2012 Gold Coast Sevens

The 2012 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2012-2013 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 October 2012 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia, and was the tenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament.

2012 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XIV
Host nation Australia
Date13–14 October 2012
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third South Africa
Plate
Winner Argentina
Runner-up France
Bowl
Winner Spain
Runner-up England
Shield
Winner Scotland
Runner-up United States
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored245 (average 5.444 per match)
Top point scorer Joji Baleviani Raqamate
(59 points)
Top try scorer James Fleming
Cornal Hendricks
(8 tries)
2011
2013

Fiji defeated New Zealand 32–14 in the final to successfully defend their title.[1]

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 17 September 2012.[2][3]

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
 South Africa 330010226+769
 New Zealand 32016859+97
 Canada 31024387−445
 United States 30033374−413
13 October 2012
11:58
New Zealand  19 – 7  United States
Report

13 October 2012
12:20
South Africa  38 – 0  Canada
Report

13 October 2012
15:14
New Zealand  28 – 21  Canada
Report

13 October 2012
15:36
South Africa  33 – 5  United States
Report

13 October 2012
17:46
United States  21 – 22  Canada
Report

13 October 2012
19:24
New Zealand  21 – 31  South Africa
Report

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 330010226+769
 Fiji 32018036+447
 Tonga 31024571−265
 Scotland 30031977−583
13 October 2012
12:42
Fiji  31 – 14  Scotland
Report

13 October 2012
13:04
Australia  31 – 14  Tonga
Report

13 October 2012
15:58
Fiji  35 – 7  Tonga
Report

13 October 2012
16:20
Australia  22 – 0  Scotland
Report

13 October 2012
18:08
Scotland  5 – 24  Tonga
Report

13 October 2012
19:46
Fiji  14 – 15  Australia
Report

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 33006439+259
 Kenya 31115240+127
 England 31114443+17
 Spain 30033270−383
13 October 2012
10:30
England  14 – 14  Kenya
Report

13 October 2012
10:52
Samoa  31 – 10  Spain
Report

13 October 2012
13:36
England  13 – 10  Spain
Report

13 October 2012
13:58
Samoa  14 – 12  Kenya
Report

13 October 2012
17:02
Kenya  26 – 12  Spain
Report

13 October 2012
18:40
England  17 – 19  Samoa
Report

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 32015019+317
 France 32014331+127
 Wales 32014346−37
 Portugal 30031757−403
13 October 2012
11:14
Argentina  7 – 14  France
Report

13 October 2012
11:36
Wales  19 – 12  Portugal
Report

13 October 2012
14:20
Argentina  26 – 0  Portugal
Report

13 October 2012
14:42
Wales  19 – 17  France
Report

13 October 2012
17:24
France  12 – 5  Portugal
Report

13 October 2012
19:02
Argentina  17 – 5  Wales
Report

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
 Canada31
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Portugal0
 
 Portugal0
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Scotland33
 
 England35
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Scotland7
 
 Scotland40
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 United States5
 
 Wales27
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 United States19
 
 United States33
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Tonga26
 
 Tonga7
 
 
 Spain24
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
 Canada31
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Portugal0
 
 Canada19
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 England24
 
 England35
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Scotland7
 
 England14
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Spain19
 
 Wales27
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 United States19
 
 Wales17
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Spain26
 
 Tonga7
 
 
 Spain24
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
 South Africa26
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 France14
 
 France21
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Samoa7
 
 Samoa7
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Fiji19
 
 France7
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Argentina14
 
 Argentina7
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 New Zealand12
 
 Argentina17
 
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 Australia14
 
 Australia14
 
 
 Kenya21
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
 South Africa26
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 France14
 
 South Africa10
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Fiji21
 
 Samoa7
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Fiji19
 
 Fiji32
 
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 New Zealand14
 
 Argentina7
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 New Zealand12
 
 New Zealand15
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Kenya5 Third place
 
 Australia14
 
14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 Kenya21
 
 South Africa41
 
 
 Kenya7
 

References

  1. "Fiji successfully defend Gold Coast title". irbsevens.com. 14 October 2012.
  2. "Pools and schedule set for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 17 September 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. "HSBC Sevens World Series, Round 1, Australia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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