The 2007 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2007, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2006–07 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over the weekend of 7 and 8 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.^[1]

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2007 Adelaide Sevens
IRB Sevens VIII
Host nation	Australia
Date	7–8 April 2007
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	Samoa
Plate
Winner	Australia
Runner-up	South Africa
Bowl
Winner	Wales
Runner-up	Tonga
Shield
Winner	Canada
Runner-up	Japan
Tournament details
Matches played	44
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It was the first such tournament in Adelaide, and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The competition was won by Fiji who defeated Samoa 21–7 in the Cup final.^[2]

The tournament was the fourth completed edition of the Australian Sevens, with the event returning after a three-year absence following the 2003 Brisbane Sevens.^[3]

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.^[4]

The participating teams were:^[2]

Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.^[2][5]

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.^[2][5]

• 1/4 final Bowl - Tonga 36 - 12 Japan
• 1/4 final Bowl - Argentina 33 - 5 Hong Kong
• 1/4 final Bowl - Wales 24 - 7 Portugal
• 1/4 final Bowl - France 17 - 14 Canada
• 1/4 final Cup - England 12 - 17 Kenya
• 1/4 final Cup - Samoa 22 - 17 Australia
• 1/4 final Cup - New Zealand 40 - 14 Scotland
• 1/4 final Cup - South Africa 17 - 22 Fiji
• SF Shield - Japan 29 - 10 Hong Kong
• SF Shield - Portugal 12 - 14 Canada
• SF Bowl - Tonga 17 - 12 Argentina
• SF Bowl - Wales 19 - 14 France
• SF Plate - England 21 - 26 Australia
• SF Plate - Scotland 5 - 42 South Africa
• SF Cup - Kenya 0 - 31 Samoa
• SF Cup - New Zealand 17 - 24 Fiji
• Final Shield - Japan 17 - 43 Canada
• Final Bowl - Tonga 14 - 26 Wales
• Final Plate - Australia 31 - 0 South Africa
• Final Cup - Samoa 7 - 21 Fiji