2003 Hong Kong Sevens

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2003 Hong Kong Sevens
IRB Sevens IV
Host nation Hong Kong
Date28–30 March 2003
Cup
Champion England
Runner-up New Zealand
Plate
Winner Canada
Runner-up Scotland
Bowl
Winner United States
Runner-up Japan
Tournament details
Matches played45
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The 2003 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium between 28–30 March 2003. It was the 28th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and was the fifth tournament of the 2002–03 IRB Sevens World Series. Twenty-four teams competed in the tournament and were separated into six groups of four with the top eight teams qualifying through to the cup tournament.

Due to the SARS outbreak that was occurring in Hong Kong, some teams delayed their arrival to the country with three teams (Argentina, France and Italy withdrawing from the competition.

England defended their Hong Kong title that they won the previous year defeating New Zealand in the final by a score of 22–17. The plate-final saw Canada defeat Scotland while the United States took home the bowl defeating Japan.

Teams[]

Compared to other tournament of the series, the Hong Kong Sevens had 24 teams compete for the title instead of the regular sixteen teams that usually competed in a World Series event. The tournament saw three teams withdraw after the official draw was revealed on February 27 due to the SARS outbreak that was occurring in South-East Asia. On March 21, France and Italy withdrew from the competition with Argentina withdrawing two days later.[1][2] They were replaced by Namibia, Tonga and the Netherlands respectively. Other teams delayed their arrivals to Hong Kong with Fiji and New Zealand only arriving three days before the tournament started.[3]

Format[]

The teams were drawn into six pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with three points awarded for a win, two points for a draw, and one point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals.[4]

Pool stage[]

The draw for the 2003 Hong Kong Sevens was held on 27 February 2003 with the revised draw occurring on the 25 March.[5][6]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
Teams that advanced to the Plate quarterfinals
Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 141 10 131 9
 Namibia 3 2 0 1 70 66 4 7
 United States 3 1 0 2 62 97 –35 5
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 18 118 –100 3

Source: HK Sevens

28 March
17:00
New Zealand  38–3  Malaysia
28 March
19:12
Namibia  35–10  United States
29 March
10:46
Namibia  35–10  Malaysia
29 March
12:58
New Zealand  57–7  United States
29 March
15:10
United States  45–5  Malaysia
29 March
17:22
New Zealand  46–0  Namibia

Source: HK Sevens

Pool B[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 137 12 125 9
 Tonga 3 2 0 1 83 59 24 7
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 57 81 –24 5
 Singapore 3 0 0 3 12 137 –125 3

Source: HK Sevens

28 March
17:22
England  52–0  Singapore
28 March
19:34
Tonga  26–17  Chinese Taipei
29 March
11:08
Tonga  50–0  Singapore
29 March
13:20
England  43–5  Chinese Taipei
29 March
15:32
Chinese Taipei  35–12  Singapore
29 March
17:44
England  42–7  Tonga

Source: HK Sevens

Pool C[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 125 24 101 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 57 64 –7 7
 Japan 3 1 0 2 47 97 –50 5
 Russia 3 0 0 3 38 82 –44 3

Source: HK Sevens

28 March
17:44
Fiji  33–5  Russia
28 March
19:56
Canada  24–12  Japan
29 March
11:30
Canada  21–19  Russia
29 March
13:42
Fiji  59–7  Japan
29 March
15:54
Japan  28–14  Russia
29 March
18:06
Fiji  33–12  Canada

Source: HK Sevens

Pool D[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 3 3 0 0 61 29 32 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 78 29 49 7
 Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 43 48 –5 5
 China 3 0 0 3 21 97 –76 3

Source: HK Sevens

28 March
18:06
Australia  40–7  China
28 March
20:18
Kenya  15–10  Hong Kong
29 March
11:52
Kenya  31–7  China
29 March
14:04
Australia  26–7  Hong Kong
29 March
16:16
Hong Kong  26–7  China
29 March
18:28
Kenya  15–12  Australia

Source: HK Sevens

Pool E[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 132 7 125 9
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 66 43 23 7
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 69 75 –6 5
 Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 0 142 –142 3

Source: HK Sevens

28 March
18:28
South Africa  54–0  Sri Lanka
28 March
20:40
Scotland  28–12  South Korea
29 March
12:14
Scotland  38–0  Sri Lanka
29 March
14:26
South Africa  47–7  South Korea
29 March
16:38
South Korea  50–0  Sri Lanka
29 March
18:50
South Africa  31–0  Scotland

Source: HK Sevens

Pool F[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 112 24 88 9
 Cook Islands 3 1 1 1 72 38 34 6
 Wales 3 1 1 1 55 65 –10 6
 Netherlands 3 0 0 3 19 131 –112 3

Source: HK Sevens

28 March
18:50
Samoa  41–7  Netherlands
28 March
21:02
Wales  10–10  Cook Islands
29 March
12:36
Wales  40–12  Netherlands
29 March
14:48
Samoa  28–12  Cook Islands
29 March
17:00
Cook Islands  50–0  Netherlands
29 March
19:12
Samoa  43–5  Wales

Source: HK Sevens

Knockout stage[]

Bowl[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 United States39
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Sri Lanka7
 
 United States31
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 China0
 
 Malaysia7
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 China12
 
 United States24
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Japan19
 
 Russia24
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Netherlands12
 
 Russia12
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Japan19
 
 Singapore0
 
 
 Japan41
 

Source: HK Sevens

Plate[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Scotland49
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Chinese Taipei5
 
 Scotland24
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Cook Islands5
 
 Wales19
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Cook Islands24
 
 Scotland14
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada19
 
 Canada24
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Hong Kong0
 
 Canada33
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Korea10
 
 South Korea24
 
 
 Namibia21
 

Source: HK Sevens

Cup[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 New Zealand31
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Tonga5
 
 New Zealand21
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa17
 
 South Africa40
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya0
 
 New Zealand17
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England22
 
 Fiji12
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Samoa7
 
 Fiji19
 
30 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England24
 
 Australia14
 
 
 England19
 

Source: HK Sevens

Tournament placings[]

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England 30
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji 18
 South Africa 18
5  Australia 8
 Kenya 8
 Samoa 8
 Tonga 8
9  Canada 4
10  Scotland 3
11  Cook Islands 2
 South Korea 2
Place  Team Points
13  Chinese Taipei 0
 Hong Kong 0
 Namibia 0
 Wales 0
17  United States 1
18  Japan 0
19  China 0
 Russia 0
21  Malaysia 0
 Netherlands 0
 Singapore 0
 Sri Lanka 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References[]

  1. ^ "Italy and France pull out of 7s". ESPN Scrumn. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Pumas latest to pull out of Hong Kong". ESPN Scrumn. 23 March 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. ^ Sallay, Alvin (25 March 2003). "Fiji and New Zealand arrivals offset Argentina pullout". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Format". Archived from the original on 17 April 2003.
  5. ^ "All Set for Super Sevens" (PDF). Hong Kong Rugby Union. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2005.
  6. ^ "Revised HK 7s Draw". ESPN Scrum. 25 March 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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