2012 Wellington Sevens

2012 Wellington Sevens
Host nation New Zealand New Zealand
Date 3–4 February 2012
Cup
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  Fiji
Third  England
Plate
Champions  South Africa
Runners-up  Tonga
Bowl
Champions  Kenya
Runners-up  Australia
Shield
Champions  Scotland
Runners-up  Cook Islands
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 224 (average 4.978 per match)
Top point scorer New Zealand Junior Tomasi Cama
(45 points)
Top try scorer Kenya Collins Injera
(7 tries)
2011
2013

The 2012 Wellington Sevens was part of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series and was the 13th edition of the tournament, hosted at Wellington, New Zealand's Westpac Stadium.

New Zealand won the title by defeating Fiji 24–7 in the final.[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 are:[2]

Pool stage

The draw was made on December 10, 2011.[3]

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

All times are local (UTC+13)

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 330010214+889
 Samoa 32015747+107
 Scotland 31027650+265
 Japan 300314138−1243
3 February 2012
15:12
New Zealand  29 – 7  Scotland
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
15:34
Samoa  29 – 14  Japan
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
18:08
New Zealand  54 – 0  Japan
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
18:30
Samoa  21 – 14  Scotland
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
20:28
Scotland  55 – 0  Japan
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
21:56
New Zealand  19 – 7  Samoa
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 33007810+689
 England 32016626+407
 Cook Islands 31023892−545
 United States 30032276−543
3 February 2012
13:00
South Africa  21 – 0  United States
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
13:22
England  27 – 12  Cook Islands
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
15:56
South Africa  43 – 0  Cook Islands
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
16:18
England  29 – 0  United States
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
18:54
United States  22 – 26  Cook Islands
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
20:50
South Africa  14 – 10  England
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Tonga 32105542+138
 Fiji 32016417+477
 Wales 31113340−76
 Argentina 30032174−533
3 February 2012
13:44
Fiji  31 – 0  Argentina
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
14:06
Wales  14 – 14  Tonga
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
16:40
Fiji  14 – 17  Tonga
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
17:03
Wales  19 – 7  Argentina
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
19:14
Argentina  14 – 24  Tonga
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
21:12
Fiji  19 – 0  Wales
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Canada 32015242+107
 France 31115046+46
 Australia 31113457−236
 Kenya 31026657+95
3 February 2012
14:28
France  14 – 19  Canada
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
14:50
Australia  10 – 35  Kenya
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
17:24
France  26 – 17  Kenya
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
17:46
Australia  14 – 12  Canada
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
19:36
Canada  21 – 14  Kenya
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
3 February 2012
21:34
France  10 – 10  Australia
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Knockout stage

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
4 February – Wellington        
  Scotland  5
4 February – Wellington
  Kenya  14  
  Scotland  14
4 February – Wellington
      United States  12  
  Wales  10
4 February – Wellington
  United States  0  
  Scotland  19
4 February – Wellington    
    Cook Islands  17
  Australia  33
4 February – Wellington
  Japan  5  
  Japan  10
4 February – Wellington
      Cook Islands  17  
  Cook Islands  0
  Argentina  28  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
4 February – Wellington        
  Scotland  5
4 February – Wellington
  Kenya  14  
  Kenya  17
4 February – Wellington
      Wales  7  
  Wales  10
4 February – Wellington
  United States  0  
  Kenya  12
4 February – Wellington    
    Australia  7
  Australia  33
4 February – Wellington
  Japan  5  
  Australia  24
4 February – Wellington
      Argentina  12  
  Cook Islands  0
  Argentina  28  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
4 February – Wellington        
  New Zealand  22
4 February – Wellington
  France  7  
  France  7
4 February – Wellington
      Tonga  15  
  Tonga  7
4 February – Wellington
  England  26  
  Tonga  0
4 February – Wellington    
    South Africa  24
  Canada  12
4 February – Wellington
  Samoa  15  
  Canada  19
4 February – Wellington
      South Africa  21  
  South Africa  5
  Fiji  21  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
4 February – Wellington        
  New Zealand  22
4 February – Wellington
  France  7  
  New Zealand  17
4 February – Wellington
    England  12  
  Tonga  7
4 February – Wellington
  England  26  
  New Zealand  24
4 February – Wellington
    Fiji  7
  Canada  12
4 February – Wellington
  Samoa  15  
  Samoa  5 Third place
4 February – Wellington
    Fiji  28  
  South Africa  5   England  21
  Fiji  21     Samoa  12
4 February – Wellington

References

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