# 2005 USA Sevens

The 2005 USA Sevens was the second time that the USA Sevens rugby tournament was played. New Zealand defeated Argentina 34–5 in the final placing them atop the overall series standings. This victory clinched New Zealand's third consecutive IRB Sevens tour title following victories in New Zealand and South Africa.

## 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
References:

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 29 | +56 | 9 |
| Fiji | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 31 | +48 | 6 |
| Tonga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 6 |
| West Indies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 130 | –108 | 3 |
* 12 February 2005
| England | 14–10 | Fiji |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Tonga | 26–15 | West Indies |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Fiji | 17–17 | Tonga |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| England | 52–7 | West Indies |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Fiji | 52–0 | West Indies |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| England | 19–12 | Tonga |
* Home Depot Center

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 5 | +95 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 70 | –36 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 93 | –66 | 3 |
* 12 February 2005
| New Zealand | 26–0 | Samoa |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Scotland | 24–10 | Uruguay |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Samoa | 17–10 | Scotland |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| New Zealand | 31–5 | Uruguay |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Samoa | 38–12 | Uruguay |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| New Zealand | 43–0 | Scotland |
* Home Depot Center

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 15 | +49 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 47 | –4 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 86 | –62 | 3 |
* 12 February 2005
| Australia | 26–0 | South Africa |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Canada | 19–12 | United States |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Australia | 14–10 | Canada |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| South Africa | 43–7 | United States |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Australia | 24–5 | United States |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| South Africa | 21–14 | Canada |
* Home Depot Center

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 5 | +95 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 34 | +52 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 48 | –9 | 5 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 138 | –138 | 3 |
* 12 February 2005
| Argentina | 22–5 | France |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Kenya | 27–0 | Mexico |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| France | 29–12 | Kenya |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Argentina | 59–0 | Mexico |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| France | 52–0 | Mexico |
* Home Depot Center
* 12 February 2005
| Argentina | 19–0 | Kenya |
* Home Depot Center

## Knockout rounds
### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| New Zealand | 21 | | | |
| New Zealand | 21 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | |
| Fiji | 7 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | |
| Fiji | 7 | New Zealand | 31 | |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | New Zealand | 31 | |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | Australia | 12 | |
| Australia | 24 | Australia | 12 | |
| Australia | 24 | | | | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| France | 0 | | | | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| France | 0 | | | | New Zealand | 34 |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | | | New Zealand | 34 |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | | Argentina | 5 |
| Argentina | 7 | | | | Argentina | 5 |
| Argentina | 7 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| South Africa | 5 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| South Africa | 5 | England | 0 | | | |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | England | 0 | | | |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | Argentina | 17 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| England | 28 | Argentina | 17 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Samoa | 7 | | | | | |
* 13 February 2005
| New Zealand | 31–12 | Australia |
| | Report | |
* Home Depot Center
* 13 February 2005
| England | 0–17 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* Home Depot Center
* 13 February 2005
| New Zealand | 34–5 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* Home Depot Center

### Plate

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| Fiji | 28 |
| Fiji | 28 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| France | 10 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| France | 10 | Fiji | 24 |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | Fiji | 24 |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | Samoa | 21 |
| Samoa | 12 | Samoa | 21 |
| South Africa | 10 | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| Canada | 49 | | | |
| Canada | 49 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | |
| Mexico | 0 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | |
| Mexico | 0 | Canada | 17 | |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | Canada | 17 | |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | Scotland | 10 | |
| Scotland | 33 | Scotland | 10 | |
| Scotland | 33 | | | | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| West Indies | 7 | | | | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| West Indies | 7 | | | | Canada | 15 |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | | | Canada | 15 |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | | Kenya | 0 |
| Kenya | 14 | | | | Kenya | 0 |
| Kenya | 14 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| United States | 0 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | | |
| United States | 0 | Kenya | 26 | | | |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | Kenya | 26 | | | |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | Uruguay | 10 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Uruguay | 17 | Uruguay | 10 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Tonga | 10 | | | | | |

### Shield

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| Tonga | 35 |
| Tonga | 35 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| United States | 12 | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center |
| United States | 12 | Tonga | 40 |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | | Tonga | 40 |
| 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | 13 February 2005 – Home Depot Center | Mexico | 0 |
| Mexico | 19 | Mexico | 0 |
| West Indies | 12 | | |