The 2015 Wellington Sevens is the 16th edition of the tournament as part of the

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. It is hosted in Wellington, New Zealand, at the Westpac Stadium.

Format

The teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.

Teams

The participating teams are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Match officials

The match officials for the 2015 Wellington Sevens are as follows: * Mike Adamson ( Scotland) * Federico Anselmi ( Argentina) * Nick Briant ( New Zealand) * Ben Crouse ( South Africa) * Richard Kelly ( New Zealand) * Anthony Moyes (

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( South Africa)

Pool Stage

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Knockout stage

up/Plate The top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup/Plate competition. The four Cup/Plate quarterfinal winners contest the Cup. The four Cup/Plate quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. owl/Shield The bottom two teams in each pool move on to the Bowl/Shield competition. The four Bowl/Shield quarterfinal winners contest the Bowl. The four Bowl/Shield quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Shield.

Shield

The Bowl/Shield Quarter-finals ''losers'' (shown in ''italics'' below) play in the Semi-finals of the Shield. The winners play in the Bowl.

Bowl

The Bowl/Shield Quarter-finals winners (shown in bold) contest the Bowl.

Plate

The Cup/Plate Quarter-finals ''losers'' (shown in ''italics'') play in the Semi-finals of the Plate.

Cup

The Cup/Plate Quarter-finals winners (shown in bold) contest the Cup.

References

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