| Date |
: |
March 27 - 29, 2009 (Friday to Sunday) |
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| Venue |
: |
Hong Kong Stadium |
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| Time |
: |
| March 27 (Friday) |
04:30 pm - 9:15 pm |
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| March 28 (Saturday) |
10:30 am - 7:15 pm |
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| March 29 (Sunday) |
09:45 am - 6:40 pm |
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| Organiser |
: |
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union |
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| Co-Title Sponsors |
: |
Cathay Pacific Airways and Credit Suisse |
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| Stadium Capacity |
: |
40,000 |
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| Total Prize Money |
: |
US$150,000 |
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| Prize Money Breakdown |
: |
| Cup Champion |
US$100,000 |
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| Cup Runner - up |
US$25,000 |
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| Semi-finalist |
US$12,500 each |
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| Official Draw |
: |
February 12, 2009 |
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| Country With Most Wins |
: |
Fiji - 11New Zealand - 9 Australia - 5 England - 4 |
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| Format |
: |
At the Official Draw for the Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens 2009, the 24 participating teams will be drawn into six pools of four teams each. |
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| Day 1 (12 games) |
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Each team plays one game in their pool. |
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| Day 2 (24 games) |
: |
Each team plays another two games to complete the round-robin pool competition. The group winners and the two second-placed teams with the best records, progress to the Cup Competition. The four remaining second-placed teams and the four, third-placed teams with the best records progress to the Plate Competition. The remaining eight teams progress to the Bowl Competition. |
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| Day 3 (21 games) |
: |
Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of each of the Bowl, Plate and Cup competitions. |
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| Match Duration |
: |
Seven minutes each way with two-minute intervals for pool, knock-out matches. Bowl and Plate finals and sevens minutes each way with two-minute intervals; 10 minutes each way for the Cup final. |
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| IRB Sevens Series (* 24 Teams Game Format) : |
|
Match |
Date |
Country |
1 |
November 27 - 29, 2008 |
Dubai |
2 |
December 5 - 6, 2008 |
South Africa |
3 |
February 6 - 7, 2009 |
New Zealand |
4 |
February 14 - 15, 2009 |
USA |
5 |
March 27 - 29, 2009 |
Hong Kong* |
6 |
April 4 - 5, 2009 |
Australia |
7 |
TBC |
England |
8 |
TBC |
Scotland |
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| Points Award : |
|
Match |
Position |
24 Teams Format |
16 Teams Format |
Cup
|
Champion |
30 points |
20 points |
| 1st Runner-up |
24 points |
16 points |
| Semi Finalist |
18 points |
12 points |
| Quarter Finalist |
8 points |
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Plate
|
Champion |
4 points |
8 points |
| 1st Runner-up |
3 points |
6 points |
| Semi Finalist |
2 points |
4 points |
Bowl |
Champion |
1 points |
2 points |
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