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.

Pool stages

Pool A

DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2010-05-2942–5
2010-05-297–14
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