2010 Edinburgh Sevens


The 2010 Edinburgh Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament, the eighth and final Cup tournament in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. The 2010 competition was held at Murrayfield Stadium between 29 May and 30 May.

Format

The tournament, as in all 16-team IRB Sevens events, consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.

Teams

Pool stages

Pool A

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2010-05-2942–5
2010-05-294–14
2010-05-2928–26
2010-05-2926–14
2010-05-295–28
2010-05-2910–31

Pool B

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2010-05-2957–0
2010-05-2949–5
2010-05-2952–0
2010-05-2919–7
2010-05-2924–12
2010-05-2924–17

Pool C

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2010-05-2914–0
2010-05-2917–5
2010-05-2935–21
2010-05-2919–26
2010-05-2914–24
2010-05-2921–21

Pool D

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2010-05-2910–19
2010-05-2914–31
2010-05-2912–33
2010-05-2926–7
2010-05-2912–24
2010-05-2921–33

Knockout

Shield

Bowl

Plate

Cup