# 2008 Adelaide Sevens

The 2008 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2008, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2007–08 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held on the weekend of 5 and 6 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.
South Africa halted New Zealand's winning streak, defeating them 15–7 in the Cup final. The Cook Islands provided the biggest upset of the competition by finishing 2nd in their group, thus qualifying to the Cup competition; they would parachute into the Plate competition after a 48–0 drubbing by Samoa in the Cup quarterfinals. Ultimately, Tonga won the Plate, defeating Kenya 14–12. Argentina won the Bowl and Wales won the Shield.

## Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

## Teams

The participating teams were:

## Pool stage

Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.

### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand 33009231+619  Cook Islands 31026476-125  Argentina 31025478-245  Scotland 31024974-255
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 April 2008 | New Zealand | 21 - 14 | Argentina |
| 5 April 2008 | Scotland | 22 - 17 | Cook Islands |
| 5 April 2008 | New Zealand | 33 - 7 | Cook Islands |
| 5 April 2008 | Scotland | 17 - 19 | Argentina |
| 5 April 2008 | Argentina | 21 - 40 | Cook Islands |
| 5 April 2008 | New Zealand | 38 - 10 | Scotland |

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Samoa 33007355+189  Tonga 32018431+537  Wales 31026064-45  Japan 300343110-673
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 April 2008 | Samoa | 28 - 17 | Wales |
| 5 April 2008 | Tonga | 53 - 0 | Japan |
| 5 April 2008 | Samoa | 31 - 26 | Japan |
| 5 April 2008 | Tonga | 19 - 17 | Wales |
| 5 April 2008 | Wales | 26 - 17 | Japan |
| 5 April 2008 | Samoa | 14 - 12 | Tonga |

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  South Africa 33008324+599  Australia 32015952+77  United States 31023891-535  Canada 30034861-133
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 April 2008 | South Africa | 43 - 0 | United States |
| 5 April 2008 | Australia | 21 - 14 | Canada |
| 5 April 2008 | South Africa | 21 - 17 | Canada |
| 5 April 2008 | Australia | 31 - 19 | United States |
| 5 April 2008 | United States | 19 - 17 | Canada |
| 5 April 2008 | South Africa | 19 - 7 | Australia |

### Pool D

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Fiji 33009338+559  Kenya 32015251+17  France 31024366-235  England 30033467-333
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 April 2008 | Fiji | 31 - 12 | England |
| 5 April 2008 | Kenya | 21 - 12 | France |
| 5 April 2008 | Fiji | 33 - 12 | France |
| 5 April 2008 | Kenya | 17 - 10 | England |
| 5 April 2008 | England | 12 - 19 | France |
| 5 April 2008 | Fiji | 29 - 14 | Kenya |

## Knockout

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.

### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Argentina | 24 | | | |
| Argentina | 24 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | |
| Japan | 12 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | |
| Japan | 12 | Japan | 19 | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | Japan | 19 | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | Canada | 24 | |
| France | 28 | Canada | 24 | |
| France | 28 | | | | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Canada | 19 | | | | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Canada | 19 | | | | Canada | 7 |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | | Canada | 7 |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | Wales | 12 |
| United States | 26 | | | | Wales | 12 |
| United States | 26 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| England | 19 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| England | 19 | England | 14 | | | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | England | 14 | | | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | Wales | 19 | |
| Wales | 12 | Wales | 19 | |
| Scotland | 17 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Argentina | 24 | | | |
| Argentina | 24 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | |
| Japan | 12 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | |
| Japan | 12 | Argentina | 24 | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | Argentina | 24 | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | France | 12 | |
| France | 28 | France | 12 | |
| France | 28 | | | | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Canada | 19 | | | | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Canada | 19 | | | | Argentina | 26 |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | | Argentina | 26 |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | United States | 21 |
| United States | 26 | | | | United States | 21 |
| United States | 26 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| England | 19 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| England | 19 | United States | 29 | | | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | United States | 29 | | | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | Scotland | 14 | |
| Wales | 12 | Scotland | 14 | |
| Scotland | 17 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| New Zealand | 19 | | | |
| New Zealand | 19 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | |
| Tonga | 14 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | |
| Tonga | 14 | Tonga | 21 | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | Tonga | 21 | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | Australia | 7 | |
| Fiji | 28 | Australia | 7 | |
| Fiji | 28 | | | | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Australia | 7 | | | | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Australia | 7 | | | | Tonga | 14 |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | | Tonga | 14 |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | Kenya | 12 |
| South Africa | 19 | | | | Kenya | 12 |
| South Africa | 19 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | Kenya | 26 | | | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | Kenya | 26 | | | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | Cook Islands | 14 | |
| Samoa | 48 | Cook Islands | 14 | |
| Cook Islands | 0 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| New Zealand | 19 | | | |
| New Zealand | 19 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | |
| Tonga | 14 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | |
| Tonga | 14 | New Zealand | 17 | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | New Zealand | 17 | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | Fiji | 14 | |
| Fiji | 28 | Fiji | 14 | |
| Fiji | 28 | | | | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Australia | 7 | | | | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia |
| Australia | 7 | | | | New Zealand | 7 |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | | New Zealand | 7 |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | | South Africa | 15 |
| South Africa | 19 | | | | South Africa | 15 |
| South Africa | 19 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | South Africa | 17 | | | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | | South Africa | 17 | | | |
| 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | 6 April - Adelaide, Australia | Samoa | 12 | |
| Samoa | 48 | Samoa | 12 | |
| Cook Islands | 0 | | | |

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