2011 Gold Coast Sevens
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.
| 2011 Gold Coast Sevens | |
|---|---|
| IRB Sevens XIII | |
| Host nation | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Date | 25–26 November 2011 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Fiji |
| Runner-up |  New Zealand |
| Third |  South Africa |
| Plate | |
| Winner | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 5.111 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Junior Tomasi Cama (48 points) |
| Top try scorer | Chris Dry Manuel Montero (7 tries) |
2012 → | |
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 | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 10 | +82 | 9 |
| Fiji |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 7 |
 Kenya |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 5 |
 Niue |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 95 | −88 | 3 |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 9 |
| Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 7 |
 United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 5 |
| Japan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 85 | −78 | 3 |
Pool C
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 14 | +77 | 9 |
 France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 7 |
| Argentina |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 104 | −99 | 3 |
Knockout stage
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 5 | |||||||||
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 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 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 5 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 7 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 15 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 24 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 38 | |||||||||
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| Japan | 12 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 17 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 14 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 36 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Niue | 0 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 19 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| United States | 5 | |||||||||
| United States | 24 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
 England | 14 | |||||||||
| England | 14 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 17 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 15 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Wales | 26 | |||||||||
| Wales | 5 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 33 | |||||||||
| Wales | 14 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| France | 12 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| England | 14 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 26 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
| Wales | 5 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 33 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 24 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | Third place | ||||||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||||||
| 26 November – Robina | ||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
References
- "Superb Fiji storm to Gold Coast Sevens title". irbsevens.com. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- "Teams announced for Gold Coast kick-off". irbsevens.com. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- "Pools drawn for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- Results of the knockout stage Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine