2013 London Sevens

2013 London Sevens
Host nation	England
Date	11–12 May 2013
Cup
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Australia
Third	England
Plate
Champions	Fiji
Runners-up	United States
Bowl
Champions	Wales
Runners-up	France
Shield
Champions	No Shield
Runners-up	No Shield
Tournament details
Matches played	32
Tries scored	179 (average 5.594 per match)
Top point scorer	Dan Norton (50 points)
Top try scorer	Dan Norton (10 tries)
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The 2013 London Sevens was the seventh edition of the rugby union tournament and the final stage of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series and was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England.

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 the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.

From the end of the 2012/13 Series, promotion and relegation from core team status came into effect, with a pre-qualifying competition in Hong Kong and a final core team qualifier in London at the ninth and final round of the season.

The 2013 London Sevens, the final round of the Series, featured two distinct tournaments, and a total of 20 teams. In the first, the top 12-ranked sides in the HSBC Sevens World Series standings after round eight in Glasgow competed for the London title, and final World Series points towards their overall tally.

In the second, the 13th, 14th and 15th-ranked core teams after the Glasgow event competed against five pre-qualified regional teams from Hong Kong, for the three available core team places on the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

Teams

Main Draw

Argentina  Australia  Canada  England  Fiji  France

Kenya  New Zealand  Samoa  South Africa  United States  Wales

World Series qualifiers

Georgia  Hong Kong  Portugal  Russia

Scotland  Spain  Tonga  Zimbabwe

Main Draw

The draw was made on 5 May 2013.^[1]

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	54	32	+22	7
United States	3	2	0	1	53	48	+5	7
South Africa	3	2	0	1	34	33	+1	7
France	3	0	0	3	43	71	−28	3

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Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	100	29	+71	9
Kenya	3	2	0	1	86	62	+24	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	41	90	−49	5
Canada	3	0	0	3	33	79	−46	3

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Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
England	3	2	0	1	78	33	+45	7
Fiji	3	2	0	1	57	34	+23	7
Argentina	3	2	0	1	36	48	−14	7
Samoa	3	0	0	3	21	77	−56	3

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Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 May – 12:55 – Twickenham Stadium
	Wales	21
	Samoa	12
					12 May – 16:34 – Twickenham Stadium
					Wales	19
					France	7
	12 May – 13:17 – Twickenham Stadium
	France	28
	Canada	14

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 May – 14:23 – Twickenham Stadium
	Argentina	12
	Fiji	26
					12 May – 16:59 – Twickenham Stadium
					Fiji	14
					United States	5
	12 May – 14:45 – Twickenham Stadium
	United States	22
	South Africa	5

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 May – 10:28 – Twickenham Stadium
	New Zealand	52
					12 May – 15:22 – Twickenham Stadium
	Argentina	7
					New Zealand	7
	12 May – 10:50 – Twickenham Stadium
					Kenya	0
	Kenya	20
									12 May – 18:14 – Twickenham Stadium
	Fiji	7
									New Zealand	47
	12 May – 11:12 – Twickenham Stadium
									Australia	12
	Australia	24
					12 May – 15:44 – Twickenham Stadium
	United States	19
					Australia	14			Third place
	12 May – 11:34 – Twickenham Stadium
					England	7
	England	19							Kenya	19
	South Africa	14							England	26
									12 May – 17:49 – Twickenham Stadium

World Series qualifiers

The draw was made on 5 May 2013.^[2]

Pool Stage

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Scotland	3	2	0	1	69	34	+35	7
Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	45	42	+3	7
Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	44	43	+1	7
Georgia	3	0	0	3	26	65	−39	3

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Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	45	22	+23	9
Spain	3	1	0	2	41	40	+1	5
Russia	3	1	0	2	43	52	−9	5
Tonga	3	1	0	2	33	48	−15	5

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Knockout stage

The winners of the Semifinals, Spain and Scotland, earned core status for the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series. The losing teams, Portugal and Russia, advanced to the Qualifier Third Place playoff. Portugal won the Qualifier Third Place playoff and therefore became the final team to earn core status next season.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Third place playoff Qualifier
	12 May – 09:00 – Twickenham Stadium
	Portugal	17
					12 May – 13:39 – Twickenham Stadium
	Georgia	5
					Portugal	5
	12 May – 09:22 – Twickenham Stadium
					Spain	10
	Spain	29
									12 May – 17:24 – Twickenham Stadium
	Hong Kong	14
									Portugal	10
	12 May – 09:44 – Twickenham Stadium
									Russia	5
	Zimbabwe	7
					12 May – 14:01 – Twickenham Stadium
	Russia	26
					Russia	0
	12 May – 10:06 – Twickenham Stadium
					Scotland	19
	Scotland	31
	Tonga	0

References

External links

• IRB Official Site

2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series 2012–13 Events 2012 Gold Coast Sevens 2012 Dubai Sevens 2012 South Africa Sevens 2013 Wellington Sevens 2013 USA Sevens 2013 Hong Kong Sevens 2013 Japan Sevens 2013 Scotland Sevens 2013 London Sevens Core Teams Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Portugal Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain United States Wales Other Teams Hong Kong Japan Russia Tonga Uruguay Zimbabwe

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