2010-11 IRB Sevens World Series

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The 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series was the 12th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000.

Sevens is a stripped-down version of rugby union, with seven players on each side rather than fifteen. Games are much shorter, seven or ten minutes each half, and tend to be very fast-paced. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. However, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, was played over three days, largely because it involved 24 teams instead of the normal 16.

Itinerary[edit | edit source]

The IRB announced dates for the 2010–11 events on 1 June 2010, only two days after the final event of the 2009–10 series, the Edinburgh Sevens.[1] The stops remained unchanged from recent years; the only scheduling change for 2010–11 was that the Adelaide event, which moved from its traditional slot of one week after Hong Kong to one week before in 2010,[2] returned to its prior slot for 2011.[1]

This was the last season for the South Africa leg in George and the Australia leg in Adelaide. On 13 April 2011, both countries' national unions announced that their respective legs of the series would move to new sites for 2011–12. The South Africa Sevens will move to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.[3] The Australia leg will move to Skilled Park in the Gold Coast; it was initially known as the "International Rugby Sevens Gold Coast",[4] but later rebranded simply as the "Gold Coast Sevens".[5]

2010–11 Itinerary[1]
Leg Venue Date Winner
Dubai The Sevens 3–4 December 2010 22x20px England
South Africa Outeniqua Park, George 10–11 December 2010 22x20px New Zealand
New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington 4–5 February 2011 22x20px New Zealand
United States Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada 12–13 February 2011 22x20px South Africa
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium 25–27 March 2011 22x20px New Zealand
Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2–3 April 2011 22x20px New Zealand
London Twickenham 21–22 May 2011 22x20px South Africa
Edinburgh Murrayfield, Edinburgh 28–29 May 2011 22x20px South Africa

Core teams[edit | edit source]

Before each season, the IRB announces the 12 "core teams" that received guaranteed berths in each event in that season's series. The core teams for 2010–11 were:

The core teams were unchanged from 2009–10.

Points schedule[edit | edit source]

The season championship was determined by points earned in each tournament. The points allocations for all events were identical to those in the 2009–10 series, reflecting changes that the IRB made starting with that season:[6]

16-team events (all except for Hong Kong)
  • Cup winner (1st place): 24 points
  • Cup runner-up: 20 points
  • Losing Cup semifinalists: 16 points
  • Plate winner (5th place): 12 points
  • Plate runner-up: 8 points
  • Losing Plate semifinalists: 6 points
  • Bowl winner (9th place): 4 points
24-team event (Hong Kong)
  • Cup winner: 30 points
  • Cup runner-up: 25 points
  • Losing Cup semifinalists: 20 points
  • Plate winner (5th place): 16 points
  • Plate runner-up: 10 points
  • Losing Plate semifinalists: 8 points
  • Bowl winner (9th place): 5 points

Tournament structure[edit | edit source]

In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participated. Due to its place as the sport's most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament had 24 teams. In each 16-team tournament, the teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were 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 was the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.[7]

Four trophies were awarded in each tournament. In descending order of prestige, they were the Cup, whose winner was the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. The Shield was contested in Hong Kong for the first time in 2010. Each trophy was awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.[8]

In a 16-team tournament, the top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.[7]

The Hong Kong Sevens adopted a new structure effective with its 2010 edition. As in previous years, the 24 teams were divided into six pools of four teams each, with the competition points system and tiebreakers identical to those for a 16-team event. Also as in the past, the six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition.[9]

  • The Plate competition was contested by the losing quarterfinalists from the Cup, as in all other events in the series.
  • The Bowl was contested by the four remaining second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers.
  • The Shield was contested by the remaining eight entrants.

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Table[edit | edit source]

2010–11 Standings[10]
Pos. Country Dubai South Africa
(George)
New Zealand
(Wellington)
USA
(Las Vegas)
Hong Kong Australia
(Adelaide)
England
(London)
Scotland
(Edinburgh)
Overall
1 22x20px New Zealand 16 24 24 16 30 24 16 16 166
2 22x20px South Africa 12 12 8 24 16 20 24 24 140
3 22x20px England 24 20 20 16 25 16 0 6 127
4 22x20px Fiji 16 16 12 20 20 6 20 12 122
5 22x20px Samoa 20 16 16 12 20 16 12 8 120
6 22x20px Australia 8 6 16 6 10 6 8 20 80
7 22x20px Wales 6 6 6 0 0 12 16 16 62
8 22x20px Argentina 4 8 6 6 0 8 6 0 38
9 22x20px Kenya 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 4 16
10-tie 22x20px Scotland 0 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 12
10-tie 22x20px France 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 12
12 22x20px United States 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10
13-tie 22x20px Portugal 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
13-tie 22x20px Russia 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
15 22x20px Canada 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5

Tournaments[edit | edit source]

Dubai[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2010 Dubai Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semi Finalists
Cup 22x20px England 29 – 21 22x20px Samoa 22x20px Fiji
22x20px New Zealand
Plate 22x20px South Africa 19 – 12 22x20px Australia 22x20px United States
22x20px Wales
Bowl 22x20px Argentina 21 – 0 22x20px Zimbabwe 22x20px Russia
22x20px Scotland
Shield 22x20px Kenya 26 – 0 22x20px France 22x20px Portugal
23x15px Arabian Gulf

