The 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens or the Melrose Cup was the fourth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held in Hong Kong at Hong Kong Stadium. Fiji defeated New Zealand in the final to take the Melrose Cup for the second time, becoming the first team to win the competition twice. The Tournament broke all previous broadcast and attendance records, attracting a capacity audience of 120,000 spectators across for three competition days, while television coverage of the event reached over 450 million homes. Teams Squads Group stage Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |5||5||0||0||211||17||+94||15 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |5||4||0||1||114||98||+16||13 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |5||2||0||3||88||145||−57||9 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |5||2||0||3||86||140||−54||9 |-style="background:#fcc" |align=left| |5||1||0||4||66||152||−86||7 |-style="background:#fcc" |align=left| |5||1||0||4||72||85||−13||7 |} Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |5||4||0||1||158||35||+123||13 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |5||4||0||1||130||48||+82||13 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |5||4||0||1||120||41||+79||13 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |5||1||1||3||56||152||−96||8 |-style="background:#fcc" |align=left| |5||1||0||4||56||157||−101||7 |-style="background:#fcc" |align=left| |5||0||1||4||46||133||−87||6 |} Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |5||5||0||0||141||14||+127||15 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |5||4||0||1||133||38||+95||13 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |5||3||0||2||45||91||−46||11 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |5||2||0||3||40||78||−38||9 |-style="background:#fcc" |align=left| |5||1||0||4||76||81||−5||7 |-style="background:#fcc" |align=left| |5||0||0||5||5||138||−133||5 |} Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |5||4||0||1||173||48||+125||13 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |5||4||0||1||138||48||+90||13 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |5||3||0||2||93||70||+23||11 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |5||2||0||3||86||170||−84||9 |-style="background:#fcc" |align=left| |5||2||0||3||75||124||−49||9 |-style="background:#fcc" |align=left| |5||0||0||5||55||160||−105||5 |} Play Offs Bowl Plate Cup See also Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup References External links results on BBC 2005 International rugby union competitions hosted by Hong Kong 2005 rugby sevens competitions 2005 in Hong Kong sport March 2005 sports events in Asia