2005 USA Sevens explained

Series:2004–05 Sevens World Series
Countries: United States
Date:February 12–13 2005
Stadium:Home Depot Center
Matches:45
Top Point Scorer: Orene Ai'i (61)
Top Try Scorer: Tafai Ioasa (8)
Nextseason:2006

The 2005 USA Sevens was the second time that the USA Sevens rugby tournament was played. New Zealand defeated Argentina 34–5 in the final placing them atop the overall series standings.[1] This victory clinched New Zealand's third consecutive IRB Sevens tour title following victories in New Zealand and South Africa.[2]

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Pool stage

References:[3] [4]

Pool A

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
3 3 0 0 85 29 +56 9
3 1 11 7931 +48 6
3 1 1 1 5551+46
30 0 3 22 130 –108 3

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Pool B

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
3 3 0 0 100 5 +95 9
3 2 0 1 55 48 +7 7
3 1 0 2 34 70 –36 5
30 0 3 27 93 –66 3

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Pool C

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
3 3 0 0 64 15 +49 9
3 2 0 1 64 47 +17 7
3 1 0 2 43 47 –4 5
30 0 3 24 86 –62 3

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Pool D

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
3 3 0 0 100 5 +95 9
3 2 0 1 86 34 +52 7
3 1 0 2 39 48 –9 5
30 0 3 0 138 –138 3

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Knockout rounds

Cup

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Shield

Notes and References

  1. News: New Zealand claims LA sevens title . ABC News . 14 February 2005 . 15 December 2023.
  2. Web site: New Zealand 7s a class apart . espnscrum . 15 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Sevens World Series . Rugby Archive Net . 14 December 2023.
  4. Web site: IRB Sevens VI . Rugby7 . 14 December 2023.