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1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| other_titles | 1997年橄欖球七人欖球賽 |
| datefrom | 21 March |
| dateto | 23 March |
| host | British Hong Kong |
| host-flagvar | 1959 |
| nations | 24 |
| champion | |
| runnerup | |
| top_scorer | Waisale Serevi (117 pts) |
| Marika Vunibaka (12 tries) | |
| prev | [1993](1993-rugby-world-cup-sevens) |
| next | [2001](2001-rugby-world-cup-sevens) |
| host-flagvar=1959 Marika Vunibaka (12 tries)
The 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament and the first to be held in Hong Kong. It was the last major sporting event to be held in the then British dependency before the transfer of sovereignty to China which took place just three months later. Fiji defeated South Africa 24–21 to take the title for the first time. The final is considered to be one of the best sevens matches of all time.
Participating nations
Main article: 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying
The twenty four teams were divided into eight pools of three as follows:
| **Pool A** |
|---|
Squads
Main article: 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens squads
Day 1 results
Pool A
13:00 POOL A
15:41 POOL A
18:51 POOL A
Pool B
13:20 POOL B
16:03 POOL B
19:10 POOL B
Pool C
13:40 POOL C
16:21 POOL C
19:30 POOL C
Pool D
14:00 POOL D
16:40 POOL D
19:50 POOL D
Pool E
14:20 POOL E
17:00 POOL E
20:10 POOL E
Pool F
14:40 POOL F
17:19 POOL F
20:30 POOL F
Pool G
15:00 POOL G
17:40 POOL G
20:50 POOL G
Pool H
15:20 POOL H
18:32 POOL H
21:10 POOL H
Seedings after Day 1
Pool
Day 2 results
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Team that progressed to the Cup Quarter-finals |
| Team that progressed to the Plate Quarter-finals |
| Team that progressed to the Bowl Quarter-finals |
All times Hong Kong time (UTC+1)
Pool A
10:59
13:40
16:19
Pool B
11:19
13:59
16:39
Pool C
11:39
14:19
16:58
Pool D
12:00
14:38
17:19
Pool E
12:19
14:59
17:41
Pool F
12:38
15:20
18:00
Pool G
12:59
15:39
18:19
Pool H
13:19
15:59
18:38
Day 3 - Knockout results
Bowl
|23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||24||22 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||5||33 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||24||21 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||12||19 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||24||22 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||24||0 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||28|****|40
Quarter-finals
10:00
10:22
10:42
11:02
Semi-finals
14:52
15:12
Final
16:51
Plate
|23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||0||36 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||12||26 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||2||26 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||43||19 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||10||43 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||43||7 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||40||19
Quarter-finals
11:21
11:40
12:00
12:20
Semi-finals
15:30
15:51
Final
17:25
Cup
|23 May – Hong Kong Stadium||56||0 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium||5||21 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium||19||14 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium||40||12 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium||38||14 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium||31||7 |23 May – Hong Kong Stadium|****|24||21
Quarter-finals
13:33
13:54
14:14
14:32
Semi-finals
16:11
16:32
Final
18:00
References
References
- (1997). "Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98". Headline Book Publishing.
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