The Edinburgh Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven a side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition took place on 2 and 3 June, and was held at Murrayfield. It was the last leg of the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series.

New Zealand won the tournament after defeating Samoa, 34–5, in the final. Fiji were upset by Wales, 21–14, in their quarter-final. A Fijian victory would have guaranteed them the overall 2006–07 Series crown, however, as a result of their loss and New Zealand's tournament victory, New Zealand won the overall series.

Pool Stages

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Finals

• 1/4 Final Bowl   Australia 19–7   France
• 1/4 Final Bowl   England 29–7   Canada
• 1/4 Final Bowl   Russia 7–19   Georgia
• 1/4 Final Bowl   Italy 12–19   Portugal
• 1/4 Final Cup   Fiji 14–21   Wales
• 1/4 Final Cup   New Zealand 19–12   South Africa
• 1/4 Final Cup   Scotland 10–22   Argentina
• 1/4 Final Cup   Samoa 14–12   Kenya
• SF Shield   France 33–17   Canada
• SF Shield   Russia 19–17   Italy
• SF Bowl   Australia 19–24   England
• SF Bowl   Georgia 12–19   Portugal
• SF Plate   Fiji 19–14   South Africa
• SF Plate   Scotland 17–19   Kenya
• SF Cup   Wales 0–28   New Zealand
• SF Cup   Argentina 14–24   Samoa
• Final Shield   France 21–12   Russia
• Final Bowl   England 31–0   Portugal
• Final Plate   Fiji 31–7   Kenya
• Final Cup   New Zealand 34–5   Samoa

Final standings

The points awarded to each team after all 8 rounds of the 2006–07 season, as well as their overall points totals, are shown in the table below.

2006–07 IRB Sevens – Series VIII

Pos.	Event  Team	Dubai	George	Well­ing­ton	San Diego	Hong Kong	Adel­aide	Lon­don	Edin­burgh	Points total
1	New Zealand	16	20	12	12	18	12	20	20	130
2	Fiji	12	12	16	20	24	20	16	8	128
3	Samoa	8	4	20	16	30	16	12	16	126
4	South Africa	20	16	12	8	18	6	8	4	92
5	England	12	12	8	4	8	4	2	2	52
6	Wales	0	8	–	–	4	2	12	12	38
7	Australia	4	2	0	4	8	8	6	0	30
8	France	6	4	6	12	0	0	0	0	28
9	Scotland	0	0	0	6	8	4	4	4	26
10	Argentina	2	0	2	0	3	0	4	12	23
11	Kenya	0	0	4	0	0	12	0	6	22
12	Tonga	–	–	0	2	8	0	–	–	10
13	Canada	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8
14	Tunisia	0	6	–	–	0	–	–	–	6
15*	Portugal	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
15*	United States	–	–	0	0	2	–	–	–	2
17	Russia	–	–	–	–	1	–	0	0	1
—	Italy	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	0	0
	Zimbabwe	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Cook Islands	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Hong Kong	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	0
	Japan	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	0
	Georgia	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Arabian Gulf	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Uganda	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Papua New Guinea	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Chile	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
	West Indies	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
	China	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	South Korea	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Sri Lanka	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0

Sources: rugby7.com (archived), irb.com (archived), world.rugby (archived)

Notes:

   Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series.

1. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.
2. Teams that share a position in the standings (on the same total series points) are marked with an asterisk (*) beside their position.
3. Any teams that did not score any points in the overall series are marked with N/A in the position column. They are sorted by most number of events played, earliest date of events played, then alphabetically by team name.

External links

• "Sevens shock: Fiji loses series to NZ". Fiji Times. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
• "New Zealand snatch Fiji's Sevens crown". planet-rugby.com. 3 June 2007. Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2007.