2013 Wellington Sevens

2013 Wellington Sevens
Host nation New Zealand New Zealand
Date 1–2 February 2013
Cup
Champions  England
Runners-up  Kenya
Third  New Zealand
Plate
Champions  Australia
Runners-up  Scotland
Bowl
Champions  Canada
Runners-up  Fiji
Shield
Champions  Wales
Runners-up  Tonga
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 246 (average 5.467 per match)
Top point scorer England Christian Lewis-Pratt
(51 points)
Top try scorer France Julien Candelon
(9 tries)
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The 2013 Wellington Sevens was the 14th edition of the tournament as part of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. It was hosted in Wellington, New Zealand, at the Westpac Stadium.

England defeated Kenya 24–19 in the final to win the title.[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:[2]

Pool stage

The draw was made on December 9, 2012.[3]

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

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 England 32105931+288
 New Zealand 32016734+337
 Spain 31022069−495
 United States 30122739−124
1 February 2013
15:12
New Zealand  14 – 19  England
Report
1 February 2013
15:34
United States  5 – 10  Spain
Report
1 February 2013
18:08
New Zealand  36 – 5  Spain
Report
1 February 2013
18:30
United States  12 – 12  England
Report
1 February 2013
20:50
England  28 – 5  Spain
Report
1 February 2013
21:56
New Zealand  17 – 10  United States
Report

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Kenya 33005322+319
 Argentina 3201383807
 France 31025948+115
 Tonga 30032971−423
1 February 2013
13:00
France  12 – 24  Kenya
Report
1 February 2013
13:22
Argentina  21 – 12  Tonga
Report
1 February 2013
15:56
France  33 – 7  Tonga
Report
1 February 2013
16:18
Argentina  0 – 12  Kenya
Report
1 February 2013
18:52
Kenya  17 – 10  Tonga
Report
1 February 2013
19:36
France  14 – 17  Argentina
Report

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 33006434+309
 South Africa 31024645+15
 Canada 31025567−125
 Wales 31023857−195
1 February 2013
13:44
South Africa  10 – 19  Samoa
Report
1 February 2013
14:06
Wales  26 – 17  Canada
Report
1 February 2013
16:40
South Africa  15 – 26  Canada
Report
1 February 2013
17:02
Wales  12 – 19  Samoa
Report
1 February 2013
19:14
Samoa  26 – 12  Canada
Report
1 February 2013
21:12
South Africa  21 – 0  Wales
Report

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Australia 33007422+529
 Scotland 32013858−207
 Fiji 31024842+65
 Portugal 30032967−383
1 February 2013
14:28
Portugal  5 – 24  Australia
Report
1 February 2013
14:50
Fiji  12 – 14  Scotland
Report
1 February 2013
17:24
Portugal  17 – 19  Scotland
Report
1 February 2013
17:46
Fiji  12 – 21  Australia
Report
1 February 2013
20:28
Australia  29 – 5  Scotland
Report
1 February 2013
21:34
Portugal  7 – 24  Fiji
Report

Knockout stage

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
2 February – Wellington        
  Spain  26
2 February – Wellington
  Portugal  19  
  Portugal  7
2 February – Wellington
      Tonga  17  
  Canada  28
2 February – Wellington
  Tonga  5  
  Tonga  21
2 February – Wellington    
    Wales  26
  Fiji  29
2 February – Wellington
  United States  12  
  United States  15
2 February – Wellington
      Wales  17  
  France  33
  Wales  12  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
2 February – Wellington        
  Spain  26
2 February – Wellington
  Portugal  19  
  Spain  7
2 February – Wellington
      Canada  31  
  Canada  28
2 February – Wellington
  Tonga  5  
  Canada  28
2 February – Wellington    
    Fiji  19
  Fiji  29
2 February – Wellington
  United States  12  
  Fiji  19
2 February – Wellington
      France  17  
  France  33
  Wales  12  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
2 February – Wellington        
  England  31
2 February – Wellington
  Scotland  7  
  Scotland  35
2 February – Wellington
      Argentina  5  
  Samoa  31
2 February – Wellington
  Argentina  7  
  Scotland  7
2 February – Wellington    
    Australia  22
  Australia  5
2 February – Wellington
  New Zealand  24  
  Australia  28
2 February – Wellington
      South Africa  12  
  Kenya  21
  South Africa  20  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
2 February – Wellington        
  England  31
2 February – Wellington
  Scotland  7  
  England  21
2 February – Wellington
    Samoa  19  
  Samoa  31
2 February – Wellington
  Argentina  7  
  England  24
2 February – Wellington
    Kenya  19
  Australia  5
2 February – Wellington
  New Zealand  24  
  New Zealand  14 Third place
2 February – Wellington
    Kenya  19  
  Kenya  21   Samoa  7
  South Africa  20     New Zealand  17
2 February – Wellington

References

  1. ↑ "England win thrilling NZ Sevens final". irbsevens.com. 2013-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Squads". Irbsevens.com. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  3. ↑ "IRB confirms pools for Hertz Sevens 2013". irbsevens.com. 2012-12-09.

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