2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens

The 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup was the fifth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as the host venue for the tournament ahead of bids from four other countries.[1] The format included nine direct qualifiers and a further fifteen qualifiers from all six regions defined by the IRB. A women's version of the world cup was also held alongside the men's tournament for the first time and featured sixteen teams.[2] The men's cup was won by Wales, with the women's cup going to Australia.

2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Tournament details
Host nation United Arab Emirates
DatesMarch 5 – March 7
No. of nations
  • 24 (men)
  • 16 (women)
Champions  Wales (men)
 Australia (women)
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The men's teams of Fiji, New Zealand and Australia, who entered the semi-finals in the two previous editions, failed to do so in 2009: the former were defeated by quarter-finals Kenya and Wales respectively, whereas Australia lost two of the three matches in the pool stage and did not advance to quarter-finals.

Wales, which had never reached quarter-finals in the previous editions of the World Cup, beat Samoa in semi-finals and Argentina in the final to win the tournament. Kenya had never reached the Cup or Plate stages before, but shared 3rd place in 2009.

Bids

A record seven countries originally expressed interest in hosting the tournament however, only five officially submitted bids for hosting rights after Kenya and South Africa withdrew from the bidding process.[3] The United Arab Emirates, Australia, the Netherlands, Russia and the United States were the five candidates. The voting process consisted of two rounds. No clear majority was reached in the first round and therefore the top two, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia, progressed to a second round, with the IRB subsequently selecting the UAE as the host union.[4] The IRB cited the provision of a new purpose built stadium, the recent success of the Dubai Sevens tournament and the Under 19 Rugby World Championship as strong factors in their decision to select the Arabian Gulf RFU as the host union. The event was the first major rugby tournament to be held in the Middle East.

Qualification

Men
Main article: 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men

24 Teams took part in this tournament

Africa North America/
Caribbean		 South America Asia Europe Oceania
Automatic qualification
 South Africa  Argentina Arabian Gulf (host)  England
 France
 Scotland		  Australia
 Fiji (holders)
 New Zealand
Regional qualifiers
 Kenya
 Tunisia
 Zimbabwe		  Canada
 United States		  Uruguay  Hong Kong
 Japan		  Georgia
 Ireland
 Italy
 Portugal
 Wales		  Samoa
 Tonga

Women
Main article: 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Women

16 Teams took part in this tournament

Africa North America/
Caribbean		 South America Asia Europe Oceania
 South Africa
 Uganda		  Canada
 United States		  Brazil  China
 Japan
 Thailand		  England
 France
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Spain		  Australia
 New Zealand

Men's Tournament
Main article: 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament

Women's Tournament
Main article: 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

Trophy Overview
Men's Women's
Champions Runner-up Champions Runner-up
Cup  Wales  Argentina  Australia  New Zealand
Plate  Scotland  Australia  England  Canada
Bowl  Zimbabwe  Ireland  China  Brazil
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See also

References
  1. "IRB news - confirmation of host". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
  2. "IRB news - confirmation of dates and teams". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
  3. "Rugby sevens: Plenty of interest in hosting rights". The New Zealand Herald. 3 October 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  4. "IRB news - voting breakdown". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
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