2011 South Africa Sevens
Host nationSouth Africa South Africa
Date9–10 December 2011
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up South Africa
Third Samoa
Plate
Winner Wales
Runner-up Fiji
Bowl
Winner Scotland
Runner-up Canada
Shield
Winner Zimbabwe
Runner-up Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored257 (average 5.71 per match)
Most pointsNew Zealand Frank Halai
New Zealand Junior Tomasi Cama
(50 points)
Most triesNew Zealand Frank Halai
(10 tries)
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The 2011 South Africa Sevens was the 13th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. After nine seasons at George in the Western Cape, the competition moved to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

New Zealand won the title by defeating South Africa 31–26 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 4 December.[3]

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 55 31 +24 9
 England 3 2 0 1 59 31 +28 7
 United States 3 1 0 2 40 54 −14 5
 Argentina 3 0 0 3 19 57 −38 3
9 December 2011
12:21
England 26–7 United States
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
12:43
Argentina 5–17 Samoa
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
15:27
England 14–24 Samoa
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
15:49
Argentina 14–21 United States
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
18:11
United States 12–14 Samoa
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
19:54
England 19–0 Argentina
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 125 7 +118 9
 France 3 2 0 1 50 55 −5 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 57 76 −19 5
 Morocco 3 0 0 3 14 108 −94 3
9 December 2011
13:05
France 31–7 Scotland
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
13:27
New Zealand 39–7 Morocco
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
16:11
France 19–7 Morocco
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
16:33
New Zealand 45–0 Scotland
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
18:33
Scotland 50–0 Morocco
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
20:16
France 0–41 New Zealand
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 104 0 +104 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 64 50 +14 7
 Canada 3 1 0 2 36 71 –35 5
 Kenya 3 0 0 3 19 102 –83 3
9 December 2011
13:49
South Africa 33–0 Canada
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
14:11
Australia 31–14 Kenya
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
16:55
South Africa 45–0 Kenya
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
17:17
Australia 33–10 Canada
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
18:55
Canada 26–5 Kenya
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
20:38
South Africa 26–0 Australia
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 102 38 +64 9
 Wales 3 2 0 1 90 43 +47 7
 Portugal 3 1 0 2 38 77 −39 5
 Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 36 108 −72 3
9 December 2011
11:37
Fiji 31–7 Portugal
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
11:59
Wales 42–7 Zimbabwe
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
14:43
Fiji 42–17 Zimbabwe
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
15:05
Wales 34–7 Portugal
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
17:49
Portugal 24–12 Zimbabwe
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
9 December 2011
19:32
Fiji 29–14 Wales
Report[usurped]
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Knockout stage

[4]

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 
 United States26
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Zimbabwe0
 
 Zimbabwe21
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Morocco14
 
 Canada21
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Morocco0
 
 Zimbabwe19
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Kenya12
 
 Portugal12
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Argentina28
 
 Portugal12
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Kenya17
 
 Scotland26
 
 
 Kenya7
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 
 United States26
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Zimbabwe0
 
 United States12
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Canada22
 
 Canada21
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Morocco0
 
 Canada19
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Scotland22
 
 Portugal12
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Argentina28
 
 Argentina14
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Scotland21
 
 Scotland26
 
 
 Kenya7
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 
 Samoa21
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Wales12
 
 Wales24
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 France20
 
 South Africa26
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 France12
 
 Wales48
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Fiji0
 
 Fiji14
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 England21
 
 Fiji26
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Australia7
 
 New Zealand21
 
 
 Australia5
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 
 Samoa21
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Wales12
 
 Samoa7
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 South Africa12
 
 South Africa26
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 France12
 
 South Africa26
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 New Zealand31
 
 Fiji14
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 England21
 
 England14
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 New Zealand19 Third place
 
 New Zealand21
 
10 December – Port Elizabeth
 
 Australia5
 
 Samoa17
 
 
 England14
 

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand pip hosts to win SA Sevens". irbsevens.com. 10 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Teams participating in South Africa Sevens". irbsevens.com. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2011.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "IRB confirms pool draw for SA Sevens". irbsevens.com. 4 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Results of the knockout stage[usurped]

External links

South Africa Sevens
2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series
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