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Date : March 27 - 29, 2009 (Friday to Sunday) Venue : Hong Kong Stadium  Time : | March 27 (Friday) | 16:30hrs - 21:15hrs | |
| | March 28 (Saturday) | 10:30hrs - 19:15hrs | |
| | March 29 (Sunday) | 09:45hrs - 18:40hrs | Stadium Capacity : 40,000 Total Prize Money : US$150,000 Prize Money Breakdown : | Cup Champion | US$100,000 | |
| | Cup Runner - up | US$25,000 | |
| | Semi-finalist | US$12,500 each | Official Draw : February 12, 2009 Country With Most Wins : Fiji - 11 New Zealand - 9 Australia - 5 England - 4 Format : At the Official Draw for the Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens 2009, the 24 participating teams will be drawn into six pools of four teams each. Day 1 (12 games) : Each team plays one game in their pool. Day 2 (24 games) : Each team plays another two games to complete the round-robin pool competition. The group winners and the two second-placed teams with the best records, progress to the Cup Competition. The four remaining second-placed teams and the four, third-placed teams with the best records progress to the Plate Competition. The remaining eight teams progress to the Bowl Competition. Day 3 (21 games) : Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of each of the Bowl, Plate and Cup competitions. Match Duration : Seven minutes each way with two-minute intervals for pool, knock-out matches. Bowl and Plate finals and sevens minutes each way with two-minute intervals; 10 minutes each way for the Cup final.
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