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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.[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 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.[2]

Pool stage[]

The draw was made on May 6.[3]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 3 3 0 0 88 17 +71 9
Flag of Argentina Argentina 3 2 0 1 48 41 +7 7
Flag of Russia Russia 3 1 0 2 42 92 −50 5
Flag of Kenya Kenya 3 0 0 3 31 59 −28 3
12 May 2012
11:58
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 49 – 7 Flag of Russia Russia Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
12:20
Argentina Flag of Argentina 14 – 12 Flag of Kenya Kenya Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
15:04
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 24 – 0 Flag of Kenya Kenya Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
15:26
Argentina Flag of Argentina 24 – 14 Flag of Russia Russia Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
17:28
Russia Flag of Russia 21 – 19 Flag of Kenya Kenya Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
19:06
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 15 – 10 Flag of Argentina Argentina Twickenham Stadium, London
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Pool B[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of Samoa Samoa 3 3 0 0 71 43 +28 9
Flag of England England 3 2 0 1 50 19 +31 7
Flag of France France 3 1 0 2 38 69 −31 5
Flag of United States United States 3 0 0 3 37 65 −28 3
12 May 2012
12:42
England Flag of England 28 – 0 Flag of France France Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
13:04
Samoa Flag of Samoa 31 – 17 Flag of United States United States Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
16:00
England Flag of England 15 – 5 Flag of United States United States Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
16:22
Samoa Flag of Samoa 26 – 19 Flag of France France Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
17:50
France Flag of France 19 – 15 Flag of United States United States Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
19:28
England Flag of England 7 – 14 Flag of Samoa Samoa Twickenham Stadium, London
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Pool C[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of Fiji Fiji 3 3 0 0 91 12 +79 9
Flag of Spain Spain 3 2 0 1 65 26 +39 7
Flag of Wales Wales 3 1 0 2 33 77 −44 5
Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 12 86 −74 3
12 May 2012
10:30
Fiji Flag of Fiji 19 – 5 Flag of Spain Spain Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
10:52
Wales Flag of Wales 19 – 12 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
13:36
Fiji Flag of Fiji 29 – 0 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
13:58
Wales Flag of Wales 7 – 22 Flag of Spain Spain Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
16:44
Spain Flag of Spain 38 – 0 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
18:22
Fiji Flag of Fiji 43 – 7 Flag of Wales Wales Twickenham Stadium, London
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Pool D[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of Australia Australia 3 3 0 0 72 34 +38 9
Flag of South Africa South Africa 3 2 0 1 78 24 +54 7
Flag of Scotland Scotland 3 1 0 2 43 59 −16 5
Flag of Portugal Portugal 3 0 0 3 17 93 −76 3
12 May 2012
11:14
Australia Flag of Australia 27 – 12 Flag of Scotland Scotland Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
11:36
South Africa Flag of South Africa 41 – 0 Flag of Portugal Portugal Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
14:20
Australia Flag of Australia 26 – 5 Flag of Portugal Portugal Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
14:42
South Africa Flag of South Africa 20 – 5 Flag of Scotland Scotland Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
17:06
Scotland Flag of Scotland 26 – 12 Flag of Portugal Portugal Twickenham Stadium, London
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12 May 2012
18:44
Australia Flag of Australia 19 – 17 Flag of South Africa South Africa Twickenham Stadium, London
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Knockout stage[]

Shield[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
13 May – London        
 Flag of Russia Russia  17
13 May – London
 Flag of Portugal Portugal  24  
 Flag of Russia Russia  12
13 May – London
     Flag of United States United States  38  
 Flag of Wales Wales  28
13 May – London
 Flag of United States United States  19  
 Flag of United States United States  12
13 May – London    
   Flag of France France  19
 Flag of Scotland Scotland  21
13 May – London
 Flag of Kenya Kenya  5  
 Flag of Kenya Kenya  14
13 May – London
     Flag of France France  17  
 Flag of France France  17
 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe  19  
 

Bowl[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
13 May – London        
 Flag of Russia Russia  17
13 May – London
 Flag of Portugal Portugal  24  
 Flag of Portugal Portugal  26
13 May – London
     Flag of Wales Wales  28  
 Flag of Wales Wales  28
13 May – London
 Flag of United States United States  19  
 Flag of Wales Wales  27
13 May – London    
   Flag of Scotland Scotland  5
 Flag of Scotland Scotland  21
13 May – London
 Flag of Kenya Kenya  5  
 Flag of Scotland Scotland  31
13 May – London
     Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe  19  
 Flag of France France  17
 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe  19  
 

Plate[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
13 May – London        
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  36
13 May – London
 Flag of South Africa South Africa  0  
 Flag of South Africa South Africa  17
13 May – London
     Flag of England England  19  
 Flag of Fiji Fiji  21
13 May – London
 Flag of England England  14  
 Flag of England England  12
13 May – London    
   Flag of Australia Australia  14
 Flag of Australia Australia  7
13 May – London
 Flag of Argentina Argentina  12  
 Flag of Australia Australia  17
13 May – London
     Flag of Spain Spain  12  
 Flag of Samoa Samoa  22
 Flag of Spain Spain  7  
 

Cup[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
13 May – London        
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  36
13 May – London
 Flag of South Africa South Africa  0  
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  7
13 May – London
   Flag of Fiji Fiji  31  
 Flag of Fiji Fiji  21
13 May – London
 Flag of England England  14  
 Flag of Fiji Fiji  38
13 May – London
   Flag of Samoa Samoa  15
 Flag of Australia Australia  7
13 May – London
 Flag of Argentina Argentina  12  
 Flag of Argentina Argentina  19 Third place
13 May – London
   Flag of Samoa Samoa  21  
 Flag of Samoa Samoa  22  Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  40
 Flag of Spain Spain  7    Flag of Argentina Argentina  0
13 May – London

References[]

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  2. Marriott London Sevens
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External links[]

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