2012 Japan Sevens
Host nation	Japan
Date	31 March – 1 April 2012
Cup
Champion	Australia
Runner-up	Samoa
Third	New Zealand
Plate
Winner	Fiji
Runner-up	South Africa
Bowl
Winner	France
Runner-up	United States
Shield
Winner	Scotland
Runner-up	Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	229 (average 5.09 per match)
Most points	Junior Tomasi Cama (39 points)
Most tries	Waisake Naholo Ken Pisi (6 tries)
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The 2012 Japan Sevens was the first edition of the tournament since 2001 and the seventh tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.

Australia won the title by defeating Samoa 28–26 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 six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition, the Plate competition was contested by the losing quarterfinalists from the Cup. The Bowl was contested by the four remaining second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers while the Shield was contested by the remaining eight entrants.

Teams

The following teams participated:^[2]

Pool stage

The draw was made on March 25.

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	48	19	+29	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	50	21	+29	7
France	3	1	0	2	31	41	−10	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	17	65	−48	3

31 March 2012 12:12

Fiji	17 – 0	France

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 12:34

England	15 – 5	Japan
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 15:47

Fiji	26 – 7	Japan
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 16:09

England	19 – 7	France
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 17:41

France	24 – 5	Japan
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 19:09

Fiji	7 – 14	England
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	88	15	+73	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	42	36	+6	7
United States	3	1	0	2	26	60	−34	5
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	33	78	−45	3

31 March 2012 10:00

New Zealand	26 – 5	United States
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 10:22

Australia	17 – 14	Hong Kong
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 13:35

New Zealand	40 – 0	Hong Kong
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 13:57

Australia	15 – 0	United States
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 16:35

United States	21 – 19	Hong Kong
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 18:03

New Zealand	22 – 10	Australia
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Wales	3	3	0	0	49	12	+37	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	42	24	+18	7
Russia	3	1	0	2	33	49	−16	5
Kenya	3	0	0	3	24	63	−39	3

31 March 2012 10:44

Argentina	15 – 7	Kenya
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 11:06

Wales	10 – 7	Russia
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 14:19

Argentina	22 – 0	Russia
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 14:41

Wales	22 – 0	Kenya
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 16:57

Kenya	17 – 26	Russia
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 18:25

Argentina	5 – 17	Wales
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Pool D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	73	34	+39	9
South Africa	3	2	0	1	33	45	−12	7
Portugal	3	1	0	2	42	40	+2	5
Scotland	3	0	0	3	14	43	−29	3

31 March 2012 11:28

South Africa	14 – 0	Scotland
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 11:50

Samoa	21 – 20	Portugal
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 15:03

South Africa	12 – 7	Portugal
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 15:25

Samoa	14 – 7	Scotland
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 17:19

Scotland	7 – 15	Portugal
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012 18:47

South Africa	7 – 38	Samoa
	Report[usurped]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Knockout stage

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 April – Tokyo
	France	22
					1 April – Tokyo
	Scotland	19
					Scotland	21
	1 April – Tokyo
					Russia	19
	Russia	12
									1 April – Tokyo
	Hong Kong	17
									Scotland	26
	1 April – Tokyo
									Kenya	12
	Portugal	21
					1 April – Tokyo
	Japan	5
					Japan	17
	1 April – Tokyo
					Kenya	24
	United States	12
	Kenya	7

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 April – Tokyo
	France	22
					1 April – Tokyo
	Scotland	19
					France	26
	1 April – Tokyo
					Hong Kong	15
	Russia	12
									1 April – Tokyo
	Hong Kong	17
									France	17
	1 April – Tokyo
									United States	12
	Portugal	21
					1 April – Tokyo
	Japan	5
					Portugal	10
	1 April – Tokyo
					United States	20
	United States	12
	Kenya	7

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 April – Tokyo
	England	21
					1 April – Tokyo
	South Africa	17
					South Africa	22
	1 April – Tokyo
					Wales	10
	Wales	14
									1 April – Tokyo
	Australia	21
									South Africa	10
	1 April – Tokyo
									Fiji	14
	Samoa	24
					1 April – Tokyo
	Fiji	21
					Fiji	21
	1 April – Tokyo
					Argentina	14
	New Zealand	40
	Argentina	5

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 April – Tokyo
	England	21
					1 April – Tokyo
	South Africa	17
					England	12
	1 April – Tokyo
					Australia	33
	Wales	14
									1 April – Tokyo
	Australia	21
									Australia	28
	1 April – Tokyo
									Samoa	26
	Samoa	24
					1 April – Tokyo
	Fiji	21
					Samoa	17
	1 April – Tokyo
					New Zealand	12			Third place
	New Zealand	40
									1 April – Tokyo
	Argentina	5
									England	17
									New Zealand	24