2012 London Sevens

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.

2012 London Sevens
Host nation 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 5.733 per match)
Top point scorer Tomasi Cama
(60 points)
Top try scorer Tom Iosefo
(8 tries)
2011
2013

Fiji won the title by defeating Samoa 38–15 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 following teams participated.[2]

Pool stage

The draw was made on May 6.[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 33008817+719
 Argentina 32014841+77
 Russia 31024292−505
 Kenya 30033159−283
12 May 2012
11:58
New Zealand  49 – 7  Russia
Report

12 May 2012
12:20
Argentina  14 – 12  Kenya
Report

12 May 2012
15:04
New Zealand  24 – 0  Kenya
Report

12 May 2012
15:26
Argentina  24 – 14  Russia
Report

12 May 2012
17:28
Russia  21 – 19  Kenya
Report

12 May 2012
19:06
New Zealand  15 – 10  Argentina
Report

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 33007143+289
 England 32015019+317
 France 31023869−315
 United States 30033765−283
12 May 2012
12:42
England  28 – 0  France
Report

12 May 2012
13:04
Samoa  31 – 17  United States
Report

12 May 2012
16:00
England  15 – 5  United States
Report

12 May 2012
16:22
Samoa  26 – 19  France
Report

12 May 2012
17:50
France  19 – 15  United States
Report

12 May 2012
19:28
England  7 – 14  Samoa
Report

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 33009112+799
 Spain 32016526+397
 Wales 31023377−445
 Zimbabwe 30031286−743
12 May 2012
10:30
Fiji  19 – 5  Spain
Report

12 May 2012
10:52
Wales  19 – 12  Zimbabwe
Report

12 May 2012
13:36
Fiji  29 – 0  Zimbabwe
Report

12 May 2012
13:58
Wales  7 – 22  Spain
Report

12 May 2012
16:44
Spain  38 – 0  Zimbabwe
Report

12 May 2012
18:22
Fiji  43 – 7  Wales
Report

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Australia 33007234+389
 South Africa 32017824+547
 Scotland 31024359−165
 Portugal 30031793−763
12 May 2012
11:14
Australia  27 – 12  Scotland
Report

12 May 2012
11:36
South Africa  41 – 0  Portugal
Report

12 May 2012
14:20
Australia  26 – 5  Portugal
Report

12 May 2012
14:42
South Africa  20 – 5  Scotland
Report

12 May 2012
17:06
Scotland  26 – 12  Portugal
Report

12 May 2012
18:44
Australia  19 – 17  South Africa
Report

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. "New Zealand revel in superb 10th Sevens title". irbsevens.com. 2012-05-13.
  2. "Marriott London Sevens". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  3. "IRB confirms pool draw for London Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-05-06.
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