2003–04 World Sevens Series

2003–04 IRB Sevens

Series V
Hosts|

* United Arab Emirates
* South Africa
* New Zealand
* United States
* Hong Kong
* Singapore
* France
* England

Nations| 34
Final positions
Champions|  New Zealand
Runners-up|  England
Third|  Argentina

← 2002–03

2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Sevens World Series was the fifth edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The series was held over eight tournaments, an increase of one over the previous year. This was the first year that the USA Sevens was added to the series. New Zealand won its fifth consecutive series, narrowly defeating England.

## Calendar

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2003–04 Itinerary[1] Leg  | Venue  | Dates  | Winner

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Dubai | Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground | 4–5 December 2003 |  South Africa
South Africa | George | 12–13 December 2003 |  England
New Zealand | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | 6–7 February 2004 |  New Zealand
United States | Home Depot Center, Los Angeles | 14–15 February 2004 |  Argentina
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong | 26–28 March 2004 |  England
Singapore | Singapore | 3–4 April 2004 |  South Africa
Bordeaux | Bordeaux | 28–29 May 2004 |  New Zealand
London | Twickenham | 5–6 June 2004 |  England

## Final standings

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The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. 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.

2003–04 IRB Sevens – Series V
Pos.  |

Event

Team

Dubai |
George |
Well­ing­ton |
Los Ang­eles |
Hong Kong |
Singa­pore |
Bor­deaux |
London | Points
total

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1 |  New Zealand | 16 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 128
2 |  England | 12 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 122
3 |  Argentina | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 98
4 |  Fiji | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 84
5 |

South Africa

|  0 a |  0 a | 12 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 74
6 |  Samoa | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 60
7 |  France | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 37
8 |  Australia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 34
9 |  Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22
10 |  Scotland | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12
11 |  Kenya | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 8
11 |  Tonga | – | – | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 8
13 |  South Korea | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2
14 |  Cook Islands | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1
—  |  United States | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0
Italy | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0
Portugal | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0
Georgia | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0
Morocco | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0
Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0
Uganda | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0
Zambia | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0
Namibia | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0
Japan | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0
Hong Kong | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0
Singapore | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0
Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0
Spain | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0
Arabian Gulf | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0
Niue | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0
Papua New Guinea | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0
Chile | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0
Uruguay | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0
Trinidad and Tobago | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0
China | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0
Chinese Taipei | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0
Thailand | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0
Malaysia | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0

Source: rugby7.com (archived)

Notes:
^a South Africa won the 2003 Dubai Sevens and lost in the Cup Semi-Finals at the 2003 South Africa Sevens[2] but no points are indicated on the IRB Series Standings for 2003-04.[3] South Africa were deducted their points for these rounds for fielding an ineligible player (Tonderai Chavhanga).[4]

## External links

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* Official tournament site[usurped]
* "2003-04 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

## References

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1. ^ "Annual Report - The year in detail" (PDF). Australian Rugby. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
2. ^ Match Archive http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2003-2004&country=&tournament=George&submit=Search Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2003/04 http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1080/season=2003/standings.html
4. ^ Pretorius, Herbert (2004-06-02). "IRB to rule on Tonderai fine". News24 Archive. News24. Retrieved 2018-06-11.

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