From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2008 London Sevens

The London 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 took place 24 May and 25 May at Twickenham in London, England and was the seventh Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.

Samoa won their first Cup of the season, defeating Fiji in the final 19-14. In a shock Plate final, New Zealand defeated South Africa 19-12. However, this result was enough to ensure that New Zealand won the overall 2007-08 Series with a round to spare. New Zealand had earlier lost to the hosts England in the Cup quarter-finals, whilst South Africa failed to score against Argentina at the same stage in the tournament. The other main surprise of the tournament was Portugal reaching the Cup competition, partly by defeating Australia in the group stages. Later on in the tournament, Australia managed a consolation victory in the Bowl, whilst Spain won the Shield.

Pool stages

Pool A

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |3||3||0||0||72||21||+51||9 |- |3||1||1||1||71||38||+33||6 |- |3||1||1||1||73||52||+21||6 |- |3||0||0||3||28||133||-105||3 |}

2008-05-24	****	24 - 0

Pool B

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |3||3||0||0||104||12||+92||9 |- |3||2||0||1||69||34||+35||7 |- |3||1||0||2||36||78||-42||5 |- |3||0||0||3||17||102||-85||3 |}

2008-05-24	****	22 - 7

Pool C

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |3||3||0||0||80||15||+65||9 |- |3||2||0||1||45||65||-20||7 |- |3||1||0||2||60||45||+15||5 |- |3||0||0||3||24||84||-60||3 |}

2008-05-24	****	12 - 10

Pool D

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |3||3||0||0||92||32||+60||9 |- |3||2||0||1||60||43||+17||7 |- |3||1||0||2||34||71||-37||5 |- |3||0||0||3||22||62||-40||3 |}

2008-05-24	****	28 - 10

Knockout

Shield

|25 May - London, England ||26||0 |25 May - London, England ||12||17 |25 May - London, England ||17||0 |25 May - London, England ||24||7 |25 May - London, England ||12||7 |25 May - London, England ||24||5 |25 May - London, England |****|10||7

Bowl

|25 May - London, England ||26||0 |25 May - London, England ||12||17 |25 May - London, England ||17||0 |25 May - London, England ||24||7 |25 May - London, England ||31||0 |25 May - London, England ||21||7 |25 May - London, England ||12|****|19

Plate

|25 May - London, England ||12||17 |25 May - London, England ||17||7 |25 May - London, England ||19||17 |25 May - London, England ||0||12 |25 May - London, England ||28||14 |25 May - London, England ||12||19 |25 May - London, England |****|19||12

Cup

|25 May - London, England ||12||17 |25 May - London, England ||17||7 |25 May - London, England ||19||17 |25 May - London, England ||0||12 |25 May - London, England ||12||14 |25 May - London, England ||21||17 |25 May - London, England |****|19||14

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

2007–08-irb-sevens-world-series 2008-in-sport-in-london london-sevens 2007–08-in-english-rugby-union may-2008-sports-events-in-the-united-kingdom

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2008 London Sevens — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report