The 2020 New Zealand Sevens was the third tournament within the
2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 21st annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000.
In March 2020, World Rugby postponed all rem ...
and the twenty first edition of the
New Zealand Sevens
The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. They have won a record twelve World Rugby Sevens Series titles. The team has been o ...
. This event was the first in the series to only have one team from each pool qualify to the cup knockout phase. Host team won the tournament, defeating by 21–5 in the final.
Format
The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match.
The teams that finished second in their respective pool will play another team from another pool whom finished second, however, it will be ranked as the best second placed team v. the second best second placed team and vice versa. This is the first tournament of the 2019–20 season that the format was changed to a four team cup knockout phase.
The pools and schedule were announced by
World Rugby
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rug ...
on 20 December 2019.
Pool stage
All times in NZL Standard Time (
UTC+12:00)
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Placement matches
Fifteenth place
Thirteenth place
Eleventh place
Ninth place
Seventh place
Fifth place
Cup
Tournament placings
See also
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2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens
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World Rugby Sevens Series
The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...
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2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 21st annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000.
In March 2020, World Rugby postponed all rem ...
References
External links
Tournament siteWorld Rugby info
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2020
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2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
2020 in New Zealand rugby union
January 2020 sports events in New Zealand