The 2012 Japan Sevens was the first edition of the tournament since 2001 and the seventh tournament of the 2011-12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.
Australia won the title by defeating Samoa 28–26 in the final.[1]
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 six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition, the Plate competition was contested by the losing quarterfinalists from the Cup. The Bowl was contested by the four remaining second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers while the Shield was contested by the remaining eight entrants.
Teams[]
The following teams participated:[2]
Pool stage[]
The draw was made on March 25.[3]
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Pool A[]
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 9 |
Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 7 |
France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 5 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 65 | −48 | 3 |
31 March 2012 12:12 |
Fiji | 17 – 0 | France | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 12:34 |
England | 15 – 5 | Japan | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 15:47 |
Fiji | 26 – 7 | Japan | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 16:09 |
England | 19 – 7 | France | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 17:41 |
France | 24 – 5 | Japan | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 19:09 |
Fiji | 7 – 14 | England | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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Pool B[]
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 15 | +73 | 9 |
Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 7 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 5 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 3 |
31 March 2012 10:00 |
New Zealand | 26 – 5 | United States | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 10:22 |
Australia | 17 – 14 | Hong Kong | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 13:35 |
New Zealand | 40 – 0 | Hong Kong | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 13:57 |
Australia | 15 – 0 | United States | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 16:35 |
United States | 21 – 19 | Hong Kong | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 18:03 |
New Zealand | 22 – 10 | Australia | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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Pool C[]
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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Wales | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12 | +37 | 9 |
Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 7 |
Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 5 |
Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 63 | −39 | 3 |
31 March 2012 10:44 |
Argentina | 15 – 7 | Kenya | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 11:06 |
Wales | 10 – 7 | Russia | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 14:19 |
Argentina | 22 – 0 | Russia | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 14:41 |
Wales | 22 – 0 | Kenya | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 16:57 |
Kenya | 17 – 26 | Russia | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 18:25 |
Argentina | 5 – 17 | Wales | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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Pool D[]
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 9 |
South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 7 |
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 5 |
Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 43 | −29 | 3 |
31 March 2012 11:28 |
South Africa | 14 – 0 | Scotland | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 11:50 |
Samoa | 21 – 20 | Portugal | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 15:03 |
South Africa | 12 – 7 | Portugal | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 15:25 |
Samoa | 14 – 7 | Scotland | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 17:19 |
Scotland | 7 – 15 | Portugal | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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31 March 2012 18:47 |
South Africa | 7 – 38 | Samoa | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |
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Knockout stage[]
Shield[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 April – Tokyo | ||||||||||
France | 22 | |||||||||
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Scotland | 19 | |||||||||
Scotland | 21 | |||||||||
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Russia | 19 | |||||||||
Russia | 12 | |||||||||
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Hong Kong | 17 | |||||||||
Scotland | 26 | |||||||||
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Kenya | 12 | |||||||||
Portugal | 21 | |||||||||
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Japan | 5 | |||||||||
Japan | 17 | |||||||||
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Kenya | 24 | |||||||||
United States | 12 | |||||||||
Kenya | 7 | |||||||||
Bowl[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 April – Tokyo | ||||||||||
France | 22 | |||||||||
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Scotland | 19 | |||||||||
France | 26 | |||||||||
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Hong Kong | 15 | |||||||||
Russia | 12 | |||||||||
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Hong Kong | 17 | |||||||||
France | 17 | |||||||||
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United States | 12 | |||||||||
Portugal | 21 | |||||||||
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Japan | 5 | |||||||||
Portugal | 10 | |||||||||
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United States | 20 | |||||||||
United States | 12 | |||||||||
Kenya | 7 | |||||||||
Plate[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 April – Tokyo | ||||||||||
England | 21 | |||||||||
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South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
South Africa | 22 | |||||||||
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Wales | 10 | |||||||||
Wales | 14 | |||||||||
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Australia | 21 | |||||||||
South Africa | 10 | |||||||||
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Fiji | 14 | |||||||||
Samoa | 24 | |||||||||
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Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
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Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 40 | |||||||||
Argentina | 5 | |||||||||
Cup[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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England | 21 | |||||||||
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South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
England | 12 | |||||||||
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Australia | 33 | |||||||||
Wales | 14 | |||||||||
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Australia | 21 | |||||||||
Australia | 28 | |||||||||
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Samoa | 26 | |||||||||
Samoa | 24 | |||||||||
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Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
Samoa | 17 | Third place | ||||||||
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New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 40 | England | 17 | |||||||
Argentina | 5 | New Zealand | 24 | |||||||
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