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The 2012 USA Sevens was the ninth edition of the tournament and the fifth tournament of the 2011-12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Sam Boyd Stadium.

Samoa won the title by defeating New Zealand 26–19 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[]

16 teams participated:[2]

Pool stage[]

The draw was made on February 4.[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 85 15 +70 9
Flag of Samoa Samoa 3 2 0 1 57 27 +30 7
Flag of Australia Australia 3 1 0 2 30 57 −27 5
Flag of Japan Japan 3 0 0 3 12 85 −73 3
10 February 2012
18:12
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 31 – 5 Flag of Australia Australia Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
18:34
Samoa Flag of Samoa 33 – 0 Flag of Japan Japan Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
21:08
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 42 – 5 Flag of Japan Japan Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
21:30
Samoa Flag of Samoa 19 – 15 Flag of Australia Australia Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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11 February 2012
12:44
Australia Flag of Australia 10 – 7 Flag of Japan Japan Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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11 February 2012
14:12
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 12 – 5 Flag of Samoa Samoa Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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Pool B[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of Fiji Fiji 3 3 0 0 66 41 +25 9
Flag of Argentina Argentina 3 2 0 1 45 38 +7 7
Flag of Canada Canada 3 1 0 2 41 50 −9 5
Flag of United States United States 3 0 0 3 43 66 −23 3
10 February 2012
16:00
Fiji Flag of Fiji 14 – 12 Flag of Argentina Argentina Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
16:22
Canada Flag of Canada 19 – 12 Flag of United States United States Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
18:56
Fiji Flag of Fiji 33 – 19 Flag of United States United States Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
19:18
Canada Flag of Canada 12 – 19 Flag of Argentina Argentina Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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11 February 2012
13:06
Fiji Flag of Fiji 19 – 10 Flag of Canada Canada Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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11 February 2012
14:34
Argentina Flag of Argentina 14 – 12 Flag of United States United States Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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Pool C[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of South Africa South Africa 3 3 0 0 97 17 +80 9
Flag of Wales Wales 3 2 0 1 54 48 +6 7
Flag of France France 3 1 0 2 38 66 −28 5
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 3 0 0 3 26 84 −58 3
10 February 2012
16:44
France Flag of France 12 – 14 Flag of Wales Wales Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
17:06
South Africa Flag of South Africa 35 – 0 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
19:40
France Flag of France 21 – 19 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
20:02
South Africa Flag of South Africa 29 – 12 Flag of Wales Wales Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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11 February 2012
12:22
Wales Flag of Wales 28 – 7 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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11 February 2012
13:50
France Flag of France 5 – 33 Flag of South Africa South Africa Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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Pool D[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of Kenya Kenya 3 2 1 0 62 21 +41 7
Flag of England England 3 2 1 0 48 19 +29 7
Flag of Scotland Scotland 3 1 0 2 54 34 +20 5
Flag of Brazil Brazil 3 0 0 3 10 100 −90 3
10 February 2012
17:28
Kenya Flag of Kenya 17 – 14 Flag of Scotland Scotland Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
17:50
England Flag of England 29 – 5 Flag of Brazil Brazil Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
20:24
Kenya Flag of Kenya 38 – 0 Flag of Brazil Brazil Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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10 February 2012
20:46
England Flag of England 12 – 7 Flag of Scotland Scotland Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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11 February 2012
12:00
Scotland Flag of Scotland 33 – 5 Flag of Brazil Brazil Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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11 February 2012
13:28
Kenya Flag of Kenya 7 – 7 Flag of England England Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
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Knockout stage[]

Shield[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
11 February – Las Vegas        
 Flag of Australia Australia  50
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of Brazil Brazil  0  
 Flag of Brazil Brazil  7
11 February – Las Vegas
     Flag of France France  33  
 Flag of France France  5
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of United States United States  21  
 Flag of France France  22
11 February – Las Vegas    
   Flag of Scotland Scotland  7
 Flag of Scotland Scotland  14
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of Japan Japan  15  
 Flag of Scotland Scotland  40
11 February – Las Vegas
     Flag of Uruguay Uruguay  12  
 Flag of Canada Canada  29
 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay  0  
 

Bowl[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
11 February – Las Vegas        
 Flag of Australia Australia  50
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of Brazil Brazil  0  
 Flag of Australia Australia  19
11 February – Las Vegas
     Flag of United States United States  14  
 Flag of France France  5
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of United States United States  21  
 Flag of Australia Australia  17
11 February – Las Vegas    
   Flag of Canada Canada  19
 Flag of Scotland Scotland  14
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of Japan Japan  15  
 Flag of Japan Japan  5
11 February – Las Vegas
     Flag of Canada Canada  21  
 Flag of Canada Canada  29
 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay  0  
 

Plate[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
11 February – Las Vegas        
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  12
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of England England  7  
 Flag of England England  19
11 February – Las Vegas
     Flag of Argentina Argentina  21  
 Flag of South Africa South Africa  24
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of Argentina Argentina  5  
 Flag of Argentina Argentina  7
11 February – Las Vegas    
   Flag of Kenya Kenya  21
 Flag of Kenya Kenya  14
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of Samoa Samoa  19  
 Flag of Kenya Kenya  22
11 February – Las Vegas
     Flag of Wales Wales  14  
 Flag of Fiji Fiji  12
 Flag of Wales Wales  5  
 

Cup[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
11 February – Las Vegas        
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  12
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of England England  7  
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  20
11 February – Las Vegas
   Flag of South Africa South Africa  7  
 Flag of South Africa South Africa  24
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of Argentina Argentina  5  
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  19
11 February – Las Vegas
   Flag of Samoa Samoa  26
 Flag of Kenya Kenya  14
12 February – Las Vegas
 Flag of Samoa Samoa  19  
 Flag of Samoa Samoa  14 Third place
11 February – Las Vegas
   Flag of Fiji Fiji  12  
 Flag of Fiji Fiji  12  Flag of Fiji Fiji  21
 Flag of Wales Wales  5    Flag of South Africa South Africa  15
12 February – Las Vegas

Television[]

The 2012 USA Sevens earned strong ratings on TV in the US, with higher ratings than several basketball and hockey games on TV that weekend. The TV ratings for selected sports events on network and cable TV that weekend are below:[4]

  • 0.7 USA Sevens Rugby
  • 0.4 NHL: Detroit v. Philadelphia
  • 0.3 NCAA: Alabama v. LSU
  • 0.1 NCAA: Wichita v. Creighton
  • 0.1 NCAA: Xavier v. Temple
  • 0.1 NCAA: Utah St. v. New Mexico St.
  • 0.1 NCAA: Ark - Little Rock v. Middle Tenn. St.

References[]

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  4. Sports Media Watch, Weekly Sports TV Ratings, Feb 22, 2012, http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012/02/weekly-sports-tv-ratings-february-11-february-17/

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