2011 Gold Coast Sevens

2011 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XIII
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 25–26 November 2011
Cup
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  New Zealand
Third  South Africa
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 New Zealand Junior Tomasi Cama
(48 points)
Top try scorer South Africa Chris Dry
Argentina Manuel Montero
(7 tries)
2012

The 2011 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2011-2012 Sevens World Series It was held over the weekend of 25–26 November 2011 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. The tournament was the ninth completed edition of the Australian Sevens and the first on the Gold Coast after the event had been previously hosted in Adelaide and Brisbane.

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

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 33009210+829
 Fiji 32016935+347
 Kenya 31023159−285
 Niue 3003795−883
25 November 2011
14:03
New Zealand  26 – 5  Kenya
Report
25 November 2011
14:25
Fiji  38 – 0  Niue
Report
25 November 2011
17:09
New Zealand  38 – 0  Niue
Report
25 November 2011
17:31
Fiji  26 – 7  Kenya
Report
25 November 2011
19:36
Kenya  19 – 7  Niue
Report
25 November 2011
21:14
New Zealand  28 – 5  Fiji
Report

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 33006926+439
 Australia 32016228+347
 United States 31024039+15
 Japan 3003785−783
25 November 2011
14:47
South Africa  17 – 12  United States
Report
25 November 2011
15:09
Australia  33 – 0  Japan
Report
25 November 2011
17:53
South Africa  31 – 7  Japan
Report
25 November 2011
18:15
Australia  22 – 7  United States
Report
25 November 2011
19:58
United States  21 – 0  Japan
Report
25 November 2011
21:36
South Africa  21 – 7  Australia
Report

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 33009114+779
 France 32017843+357
 Argentina 31024760−135
 Papua New Guinea 30035104−993
25 November 2011
12:35
Samoa  24 – 14  France
Report
25 November 2011
12:57
Argentina  33 – 0  Papua New Guinea
Report
25 November 2011
15:41
Samoa  38 – 0  Papua New Guinea
Report
25 November 2011
16:03
Argentina  14 – 31  France
Report
25 November 2011
18:52
France  33 – 5  Papua New Guinea
Report
25 November 2011
20:30
Samoa  29 – 0  Argentina
Report

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Wales 33005926+339
 England 32015026+247
 Scotland 31023150−195
 Tonga 30031957−383
25 November 2011
13:19
England  24 – 5  Scotland
Report
25 November 2011
13:41
Wales  24 – 7  Tonga
Report
25 November 2011
16:25
England  19 – 0  Tonga
Report
25 November 2011
16:47
Wales  14 – 12  Scotland
Report
25 November 2011
19:14
Scotland  14 – 12  Tonga
Report
25 November 2011
20:52
England  7 – 21  Wales
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

References

  1. "Superb Fiji storm to Gold Coast Sevens title". irbsevens.com. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  2. "Teams announced for Gold Coast kick-off". irbsevens.com. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  3. "Pools drawn for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
  4. Results of the knockout stage

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