2011 Gold Coast Sevens

2011 Gold Coast Sevens
Host nation Australia
Date 25–26 November 2011
Cup
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  New Zealand
Plate
Champions  Wales
Runners-up  Samoa
Bowl
Champions  Argentina
Runners-up  Scotland
Shield
Champions  Papua New Guinea
Runners-up  Japan
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 230 (average 5.111 per match)
Top point scorer Tomasi Cama
(48 points)
Top try scorer Chris Dry
Manuel Montero
(7 tries)
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The 2011 Gold Coast Sevens was the first edition of the tournament which was known as the Adelaide Sevens the last years and was part of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. It was held at Robina, Australia, the host stadium was the Robina Stadium.

Fiji won the tournament by defeating New Zealand in the Cup final 26–12.[1]

Contents

Format

The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.

Teams

The participating teams were announced on 8 September.[2]

Pool stage

The draw was made on 7 November.[3]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

All times are local (UTC+10).

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 92 10 +82 9
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 69 35 +34 7
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 31 59 −28 5
 Niue 3 0 0 3 7 95 −88 3
25 November 2011
14:03
New Zealand  26 – 5  Kenya Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
14:25
Fiji  38 – 0  Niue Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
17:09
New Zealand  38 – 0  Niue Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
17:31
Fiji  26 – 7  Kenya Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
19:36
Kenya  19 – 7  Niue Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
21:14
New Zealand  28 – 5  Fiji Robina Stadium, Robina
Report

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 69 26 +43 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 62 28 +34 7
 United States 3 1 0 2 40 39 +1 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 7 85 −78 3
25 November 2011
14:47
South Africa  17 – 12  United States Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
15:09
Australia  33 – 0  Japan Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
17:53
South Africa  31 – 7  Japan Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
18:15
Australia  22 – 7  United States Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
19:58
United States  21 – 0  Japan Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
21:36
South Africa  21 – 7  Australia Robina Stadium, Robina
Report

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 91 14 +77 9
 France 3 2 0 1 78 43 +35 7
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 47 60 −13 5
 Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 5 104 −99 3
25 November 2011
12:35
Samoa  24 – 14  France Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
12:57
Argentina  33 – 0  Papua New Guinea Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
15:41
Samoa  38 – 0  Papua New Guinea Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
16:03
Argentina  14 – 31  France Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
18:52
France  33 – 5  Papua New Guinea Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
20:30
Samoa  29 – 0  Argentina Robina Stadium, Robina
Report

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Wales 3 3 0 0 59 26 +33 9
 England 3 2 0 1 50 26 +24 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 31 50 −19 5
 Tonga 3 0 0 3 19 57 −38 3
25 November 2011
13:19
England  24 – 5  Scotland Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
13:41
Wales  24 – 7  Tonga Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
16:25
England  19 – 0  Tonga Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
16:47
Wales  14 – 12  Scotland Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
19:14
Scotland  14 – 12  Tonga Robina Stadium, Robina
Report
25 November 2011
20:52
England  7 – 21  Wales Robina Stadium, Robina
Report

Knockout stage

[4]

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
26 November – Robina        
  Kenya  5
26 November – Robina
  Tonga  7  
  Kenya  14
26 November – Robina
      Japan  19  
  Argentina  28
26 November – Robina
  Japan  12  
  Japan  19
26 November – Robina    
    Papua New Guinea  31
  Scotland  36
26 November – Robina
  Niue  0  
  Niue  0
26 November – Robina
      Papua New Guinea  38  
  United States  24
  Papua New Guinea  5  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
26 November – Robina        
  Kenya  5
26 November – Robina
  Tonga  7  
  Tonga  15
26 November – Robina
      Argentina  24  
  Argentina  38
26 November – Robina
  Japan  12  
  Argentina  17
26 November – Robina    
    Scotland  14
  Scotland  36
26 November – Robina
  Niue  0  
  Scotland  19
26 November – Robina
      United States  5  
  United States  24
  Papua New Guinea  5  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
26 November – Robina        
  New Zealand  24
26 November – Robina
  England  14  
  England  14
26 November – Robina
      Samoa  17  
  Samoa  12
26 November – Robina
  Australia  14  
  Samoa  15
26 November – Robina    
    Wales  26
  Wales  5
26 November – Robina
  Fiji  33  
  Wales  14
26 November – Robina
      France  12  
  South Africa  14
  France  5  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
26 November – Robina        
  New Zealand  24
26 November – Robina
  England  14  
  New Zealand  26
26 November – Robina
    Australia  7  
  Samoa  12
26 November – Robina
  Australia  14  
  New Zealand  12
26 November – Robina
    Fiji  26
  Wales  5
26 November – Robina
  Fiji  33  
  Fiji  24 Third place
26 November – Robina
    South Africa  7  
  South Africa  14   Australia  5
  France  5     South Africa  17
26 November – Robina

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