2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens

The 5th 7- Rugby World Cup was held from 5 to 7 March 2009 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates take place. It included a men's tournament with 24 teams and a tournament for the first time the women with 16 teams. It was the first major rugby tournament in the Middle East. World Champions Wales were among men and women in Australia.

  • 3.1 participants
  • 3.2 Preliminary
  • 3.3 Final Round 3.3.1 Upper panel ( " cup " )
  • 3.3.2 Medium tableau ( " plate" )
  • 3.3.3 Lower panel ( " Bowl" )

Application

Seven countries, as many as never before, had shown interest in hosting the World Cup. After Kenya and South Africa's withdrawal five countries remained. The United Arab Emirates, Australia, the Netherlands, Russia and the U.S. lodged a formal applications. The choice of the International Rugby Board (IRB ) eventually fell in the second round on the United Arab Emirates. The reasons for this decision, the IRB named the construction of a new stadium with 50,000 seats and the success of the U-19 World Cup and the tournament Dubai Sevens in the recent past.

Men's tournament

Participant

24 teams took part in the World Championships for Men:

  • Arabia ( host )
  • Argentina Argentina
  • Australia Australia
  • England England
  • Fiji Fiji
  • France France
  • Georgia Georgia
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong
  • Scotland Scotland
  • Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
  • South Africa South Africa
  • Tonga Tonga
  • Tunisia Tunisia
  • Uruguay Uruguay
  • United States United States
  • Wales Wales

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Final round

Upper panel ( " Melrose Cup" )

Participants in this knockout stage for the places 1-8 were the six group winners and two best runners-up.

Middle panel ( " plate" )

Participants in this knockout stage for the places 9 to 16 were the four poorer runners and the four best third.

Lower panel ( " Bowl" )

Participants in this knockout stage for the places 17 to 24 were the two poorer group Third and fourth placed six of the preliminary groups.

Tournament Women

Participant

16 teams took part in the Women's World Cup:

  • Australia Australia
  • Brazil Brazil
  • People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
  • England England
  • France France
  • Italy Italy
  • Japan Japan
  • Canada Canada
  • New Zealand New Zealand
  • Netherlands The Netherlands
  • Russia Russia
  • Spain
  • South Africa South Africa
  • Thailand Thailand
  • Uganda Uganda
  • United States United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Upper panel ( " cup " )

Participants for the places 1-4 were in this knockout round, the first and second placed teams from the preliminary round groups. The quarterfinal winners were advancing to the semifinals of the " Cup", the losers playing for the "Plate " (see below).

Middle panel ( " plate" )

Participants in this knockout stage for the places 5-8 were the losers of the quarterfinals of the " Cup".

Lower panel ( " Bowl" )

Participants in this knockout stage for the places 9 to 16 were the third - and fourth- placed teams from the preliminary round groups.

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