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The 2013 London Sevens was the seventh edition of the rugby union tournament and the final stage of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series and was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England.

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 the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.

From the end of the 2012/13 Series, promotion and relegation from core team status came into effect, with a pre-qualifying competition in Hong Kong and a final core team qualifier in London at the ninth and final round of the season.

The 2013 London Sevens, the final round of the Series, featured two distinct tournaments, and a total of 20 teams. In the first, the top 12-ranked sides in the HSBC Sevens World Series standings after round eight in Glasgow competed for the London title, and final World Series points towards their overall tally.

In the second, the 13th, 14th and 15th-ranked core teams after the Glasgow event competed against five pre-qualified regional teams from Hong Kong, for the three available core team places on the 2013-14 IRB Sevens World Series.

Teams[]

Main Draw[]

World Series qualifiers[]

Main Draw[]

The draw was made on 5 May 2013.[1]

Pool Stage[]

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 Australia Australia 3 2 0 1 54 32 +22 7
Flag of United States United States 3 2 0 1 53 48 +5 7
Flag of South Africa South Africa 3 2 0 1 34 33 +1 7
Flag of France France 3 0 0 3 43 71 −28 3
11 May 2013
09:30
United States Flag of United States 19 – 17 Flag of France France Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
09:52
South Africa Flag of South Africa 5 – 0 Flag of Australia Australia Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
13:40
South Africa Flag of South Africa 17 – 14 Flag of France France Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
14:02
United States Flag of United States 15 – 19 Flag of Australia Australia Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
16:02
South Africa Flag of South Africa 12 – 19 Flag of United States United States Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
16:24
Australia Flag of Australia 35 – 12 Flag of France France Twickenham Stadium, London
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Pool B[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 3 3 0 0 100 29 +71 9
Flag of Kenya Kenya 3 2 0 1 86 62 +24 7
Flag of Wales Wales 3 1 0 2 41 90 −49 5
Flag of Canada Canada 3 0 0 3 33 79 −46 3


11 May 2013
10:14
Wales Flag of Wales 19 – 31 Flag of Kenya Kenya Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
10:36
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 24 – 7 Flag of Canada Canada Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
14:24
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 31 – 17 Flag of Kenya Kenya Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
14:46
Wales Flag of Wales 17 – 14 Flag of Canada Canada Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
17:03
Canada Flag of Canada 12 – 38 Flag of Kenya Kenya Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
17:25
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 45 – 5 Flag of Wales Wales Twickenham Stadium, London
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Pool C[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of England England 3 2 0 1 78 33 +45 7
Flag of Fiji Fiji 3 2 0 1 57 34 +23 7
Flag of Argentina Argentina 3 2 0 1 36 48 −14 7
Flag of Samoa Samoa 3 0 0 3 21 77 −56 3
11 May 2013
10:58
Argentina Flag of Argentina 10 – 7 Flag of Samoa Samoa Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
11:20
England Flag of England 27 – 0 Flag of Fiji Fiji Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
15:18
England Flag of England 34 – 7 Flag of Samoa Samoa Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
15:40
Argentina Flag of Argentina 0 – 24 Flag of Fiji Fiji Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
17:47
Fiji Flag of Fiji 33 – 7 Flag of Samoa Samoa Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
18:09
England Flag of England 17 – 26 Flag of Argentina Argentina Twickenham Stadium, London
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Knockout stage[]

Bowl[]

  Semi-finals Final
12 May – 12:55 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of Wales Wales 21  
 Flag of Samoa Samoa 12  
 
12 May – 16:34 – Twickenham Stadium


     Flag of Wales Wales 19
   Flag of France France 7
12 May – 13:17 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of France France 28
 Flag of Canada Canada 14  

Plate[]

  Semi-finals Final
12 May – 14:23 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of Argentina Argentina 12  
 Flag of Fiji Fiji 26  
 
