The

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is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven a side version of

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). The 2007 competition took place on 2 and 3 June, and was held at

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. It was the last leg of the

2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series was the eighth of an annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. New Zealand were the series champions, winning the final tournament ...

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won the tournament after defeating

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, 34–5, in the final. Fiji were upset by

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, 21–14, in their quarter-final. A Fijian victory would have guaranteed them the overall 2006–07 Series crown, however, as a result of their loss and New Zealand's tournament victory, New Zealand won the overall series.

Pool Stages

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Finals

* 1/4 Final Bowl 19–7 * 1/4 Final Bowl 29–7 * 1/4 Final Bowl 7–19 * 1/4 Final Bowl 12–19 * 1/4 Final Cup 14–21 * 1/4 Final Cup 19–12 * 1/4 Final Cup 10–22 * 1/4 Final Cup 14–12 * SF Shield 33–17 * SF Shield 19–17 * SF Bowl 19–24 * SF Bowl 12–19 * SF Plate 19–14 * SF Plate 17–19 * SF Cup 0–28 * SF Cup 14–24 * Final Shield 21–12 * Final Bowl 31–0 * Final Plate 31–7 * Final Cup 34–5

Final standings

The points awarded to each team after all 8 rounds of the 2006–07 season, as well as their overall points totals, are shown in the table below. Sources:''
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(archived) Notes:
: Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series. # Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament. # Teams that share a position in the standings (on the same total series points) are marked with an asterisk (*) beside their position. # Any teams that did not score any points in the overall series are marked with N/A in the position column. They are sorted by most number of events played, earliest date of events played, then alphabetically by team name.

External links

* * {{Edinburgh Sevens

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Scotland Sevens