2004–05 World Sevens Series

Calendar

2004–05 Itinerary^[1]

Leg	Venue	Dates	Winner
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	December 2–3, 2004	England
South Africa	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

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