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The World Sevens Series is an international rugby union series of tournaments run by the International Rugby Board. The tournaments span the globe, with the following events included in the 2004-05 tour:
- Dubai (Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground): December 2-3, 2004
- South Africa (George Rugby Ground, George): December 10-11, 2004
- Wellington, New Zealand (Westpac Stadium): February 4-5, 2005
- Los Angeles, United States (Home Depot Center): February 12-13, 2005
- Singapore (National Stadium): April 16-17, 2005
- England (Twickenham, London): June 4-5, 2005
- France (Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux): June 11-12, 2005
For the first time, the most famous Sevens event, the Hong Kong Sevens, will not be a part of the World Sevens Series this season. That event will be replaced by the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens, to be held in Hong Kong in March 2005. The Hong Kong Sevens will resume in 2006.
Sevens is a stripped-down version of rugby union, with seven players on each side rather than fifteen. Games are much shorter, seven or ten minutes each half, and tend to be very fast-paced, open affairs. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format, with the Hong Kong Sevens being the most famous.
New Zealand and Fiji are traditionally the strongest teams, although recently Australia, Samoa, England, South Africa, and Argentina have all won tournaments; the last three of these won events in the 2003/04 season.
Current season results (finals)
- Dubai - England defeated Fiji
- South Africa - New Zealand defeated Fiji
- Wellington - New Zealand defeated Argentina
Previous Series Winners
- 2000 - New Zealand
- 2001 - New Zealand
- 2002 - New Zealand
- 2003 - New Zealand
- 2004 - New Zealand
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