Important Sevens in Samoa
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:53
In Samoa this weekend there will be two Sevens tournaments which will act as qualifiers for the Men's and the Women's Sevens World Cup in Dubai in 2007.
It is the first time that the Women's tournament will be held, which means that all teams need to qualify.
In the Men's division, two teams will go to Dubai. Fiji, New Zealand and Australia do not need to qualify.
There are eight Men's and five Women's teams taking part.
The Men's teams are Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Niue, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tahiti and Vanuatu.
The Women's teams are Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Samoa and Niue.
The Men's teams are divided into two pools:
Pool A: Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Niue
Pool B: Tonga, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu.
Fixtures for Day 1, Friday 25 July 2008
Men
09.44: Samoa vs Niue
10.06: Tonga
vs Vanuatu
10.28: Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands
10.50: Cook Islands vs Tahiti
11.56: Samoa vs Solomon Islands
12.18: Tonga vs Tahiti
14.02: Papua New Guinea vs Niue
14.24: Cook Islands vs Vanuatu
15.30: Solomon Islands vs Niue
15.52: Tahiti vs Vanuatu
16.14: Tonga vs Cook Islands
17.20: Samoa vs Papua New Guinea
Women
09.00: New Zealand vs Samoa
09.22: Fiji vs Niue
11.12: Australia vs Fiji
11.34: Samoa vs Niue
13.18: Niue vs New Zealand
13.40: Samoa vs Australia
14.46: Fiji vs New Zealand
15.08: Australia vs Niue
16.36: Australia vs New Zealand
16.58: Samoa vs Fiji
Day 2
Men
Top two in each pool go on to the Cup semifinals.
Bottom two in each pool go on to the Plate semifinals.
The Men's Finals is at 16.02.
Women
The top four teams go on to the Cup semifinals.
The Women's Final is at 15.40.
