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 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

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
17:09
New Zealand  38–0  Niue
Report[usurped]
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
25 November 2011
21:14
New Zealand  28–5  Fiji
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
13:19
England  24–5  Scotland
Report[usurped]
Robina Stadium, Robina
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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[4]

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
 
 
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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