2008 Wellington Sevens
The Emirates Airline Wellington 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, which took place on 1 and 2 February was the third Cup trophy in the 2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series.
Pool stages
Pool A
- Team - Pld - W - D - L - PF - PA - +/- - Pts  New Zealand New Zealand- 3 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 103 - 7 - +96 - 9  Samoa Samoa- 3 - 2 - 0 - 1 - 60 - 29 - +31 - 7 .svg.png) Canada Canada- 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 - 37 - 95 - -58 - 5  Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea- 3 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 21 - 90 - -69 - 3 
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | 
| 1 February 2008 |  New Zealand | 43 – 0 | .svg.png) Canada | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Samoa | 22 – 0 |  Papua New Guinea | 
| 1 February 2008 |  New Zealand | 41 – 0 |  Papua New Guinea | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Samoa | 31 – 10 | .svg.png) Canada | 
| 1 February 2008 | .svg.png) Canada | 27 – 21 |  Papua New Guinea | 
| 1 February 2008 |  New Zealand | 19 – 7 |  Samoa | 
Pool B
- Team - Pld - W - D - L - PF - PA - +/- - Pts  Fiji Fiji- 3 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 88 - 28 - +60 - 9  Wales Wales- 3 - 2 - 0 - 1 - 48 - 52 - -4 - 7  Cook Islands Cook Islands- 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 - 42 - 74 - -32 - 5  England England- 3 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 29 - 53 - -24 - 3 
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Fiji | 40 – 7 |  Wales | 
| 1 February 2008 |  England | 17 – 21 |  Cook Islands | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Fiji | 31 – 14 |  Cook Islands | 
| 1 February 2008 |  England | 5 – 15 |  Wales | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Wales | 26 – 7 |  Cook Islands | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Fiji | 17 – 7 |  England | 
Pool C
- Team - Pld - W - D - L - PF - PA - +/- - Pts  South Africa South Africa- 3 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 86 - 28 - +58 - 9 .svg.png) Australia Australia- 3 - 2 - 0 - 1 - 57 - 38 - +19 - 7  Kenya Kenya- 3 - 1 - 0 - 2 - 26 - 52 - -26 - 5  France France- 3 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 21 - 72 - -51 - 3 
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | 
| 1 February 2008 |  South Africa | 24 – 14 | .svg.png) Australia | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Kenya | 19 – 0 |  France | 
| 1 February 2008 |  South Africa | 29 – 7 |  France | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Kenya | 0 – 19 | .svg.png) Australia | 
| 1 February 2008 | .svg.png) Australia | 24 – 14 |  France | 
| 1 February 2008 |  South Africa | 33 – 7 |  Kenya | 
Pool D
- Team - Pld - W - D - L - PF - PA - +/- - Pts  Scotland Scotland- 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 52 - 19 - +33 - 8  Tonga Tonga- 3 - 2 - 0 - 1 - 57 - 50 - +7 - 7  United States United States- 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 31 - 52 - -21 - 6  Argentina Argentina- 3 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 36 - 55 - -19 - 3 
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Argentina | 7 – 17 |  United States | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Scotland | 26 – 0 |  Tonga | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Argentina | 17 – 19 |  Tonga | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Scotland | 7 – 7 |  United States | 
| 1 February 2008 |  United States | 7 – 38 |  Tonga | 
| 1 February 2008 |  Argentina | 12 – 19 |  Scotland | 
Knockout
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| .svg.png) Canada | 17 | |||||||||
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|  England | 33 | |||||||||
| .svg.png) Canada | 7 | |||||||||
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|  United States | 19 | |||||||||
|  United States | 12 | |||||||||
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|  France | 17 | |||||||||
|  United States | 22 | |||||||||
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|  Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
|  Kenya | 7 | |||||||||
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|  Argentina | 19 | |||||||||
|  Kenya | 38 | |||||||||
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|  Papua New Guinea | 7 | |||||||||
|  Cook Islands | 24 | |||||||||
|  Papua New Guinea | 17 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| .svg.png) Canada | 17 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  England | 33 | |||||||||
|  England | 14 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  France | 5 | |||||||||
|  United States | 12 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  France | 17 | |||||||||
|  England | 12 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  Argentina | 7 | |||||||||
|  Kenya | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  Argentina | 19 | |||||||||
|  Argentina | 36 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  Cook Islands | 5 | |||||||||
|  Cook Islands | 24 | |||||||||
|  Papua New Guinea | 17 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  New Zealand | 40 | |||||||||
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|  Wales | 5 | |||||||||
|  Wales | 24 | |||||||||
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|  Scotland | 12 | |||||||||
|  Scotland | 7 | |||||||||
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| .svg.png) Australia | 31 | |||||||||
|  Wales | 12 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  South Africa | 19 | |||||||||
|  South Africa | 10 | |||||||||
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|  Tonga | 14 | |||||||||
|  South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  Fiji | 19 | |||||||||
|  Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
|  Samoa | 19 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  New Zealand | 40 | |||||||||
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|  Wales | 5 | |||||||||
|  New Zealand | 32 | |||||||||
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| .svg.png) Australia | 7 | |||||||||
|  Scotland | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| .svg.png) Australia | 31 | |||||||||
|  New Zealand | 22 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  Samoa | 17 | |||||||||
|  South Africa | 10 | |||||||||
| 2 February – Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
|  Tonga | 14 | |||||||||
|  Tonga | 21 | |||||||||
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|  Samoa | 24 | |||||||||
|  Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
|  Samoa | 19 | |||||||||
Round 3 table
| Pos. | Country |  |  |  |  |  | .svg.png) |  |  | Overall | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New Zealand | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |||||
| 2 |  Fiji | 16 | 16 | 4 | 36 | |||||
| 3 |  South Africa | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 | |||||
| 4 |  Samoa | 6 | 4 | 16 | 26 | |||||
| 5 |  Argentina | 8 | 12 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| 6 | .svg.png) Australia | 2 | 0 | 12 | 14 | |||||
| 6 |  England | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| 8 |  Kenya | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 8 |  Tonga | – | – | 12 | 12 | |||||
| 8 |  Scotland | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||||
| 11 |  Wales | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| 12 |  United States | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 13 |  France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | .svg.png) Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 |  Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | |||||
| 13 |  Tunisia | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | |||||
| 13 |  Papua New Guinea | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 |  Cook Islands | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 |  Uganda | – | 0 | – | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Arabian Gulf | 0 | – | – | 0 | 
 Fiji was the second team to score over 1,000 overall points in the Group Stage of this tournament.
 Fiji was the second team to score over 1,000 overall points in the Group Stage of this tournament.
External links
- New Zealand Rugby 7s
- IRB Sevens
- New Zealand 7s on irb.com