotland 32014565-207  United States 31024645+15  West Indies 30033453-193
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-03-27 | Kenya | 17 - 10 | West Indies |
| 2009-03-27 | United States | 17 - 19 | Scotland |
| 2009-03-28 | United States | 17 - 7 | West Indies |
| 2009-03-28 | Kenya | 31 - 7 | Scotland |
| 2009-03-28 | Scotland | 19 - 17 | West Indies |
| 2009-03-28 | Kenya | 19 - 12 | United States |

## Knockout
### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | |
| Japan | 26 | | | |
| Japan | 26 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | |
| Sri Lanka | 10 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | |
| Sri Lanka | 10 | Japan | 10 | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | Japan | 10 | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | Portugal | 26 | |
| China | 5 | Portugal | 26 | |
| China | 5 | | | | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong |
| Portugal | 33 | | | | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong |
| Portugal | 33 | | | | Portugal | 14 |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | | | Portugal | 14 |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | | Uruguay | 12 |
| West Indies | 12 | | | | Uruguay | 12 |
| West Indies | 12 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | |
| Uruguay | 21 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | |
| Uruguay | 21 | Uruguay | 28 | | | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | Uruguay | 28 | | | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | Zimbabwe | 14 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 14 | Zimbabwe | 14 | |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | |
| France | 17 | | | |
| France | 17 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | |
| South Korea | 7 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | |
| South Korea | 7 | France | 10 | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | France | 10 | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | Tonga | 19 | |
| Tonga | 29 | Tonga | 19 | |
| Tonga | 29 | | | | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong |
| Scotland | 0 | | | | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong |
| Scotland | 0 | | | | Tonga | 14 |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | | | Tonga | 14 |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | | Canada | 12 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | | | | Canada | 12 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | |
| Canada | 26 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | |
| Canada | 26 | Canada | 19 | | | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | Canada | 19 | | | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | Wales | 10 | |
| United States | 21 | Wales | 10 | |
| Wales | 22 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | |
| South Africa | 24 | | | |
| South Africa | 24 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | |
| Australia | 10 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | |
| Australia | 10 | South Africa | 29 | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | South Africa | 29 | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | Samoa | 3 | |
| Samoa | 15 | Samoa | 3 | |
| Samoa | 15 | | | | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong |
| Argentina | 12 | | | | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong |
| Argentina | 12 | | | | South Africa | 24 |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | | | South Africa | 24 |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| New Zealand | 7 | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| New Zealand | 7 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | |
| Kenya | 10 | March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | | |
| Kenya | 10 | Kenya | 7 | | | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | | Kenya | 7 | | | |
| March 29 - Hong Kong | March 29 - Hong Kong | Fiji | 24 | |
| Fiji | 10 | Fiji | 24 | |
| England | 7 | | | |

## Standings after Tournament

South Africa, who finished second in this tournament, went to the top of the IRB Sevens World Series. England, who were joint-first with South Africa before, dropped to second place, with Fiji going to third and New Zealand fourth.

## Statistics
### Individual points

Individual points Updated:2009-03-29 :
| Pos. | Player | Country | Points |
| 1 | Phillip Mack | Canada | 41 |
| 2 | Pedro Leal | Portugal | 39 |
| 3 | Vuyo Zangga | South Africa | 33 |
| 4 | Sosaia Palei | Tonga | 32 |
| 5= | Pio Tuwai | Fiji | 30 |
| 5= | Robert Ebersohn | South Africa | 30 |
| 6 | Richard Kingi | Australia | 29 |
| 7 | Emosi Vucago | Fiji | 28 |
| 9= | Mzwandile Stick | South Africa | 26 |
| 9= | Renfred Dazel | South Africa | 26 |

### Individual tries

Individual tries Updated:2009-03-29 :
| Pos. | Player | Country | Tries |
| 1= | Robert Ebersohn | South Africa | 6 |
| 1= | Sosaia Palei | Tonga | 6 |
| 3= | Pio Tuwai | Fiji | 5 |
| 3= | Rayno Benjamin | South Africa | 5 |
| 3= | Seremaia Burotu | Fiji | 5 |
| 3= | Ifan Evans | Wales | 5 |
| 3= | Collins Injera | Kenya | 5 |
| 3= | Ualosi Kailea | Tonga | 5 |
| 3= | Philip Mack | Canada | 5 |
| 3= | Joao Mirra | Portugal | 5 |