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2003–04 IRB Sevens
Series V
Hosts	United Arab Emirates South Africa New Zealand United States Hong Kong Singapore France England
Nations	34
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	England
Third	Argentina
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The 2003–04 Sevens World Series was the fifth edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The series was held over eight tournaments, an increase of one over the previous year. This was the first year that the USA Sevens was added to the series. New Zealand won its fifth consecutive series, narrowly defeating England.

Calendar

2003–04 Itinerary

Leg	Venue	Dates	Winner
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	4–5 December 2003	South Africa
South Africa	George	12–13 December 2003	England
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	6–7 February 2004	New Zealand
United States	Home Depot Center, Los Angeles	14–15 February 2004	Argentina
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	26–28 March 2004	England
Singapore	Singapore	3–4 April 2004	South Africa
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	28–29 May 2004	New Zealand
London	Twickenham	5–6 June 2004	England

Final standings

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 played 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.

2003–04 IRB Sevens – Series V

Pos.	Event Team	Dubai	George	Well­ing­ton	Los Ang­eles	Hong Kong	Singa­pore	Bor­deaux	London	Points total
1	New Zealand	16	16	20	16	18	6	20	16	128
2	England	12	20	12	8	30	4	16	20	122
3	Argentina	8	8	2	20	24	16	8	12	98
4	Fiji	4	12	16	12	8	8	12	12	84
5	South Africa	0	0	12	4	18	20	12	8	74
6	Samoa	12	4	4	12	8	12	4	4	60
7	France	4	6	4	4	3	12	2	2	37
8	Australia	6	4	0	2	8	4	6	4	34
9	Canada	2	2	0	6	8	0	4	0	22
10	Scotland	–	–	–	–	4	2	0	6	12
11	Kenya	0	0	6	0	2	–	0	0	8
11	Tonga	–	–	8	0	–	–	–	–	8
13	South Korea	–	–	0	0	2	0	–	–	2
14	Cook Islands	–	–	0	–	1	–	–	–	1
—	United States	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
	Italy	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	0	0
	Portugal	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	0	0
	Georgia	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	0	0
	Morocco	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Sri Lanka	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Uganda	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Zambia	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Zimbabwe	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Namibia	–	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Japan	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	0
	Hong Kong	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	0
	Singapore	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	0
	Russia	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Spain	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Arabian Gulf	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Niue	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Papua New Guinea	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Chile	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Uruguay	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
	China	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Thailand	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Malaysia	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	0

Source: rugby7.com (archived)

Notes:
South Africa won the 2003 Dubai Sevens and lost in the Cup Semi-Finals at the 2003 South Africa Sevens but no points are indicated on the IRB Series Standings for 2003-04. South Africa were deducted their points for these rounds for fielding an ineligible player (Tonderai Chavhanga).

External links

• Official tournament site
• "2003-04 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

References

1. "Annual Report - The year in detail" (PDF). Australian Rugby. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
2. Match Archive http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2003-2004&country=&tournament=George&submit=Search Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
3. IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2003/04 http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1080/season=2003/standings.html
4. Pretorius, Herbert (2004-06-02). "IRB to rule on Tonderai fine". News24 Archive. News24. Retrieved 2018-06-11.

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