2003_Wellington_Sevens Knowpia

2003 Wellington Sevens
2003 Wellington Sevens
IRB Sevens IV
Host nation	New Zealand
Date	7–8 February 2003
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
Plate
Winner	Samoa
Runner-up	France
Bowl
Winner	Canada
Runner-up	Niue
Shield
Winner	Tonga
Runner-up	Japan
Tournament details
Matches played	44
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Wellington Sevens, also known as the 2003 New Zealand Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Wellington, New Zealand as the third leg of the 2002–03 World Sevens Series. The tournament took place at the Westpac Stadium on 7–8 February 2003.^[1]

The hosts, New Zealand, won the Cup.

Niue finished second in the Bowl competition, which was the team's best result at that time.

Format edit

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.^[2]

Teams edit

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage edit

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
	Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A edit

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	112	13	+99	9
England	3	2	1	77	41	+36	7
Tonga	3	1	2	63	80	−17	5
Papua New Guinea	3	0	3	28	146	−118	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 February 2003

New Zealand	24–0	England

2003 Wellington Sevens
IRB Sevens IV
Host nation	New Zealand
Date	7–8 February 2003
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
Plate
Winner	Samoa
Runner-up	France
Bowl
Winner	Canada
Runner-up	Niue
Shield
Winner	Tonga
Runner-up	Japan
Tournament details
Matches played	44
← 2002 2004 →

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	2	1	0	110	26	+84	8
Samoa	3	2	1	0	94	21	+73	8
United States	3	1	0	2	31	85	−54	5
Cook Islands	3	0	0	3	12	115	−103	3

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	88	19	+69	9
Argentina	3	2	1	81	45	+36	7
Japan	3	1	2	50	64	−14	5
China	3	0	3	12	103	−91	3

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	114	33	+81	9
France	3	2	1	66	41	+25	7
Canada	3	1	2	60	66	−6	5
Niue	3	0	3	12	112	−100	3

Semi-finals		Final

8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium

Japan	29
		8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium
Papua New Guinea	7
		Japan	26
8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium
		Tonga	29
Tonga	41

China	0

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium

United States	28
		8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium
Papua New Guinea	7
		United States	17
8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium
		Niue	20
Niue	25
				8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium
Japan	0
				Niue	5
8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium
				Canada	47
Canada	38
		8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium
China	0
		Canada	31
8 February 2003 – Westpac Stadium
		Cook Islands	5
Cook Islands	20

Tonga	14

IRB Sevens IV
Preceded by 2003 George Sevens	2003 Wellington Sevens	Succeeded by 2003 Hong Kong Sevens
New Zealand Sevens
Preceded by 2002 Wellington Sevens	2003 Wellington Sevens	Succeeded by 2004 Wellington Sevens

Summary

Format edit

Teams edit

Pool stage edit

Pool A edit

Pool B edit

Pool C edit

Pool D edit

Knockout stage edit

Shield edit

Bowl edit

Plate edit

Cup edit

Tournament placings edit

References edit