2009 London Sevens
The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2009 competition took place on May 23 and May 24 in London, England, and was the seventh Cup trophy in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series. England won the most prestigious Cup trophy, with an extra time 31-26 victory over New Zealand; Fiji won the Plate trophy, Kenya won the Bowl trophy, and Canada won the Shield trophy.
Format
The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.
Teams
Argentina
Australia
Canada
England
France
Fiji
Georgia
Germany
Kenya
New Zealand
Portugal
Samoa
Scotland
South Africa
United States
Wales
Pool stages
Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts South Africa3 3 0 0 116 19 +97 9 Australia3 2 0 1 95 38 +57 7 Wales3 1 0 2 71 65 +6 5 Germany3 0 0 3 5 165 -160 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-05-23 | South Africa |
29 - 5 | Wales |
| 2009-05-23 | Australia |
50 - 0 | Germany |
| 2009-05-23 | South Africa |
70 - 0 | Germany |
| 2009-05-23 | Australia |
31 - 21 | Wales |
| 2009-05-23 | Wales |
45 - 5 | Germany |
| 2009-05-23 | South Africa |
17 - 14 | Australia |
Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts England3 3 0 0 112 28 +84 9 France3 1 1 1 97 53 +44 6 Samoa3 1 1 1 87 57 +30 6 Georgia3 0 0 3 7 165 -158 2
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-05-23 | England |
20 - 14 | France |
| 2009-05-23 | Samoa |
47 - 0 | Georgia |
| 2009-05-23 | England |
61 - 0 | Georgia |
| 2009-05-23 | Samoa |
26 - 26 | France |
| 2009-05-23 | France |
57 - 7 | Georgia |
| 2009-05-23 | England |
31 - 14 | Samoa |
Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts Scotland3 2 0 1 64 24 +40 7 Fiji3 2 0 1 59 27 +32 7 Kenya3 2 0 1 55 38 +17 7 United States3 0 0 3 10 99 -89 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-05-23 | Fiji |
26 - 10 | United States |
| 2009-05-23 | Kenya |
17 - 12 | Scotland |
| 2009-05-23 | Fiji |
7 - 12 | Scotland |
| 2009-05-23 | Kenya |
33 - 0 | United States |
| 2009-05-23 | United States |
0 - 40 | Scotland |
| 2009-05-23 | Fiji |
26 - 5 | Kenya |
Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts New Zealand3 3 0 0 121 7 +114 9 Portugal3 1 1 1 52 71 -19 6 Argentina3 1 1 1 45 71 -26 6 Canada3 0 0 3 19 88 -79 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-05-23 | Argentina |
21 - 21 | Portugal |
| 2009-05-23 | New Zealand |
40 - 0 | Canada |
| 2009-05-23 | Argentina |
24 - 12 | Canada |
| 2009-05-23 | New Zealand |
43 - 7 | Portugal |
| 2009-05-23 | Portugal |
24 - 7 | Canada |
| 2009-05-23 | Argentina |
0 - 38 | New Zealand |
Knockout
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Wales |
36 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Georgia |
0 | |||||||||
| Georgia |
12 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| United States |
38 | |||||||||
| Argentina |
24 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| United States |
19 | |||||||||
| United States |
7 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Canada |
27 | |||||||||
| Kenya |
12 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Canada |
7 | |||||||||
| Canada |
26 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Germany |
24 | |||||||||
| Samoa |
42 | |||||||||
| Germany |
0 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Wales |
36 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Georgia |
0 | |||||||||
| Wales |
19 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Argentina |
14 | |||||||||
| Argentina |
24 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| United States |
19 | |||||||||
| Wales |
7 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Kenya |
12 | |||||||||
| Kenya |
12 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Canada |
7 | |||||||||
| Kenya |
17 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Samoa |
10 | |||||||||
| Samoa |
42 | |||||||||
| Germany |
0 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| South Africa |
21 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| France |
5 | |||||||||
| France |
19 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Fiji |
35 | |||||||||
| New Zealand |
33 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Fiji |
14 | |||||||||
| Fiji |
24 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Portugal |
10 | |||||||||
| Scotland |
22 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Portugal |
21 | |||||||||
| Portugal |
19 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Australia |
10 | |||||||||
| England |
26 | |||||||||
| Australia |
12 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| South Africa |
21 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| France |
5 | |||||||||
| South Africa |
5 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| New Zealand |
10 | |||||||||
| New Zealand |
33 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Fiji |
14 | |||||||||
| New Zealand |
26 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| England |
31 | |||||||||
| Scotland |
22 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| Portugal |
21 | |||||||||
| Scotland |
12 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| England |
26 | |||||||||
| England |
26 | |||||||||
| Australia |
12 | |||||||||
External links
| Preceded by Adelaide Sevens |
London Sevens 2009 |
Succeeded by Edinburgh Sevens |