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

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 91 12 9
  Kenya 3 2 0 1 39 50 7
  Australia 3 1 0 2 45 51 5
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 17 79 3
  Results
  • Fiji 31–0 Kenya
  • Australia 26–5 Portugal
  • Fiji 31–5 Portugal
  • Australia 12–17 Kenya
  • Kenya 22–7 Portugal
  • Fiji 29–7 Australia

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL
  Samoa 3 3 0 0 83 26 9
  Wales 3 2 0 1 85 33 7
  Italy 3 1 0 2 19 79 5
  France 3 0 0 3 24 73 3
  Results
  • Samoa 21–14 Wales
  • France 0–19 Italy
  • Samoa 36–0 Italy
  • France 12–28 Wales
  • Wales 43–0 Italy
  • Samoa 26–12 France

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL
  Scotland 3 3 0 0 74 27 9
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 94 41 7
  Russia 3 1 0 2 24 81 5
  Canada 3 0 0 3 34 77 3
  Results
  • South Africa 27–17 Canada
  • Scotland 19–5 Russia
  • South Africa 50–0 Russia
  • Scotland 31–5 Canada
  • Canada 12–19 Russia
  • South Africa 17–24 Scotland

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 114 14 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 57 52 7
  England 3 1 0 2 38 57 5
  Georgia 3 0 0 3 12 98 3
  Results
  • New Zealand 33–7 Argentina
  • England 24–0 Georgia
  • New Zealand 43–7 Georgia
  • England 14–19 Argentina
  • Argentina 31–5 Georgia
  • New Zealand 38–0 England

Finals

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Final standings

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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
 
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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.
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  • "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.