2011 Wellington Sevens

The Wellington Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2011 competition was held on February 4 and February 5 at Westpac Stadium. It was the third of eight events in the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series.

Format

The tournament consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.

Teams

These 16 teams were invited to participate in the 2010 tournament:

• Argentinien
• Australien
• Kanada
• Cook Inseln
• England
• Fidschi
• Frankreich
• Kenia
• Neuseeland
• Papua-Neuguinea
• Samoa
• Scotland
• Südafrika
• Tonga
• Vereinigte Staaten
• Wales

Pool stages

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarter Final

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	85	36	+49	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	74	50	+24	7
Vereinigte Staaten	3	1	0	2	36	81	−45	5
Cook Inseln	3	0	0	3	43	71	−28	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011-02-04	England	31 – 12	Vereinigte Staaten
2011-02-04	Wales	31 – 12	Cook Inseln
2011-02-04	England	21 – 17	Cook Inseln
2011-02-04	Wales	36 – 5	Vereinigte Staaten
2011-02-04	Vereinigte Staaten	19 – 14	Cook Inseln
2011-02-04	England	33 – 7	Wales

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Neuseeland	3	3	0	0	108	19	+89	9
Argentinien	3	2	0	1	43	58	−15	7
Papua-Neuguinea	3	1	0	2	24	71	−47	5
Scotland	3	0	0	3	38	65	−27	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011-02-04	Neuseeland	29 – 12	Scotland
2011-02-04	Argentinien	14 – 10	Papua-Neuguinea
2011-02-04	Neuseeland	45 – 0	Papua-Neuguinea
2011-02-04	Argentinien	22 – 14	Scotland
2011-02-04	Scotland	12 – 14	Papua-Neuguinea
2011-02-04	Neuseeland	34 – 7	Argentinien

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Australien	3	3	0	0	97	31	+66	9
Samoa	3	2	0	1	46	50	−4	7
Tonga	3	1	0	2	24	74	−50	5
Kenia	3	0	0	3	50	62	−12	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011-02-04	Samoa	24 – 21	Kenia
2011-02-04	Australien	47 – 7	Tonga
2011-02-04	Samoa	17 – 0	Tonga
2011-02-04	Australien	21 – 19	Kenia
2011-02-04	Kenia	10 – 17	Tonga
2011-02-04	Samoa	5 – 29	Australien

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Fidschi	3	2	1	0	87	7	+80	8
Südafrika	3	1	1	1	50	26	+24	6
Kanada	3	1	0	2	24	83	−59	5
Frankreich	3	1	0	2	28	73	−45	5

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011-02-04	Fidschi	42 – 0	Frankreich
2011-02-04	Südafrika	31 – 5	Kanada
2011-02-04	Fidschi	38 – 0	Kanada
2011-02-04	Südafrika	12 – 14	Frankreich
2011-02-04	Frankreich	14 – 19	Kanada
2011-02-04	Fidschi	7 – 7	Südafrika

Knockout

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Vereinigte Staaten	7
					February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Scotland	24
					Vereinigte Staaten	31
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
					Kanada	7
	Kanada	14
									February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Kenia	19
									Vereinigte Staaten	19
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
									Frankreich	12
	Tonga	21
					February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Frankreich	19
					Frankreich	52
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
					Papua-Neuguinea	12
	Papua-Neuguinea	10
	Cook Inseln	22

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Vereinigte Staaten	7
					February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Scotland	24
					Scotland	12
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
					Kenia	15
	Kanada	14
									February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Kenia	19
									Kenia	19
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
									Tonga	0
	Tonga	21
					February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Frankreich	19
					Tonga	12
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
					Cook Inseln	7
	Papua-Neuguinea	10
	Cook Inseln	22

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	England	14
					February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Argentinien	7
					Argentinien	0
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
					Fidschi	28
	Fidschi	5
									February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Samoa	12
									Fidschi	26
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
									Südafrika	12
	Australien	14
					February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Südafrika	7
					Südafrika	22
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
					Wales	5
	Neuseeland	26
	Wales	5

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	England	14
					February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Argentinien	7
					England	7
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
					Samoa	5
	Fidschi	5
									February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Samoa	12
									England	14
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
									Neuseeland	29
	Australien	14
					February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Südafrika	7
					Australien	0
	February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
					Neuseeland	17
	Neuseeland	26
	Wales	5

External links

• IRB Sevens
• Wellington Sevens^[usurped]