2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series

The series' tournaments, which were identical to those in 2006–2007, span the globe:

2007-08 Itinerary[3]

Leg	Venue	Date	Winner
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	Nov 30–Dec 1, 2007	New Zealand
South Africa	Outeniqua Park, George	December 7–8 2007	New Zealand
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	February 1–2 2008	New Zealand
United States	Petco Park, San Diego	February 9–10 2008	New Zealand
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	March 28–30 2008	New Zealand
Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	April 5–6 2008	South Africa
London	Twickenham	May 24–25 2008	Samoa
Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	May 31–June 1, 2008	New Zealand

In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participate. Because of its place as the sports most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament as 24 teams. In each tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.[4]

Four trophies are awarded in each tournament, except for Hong Kong. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. In Hong Kong, the Shield is not awarded. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.[5]

In a 16 team tournament, the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third-place finishers in each pool, while the Shield is contested by the last-place teams from each pool.[4] In Hong Kong, the six pool winners, plus the two highest-finishing second-place teams, advance to the Cup. The Plate participants are the eight highest-ranked teams remaining, while the lowest eight drop to the Bowl.[6]

The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. For most events, points are awarded on the following schedule:[5]

• Cup winner (1st place): 20 points
• Cup runner-up (2nd place): 16 points
• Losing Cup semifinalists (3rd & 4th place): 12 points
• Plate winner (5th place): 8 points
• Plate runner-up (6th place): 6 points
• Losing Plate semifinalists (7th & 8th place): 4 points
• Bowl winner (9th place): 2 points

Points are awarded on a different schedule for the Hong Kong Sevens:[5]

• Cup winner (1st place): 30 points
• Cup runner-up (2nd place): 24 points
• Losing Cup semifinalists (3rd & 4th place): 18 points
• Losing Cup quarterfinalists (5th, 6th, 7th & 8th place): 8 points
• Plate winner (9th place): 4 points
• Plate runner-up (10th place): 3 points
• Losing Plate semifinalists (11th & 12th place): 2 points
• Bowl winner (17th place): 1 point

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team competed in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.

2007–08 IRB Sevens – Series IX[7]

Pos.	Event  Team	Dubai	George	Well­ing­ton	San Diego	Hong Kong	Adel­aide	Lon­don	Edin­burgh	Points total
1	New Zealand	20	20	20	20	30	16	8	20	154
2	South Africa	12	12	8	16	24	20	6	8	106
3	Samoa	6	4	16	12	18	12	20	12	100
4	Fiji	16	16	4	8	18	12	16	4	94
5	England	12	0	2	4	8	0	12	16	54
6	Argentina	8	12	0	6	3	2	12	0	43
7	Kenya	4	8	0	12	8	6	0	0	38
8	Australia	2	0	12	0	8	4	2	2	30
9	Wales	0	2	6	2	8	0	0	12	30
10	Scotland	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	6	26
11	Tonga	–	–	12	–	2	8	–	–	22
12	France	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	8
13	United States	0	6	0	0	0	0	–	–	6
14	Portugal	–	–	–	–	0	–	4	0	4
	Cook Islands	–	–	0	–	–	4	–	–	4
16	Canada	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
17	Russia	–	–	–	–	1	–	0	0	1
N/A	Moldova	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Spain	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Japan	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	0
	Zimbabwe	0	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Tunisia	0	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Hong Kong	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	China	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	South Korea	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Sri Lanka	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	West Indies	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Chile	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Mexico	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Papua New Guinea	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Uganda	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Arabian Gulf	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

Source: world.rugby (archived)

Notes:
  Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series.

• London Sevens Profile on UR7s.com
• Official tournament site^[Usurped!]
• "2007-08 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
• "2007-08 Season Player Points and Tries". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.