# 2004 USA Sevens

The 2004 USA Sevens was the first time that the USA Sevens rugby tournament was played. It was held at the Home Depot Center in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson. Argentina defeated New Zealand 21–12 in the cup final to win the tournament. It was Argentina's first victory in a World Series tournament since its inception five years before.

## Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

## Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 17 | +71 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 19 | +103 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 84 | –53 | 5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 133 | –121 | 3 |
* 14 February 2004
| England | 55–0 | United States |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–52 | Samoa |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| England | 50–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Samoa | 17–0 | United States |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12–31 | United States |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| England | 17–19 | Samoa |
* Home Depot Center

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 9 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 7 |
| Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 53 | –6 | 5 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 76 | –40 | 3 |
* 14 February 2004
| New Zealand | 34–12 | Canada |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Tonga | 21–12 | Australia |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| New Zealand | 17–14 | Tonga |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Canada | 26–12 | Australia |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Canada | 24–12 | Tonga |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| New Zealand | 29–12 | Australia |
* Home Depot Center

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 7 | +108 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 45 | –9 | 6 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 61 | –11 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 114 | –88 | 3 |
* 14 February 2004
| South Africa | 35–0 | South Korea |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| France | 17–12 | Uruguay |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| South Africa | 59–0 | Uruguay |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| France | 12–12 | South Korea |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| South Korea | 38–14 | Uruguay |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| South Africa | 21–7 | France |
* Home Depot Center

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 15 | +68 | 9 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 47 | +36 | 7 |
| Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 93 | –57 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 71 | –47 | 3 |
* 14 February 2004
| Fiji | 33–7 | Kenya |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Argentina | 31–10 | Chile |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Fiji | 45–7 | Chile |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Argentina | 19–0 | Kenya |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Chile | 19–17 | Kenya |
* Home Depot Center
* 14 February 2004
| Argentina | 33–5 | Fiji |
* Home Depot Center

## Knockout rounds
### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| South Africa | 14 | | | |
| South Africa | 14 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | |
| Fiji | 22 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | |
| Fiji | 22 | Fiji | 12 | |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | Fiji | 12 | |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | New Zealand | 15 | |
| New Zealand | 22 | New Zealand | 15 | |
| New Zealand | 22 | | | | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| England | 0 | | | | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| England | 0 | | | | New Zealand | 12 |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | | | New Zealand | 12 |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | | Argentina | 21 |
| Samoa | 15 | | | | Argentina | 21 |
| Samoa | 15 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| Canada | 10 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| Canada | 10 | Samoa | 12 | | | |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | Samoa | 12 | | | |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | Argentina | 17 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Argentina | 17 | Argentina | 17 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| France | 0 | | | | | |

### Plate

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| Canada | 17 |
| Canada | 17 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| France | 7 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| France | 7 | Canada | 0 |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | Canada | 0 |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | England | 55 |
| South Africa | 7 | England | 55 |
| England | 33 | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| United States | 17 | | | |
| United States | 17 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | |
| Australia | 26 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | |
| Australia | 26 | Australia | 42 | |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | Australia | 42 | |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | Chile | 0 | |
| Chile | 21 | Chile | 0 | |
| Chile | 21 | | | | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| Uruguay | 19 | | | | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| Uruguay | 19 | | | | Australia | 33 |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | | | Australia | 33 |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | | Kenya | 31 |
| South Korea | 12 | | | | Kenya | 31 |
| South Korea | 12 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| Kenya | 14 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| Kenya | 14 | Kenya | 27 | | | |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | Kenya | 27 | | | |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | Tonga | 7 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Tonga | 36 | Tonga | 7 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | | | | |

### Shield

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| United States | 21 |
| United States | 21 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| Uruguay | 12 | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center |
| Uruguay | 12 | United States | 29 |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | | United States | 29 |
| 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | 15 February 2004 – Home Depot Center | South Korea | 22 |
| South Korea | 35 | South Korea | 22 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | |