2005 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

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{{Infobox Rugby Sevens

| countries = {{flagicon|HKG}} Hong Kong

| date = March

| champions1 = {{ruw7|NZ|name=Aotearoa Maori NZ}}

| runnersup1 = {{Ru7w|AUS}}

| champions2 = {{Ru7w|USA}}

| runnersup2 = {{Ru7w|JPN}}

| champions3 ={{Ru7w|CHN}}

| runnersup3 ={{Ru7w|THA}}

| matches =20

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| prevseason = 2004

| nextseason = 2006

}}

The 2005 Hong Kong Women's Sevens was the eighth edition of the tournament.{{efn|Source Hong Kong Union}} The Aotearoa Maori New Zealand team won the tournament after beating Australia in the Cup final.{{Cite web |last=Rajapaksha |first=Kaveenth |date=2018-09-06 |title=The Black Ferns - The greatest team on this planet? |url=https://www.thepapare.com/the-black-ferns-the-greatest-team-on-this-planet/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=ThePapare.com |language=en-US}}

Teams

Eight teams competed in the competition.

  • {{ruw7|NZ|name=Aotearoa Maori New Zealand}}
  • {{ruw7|AUS}}
  • {{Ruw7|CHN}}
  • {{Ruw7|HKG}}
  • {{Ruw7|JPN}}
  • {{Ruw7|SIN}}
  • {{Ruw7|THA}}
  • {{Ruw7|USA}}

Group stages

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! colspan="2" |Key to colours in group tables

style="background:#cfc; width:20px;" |

| align="left" |Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal

= Group A =

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Nation

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! For

! Against

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| align=left|{{ruw7|NZ|name=Aotearoa Maori New Zealand}}

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 98

| 7

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| align=left|{{ruw7|USA}}

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 92

| 12

align=left|{{Ruw7|HKG}}

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 17

| 93

align=left|{{Ruw7|SIN}}

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 17

| 112

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|NZ|name=Aotearoa Maori New Zealand}}|score=12–7|team2={{Ruw7|USA}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|HK}}|score=17–17|team2={{Ruw7|SIN}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|NZ|name=Aotearoa Maori New Zealand}}|score=38–0|team2={{Ruw7|HK}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|USA}}|score=47–0|team2={{Ruw7|SIN}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|NZ|name=Aotearoa Maori New Zealand}}|score=48–0|team2={{Ruw7|SIN}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|USA}}|score=38–0|team2={{Ruw7|HK}}}}

= Group B =

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Nation

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! For

! Against

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| align=left|{{Ruw7|AUS}}

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 86

| 0

bgcolor=ccffcc

| align=left|{{Ruw7|JPN}}

| 1

| 1

| 1

| 43

| 25

align=left|{{Ruw7|CHN}}

| 1

| 1

| 1

| 24

| 36

align=left|{{Ruw7|THA}}

| 0

| 0

| 3

| 12

| 104

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|AUS}}|score=20–0|team2={{Ruw7|JPN}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|CHN}}|score=19–12|team2={{Ruw7|THA}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|AUS}}|score=19–0|team2={{Ruw7|CHN}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|JPN}}|score=38–0|team2={{Ruw7|THA}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|AUS}}|score=47–0|team2={{Ruw7|THA}}}}

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|JPN}}|score=5–5|team2={{Ruw7|CHN}}}}

Classification stages

= Cup Semi-final =

{{Round4-with third||{{Ruw7|AUS}}|10|{{ruw7|USA}}|5||{{Ruw7|NZ|name=Aotearoa Maori NZ}}|43|{{ruw7|JPN}}|0

||{{Ruw7|NZ|name=Aotearoa Maori NZ}}|19|{{ruw7|AUS}}|12

||{{ruw7|USA}}|31|{{ruw7|JPN}}|7|RD2=Cup Final|Consol=Plate Final

}}

= Bowl Semi-final =

{{Round4-with third||{{ruw7|CHN}}|22|{{ruw7|SIN}}|10||{{ruw7|THA}}|15|{{ruw7|HK}}|7

||{{ruw7|CHN}}|24|{{ruw7|THA}}|7

||{{ruw7|HK}}|34|{{ruw7|SIN}}|0|RD2=Bowl Final|Consol=Shield Final

}}

Notes

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