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2004–05 World Sevens Series

Field	Value
name	2004–05 IRB Sevens
series	Series VI
countries	{{plainlist
date	2 December 2004 – 11 June 2005
nations	32
champions
runnersup
third
prevseason	2003–04
nextseason	2005–06

United Arab Emirates

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

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

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 {{Block indent|em=1|style=line-height:1.3|1=

Cup

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:

Points	Place	Status
20	1st	Cup winner
16	2nd	Cup runner-up
12	3rd
(2-way share)	Losing Cup semifinalists
8	5th	Plate winner
6	6th	Plate runner-up
4	7th
(2-way share)	Losing Plate semifinalists
2	9th	Bowl winner

Final standings

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. 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.


Pos.	UAE
Dubai	RSA
George	NZL
Wellington	USA
Los Angeles	SGP
Singapore	ENG
London	FRA
Paris	Points
total
1		12	20	20	20	20	12	12	116
2		16	16	12	8	12	8	16	88
3		20	12	4	12	16	16	6	86
4		12	8	12	4	12	20	8	76
5		6	12	16	16	4	12	4	70
6		8	6	4	6	8	2	12	46
7		4	2	8	12	6	6	4	42
8		0	0	0	4	2	4	20	30
9		4	0	6	0	4	4	2	20
10		0	4	2	0	0	0	0	6
11		0	4	–	–	–	0	0	4
12		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
13		2	0	–	–	–	0	0	2
14		–	–	0	0	–	–	–	0

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Tournaments

Dubai

Main article: 2004 Dubai Sevens

Trophy	Score	Semi-finalists
Cup	21–26

Plate	21–19

Bowl	5–10	TBC
TBC
Shield	5–17	TBC
TBC

South Africa

Main article: 2004 South Africa Sevens

Trophy	Score	Semi-finalists
Cup	33–19

Plate	12–7

Bowl	12–38	TBC
TBC
Shield	17–12	TBC
TBC

New Zealand

Main article: 2005 Wellington Sevens

Trophy	Score	Semi-finalists
Cup	7–31

Plate	0–32

Bowl	12–17	TBC
TBC
Shield	19–29	TBC
TBC

United States

Main article: 2005 USA Sevens

Trophy	Score	Semi-finalists
Cup	5–34

Plate	21–24

Bowl	0–15	TBC
TBC
Shield	40–0	TBC
TBC

Singapore

Main article: 2005 Singapore Sevens

Trophy	Score	Semi-finalists
Cup	26–5

Plate	14–15

Bowl	12–19	TBC
TBC
Shield	17–10	TBC
TBC

France

Main article: 2005 Paris Sevens

Trophy	Score	Semi-finalists
Cup	28–19

Plate	26–19

Bowl	26–10	TBC
TBC
Shield	33–21	TBC
TBC

London

Main article: 2005 London Sevens

Trophy	Score	Semi-finalists
Cup	21–12

Plate	12–29

Bowl	0–27	TBC
TBC
Shield	12–18	TBC
TBC

References

(2007-08-01). "IRB Sevens World Series set for another record breaking year". International Rugby Board.

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