2012 London Sevens
Host nationEngland England
Date12–13 May 2012
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up Samoa
Third New Zealand
Plate
Winner Australia
Runner-up England
Bowl
Winner Wales
Runner-up Scotland
Shield
Winner France
Runner-up United States
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored258 (average 5.73 per match)
Most pointsNew Zealand Tomasi Cama
(60 points)
Most triesSamoa Tom Iosefo
(8 tries)
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The 2012 London Sevens was the sixth edition of the tournament and the ninth tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Twickenham Stadium.

Fiji won the title by defeating Samoa 38–15 in the final.

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 following teams participated.[1]

Pool stage

The draw was made on May 6.[2]

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

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 88 17 +71 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 48 41 +7 7
 Russia 3 1 0 2 42 92 −50 5
 Kenya 3 0 0 3 31 59 −28 3
12 May 2012
11:58
New Zealand 49 – 7 Russia
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
12:20
Argentina 14 – 12 Kenya
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
15:04
New Zealand 24 – 0 Kenya
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
15:26
Argentina 24 – 14 Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
17:28
Russia 21 – 19 Kenya
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
19:06
New Zealand 15 – 10 Argentina
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 71 43 +28 9
 England 3 2 0 1 50 19 +31 7
 France 3 1 0 2 38 69 −31 5
 United States 3 0 0 3 37 65 −28 3
12 May 2012
12:42
England 28 – 0 France
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
13:04
Samoa 31 – 17 United States
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
16:00
England 15 – 5 United States
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
16:22
Samoa 26 – 19 France
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
17:50
France 19 – 15 United States
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
19:28
England 7 – 14 Samoa
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 91 12 +79 9
 Spain 3 2 0 1 65 26 +39 7
 Wales 3 1 0 2 33 77 −44 5
 Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 12 86 −74 3
12 May 2012
10:30
Fiji 19 – 5 Spain
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
10:52
Wales 19 – 12 Zimbabwe
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
13:36
Fiji 29 – 0 Zimbabwe
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
13:58
Wales 7 – 22 Spain
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
16:44
Spain 38 – 0 Zimbabwe
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
18:22
Fiji 43 – 7 Wales
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 72 34 +38 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 78 24 +54 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 43 59 −16 5
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 17 93 −76 3
12 May 2012
11:14
Australia 27 – 12 Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
11:36
South Africa 41 – 0 Portugal
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
14:20
Australia 26 – 5 Portugal
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
14:42
South Africa 20 – 5 Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
17:06
Scotland 26 – 12 Portugal
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 May 2012
18:44
Australia 19 – 17 South Africa
Twickenham Stadium, London

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May – London
 
 
 Russia17
 
13 May – London
 
 Portugal24
 
 Russia12
 
13 May – London
 
 United States38
 
 Wales28
 
13 May – London
 
 United States19
 
 United States12
 
13 May – London
 
 France19
 
 Scotland21
 
13 May – London
 
 Kenya5
 
 Kenya14
 
13 May – London
 
 France17
 
 France17
 
 
 Zimbabwe19
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May – London
 
 
 Russia17
 
13 May – London
 
 Portugal24
 
 Portugal26
 
13 May – London
 
 Wales28
 
 Wales28
 
13 May – London
 
 United States19
 
 Wales27
 
13 May – London
 
 Scotland5
 
 Scotland21
 
13 May – London
 
 Kenya5
 
 Scotland31
 
13 May – London
 
 Zimbabwe19
 
 France17
 
 
 Zimbabwe19
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May – London
 
 
 New Zealand36
 
13 May – London
 
 South Africa0
 
 South Africa17
 
13 May – London
 
 England19
 
 Fiji21
 
13 May – London
 
 England14
 
 England12
 
13 May – London
 
 Australia14
 
 Australia7
 
13 May – London
 
 Argentina12
 
 Australia17
 
13 May – London
 
 Spain12
 
 Samoa22
 
 
 Spain7
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May – London
 
 
 New Zealand36
 
13 May – London
 
 South Africa0
 
 New Zealand7
 
13 May – London
 
 Fiji31
 
 Fiji21
 
13 May – London
 
 England14
 
 Fiji38
 
13 May – London
 
 Samoa15
 
 Australia7
 
13 May – London
 
 Argentina12
 
 Argentina19
 
13 May – London
 
 Samoa21 Third place
 
 Samoa22
 
13 May – London
 
 Spain7
 
 New Zealand40
 
 
 Argentina0
 

References

  1. ^ "Marriott London Sevens". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ^ "IRB confirms pool draw for London Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-05-06. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

London Sevens
2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series
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