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2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series

Field	Value
name	2009–10 IRB Sevens
series	Series XI
countries	{{plainlist
date	4 December 2009 - 30 May 2010
champions
runnersup
third
prevseason	2008-09
nextseason	2010-11

United Arab Emirates

The 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series was the eleventh of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. Samoa won the IRB Sevens World Series crown for their first time.

Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. However, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, is played over three days, largely because it involves 24 teams instead of the normal 16.

The 2009-10 Series was won by Samoa, who won four of the eight tournaments and placed second in two others. Samoa were led by top try-scorer Mikaele Pesamino, who led the Series with 56 tries.

Itinerary

The series' tournaments were identical to those in 2008–09 and spanned the globe, visiting five of the six populated continents.

Venue	Date	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	December 4–5, 2009
South Africa	Outeniqua Park, George	December 11–12, 2009
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	February 5–6, 2010
United States	Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas	February 13–14, 2010
Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	March 19–21, 2010
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	March 26–28, 2010
London	Twickenham	May 22–23, 2010
Edinburgh	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	May 29–30, 2010

Two minor changes were made to the schedule:

The USA event moved from San Diego, its home from 2007 to 2009, to Las Vegas.
The Adelaide event moved from its previous slot of one week after Hong Kong to one week before.

Core teams

Before each season, the IRB announces the 12 "core teams" that will receive guaranteed berths in each event in that season's series. The core teams for 2009–10 were:

The core teams were unchanged from 2008–09; the most recent change came before that season, when the USA replaced its neighbor Canada.

Points schedule

The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. Effective with this season, the IRB changed the points allocations for all events as follows:

;16-team events (all except for Hong Kong)

Cup winner (1st place): 24 points
Cup runner-up: 20 points
Losing Cup semifinalists: 16 points
Plate winner (5th place): 12 points
Plate runner-up: 8 points
Losing Plate semifinalists: 6 points
Bowl winner (9th place): 4 points

;24-team event (Hong Kong)

Cup winner: 30 points
Cup runner-up: 25 points
Losing Cup semifinalists: 20 points
Plate winner (5th place): 16 points
Plate runner-up: 10 points
Losing Plate semifinalists: 8 points
Bowl winner (9th place): 5 points

Tournament structure

In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participate. Due to its place as the sport's most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament has 24 teams. In each 16-team tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.

Four trophies are awarded in each tournament. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. The Shield was contested in Hong Kong for the first time in 2010. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.

In a 16-team tournament, the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.

The Hong Kong Sevens adopted a new structure effective with its 2010 edition. As in previous years, the 24 teams were divided into six pools of four teams each, with the competition points system and tiebreakers identical to those for a 16-team event. Also as in the past, the six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition. The changes made in 2010 were:

The Plate competition was contested by the losing quarterfinalists from the Cup, as in all other events in the series.
The Bowl was contested by the four remaining second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers. In previous years, these teams competed for the Plate.
The Shield was contested by the remaining eight entrants. In previous years, these teams competed for the Bowl.

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 competed 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
Las Vegas	AUS
Adelaide	HKG
Hong Kong	ENG
London	SCO
Edinburgh	Points
total
1		20	6	20	24	24	30	16	24	164
2		24	24	16	20	12	25	12	16	149
3		12	6	12	16	16	16	24	20	122
4		16	20	24	8	6	20	8	6	108
5		16	12	16	6	4	20	6	16	96
6		8	8	8	12	8	10	20	6	80
7		6	16	0	0	16	0	16	8	62
8		6	16	6	16	0	8	0	0	52
9		4	4	4	6	6	0	6	4	34
10		0	0	0	4	20	8	0	0	32
11		–	–	6	0	–	5	4	0	15
12		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12
13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13=		–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	0
13=	Arabian Gulf	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
13=		–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
13=		–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	0
13=		–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	0
13=		–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
13=		–	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	0
13=		–	–	–	0	0	0	–	–	0
13=		–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
13=		–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
13=		0	0	–	–	–	0	0	–	0
13=		0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
13=		–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	0
13=		–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	0
13=		–	–	0	–	0	0	–	–	0
13=		–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
13=		0	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	0

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Event Champions
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Event Runner-ups
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Player scoring

Most points

Player	Country
1	Ben Gollings	332
2	Mikaele Pesamino	282
3	Lolo Lui	264
4	James Stannard	257
5	Tomasi Cama	241
6	Cecil Afrika	210
7	Kurt Baker	191
8	Lavin Asego	173
9	Mzwandile Stick	171
10	William Ryder	166

Most tries

Player	Country
1	Mikaele Pesamino	56
2=	Kurt Baker	33
2=	Humphrey Kayange	33
4=	Rayno Benjamin	32
4=	Collins Injera	32
6	Brackin Karauria-Henry	30
7	Alafoti Fa'osiliva	29
8=	Renaud Delmas	28
8=	Clinton Sills	28
10	Sherwin Stowers	27

Tournaments

Dubai

Main article: 2009 Dubai Sevens

Event	Winners	Score
Cup	****	24 – 12

Plate	****	7 – 0

Bowl	****	38 – 7

Shield	****	17 – 14

South Africa

Main article: 2009 South Africa Sevens

Event	Winners	Score
Cup	****	21 – 12

Plate	****	21 – 7

Bowl	****	14 – 5

Shield	****	28 – 19

New Zealand

Main article: 2010 Wellington Sevens

Event	Winners	Score
Cup	****	19 – 14

Plate	****	26 – 22

Bowl	****	7 – 5

Shield	****	17 – 14

United States

Main article: 2010 USA Sevens

Event	Winners	Score
Cup	****	33 – 12

Plate	****	12 – 7

Bowl	****	28 – 17

Shield	****	17 – 7

Australia

Main article: 2010 Adelaide Sevens

Event	Winners	Score
Cup	****	38 – 10

Plate	****	21 – 14

Bowl	****	33 – 12

Shield	****	22 – 19

Hong Kong

Main article: 2010 Hong Kong Sevens

Event	Winners	Score
Cup	****	24 – 21

Plate	****	12 – 5

Bowl	****	35 – 19


Shield	****	19 – 17

London

Main article: 2010 London Sevens

Event	Winners	Score
Cup	****	19 – 14

Plate	****	26 – 24

Bowl	****	19 – 17

Shield	****	24 – 21

Scotland

Main article: 2010 Edinburgh Sevens

Event	Winners	Score
Cup	****	41 – 14

Plate	****	19 – 0

Bowl	****	26 – 10

Shield	****	26 – 7

References

(2009-07-08). "2009/10 IRB Sevens World Series schedule set". International Rugby Board.
(2009-07-13). "USA Sevens Signs Letter Of Intent to Bring Tournament to New Venue in 2010". USA Sevens, LLC.
(2009-10-12). "Pools and matches set for South Africa Sevens". International Rugby Board.
(2008-09-22). "USA Rugby receives major Sevens boost". International Rugby Board.
(2009-11-05). "Overhaul for Sevens World Series point system". International Rugby Board.
(2009). "Rules: 16-Team Tournament". International Rugby Board.
"Rules". International Rugby Board.
(2009{{ndash}}2010). "Rules: 24-Team Tournament". International Rugby Board.
(2010-01-28). "All 24 teams announced for Hong Kong Sevens". International Rugby Board.
"Overall Standings". International Rugby Board.
"IRB Sevens World Series 2009/10 Statistics: Season Player Points". International Rugby Board.
"IRB Sevens World Series 2009/10 Statistics: Season Player Tries". International Rugby Board.

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