2011 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XIII
Host nation	Australia
Date	25–26 November 2011
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third	South Africa
Plate
Winner	Wales
Runner-up	Samoa
Bowl
Winner	Argentina
Runner-up	Scotland
Shield
Winner	Papua New Guinea
Runner-up	Japan
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	230 (average 5.11 per match)
Most points	Junior Tomasi Cama (48 points)
Most tries	Chris Dry Manuel Montero (7 tries)
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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 are divided into pools of four teams, and a round-robin played within each pool. Points in rugby sevens pools are awarded on a different basis to most rugby tournaments: 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.

The top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition, and the four Cup quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket to play for the Plate. The bottom two teams in each pool go to the Bowl competition, and the four Bowl quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket to play 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	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	92	10	+82	9
Fiji	3	2	1	69	35	+34	7
Kenya	3	1	2	31	59	−28	5
Niue	3	0	3	7	95	−88	3

25 November 2011
14:03

New Zealand	26–5	Kenya

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	69	26	+43	9
Australia	3	2	1	62	28	+34	7
United States	3	1	2	40	39	+1	5
Japan	3	0	3	7	85	−78	3

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	91	14	+77	9
France	3	2	1	78	43	+35	7
Argentina	3	1	2	47	60	−13	5
Papua New Guinea	3	0	3	5	104	−99	3

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Wales	3	3	0	59	26	+33	9
England	3	2	1	50	26	+24	7
Scotland	3	1	2	31	50	−19	5
Tonga	3	0	3	19	57	−38	3

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

2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series
2011–12 events	2011 Gold Coast Sevens 2011 Dubai Sevens 2011 South Africa Sevens 2012 Wellington Sevens 2012 USA Sevens 2012 Hong Kong Sevens 2012 Japan Sevens 2012 Scotland Sevens 2012 London Sevens
2011–12 stadiums	Robina Stadium The Sevens Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Westpac Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium Hong Kong Stadium Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Scotstoun Stadium Twickenham Stadium
Core teams	Argentina Australia England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Samoa Scotland South Africa United States Wales
Other teams	Brazil Canada China Cook Islands Guyana Hong Kong Japan Morocco Niue Papua New Guinea Philippines Portugal Russia Spain Tonga United Arab Emirates Uruguay Zimbabwe

Format

Teams

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

Shield

Bowl

Plate

Cup

References

External links