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2004–05 IRB Sevens
Series VI
Hosts	United Arab Emirates South Africa New Zealand United States Singapore England France
Date	2 December 2004 – 11 June 2005
Nations	32
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Fiji
Third	England
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The 2004–05 Sevens World Series was the sixth edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. The defending series champions New Zealand retained their title by winning the 2004–05 series.

Calendar

2004–05 Itinerary

Leg	Venue	Dates	Winner
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	December 2–3, 2004	England
South Africa	Outeniqua Park, George	December 10–11, 2004	New Zealand
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	February 4–5, 2005	New Zealand
United States	Home Depot Center, Los Angeles	February 12–13, 2005	New Zealand
Singapore	National Stadium, Singapore	April 1–2, 2005	New Zealand
London	Twickenham	June 4–5, 2005	South Africa
Paris	Stade Jean-Bouin	June 10–11, 2005	France

Competition format

All tournaments in the 2004–05 series were played as a standard 16-team event, beginning with the pool stage before progressing to a knockout stage to decide the tournament winners.

Pool stage

For the pool stage, teams were divided into 4 pools of 4 teams and a round-robin was played within each pool. The points awarded for the pool matches were 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. Where tie-breakers were required, the head-to-head result between the tied teams was used, followed by the difference in points scored during tournament play.

Knockout stage

Four trophies were contested during the knockout stage – in descending order of prestige: the Cup (whose winner became the tournament champion), Plate, Bowl and Shield. The format of the playoffs is described below

• The top 8 sides (i.e. top two from each pool) advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
• The 4 winners of the quarterfinals meet in the Cup semifinal bracket to play off for first, second and shared third place in the tournament.

Plate

• The 4 losers of the Cup quarterfinals drop down to the Plate semifinal bracket to play off for fifth, sixth and shared seventh place in the tournament.

Bowl

• The 4 third-placed sides from each pool meet in the Bowl bracket to decide 9th, 10th and shared 11th place in the tournament.

Shield

• The 4 fourth-placed sides from each pool met in the Shield bracket to decide 13th, 14th and shared 15th place in the tournament.

Points schedule

The season championship was determined by the total points earned in all tournaments. The points schedule used for 2004–05 World Sevens Series was:

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.

2004–05 IRB Sevens – Series VI

Pos.	Event Team	Dubai	George	Well­ing­ton	Los Ang­eles	Singa­pore	Lon­don	Paris	Points total
1	New Zealand	12	20	20	20	20	12	12	116
2	Fiji	16	16	12	8	12	8	16	88
3	England	20	12	4	12	16	16	6	86
4	South Africa	12	8	12	4	12	20	8	76
5	Argentina	6	12	16	16	4	12	4	70
6	Samoa	8	6	4	6	8	2	12	46
7	Australia	4	2	8	12	6	6	4	42
8	France	0	0	0	4	2	4	20	30
9	Scotland	4	0	6	0	4	4	2	20
10	Kenya	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	6
11	Tunisia	0	4	–	–	–	0	0	4
12	Canada	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
13	Portugal	2	0	–	–	–	0	0	2

Source: rugby7.com (archived)

Notes:
  Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series.

Tournaments

Dubai

Trophy	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	21–26	England	South Africa  New Zealand
Plate	Samoa	21–19	Argentina	Australia  Scotland
Bowl	France	5–10	Portugal	TBC TBC
Shield	Ireland	5–17	Tunisia	TBC TBC

South Africa

Trophy	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	33–19	Fiji	England  Argentina
Plate	South Africa	12–7	Samoa	Tunisia  Kenya
Bowl	Canada	12–38	Australia	TBC TBC
Shield	Portugal	17–12	France	TBC TBC

New Zealand

Trophy	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Argentina	7–31	New Zealand	South Africa  Fiji
Plate	Scotland	0–32	Australia	Samoa  England
Bowl	Tonga	12–17	Kenya	TBC TBC
Shield	Japan	19–29	Niue	TBC TBC

United States

Trophy	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Argentina	5–34	New Zealand	Australia  England
Plate	Samoa	21–24	Fiji	France  South Africa
Bowl	Kenya	0–15	Canada	TBC TBC
Shield	Tonga	40–0	Mexico	TBC TBC

Singapore

Trophy	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	26–5	England	Fiji  South Africa
Plate	Samoa	14–15	Australia	Scotland  Argentina
Bowl	Canada	12–19	France	TBC TBC
Shield	Chinese Taipei	17–10	China	TBC TBC

France

Trophy	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	France	28–19	Fiji	Samoa  New Zealand
Plate	South Africa	26–19	England	Australia  Scotland
Bowl	Argentina	26–10	Georgia	TBC TBC
Shield	Canada	33–21	Russia	TBC TBC

London

Trophy	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	South Africa	21–12	England	Argentina  New Zealand
Plate	Australia	12–29	Fiji	Scotland  France
Bowl	Tunisia	0–27	Samoa	TBC TBC
Shield	Kenya	12–18	Canada	TBC TBC

References

1. "IRB Sevens World Series set for another record breaking year". International Rugby Board. 2007-08-01. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-08-03.

External links

• Official tournament site
• "2004-05 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

• 2004–05 IRB Sevens World Series
• World Rugby Sevens Series