1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens

1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens

1997年橄欖球七人欖球賽
Tournament details
Host nation	British Hong Kong
Dates	21 March – 23 March
No. of nations	24
Final positions
Champions	Fiji
Runner-up	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Waisale Serevi  Fiji (117 pts) Marika Vunibaka  Fiji (12 tries)
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The 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament and the first to be held in Hong Kong. It was the last major sporting event to be held in the then British dependency before the transfer of sovereignty to China which took place just three months later. Fiji defeated South Africa 24–21 to take the title for the first time.^[1] The final is considered to be one of the best sevens matches of all time.

The twenty four teams were divided into eight pools of three as follows:

Pool A  England  Canada  Zimbabwe

Pool B  Romania  Australia  Scotland

Pool C  New Zealand  Japan  Tonga

Pool D  Fiji  Portugal  Hong Kong

Pool E  France  United States  South Korea

Pool F  Spain  Cook Islands  Morocco

Pool G  Ireland  Argentina  South Africa

Pool H  Namibia  Samoa  Wales

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Seed	Day 2 Pool	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	A2	Fiji	2	2	0	0	104	0	+104	6
2	B2	South Africa	2	2	0	0	83	12	+71	6
3	C2	Western Samoa	2	2	0	0	74	29	+45	6
4	D2	France	2	2	0	0	73	10	+63	6
5	E2	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	68	21	+47	6
6	F2	England	2	2	0	0	59	19	+40	6
7	G2	Spain	2	2	0	0	57	17	+40	6
8	H2	Australia	2	1	1	0	57	26	+31	5
9	H2	Scotland	2	1	1	0	45	33	+12	5
10	G2	Zimbabwe	2	1	0	1	49	33	+16	4
11	F2	Cook Islands	2	1	0	1	43	48	−5	4
12	E2	Tonga	2	1	0	1	42	28	+14	4
13	D2	United States	2	1	0	1	38	42	−4	4
14	C2	Argentina	2	1	0	1	38	67	−29	4
15	B2	Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	33	57	−24	4
16	A2	Wales	2	0	1	1	36	38	−2	3
17	A2	Namibia	2	0	1	1	17	60	−43	3
18	B2	Ireland	2	0	0	2	27	69	−42	2
19	C2	Morocco	2	0	0	2	22	57	−35	2
20	D2	Romania	2	0	0	2	21	64	−43	2
21	E2	Japan	2	0	0	2	21	82	−61	2
22	F2	Canada	2	0	0	2	19	75	−56	2
23	G2	South Korea	2	0	0	2	12	71	−59	2
24	H2	Portugal	2	0	0	2	12	92	−80	2

Key to colours in group tables
Team that progressed to the Cup Quarter-finals
Team that progressed to the Plate Quarter-finals
Team that progressed to the Bowl Quarter-finals

All times Hong Kong time (UTC+1)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Fiji	2	2	0	0	101	0	+101	6
2	Wales	2	1	0	1	40	40	0	4
3	Namibia	2	0	0	2	5	106	−101	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Africa	2	2	0	0	63	12	+51	6
2	Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	31	34	−3	4
3	Ireland	2	0	0	2	12	60	−48	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Western Samoa	2	2	0	0	70	12	+58	6
2	Argentina	2	1	0	1	45	35	+10	4
3	Morocco	2	0	0	2	7	75	−68	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	2	2	0	0	73	7	+66	6
2	Romania	2	1	0	1	17	45	−28	4
3	United States	2	0	0	2	19	57	−38	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	78	5	+73	6
2	Tonga	2	1	0	1	40	57	−17	4
3	Japan	2	0	0	2	26	82	−56	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	England	2	2	0	0	59	17	+42	6
2	Cook Islands	2	1	0	1	15	29	−14	4
3	Canada	2	0	0	2	7	35	−28	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Korea	2	1	1	0	33	22	+11	5
2	Spain	2	1	1	0	31	24	+7	5
3	Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2	22	40	−18	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Australia	2	2	0	0	57	26	+31	6
2	Scotland	2	1	0	1	47	38	+9	4
3	Portugal	2	0	0	2	14	54	−40	2

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	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
	Japan	24
					23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
	Namibia	22
					Japan	24
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
					Ireland	22
	Portugal	5
									23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
	Ireland	33
									Japan	28
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
									United States	40
	United States	24
					23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
	Canada	21
					United States	24
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
					Morocco	0
	Zimbabwe	12
	Morocco	19

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	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
	Spain	0
					23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
	Cook Islands	36
					Cook Islands	10
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
					Tonga	43
	Wales	12
									23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
	Tonga	26
									Tonga	40
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
									Hong Kong	19
	Argentina	2
					23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
	Hong Kong	26
					Hong Kong	43
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
					Scotland	7
	Scotland	43
	Romania	19

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	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium
	Fiji	56
					23 May – Hong Kong Stadium
	South Korea	0
					Fiji	38
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium
					Western Samoa	14
	England	5
									23 May – Hong Kong Stadium
	Western Samoa	21
									Fiji	24
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium
									South Africa	21
	South Africa	19
					23 May – Hong Kong Stadium
	France	14
					South Africa	31
	23 May – Hong Kong Stadium
					New Zealand	7
	New Zealand	40
	Australia	12

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1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens champions
Fiji First title

• Rugby World Cup Sevens
• Rugby World Cup

External videos
1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens final: South Africa v Fiji on YouTube

• RWC Sevens 1997
• Rugby Union: Wales are denied by last-gasp try - The Independent