2012 USA Sevens
Host nationUnited States United States
Date10–12 February 2012
Cup
Champion Samoa
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Fiji
Plate
Winner Kenya
Runner-up Argentina
Bowl
Winner Canada
Runner-up Australia
Shield
Winner France
Runner-up Scotland
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored229 (average 5.09 per match)
Most pointsNew Zealand Junior Tomasi Cama
(44 points)
Most triesSouth Africa Cecil Afrika
(7 tries)
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The 2012 USA Sevens was the ninth edition of the USA Sevens tournament and the fifth tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Sam Boyd Stadium.

Samoa won the title by defeating New Zealand 26–19 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

16 teams participated:[2]

Pool stage

The draw was made on February 4.[3]

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 85 15 +70 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 57 27 +30 7
 Australia 3 1 0 2 30 57 −27 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 12 85 −73 3
10 February 2012
18:12
New Zealand 31 – 5 Australia
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
18:34
Samoa 33 – 0 Japan
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
21:08
New Zealand 42 – 5 Japan
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
21:30
Samoa 19 – 15 Australia
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
12:44
Australia 10 – 7 Japan
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
14:12
New Zealand 12 – 5 Samoa
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 66 41 +25 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 45 38 +7 7
 Canada 3 1 0 2 41 50 −9 5
 United States 3 0 0 3 43 66 −23 3
10 February 2012
16:00
Fiji 14 – 12 Argentina
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
16:22
Canada 19 – 12 United States
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
18:56
Fiji 33 – 19 United States
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
19:18
Canada 12 – 19 Argentina
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
13:06
Fiji 19 – 10 Canada
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
14:34
Argentina 14 – 12 United States
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 97 17 +80 9
 Wales 3 2 0 1 54 48 +6 7
 France 3 1 0 2 38 66 −28 5
 Uruguay 3 0 0 3 26 84 −58 3
10 February 2012
16:44
France 12 – 14 Wales
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
17:06
South Africa 35 – 0 Uruguay
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
19:40
France 21 – 19 Uruguay
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
20:02
South Africa 29 – 12 Wales
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
12:22
Wales 28 – 7 Uruguay
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
13:50
France 5 – 33 South Africa
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Kenya 3 2 1 0 62 21 +41 7
 England 3 2 1 0 48 19 +29 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 54 34 +20 5
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 10 100 −90 3
10 February 2012
17:28
Kenya 17 – 14 Scotland
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
17:50
England 29 – 5 Brazil
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
20:24
Kenya 38 – 0 Brazil
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
20:46
England 12 – 7 Scotland
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
12:00
Scotland 33 – 5 Brazil
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
13:28
Kenya 7 – 7 England
Report[usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Knockout stage

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Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
 Australia50
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Brazil0
 
 Brazil7
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 France33
 
 France5
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 United States21
 
 France22
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Scotland7
 
 Scotland14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Japan15
 
 Scotland40
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Uruguay12
 
 Canada29
 
 
 Uruguay0
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
 Australia50
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Brazil0
 
 Australia19
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 United States14
 
 France5
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 United States21
 
 Australia17
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Canada19
 
 Scotland14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Japan15
 
 Japan5
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Canada21
 
 Canada29
 
 
 Uruguay0
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
 New Zealand12
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 England7
 
 England19
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Argentina21
 
 South Africa24
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Argentina5
 
 Argentina7
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Kenya21
 
 Kenya14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Samoa19
 
 Kenya22
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Wales14
 
 Fiji12
 
 
 Wales5
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
 New Zealand12
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 England7
 
 New Zealand20
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 South Africa7
 
 South Africa24
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Argentina5
 
 New Zealand19
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Samoa26
 
 Kenya14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Samoa19
 
 Samoa14
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Fiji12 Third place
 
 Fiji12
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Wales5
 
 Fiji21
 
 
 South Africa15
 

Television

The 2012 USA Sevens earned strong ratings on TV in the US, with higher ratings than several basketball and hockey games on TV that weekend. The TV ratings for selected sports events on network and cable TV that weekend are below:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tears of pride as Samoa refind winning touch". irbsevens.com. 2012-02-13. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Brazil among teams to compete at USA Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2011-12-21. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Pools drawn for USA Sevens in Las Vegas". irbsevens.com. 2012-02-04. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Sports Media Watch, Weekly Sports TV Ratings, Feb 22, 2012, http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012/02/weekly-sports-tv-ratings-february-11-february-17/

External links

USA Sevens
2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series
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