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 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 5.111 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 33009210+829
 Fiji 32016935+347
 Kenya 31023159−285
 Niue 3003795−883
25 November 2011
14:03
New Zealand  26–5  Kenya
Report
25 November 2011
14:25
Fiji  38–0  Niue
Report
25 November 2011
17:09
New Zealand  38–0  Niue
Report
25 November 2011
17:31
Fiji  26–7  Kenya
Report
25 November 2011
19:36
Kenya  19–7  Niue
Report
25 November 2011
21:14
New Zealand  28–5  Fiji
Report

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 33006926+439
 Australia 32016228+347
 United States 31024039+15
 Japan 3003785−783
25 November 2011
14:47
South Africa  17–12  United States
Report
25 November 2011
15:09
Australia  33–0  Japan
Report
25 November 2011
17:53
South Africa  31–7  Japan
Report
25 November 2011
18:15
Australia  22–7  United States
Report
25 November 2011
19:58
United States  21–0  Japan
Report
25 November 2011
21:36
South Africa  21–7  Australia
Report

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 33009114+779
 France 32017843+357
 Argentina 31024760−135
 Papua New Guinea 30035104−993
25 November 2011
12:35
Samoa  24–14  France
Report
25 November 2011
12:57
Argentina  33–0  Papua New Guinea
Report
25 November 2011
15:41
Samoa  38–0  Papua New Guinea
Report
25 November 2011
16:03
Argentina  14–31  France
Report
25 November 2011
18:52
France  33–5  Papua New Guinea
Report
25 November 2011
20:30
Samoa  29–0  Argentina
Report

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Wales 33005926+339
 England 32015026+247
 Scotland 31023150−195
 Tonga 30031957−383
25 November 2011
13:19
England  24–5  Scotland
Report
25 November 2011
13:41
Wales  24–7  Tonga
Report
25 November 2011
16:25
England  19–0  Tonga
Report
25 November 2011
16:47
Wales  14–12  Scotland
Report
25 November 2011
19:14
Scotland  14–12  Tonga
Report
25 November 2011
20:52
England  7–21  Wales
Report

Knockout stage

[4]

Shield

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

  1. "Superb Fiji storm to Gold Coast Sevens title". irbsevens.com. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. "Teams announced for Gold Coast kick-off". irbsevens.com. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  3. "Pools drawn for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  4. Results of the knockout stage Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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