2013 Gold Coast Sevens

The 2013 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2013-2014 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 12–13 October 2013 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. It was the eleventh edition of the Australian Sevens tournament and the first stop of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

2013 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XV
Host nation Australia
Date12–13 October 2013
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Third England
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up Kenya
Bowl
Winner France
Runner-up Canada
Shield
Winner United States
Runner-up Portugal
Tournament details
Matches played45
Top point scorer Tomasi Cama (47)
Top try scorer Tim Mikkelson (7)
← 2012
2014 →

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The participating teams and schedule were announced on 11 September 2013.[1][2] They are the same teams as the previous year.

Pool Stage
Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3300950+959
 Kenya 32016936+337
 United States 31021976-575
 Tonga 3003778-713
12 October 2013
10:30
New Zealand  38–0  United States
Report[3]
12 October 2013
10:52
Kenya  38–0  Tonga
Report[4]
12 October 2013
13:36
New Zealand  26–0  Tonga
Report[5]
12 October 2013
13:58
Kenya  31–5  United States
Report[6]
12 October 2013
17:02
United States  14–7  Tonga
Report[7]
12 October 2013
18:40
New Zealand  31–0  Kenya
Report[8]

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33008926+639
 England 32019441+537
 France 31024574-295
 Spain 300333120-873
12 October 2012
11:14
South Africa  29–5  France
Report[9]
12 October 2012
11:36
England  54–7  Spain
Report[10]
12 October 2012
14:20
South Africa  38–7  Spain
Report[11]
12 October 2012
14:42
England  26–12  France
Report[12]
12 October 2012
17:24
France  28–19  Spain
Report[13]
12 October 2012
19:02
South Africa  22–14  England
Report[14]

Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 32017732+457
 Wales 32016952+177
 Canada 32015351+27
 Portugal 30033195-643
12 October 2013
11:58
Fiji  20–10  Canada
Report[15]
12 October 2013
12:20
Wales  33–14  Portugal
Report[16]
12 October 2013
15:14
Fiji  38–0  Portugal
Report[17]
12 October 2013
15:36
Wales  14–19  Canada
Report[18]
12 October 2013
17:46
Canada  24–17  Portugal
Report[19]
12 October 2013
19:24
Fiji  19–22  Wales
Report[20]

Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 32105528+278
 Samoa 32014531+147
 Argentina 31023567-325
 Scotland 30125261-94
12 October 2013
12:42
Samoa  26–7  Argentina
Report[21]
12 October 2013
13:04
Australia  21–21  Scotland
Report[22]
12 October 2013
15:58
Samoa  19–12  Scotland
Report[23]
12 October 2013
16:20
Australia  22–7  Argentina
Report[24]
12 October 2013
18:08
Argentina  21–19  Scotland
Report[25]
12 October 2013
19:46
Samoa  0–12  Australia
Report[26]

Knockout stage

Shield
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 October 2013 – 10:30 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
 United States10
 
13 October 2013 – 13:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Scotland19
 
 United States26
 
13 October 2013 – 10:52 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Spain7
 
 Canada29
 
13 October 2013 – 17:02 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Spain5
 
 United States22
 
13 October 2013 – 11:14 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Portugal0
 
 Argentina17
 
13 October 2013 – 13:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Tonga12
 
 Tonga7
 
13 October 2013 – 11:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Portugal40
 
 France26
 
 
 Portugal14
 

Bowl
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 October 2013 – 10:30 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
 United States10
 
13 October 2013 – 14:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Scotland19
 
 Scotland14
 
13 October 2013 – 10:52 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Canada19
 
 Canada29
 
13 October 2013 – 17:32 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Spain5
 
 Canada14
 
13 October 2013 – 11:14 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 France19
 
 Argentina17
 
13 October 2013 – 14:42 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Tonga12
 
 Argentina12
 
13 October 2013 – 11:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 France17
 
 France26
 
 
 Portugal14
 

Plate
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 October 2013 – 11:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
 New Zealand40
 
13 October 2013 – 15:14 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Samoa0
 
 Samoa26
 
13 October 2013 – 12:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Fiji31
 
 Fiji12
 
13 October 2013 – 18:02 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 England26
 
 Fiji36
 
13 October 2013 – 12:42 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Kenya0
 
 Australia24
 
13 October 2013 – 15:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Kenya12
 
 Kenya12
 
13 October 2013 – 13:04 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Wales7
 
 South Africa28
 
 
 Wales21
 

Cup
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 October 2013 – 11:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
 New Zealand40
 
13 October 2013 – 15:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Samoa0
 
 New Zealand14
 
13 October 2013 – 12:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 England5
 
 Fiji12
 
13 October 2013 – 19:04 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 England26
 
 New Zealand40
 
13 October 2013 – 12:42 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Australia19
 
 Australia24
 
13 October 2013 – 16:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Kenya12
 
 Australia24
 
13 October 2013 – 13:04 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 South Africa19 Third place
 
 South Africa28
 
13 October 2013 – 18:32 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Wales21
 
 England47
 
 
 South Africa0
 

Player statistics

Points scored
Points scored[27]
Pos. Player Points
1 Tomasi Cama (NZL)46
2 Ilai Tinai (FIJ)43
3 Justin Geduld (RSA)42
4 Tom Mitchell (ENG)37
5 Tim Mikkelson (NZL)35
6 Paul Albaladejo (FRA)30
 Joe Webber (NZL)30
 Benito Masilevu (FIJ)30
 Carl Murray (POR)30
10 Folau Niua (USA)27

Tries scored
Tries scored[28]
Pos. Player Tries
1 Tim Mikkelson (NZL)7
2 Benito Masilevu (FIJ)6
 Carl Murray (POR)
 Joe Webber (NZL)
5 Dan Bibby (ENG)5
 Chris Knight (WAL)
 John Moonlight (CAN)
 Ilai Tinai (FIJ)

Dream Team

The 2013 Gold Coast Sevens 'Dream Team' as voted for by the fans.[29]

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