2011 Gold Coast Sevens

2011 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XIII
Host nationAustralia Australia
Date25–26 November 2011
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third South Africa
Plate
Winner Wales
Runner-up Samoa
Bowl
Winner Argentina
Runner-up Scotland
Shield
Winner Papua New Guinea
Runner-up Japan
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored230 (average 5.11 per match)
Most pointsNew Zealand Junior Tomasi Cama
(48 points)
Most triesSouth Africa Chris Dry
Argentina Manuel Montero
(7 tries)
2012

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.

Fiji won the tournament by defeating New Zealand in the Cup final 26–12.[1]

Format

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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

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The participating teams were announced on 8 September.[2]

Pool stage

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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

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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
25 November 2011
14:03
New Zealand 26–5 Kenya
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
14:25
Fiji 38–0 Niue
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
17:31
Fiji 26–7 Kenya
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
19:36
Kenya 19–7 Niue
Report[usurped]
Robina Stadium, Robina

Pool B

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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
25 November 2011
14:47
South Africa 17–12 United States
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
15:09
Australia 33–0 Japan
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
17:53
South Africa 31–7 Japan
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
18:15
Australia 22–7 United States
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
19:58
United States 21–0 Japan
Robina Stadium, Robina

Pool C

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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
25 November 2011
12:35
Samoa 24–14 France
Report[usurped]
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
12:57
Argentina 33–0 Papua New Guinea
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
15:41
Samoa 38–0 Papua New Guinea
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
16:03
Argentina 14–31 France
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
18:52
France 33–5 Papua New Guinea
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
20:30
Samoa 29–0 Argentina
Robina Stadium, Robina

Pool D

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Wales 3 3 0 0 59 26 +33 9
 England 3 2 0 1 50 26 +24 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 31 50 −19 5
 Tonga 3 0 0 3 19 57 −38 3
25 November 2011
13:41
Wales 24–7 Tonga
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
16:25
England 19–0 Tonga
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
16:47
Wales 14–12 Scotland
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
19:14
Scotland 14–12 Tonga
Report[usurped]
Robina Stadium, Robina
25 November 2011
20:52
England 7–21 Wales
Robina Stadium, Robina

Knockout stage

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Shield

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 November – Robina
 
 
 Kenya5
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Tonga7
 
 Kenya14
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Japan19
 
 Argentina28
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Japan12
 
 Japan19
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Papua New Guinea31
 
 Scotland36
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Niue0
 
 Niue0
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Papua New Guinea38
 
 United States24
 
 
 Papua New Guinea5
 

Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 November – Robina
 
 
 Kenya5
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Tonga7
 
 Tonga15
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Argentina24
 
 Argentina38
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Japan12
 
 Argentina17
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Scotland14
 
 Scotland36
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Niue0
 
 Scotland19
 
26 November – Robina
 
 United States5
 
 United States24
 
 
 Papua New Guinea5
 

Plate

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 November – Robina
 
 
 New Zealand24
 
26 November – Robina
 
 England14
 
 England14
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Samoa17
 
 Samoa12
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Australia14
 
 Samoa15
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Wales26
 
 Wales5
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Fiji33
 
 Wales14
 
26 November – Robina
 
 France12
 
 South Africa14
 
 
 France5
 

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 November – Robina
 
 
 New Zealand24
 
26 November – Robina
 
 England14
 
 New Zealand26
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Australia7
 
 Samoa12
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Australia14
 
 New Zealand12
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Fiji26
 
 Wales5
 
26 November – Robina
 
 Fiji33
 
 Fiji24
 
26 November – Robina
 
 South Africa7 Third place
 
 South Africa14
 
26 November – Robina
 
 France5
 
 Australia5
 
 
 South Africa17
 

References

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  1. ^ "Superb Fiji storm to Gold Coast Sevens title". irbsevens.com. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Teams announced for Gold Coast kick-off". irbsevens.com. 8 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Pools drawn for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Results of the knockout stage[usurped]
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