2008 Adelaide Sevens
IRB Sevens IX
Host nation	Australia
Date	5–6 April 2008
Cup
Champion	South Africa
Runner-up	New Zealand
Plate
Winner	Tonga
Runner-up	Kenya
Bowl
Winner	United States
Runner-up	Argentina
Shield
Winner	Wales
Runner-up	Canada
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The 2008 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2008, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2007–08 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held on the weekend of 5 and 6 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia. ^[1]

South Africa halted New Zealand's winning streak, defeating them 15–7 in the Cup final. The Cook Islands provided the biggest upset of the competition by finishing 2nd in their group, thus qualifying to the Cup competition; they would parachute into the Plate competition after a 48–0 drubbing by Samoa in the Cup quarterfinals. Ultimately, Tonga won the Plate, defeating Kenya 14–12. Argentina won the Bowl and Wales won the Shield. ^{[1] [2]}

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 top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets. ^[3]

The participating teams were: ^[1]

Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results. ^{[1] [2]}

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	92	31	+61	9
Cook Islands	3	1	0	2	64	76	-12	5
Argentina	3	1	0	2	54	78	-24	5
Scotland	3	1	0	2	49	74	-25	5

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
5 April 2008	New Zealand	21 - 14	Argentina
5 April 2008	Scotland	22 - 17	Cook Islands
5 April 2008	New Zealand	33 - 7	Cook Islands
5 April 2008	Scotland	17 - 19	Argentina
5 April 2008	Argentina	21 - 40	Cook Islands
5 April 2008	New Zealand	38 - 10	Scotland

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	73	55	+18	9
Tonga	3	2	0	1	84	31	+53	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	60	64	-4	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	43	110	-67	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
5 April 2008	Samoa	28 - 17	Wales
5 April 2008	Tonga	53 - 0	Japan
5 April 2008	Samoa	31 - 26	Japan
5 April 2008	Tonga	19 - 17	Wales
5 April 2008	Wales	26 - 17	Japan
5 April 2008	Samoa	14 - 12	Tonga

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	83	24	+59	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	59	52	+7	7
United States	3	1	0	2	38	91	-53	5
Canada	3	0	0	3	48	61	-13	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
5 April 2008	South Africa	43 - 0	United States
5 April 2008	Australia	21 - 14	Canada
5 April 2008	South Africa	21 - 17	Canada
5 April 2008	Australia	31 - 19	United States
5 April 2008	United States	19 - 17	Canada
5 April 2008	South Africa	19 - 7	Australia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	93	38	+55	9
Kenya	3	2	0	1	52	51	+1	7
France	3	1	0	2	43	66	-23	5
England	3	0	0	3	34	67	-33	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
5 April 2008	Fiji	31 - 12	England
5 April 2008	Kenya	21 - 12	France
5 April 2008	Fiji	33 - 12	France
5 April 2008	Kenya	17 - 10	England
5 April 2008	England	12 - 19	France
5 April 2008	Fiji	29 - 14	Kenya

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results. ^{[1] [2]}

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Argentina	24
					6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Japan	12
					Japan	19
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
					Canada	24
	France	28
									6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Canada	19
									Canada	7
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
									Wales	12
	United States	26
					6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	England	19
					England	14
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
					Wales	19
	Wales	12
	Scotland	17

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Argentina	24
					6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Japan	12
					Argentina	24
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
					France	12
	France	28
									6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Canada	19
									Argentina	26
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
									United States	21
	United States	26
					6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	England	19
					United States	29
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
					Scotland	14
	Wales	12
	Scotland	17

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	New Zealand	19
					6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Tonga	14
					Tonga	21
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
					Australia	7
	Fiji	28
									6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Australia	7
									Tonga	14
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
									Kenya	12
	South Africa	19
					6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Kenya	5
					Kenya	26
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
					Cook Islands	14
	Samoa	48
	Cook Islands	0

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	New Zealand	19
					6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Tonga	14
					New Zealand	17
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
					Fiji	14
	Fiji	28
									6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Australia	7
									New Zealand	7
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
									South Africa	15
	South Africa	19
					6 April - Adelaide, Australia
	Kenya	5
					South Africa	17
	6 April - Adelaide, Australia
					Samoa	12
	Samoa	48
	Cook Islands	0

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