Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Women's Rugby Sevens 2008

OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT DRAW 2008

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Team USA A1	Team Kazakhstan B1	Team China C1	Team Canada D1
Team Netherlands A2	Team Fiji B2	Team Thailand C2	Team Singapore D2
Team Hong Kong A3	Team France B3	Team Japan C3	Team Arabian Gulf AGRFU D3

TOURNAMENT DAY ONE

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008

Time: 9.30am-4.30pm

Venue: So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Causeway Bay

Play: On the morning of Day One, the teams will play a round robin competition in their respective pools (4 pools of 3 teams); each team will therefore play 2 games. Point system: Win=3, Draw=1, Loss=0.

In the afternoon of Day One, each pool will be re-seeded according to results. The top 2 teams from each pool will play in the Cup/Plate/Bowl/Shield Quarter-Finals.

TOURNAMENT DAY TWO

Date: Friday, March 28, 2008

Time: 9.30am-4.50pm

Venue: So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Causeway Bay

Play: On Day Two the third placed teams will compete for Spoon & Vase Finals, tournament placing 9^th-12^th. The losers from the Cup/Plate Quarter-Finals will play in the Shield Semi-Finals. The winners of the Cup/Plate Quarter-Finals will play in the Cup/Plate Semi-Finals. The losers of the Bowl Semi-Finals will play in the Shield final. The winners of the Bowl Semi-Finals will play in the Bowl Final. The losers of the Cup Semi-Finals will play in the Plate Final. The winners of the Cup Semi-Finals will play in the Cup Final.

CUP FINAL

Date: Friday, March 28,2008

Time: 6.42pm

Venue: Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Causeway Bay

Date	Thursday, March 27, 9.30am-4.30pm Friday, March 28, 9.30am-4.50pm
Venue	So Kon Po Recreation Ground & Hong Kong Stadium
Organiser	Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Title Sponsor	Cable & Wireless
Cup Final	Friday, March 28, 6:42pm Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po
2007 Results	Plate Final - USA 26 vs. Kazakhstan 5 Bowl Final - China 21 vs. Canada 19 7th/8th Place - Thailand 24 vs. Singapore 0 9th/10th Place - AGRFU 14 vs. Hong Kong 12 11th/12th Place - Japan 31 vs. PNG 0
2008 Participating Teams	12 Teams AGRFU (Arabian Gulf) Canada (2007 Bowl Runners Up) China (2007 Bowl Champions) Fiji (Returning After Debut in 1997 Inaugural Tournament) France (2008 Debut Appearance) Hong Kong (Host Team) Japan (2007 Placed 11th) Kazakhstan (2007 Plate Runners Up) Netherlands (Welcome Back, Last Attended 2006) Singapore (2007 Placed 8th) Thailand (2007 Placed 7th) United States (2007 Plate Champions)
Match Duration	7 minutes each way with 2-minute intervals
Enquiries	sean.moore@octagon.com Tel: 2534 5039, Fax: 2511 5472 or Email: womensrugbysevens@hkrugby.com

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