The 2012 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament within 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. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and the first stop of the 2012-13 IRB Sevens World Series.
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 will play everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool will advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go 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 | |
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Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal |
Pool A[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 26 | 76 | 9 |
New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 59 | 9 | 7 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 87 | -44 | 5 |
United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 74 | -41 | 3 |
13 October 2012 11:58 |
New Zealand | 19 - 7 | United States | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 12:20 |
South Africa | 38 - 0 | Canada | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 15:14 |
New Zealand | 28 - 21 | Canada | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 15:36 |
South Africa | 33 - 5 | United States | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 17:46 |
United States | 21 - 22 | Canada | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 19:24 |
New Zealand | 21 - 31 | South Africa | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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Pool B[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 28 | 40 | 9 |
Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 25 | 34 | 7 |
Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 71 | -29 | 5 |
Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 77 | -58 | 3 |
13 October 2012 12:42 |
Fiji | 31 - 14 | Scotland | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 13:04 |
Australia | 31 - 14 | Tonga | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 15:58 |
Fiji | 35 - 7 | Tonga | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 16:20 |
Australia | 22 - 0 | Scotland | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 18:08 |
Scotland | 5 - 24 | Tonga | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 19:46 |
Fiji | 14 - 15 | Australia | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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Pool C[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 39 | 25 | 9 |
Kenya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 40 | 12 | 6 |
England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 6 |
Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 70 | -38 | 3 |
13 October 2012 10:30 |
England | 14 - 14 | Kenya | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 10:52 |
Samoa | 31 - 10 | Spain | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 13:36 |
England | 13 - 10 | Spain | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 13:58 |
Samoa | 14 - 12 | Kenya | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 17:02 |
Kenya | 26 - 12 | Spain | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 18:40 |
England | 17 - 19 | Samoa | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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Pool D[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 19 | 31 | 7 |
France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 7 |
Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 7 |
Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 57 | -40 | 3 |
13 October 2012 11:14 |
Argentina | 7 - 14 | France | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 11:36 |
Wales | 19 - 12 | Portugal | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 14:20 |
Argentina | 26 - 0 | Portugal | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 14:42 |
Wales | 19 - 17 | France | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 17:24 |
France | 12 - 5 | Portugal | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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13 October 2012 19:02 |
Argentina | 17 - 5 | Wales | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
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Knockout Stage[]
Cup[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
14th October - Skilled Park, Gold Coast | ||||||||||
South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
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France | 14 | |||||||||
South Africa | 10 | |||||||||
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Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
Samoa | 7 | |||||||||
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Fiji | 19 | |||||||||
Fiji | 32 | |||||||||
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New Zealand | 14 | |||||||||
Argentina | 7 | |||||||||
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New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 15 | Third place | ||||||||
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Kenya | 5 | 14th October - Skilled Park, Gold Coast | ||||||||
Australia | 14 | |||||||||
South Africa | 41 | |||||||||
Kenya | 21 | |||||||||
Kenya | 7 | |||||||||
Plate[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
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France | 14 | |||||||||
France | 21 | |||||||||
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Samoa | 7 | |||||||||
Samoa | 7 | |||||||||
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Fiji | 19 | |||||||||
France | 7 | |||||||||
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Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
Argentina | 7 | |||||||||
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New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
Argentina | 17 | |||||||||
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Australia | 14 | |||||||||
Australia | 14 | |||||||||
Kenya | 21 | |||||||||
Bowl[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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Canada | 31 | |||||||||
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Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
Canada | 19 | |||||||||
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England | 24 | |||||||||
England | 35 | |||||||||
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Scotland | 7 | |||||||||
England | 14 | |||||||||
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Spain | 19 | |||||||||
Wales | 27 | |||||||||
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United States | 19 | |||||||||
Wales | 17 | |||||||||
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Spain | 26 | |||||||||
Tonga | 7 | |||||||||
Spain | 24 | |||||||||
Shield[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
14th October - Skilled Park, Gold Coast | ||||||||||
Canada | 31 | |||||||||
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Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
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Scotland | 33 | |||||||||
England | 35 | |||||||||
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Scotland | 7 | |||||||||
Scotland | 40 | |||||||||
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United States | 5 | |||||||||
Wales | 27 | |||||||||
14th October - Skilled Park, Gold Coast | ||||||||||
United States | 19 | |||||||||
United States | 33 | |||||||||
14th October - Skilled Park, Gold Coast | ||||||||||
Tonga | 26 | |||||||||
Tonga | 7 | |||||||||
Spain | 24 | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ "Fiji successfully defend Gold Coast title". irbsevens.com. 2012–10–14. http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=9/news/newsid=2063898.html.
- ↑ "Pools and schedule set for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 17 September 2012. http://irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2063548.html#pools+schedule+gold+coast+sevens. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ↑ "HSBC Sevens World Series, Round 1, Australia". http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/06/35/47/2012goldcoast7sschedule.pdf. Retrieved 5 October 2012.