Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong 7s (Rugby) - HK Stadium
Date : March 27 - 29, 2009 (Friday to Sunday)
Venue : Hong Kong Stadium
Time :
March 27 (Friday) 04:30 pm - 9:15 pm
March 28 (Saturday) 10:30 am - 7:15 pm
March 29 (Sunday) 09:45 am - 6:40 pm
Organiser : Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Co-Title Sponsors : Cathay Pacific Airways and Credit Suisse
Stadium Capacity : 40,000
Total Prize Money : US$150,000
Prize Money Breakdown : Cup Champion US$100,000
Cup Runner - up US$25,000
Semi-finalist US$12,500 each
Official Draw : February 19, 2009
Country With Most Wins : Fiji - 11New Zealand - 9 Australia - 5 England - 4
Format : At the Official Draw for the Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens 2009, the 24 participating teams will be drawn into six pools of four teams each.
Day 1 (12 games) : Each team plays one game in their pool.
Day 2 (24 games) : Each team plays another two games to complete the round-robin pool competition. The group winners and the two second-placed teams with the best records, progress to the Cup Competition. The four remaining second-placed teams and the four, third-placed teams with the best records progress to the Plate Competition. The remaining eight teams progress to the Bowl Competition.
Day 3 (21 games) : Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of each of the Bowl, Plate and Cup competitions.
Match Duration : Seven minutes each way with two-minute intervals for pool, knock-out matches. Bowl and Plate finals and sevens minutes each way with two-minute intervals; 10 minutes each way for the Cup final.
Website:http://www.hksevens.com
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