Rugby fans - it's the Hong Kong Sevens!

Our rugby fan base pointed out that the "World Cup" of the sevens-form of rugby's going on in Hong Kong this weekend - the 40th edition of the big event on the World tour of the international sevens tour. 

The site doesn't tally up the round-robin round, but the American team actually won its group for a change, earning a top seeded position alongside powerhouses New Zealand, South Africa, and Fiji "tonight" (Sunday, HK time). 

Group D - US first, England second; Wales (3rd) and Kenya (4th) moved into the "bowl and shield" consolation side.
Group C - South Africa handled this group easily, and moves on with Argentina; France and Japan fall into the consolation round.
Group B - The Kiwis and Aussies were placed together, and it's New Zealand's BLACKCAPS who won their group stage game 14-5, placing them first and the Aussies second; Portugal and Scotland never had a chance to advance, realistically.
Group A - Fiji dominated Samoa in their meeting to place first in group A; Canada fared well but placed third, and falls into the consolation round with Belgium.

There were also groups E, F, and G, for the twelve Qualifier countries trying to work their way up into the "major leagues". (There is a relegation system in place. Don't ask me how it works - I don't know for sure.) 

In group E, Hong Kong, Brazil, and South Korea all went 2-1 and qualified for the qualifier quarterfinals, but all lost in that knockout round. (Mexico was their punching bag.)
Group F included Papua New Guinea, Russia, and South Korea moving on to the knockout round (Tunisia went 0-3).
And in group G, only Spain (3-0) and Zimbabwe (2-1) moved on. (Tonga and Guyana both finished with negative differentials, and went 1-5 between them.)

The quarters were held later on Saturday (which in Hong Kong time has already happened!) - as mentioned, all three Group E qualifiers were defeated, leaving Papua New Guinea to play Russia and Spain to play Zimbabwe early Sunday.

The consolation bracket quarterfinals will pit Canada/Kenya, France/Portugal, Wales/Belgium, and Scotland/Japan - the eventual winner receives the "bowl", and the consolation winner receives the "shield". (So, everyone's guaranteed two more games.)

The actual championship bracket is down to eight of the 28 teams: Fiji/England, then South Africa/Australia (tough game!), USA/Samoa (tough, too!), and New Zealand/Argentina. The winner receives the "cup"...not sure where the "plate" goes in this.