2008 Wellington Sevens Explained

The Emirates Airline Wellington Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, which took place on 1 and 2 February was the third Cup trophy in the 2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series.

Pool stages

Pool A

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
33001037+969
32016029+317
31023795-585
30032190-693
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
1 February 200843 – 0
1 February 200822 – 0
1 February 200841 – 0
1 February 200831 – 10
1 February 200827 – 21
1 February 200819 – 7

Pool B

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
33008828+609
32014852-47
31024274-325
30032953-243
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
1 February 200840 – 7
1 February 200817 – 21
1 February 200831 – 14
1 February 20085 – 15
1 February 200826 – 7
1 February 200817 – 7

Pool C

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
33008628+589
32015738+197
31022652-265
30032172-513
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
1 February 200824 – 14
1 February 200819 – 0
1 February 200829 – 7
1 February 20080 – 19
1 February 200824 – 14
1 February 200833 – 7

Pool D

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
32105219+338
32015750+77
31113152-216
30033655-193
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
1 February 20087 – 17
1 February 200826 – 0
1 February 200817 – 19
1 February 20087 – 7
1 February 20087 – 38
1 February 200812 – 19

Knockout

Cup

Round 3 table

width=5%Pos. ! Country Overall -1 20 20 20 60 -2 16 16 4 36 -3 12 12 8 32 -4 6 4 16 26 -5 8 12 0 20 -6 2 0 12 14 -6 12 0 2 14 -8 4 8 0 12 -8 12 12 -8 4 4 4 12 -11 0 2 6 8 -12 0 6 0 6 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 0 0 0 -13 0 0 0 -13 0 0 -13 0 0 -13 0 0 -13 0 0

was the second team to score over 1,000 overall points in the Group Stage of this tournament.

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