The 2020 Sydney Sevens was the fourth tournament in 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 eighteenth edition of the
Australian Sevens
The Australia Sevens is an international rugby sevens tournament that was first played in 1986. Currently hosted as the Sydney Sevens, the event is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was held in Brisbane, in Adelaide, and o ...
. It was held over the weekend of 1–2 February 2019 at
Western Sydney Stadium. won the tournament to claim their sixth Australian title, narrowly defeating in the final by 12–10.
This was second tournament in 2019–20 to have only one team from each pool qualify to the cup knockout phase.
Format
The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams, with each team playing the others in their pool once. The knockout round qualifications were determined by the final pool standings, with the four teams that topped their pool advancing to the semifinals to compete for berths in the cup final or third place match.
The remaining teams had only one further classification match each, based on their position, table points and differential in the pool standings. The four teams that finished second in their pool were paired into direct playoffs for either 5th place or 7th place. The teams that finished third were paired into the playoffs for 9th or 11th. Teams that were last in their pool were paired into playoffs for 13th place or 15th place.
Pool stage
All times in AEDT (
UTC+11:00)
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 Sydney 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
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
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February 2020 sports events in Australia