2009 London Sevens


The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens. The 2009 competition took place on May 23 and May 24 in London, England, and was the seventh Cup trophy in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series. England won the most prestigious Cup trophy, with an extra time 31-26 victory over New Zealand; Fiji won the Plate trophy, Kenya won the Bowl trophy, and Canada won the Shield trophy.

Format

The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.

Teams

Pool stages

Pool A

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2009-05-23'29 - 5
2009-05-23'50 - 0
2009-05-23'70 - 0
2009-05-23'31 - 21
2009-05-23'45 - 5
2009-05-23'17 - 14

Pool B

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2009-05-23'20 - 14
2009-05-23'47 - 0
2009-05-23'61 - 0
2009-05-23'26 - 26'
2009-05-23'57 - 7
2009-05-2331 - 14

Pool C

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2009-05-23'26 - 10
2009-05-23'17 - 12
2009-05-237 - 12'
2009-05-23'33 - 0
2009-05-230 - 40'
2009-05-23'26 - 5

Pool D

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2009-05-23'21 - 21'
2009-05-23'40 - 0
2009-05-23'24 - 12
2009-05-23'43 - 7
2009-05-23'24 - 7
2009-05-230 - 38

Knockout

Shield

Bowl

Plate

Cup