2003–04 World Sevens Series

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2003–04 World Sevens Series
Hosts Dubai
 South Africa
 New Zealand
 United States
 Hong Kong
 Singapore
 France
 England
Nations34
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runners-up England
Third Argentina

The 2003–04 IRB Sevens World Series was the fifth edition of the IRB Sevens World Series. The Series was held over eight tournaments, an increase over the previous year, as this was the first year that the USA Sevens was added to the World Series. New Zealand won its fifth consecutive series, narrowly defeating England.

Calendar[]

2003–04 Itinerary[1]
Leg Venue Date Winner
4–5 December 2003  South Africa
George 12–13 December 2003  England
Westpac Stadium, Wellington 6–7 February 2004  New Zealand
United States Home Depot Center, Los Angeles 14–15 February 2004  Argentina
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 26–28 March 2004  England
Singapore 3–4 April 2004  South Africa
Bordeaux 28–29 May 2004  New Zealand
Twickenham 5–6 June 2004  England

Table[]

Final table:

2003–04 World Rugby Sevens
Series V
 
Pos
Event 
Team



Las Vegas
Hong Kong


Points
total
1  New Zealand 16 16 20 16 18 6 20 16 128
2  England 12 20 12 8 30 4 16 20 122
3  Argentina 8 8 2 20 24 16 8 12 98
4  Fiji 4 12 16 12 8 8 12 12 84
5 0 0 12 4 18 20 12 8 74
6  Samoa 12 4 4 12 8 12 4 4 60
7  France 4 6 4 4 3 12 2 2 37
8  Australia 6 4 0 2 8 4 6 4 34
9  Canada 2 2 0 6 8 0 4 0 22
10  Scotland – – – – 4 2 0 6 12
11  Kenya 0 0 6 0 2 – 0 0 8
 Tonga – – 8 0 – – – – 8
13  South Korea – – 0 0 2 0 – – 2
14  Cook Islands – – 0 – 1 – – – 1
15  United States – – 0 0 0 0 – – 0
 Italy – – – – 0 – 0 0 0
 Portugal – – – – 0 – 0 0 0
 Georgia – – – – 0 – 0 0 0
 Morocco 0 0 – – – – – – 0
 Sri Lanka 0 0 – – – – – – 0
 Uganda 0 0 – – – – – – 0
  0 0 – – – – – – 0
 Zimbabwe 0 0 – – – – – – 0
 Namibia – 0 – – 0 – – – 0
 Japan – – – – 0 0 – – 0
 Hong Kong – – – – 0 0 – – 0
 Singapore – – – – 0 0 – – 0
 Russia – – – – – – 0 0 0
 Spain – – – – – – 0 0 0
  Arabian Gulf 0 – – – – – – – 0
 Niue – – 0 – – – – – 0
 Papua New Guinea – – 0 – – – – – 0
 Chile – – – 0 – – – – 0
 Uruguay – – – 0 – – – – 0
 Trinidad and Tobago – – – 0 – – – – 0
 China – – – – 0 – – – 0
 Chinese Taipei – – – – 0 – – – 0
 Thailand – – – – 0 – – – 0
 Malaysia – – – – – 0 – – 0

*South Africa won the 2003 Dubai Sevens and lost in the Cup Semi-Finals at the 2003 South Africa Sevens[2] but no points are indicated on the IRB Series Standings for 2003-04.[3] South Africa were deducted their points for these rounds for fielding an ineligible player (Tonderai Chavhanga).[4]

External links[]

  • Official tournament site
  • "2003-04 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

References[]

  1. ^ "Annual Report - The year in detail" (PDF). Australian Rugby. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ^ Match Archive http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2003-2004&country=&tournament=George&submit=Search Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2003/04 http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1080/season=2003/standings.html
  4. ^ Pretorius, Herbert (2004-06-02). "IRB to rule on Tonderai fine". News24 Archive. News24. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
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