2013 Japan Sevens
In-game article clicks load inline without leaving the challenge.
The 2013 Japan Sevens was the second edition of the tournament and the seventh tournament of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.
South Africa won the title by defeating New Zealand 24–19 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 participating teams are:
| Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Japan Kenya | New Zealand Portugal Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain United States Wales |
Pool stage
The draw was made on 24 March 2013.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal |
Pool A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 24 | +56 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 7 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 73 | −44 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 63 | −42 | 3 |
| 30 March 2013 10:44 |
| Fiji | 29 – 12 | South Africa |
| 30 March 2013 11:06 |
| 30 March 2013 14:51 |
| 30 March 2013 15:13 |
| Portugal | 0 – 12 | South Africa |
| 30 March 2013 17:57 |
| South Africa | 42 – 7 | Spain |
| 30 March 2013 18:19 |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 8 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 6 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 5 |
| 30 March 2013 11:28 |
| Wales | 22 – 24 | United States |
| 30 March 2013 11:50 |
| 30 March 2013 15:35 |
| 30 March 2013 15:57 |
| Kenya | 21 – 10 | United States |
| 30 March 2013 18:41 |
| United States | 12 – 12 | Scotland |
| 30 March 2013 19:03 |
Pool C
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 24 | +65 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 75 | −49 | 5 |
| 30 March 2013 12:12 |
| New Zealand | 26 – 7 | France |
| 30 March 2013 12:34 |
| 30 March 2013 16:19 |
| New Zealand | 41 – 5 | Japan |
| 30 March 2013 16:41 |
| 30 March 2013 19:25 |
| 30 March 2013 19:47 |
| New Zealand | 22 – 12 | Canada |
Pool D
| 30 March 2013 10:00 |
| 30 March 2013 10:20 |
| 30 March 2013 14:07 |
| 30 March 2013 14:29 |
| 30 March 2013 17:13 |
| 30 March 2013 17:35 |
Knockout stage
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 31 March – 09:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 11:56 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 09:22 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 38 | |||||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 14:52 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| Canada | 27 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 09:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||||||
| England | 40 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 12:18 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 15 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 10:06 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||||||
| Wales | 22 | |||||||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 31 March – 09:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 12:40 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 09:22 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 10 | |||||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 15:17 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 09:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| England | 38 | |||||||||
| England | 40 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 13:02 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| England | 21 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 10:06 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 19 | |||||||||
| Wales | 22 | |||||||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 31 March – 10:28 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 12 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 13:24 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 21 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 19 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 10:50 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 21 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 15:42 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| United States | 17 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 11:12 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 0 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 13:46 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 19 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 17 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 11:34 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 21 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 10 | |||||||||
| France | 14 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 31 March – 10:28 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 12 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 14:08 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 21 | |||||||||
| Australia | 17 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 10:50 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 35 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 16:33 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 11:12 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 24 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 14:30 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 19 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 11:34 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 12 | Third place | ||||||||
| Scotland | 10 | |||||||||
| 31 March – 16:07 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 14 | |||||||||
| Australia | 31 | |||||||||
| France | 7 | |||||||||