South Africa[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2010 South Africa Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semi Finalists
Cup 22x20px New Zealand 22 – 19 22x20px England 22x20px Samoa
22x20px Fiji
Plate 22x20px South Africa 10 – 5 22x20px Argentina 22x20px Wales
22x20px Australia
Bowl 22x20px Scotland 26 – 0 22x20px Russia 22x20px Portugal
22x20px France
Shield 22x20px Zimbabwe 14 – 5 22x20px Kenya 22x20px Namibia
22x20px United States

New Zealand[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2011 Wellington Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semi Finalists
Cup 22x20px New Zealand 29 – 14 22x20px England 22x20px Samoa
22x20px Australia
Plate 22x20px Fiji 26 – 12 22x20px South Africa 22x20px Argentina
22x20px Wales
Bowl 22x20px Kenya 19 – 0 22x20px Tonga 22x20px Scotland
22x20px Cook Islands
Shield 22x20px United States 19 – 12 22x20px France 22x20px Canada
22x20px Papua New Guinea

USA[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2011 USA Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semi Finalists
Cup 22x20px South Africa 24 – 14 22x20px Fiji 22x20px England
22x20px New Zealand
Plate 22x20px Samoa 26 – 15 22x20px Kenya 22x20px Australia
22x20px Argentina
Bowl 22x20px Scotland 19 – 14 22x20px Canada 22x20px France
22x20px Wales
Shield 22x20px United States 19 – 12 22x20px Japan 22x20px Uruguay
22x20px Guyana

Hong Kong[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2011 Hong Kong Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semi Finalists Quarter Finalists
Cup 22x20px New Zealand 29 – 17 22x20px England 22x20px Fiji
22x20px Samoa
Plate 22x20px South Africa 26 – 19 22x20px Australia 22x20px Portugal
22x20px Russia
Bowl 22x20px Canada 35 – 12 22x20px Japan 22x20px United States
22x20px Wales
22x20px Scotland
22x20px Tonga
22x20px France
22x20px Argentina
Shield 22x20px Kenya 17 – 12 22x20px Spain 22x20px China
22x20px Zimbabwe
22x20px Malaysia
22x20px Hong Kong
22x20px South Korea
22x20px Mexico

Australia[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2011 Adelaide Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semi Finalists
Cup 22x20px New Zealand 28 – 20 22x20px South Africa 22x20px England
22x20px Samoa
Plate 22x20px Wales 14 – 7 22x20px Argentina 22x20px Australia
22x20px Fiji
Bowl 22x20px United States 17 – 10 22x20px Kenya 22x20px France
22x20px Scotland
Shield 22x20px Japan 22 – 5 22x20px Tonga 22x20px Cook Islands
22x20px Papua New Guinea

England[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2011 London Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semi Finalists
Cup 22x20px South Africa 24 – 14 22x20px Fiji 22x20px New Zealand
22x20px Wales
Plate 22x20px Samoa 22 – 12 22x20px Australia 22x20px Argentina
22x20px France
Bowl 22x20px Scotland 21 – 19 22x20px Kenya 22x20px Spain
22x20px Russia
Shield 22x20px England 22 – 7 22x20px Portugal 22x20px United States
22x20px Canada

Scotland[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2011 Edinburgh Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semi Finalists
Cup 22x20px South Africa 36 – 35 22x20px Australia 22x20px Wales
22x20px New Zealand
Plate 22x20px Fiji 26 – 14 22x20px Samoa 22x20px England
22x20px France
Bowl 22x20px Kenya 21 – 14 22x20px Scotland 22x20px Spain
22x20px Argentina
Shield 22x20px Canada 17 – 12 22x20px Russia 22x20px United States
22x20px Portugal

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 International Rugby Board (1 June 2010). Dates set for 2010/11 IRB Sevens World Series. Press release. Retrieved on 8 October 2010.
  2. International Rugby Board (8 July 2009). 2009/10 IRB Sevens World Series schedule set. Press release. Retrieved on 14 July 2009.
  3. South African Rugby Union (13 April 2011). Port Elizabeth named as new host of SA Sevens event. Press release. Retrieved on 29 May 2011.
  4. Australian Rugby Union (13 April 2011). Gold Coast to Become New Home for Australian Sevens. Press release. Retrieved on 29 May 2011.
  5. "Gold Coast Sevens". Australian Rugby Union. http://www.rugby.com.au/sevens/GoldCoastSevens.aspx. Retrieved 19 September 2011. 
  6. International Rugby Board (2010-12-04). Points system. Press release. Retrieved on 2010-12-04.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Rules: 16-Team Tournament". International Rugby Board. 2009. http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/rules16.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  8. "Rules". International Rugby Board. http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/index.html. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 
  9. "Rules: 24-Team Tournament". International Rugby Board. 2009–10. http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/rules24.html. Retrieved 2010-01-28. 
  10. "Overall Standings". International Rugby Board. http://www.irbsevens.com/standings.html. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 

External links[edit | edit source]

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