2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens

The 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens or the Melrose Cup was the fourth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held in Hong Kong at Hong Kong Stadium. Fiji defeated New Zealand in the final to take the Melrose Cup for the second time, becoming the first team to win the competition twice. The Tournament broke all previous broadcast and attendance records, attracting a capacity audience of 120,000 spectators across for three competition days, while television coverage of the event reached over 450 million homes.[1]

2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens
2005年橄欖球七人欖球賽
Tournament details
Host nation Hong Kong
DatesMarch 18 – March 20
No. of nations24
Final positions
Champions  Fiji
Runner-up  New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Attendance120,000
2001
2009

Teams edit

Squads edit

Group stage edit

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Key to colours in group tables
Teams advanced to the Cup quarter-final
Teams advanced to the Plate quarter-final
Teams advanced to the Bowl quarter-final

Pool A edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  New Zealand 5 5 0 0 211 17 +194 15
  Scotland 5 4 0 1 114 98 +16 13
  United States 5 2 0 3 88 145 −57 9
  Ireland 5 2 0 3 86 140 −54 9
  South Korea 5 1 0 4 66 152 −86 7
  Tonga 5 1 0 4 72 85 −13 7

Pool B edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  England 5 4 0 1 158 35 +123 13
  France 5 4 0 1 130 48 +82 13
  Samoa 5 4 0 1 120 41 +79 13
  Georgia 5 1 1 3 56 152 −96 8
  Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 4 56 157 −101 7
  Italy 5 0 1 4 46 133 −87 6

Pool C edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Fiji 5 5 0 0 178 19 +159 15
  Australia 5 4 0 1 138 69 +69 13
  Japan 5 3 0 2 64 107 −43 11
  Portugal 5 2 0 3 50 85 −35 9
  Canada 5 1 0 4 83 91 −8 7
  Hong Kong 5 0 0 5 15 157 −142 5

Pool D edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  South Africa 5 4 0 1 173 48 +125 13
  Argentina 5 4 0 1 138 48 +90 13
  Tunisia 5 3 0 2 93 70 +23 11
  Russia 5 2 0 3 86 160 −74 9
  Kenya 5 2 0 3 75 124 −49 9
  Uruguay 5 0 0 5 45 160 −115 5

Play Offs edit

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  South Korea21
 
 
 
  Italy26
 
  Italy28
 
 
 
  Kenya15
 
  Kenya62
 
 
 
  Hong Kong10
 
  Italy7
 
 
 
  Canada5
 
  Canada39
 
 
 
  Uruguay0
 
  Canada7
 
 
 
  Tonga0
 
  Chinese Taipei19
 
 
  Tonga28
 

Plate edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  United States0
 
 
 
  Georgia24
 
  Georgia5
 
 
 
  Portugal29
 
  Tunisia12
 
 
 
  Portugal21
 
  Portugal7
 
 
 
  Samoa29
 
  Japan5
 
 
 
  Russia29
 
  Russia12
 
 
 
  Samoa19
 
  Samoa19
 
 
  Ireland14
 

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  New Zealand33
 
 
 
  France7
 
  New Zealand24
 
 
 
  Australia20
 
  South Africa14
 
 
 
  Australia15
 
  New Zealand19
 
 
 
  Fiji29
 
  Fiji22
 
 
 
  Argentina14
 
  Fiji24
 
 
 
  England19
 
  England36
 
 
  Scotland0
 


 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens winners 
 
Fiji
2nd title
Team roster

Serevi, Bobo, Delasau, Ryder, Vunibaka,

Naevo, Roko, Rawaqa, Daunivucu,

Nabuliwaqa, Ligairi, V. Satala, A. Satala

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Record interest in Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009". espnscrum. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. ^ "England given tough Sevens draw". 17 February 2005.

External links edit

External videos
  2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens final: New Zealand v Fiji on YouTube