| Date |
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March 27 - 29, 2009 (Friday to Sunday) |
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| Venue |
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Hong Kong Stadium |
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| Time |
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| 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 |
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Hong Kong Rugby Football Union |
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| Co-Title Sponsors |
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Cathay Pacific Airways and Credit Suisse |
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| Stadium Capacity |
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40,000 |
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| Total Prize Money |
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US$150,000 |
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| Prize Money Breakdown |
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| 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 |
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| Country With Most Wins |
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Fiji - 11 New Zealand - 8 Australia - 5 England - 4 |
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| Format |
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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) |
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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) |
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Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of each of the Bowl, Plate and Cup competitions. |
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| Match Duration |
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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) : |
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| Points Award : |
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| Match |
Position |
24 Teams Format |
16 Teams Format |
| Cup |
Champion |
30 pts |
20 pts |
| 1st Runner-up |
24 pts |
16 pts |
| Semi Finalist |
18 pts |
12 pts |
| Quarter Finalist |
8 pts |
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| Plate |
Champion |
4 pts |
8 pts |
| 1st Runner-up |
3 pts |
6 pts |
| Semi Finalist |
2 pts |
4 pts |
| Bowl |
Champion |
1 pts |
2 pts |
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