2009 London Sevens
The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2009 competition took place on May 23 and May 24 in London, England, and was the seventh Cup trophy in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series. England won the most prestigious Cup trophy, with an extra time 31-26 victory over New Zealand; Fiji won the Plate trophy, Kenya won the Bowl trophy, and Canada won the Shield trophy.
Format
The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress 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 progress 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
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
3 3 0 0 116 19 +97 9 .svg.png)
3 2 0 1 95 38 +57 7 .svg.png)
3 1 0 2 71 65 +6 5 
3 0 0 3 5 165 -160 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-05-23 | |
29 - 5 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
50 - 0 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
70 - 0 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
31 - 21 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
45 - 5 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
17 - 14 | |
Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
3 3 0 0 112 28 +84 9 
3 1 1 1 97 53 +44 6 
3 1 1 1 87 57 +30 6 
3 0 0 3 7 165 -158 2
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-05-23 | |
20 - 14 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
47 - 0 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
61 - 0 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
26 - 26 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
57 - 7 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
31 - 14 | |
Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
3 2 0 1 64 24 +40 7 
3 2 0 1 59 27 +32 7 
3 2 0 1 55 38 +17 7 
3 0 0 3 10 99 -89 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-05-23 | |
26 - 10 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
17 - 12 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
7 - 12 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
33 - 0 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
0 - 40 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
26 - 5 | |
Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
3 3 0 0 121 7 +114 9 
3 1 1 1 52 71 -19 6 
3 1 1 1 45 71 -26 6 .svg.png)
3 0 0 3 19 88 -79 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-05-23 | |
21 - 21 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
40 - 0 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
24 - 12 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
43 - 7 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
24 - 7 | |
| 2009-05-23 | |
0 - 38 | |
Knockout
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 36 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 38 | |||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 27 | |||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| 42 | |||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 36 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| 42 | |||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 35 | |||||||||
| 33 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| 22 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| 33 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 31 | |||||||||
| 22 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| May 24 - London, England | ||||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||