12 May – 16:59 – Twickenham Stadium


     Flag of Fiji Fiji 14
   Flag of United States United States 5
12 May – 14:45 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of United States United States 22
 Flag of South Africa South Africa 5  

Cup[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
12 May – 10:28 – Twickenham Stadium        
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  52
12 May – 15:22 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of Argentina Argentina  7  
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  7
12 May – 10:50 – Twickenham Stadium
   Flag of Kenya Kenya  0  
 Flag of Kenya Kenya  20
12 May – 18:14 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of Fiji Fiji  7  
 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand  47
12 May – 11:12 – Twickenham Stadium
   Flag of Australia Australia  12
 Flag of Australia Australia  24
12 May – 15:44 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of United States United States  19  
 Flag of Australia Australia  14 Third place
12 May – 11:34 – Twickenham Stadium
   Flag of England England  7  
 Flag of England England  19  Flag of Kenya Kenya  19
 Flag of South Africa South Africa  14    Flag of England England  26
12 May – 17:49 – Twickenham Stadium

World Series qualifiers[]

The draw was made on 5 May 2013.[2]

Pool Stage[]

Pool A[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of Scotland Scotland 3 2 0 1 69 34 +35 7
Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 3 2 0 1 45 42 +3 7
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 44 43 +1 7
Flag of Georgia Georgia 3 0 0 3 26 65 −39 3
11 May 2013
09:00
Zimbabwe Flag of Zimbabwe 12 – 7 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
09:22
Scotland Flag of Scotland 29 – 0 Flag of Georgia Georgia Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
12:12
Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 17 – 12 Flag of Georgia Georgia Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
12:34
Scotland Flag of Scotland 21 – 14 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
14:58
Zimbabwe Flag of Zimbabwe 19 – 14 Flag of Georgia Georgia Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
16:00
Scotland Flag of Scotland 19 – 20 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Twickenham Stadium, London
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Pool B[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of Portugal Portugal 3 3 0 0 45 22 +23 9
Flag of Spain Spain 3 1 0 2 41 40 +1 5
Flag of Russia Russia 3 1 0 2 43 52 −9 5
Flag of Tonga Tonga 3 1 0 2 33 48 −15 5
11 May 2013
09:44
Tonga Flag of Tonga 19 – 17 Flag of Spain Spain Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
10:06
Portugal Flag of Portugal 26 – 10 Flag of Russia Russia Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
12:56
Spain Flag of Spain 19 – 14 Flag of Russia Russia Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
13:18
Portugal Flag of Portugal 12 – 7 Flag of Tonga Tonga Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
15:20
Tonga Flag of Tonga 7 – 19 Flag of Russia Russia Twickenham Stadium, London
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11 May 2013
16:22
Portugal Flag of Portugal 7 – 5 Flag of Spain Spain Twickenham Stadium, London
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Knockout stage[]

The winners of the Semifinals, Spain and Scotland, earned core status for the 2013-14 IRB Sevens World Series. The losing teams, Portugal and Russia, advanced to the Qualifier Third Place playoff. Portugal won the Qualifier Third Place playoff and therefore became the final team to earn core status next season.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Third place playoff Qualifier
                   
12 May – 09:00 – Twickenham Stadium        
 Flag of Portugal Portugal  17
12 May – 13:39 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of Georgia Georgia  5  
 Flag of Portugal Portugal  5
12 May – 09:22 – Twickenham Stadium
     Flag of Spain Spain  10  
 Flag of Spain Spain  29
12 May – 17:24 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong  14  
 Flag of Portugal Portugal  10
12 May – 09:44 – Twickenham Stadium    
   Flag of Russia Russia  5
 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe  7
12 May – 14:01 – Twickenham Stadium
 Flag of Russia Russia  26  
 Flag of Russia Russia  0
12 May – 10:06 – Twickenham Stadium
     Flag of Scotland Scotland  19  
 Flag of Scotland Scotland  31
 Flag of Tonga Tonga  0  
 

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