2012 London Sevens
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The 2012 London Sevens was the sixth edition of the tournament and the ninth tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Twickenham Stadium.
Fiji won the title by defeating Samoa 38–15 in the final.
Format
The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.
Teams
The following teams participated.
| Argentina Australia England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Portugal | Russia Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain United States Wales Zimbabwe |
Pool stage
The draw was made on 6 May.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal |
Pool A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 17 | +71 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 92 | −50 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 3 |
| 12 May 2012 11:58 |
| New Zealand | 49 – 7 | Russia |
| 12 May 2012 12:20 |
| 12 May 2012 15:04 |
| New Zealand | 24 – 0 | Kenya |
| 12 May 2012 15:26 |
| 12 May 2012 17:28 |
| 12 May 2012 19:06 |
| New Zealand | 15 – 10 | Argentina |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 43 | +28 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 3 |
| 12 May 2012 12:42 |
| 12 May 2012 13:04 |
| Samoa | 31 – 17 | United States |
| 12 May 2012 16:00 |
| England | 15 – 5 | United States |
| 12 May 2012 16:22 |
| 12 May 2012 17:50 |
| France | 19 – 15 | United States |
| 12 May 2012 19:28 |
Pool C
| 12 May 2012 10:30 |
| 12 May 2012 10:52 |
| 12 May 2012 13:36 |
| 12 May 2012 13:58 |
| 12 May 2012 16:44 |
| 12 May 2012 18:22 |
Pool D
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 34 | +38 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 24 | +54 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 93 | −76 | 3 |
| 12 May 2012 11:14 |
| 12 May 2012 11:36 |
| South Africa | 41 – 0 | Portugal |
| 12 May 2012 14:20 |
| 12 May 2012 14:42 |
| South Africa | 20 – 5 | Scotland |
| 12 May 2012 17:06 |
| 12 May 2012 18:44 |
| Australia | 19 – 17 | South Africa |
Knockout stage
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 May – London | ||||||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||||||
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| Portugal | 24 | |||||||||
| Russia | 12 | |||||||||
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| United States | 38 | |||||||||
| Wales | 28 | |||||||||
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| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
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| France | 19 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 21 | |||||||||
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| Kenya | 5 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 14 | |||||||||
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| France | 17 | |||||||||
| France | 17 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 19 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 May – London | ||||||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||||||
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| Portugal | 24 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 26 | |||||||||
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| Wales | 28 | |||||||||
| Wales | 28 | |||||||||
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| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| Wales | 27 | |||||||||
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| Scotland | 5 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 21 | |||||||||
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| Kenya | 5 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 31 | |||||||||
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| Zimbabwe | 19 | |||||||||
| France | 17 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 19 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 May – London | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 36 | |||||||||
| 13 May – London | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
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| England | 19 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
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| England | 14 | |||||||||
| England | 12 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 14 | |||||||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||||||
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| Argentina | 12 | |||||||||
| Australia | 17 | |||||||||
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| Spain | 12 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 22 | |||||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 May – London | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 36 | |||||||||
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| South Africa | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 7 | |||||||||
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| Fiji | 31 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
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| England | 14 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 38 | |||||||||
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| Samoa | 15 | |||||||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||||||
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| Argentina | 12 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 19 | |||||||||
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| Samoa | 21 | Third place | ||||||||
| Samoa | 22 | |||||||||
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| Spain | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 40 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||