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.

2012 London Sevens
Host nationEngland England
Date12–13 May 2012
Cup
Champion Fidschi
Runner-up Samoa
Third Neuseeland
Plate
Winner Australien
Runner-up England
Bowl
Winner Wales
Runner-up Scotland
Shield
Winner Frankreich
Runner-up Vereinigte Staaten
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored258 (average 5.73 per match)
Most pointsNeuseeland Tomasi Cama
(60 points)
Most triesSamoa Tom Iosefo
(8 tries)
2011
2013

Fiji won the title by defeating Samoa 38–15 in the final.

Format

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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

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The following teams participated.[1]

Pool stage

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The draw was made on 6 May.[2]

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

Pool A

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Neuseeland 3 3 0 0 88 17 +71 9
  Argentinien 3 2 0 1 48 41 +7 7
  Russland 3 1 0 2 42 92 −50 5
  Kenia 3 0 0 3 31 59 −28 3



12 May 2012
15:26
Argentinien  24 – 14  Russland
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
17:28
Russland  21 – 19  Kenia
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool B

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Samoa 3 3 0 0 71 43 +28 9
  England 3 2 0 1 50 19 +31 7
  Frankreich 3 1 0 2 38 69 −31 5
  Vereinigte Staaten 3 0 0 3 37 65 −28 3

12 May 2012
13:04
Samoa  31 – 17  Vereinigte Staaten
Twickenham Stadium, London


12 May 2012
16:22
Samoa  26 – 19  Frankreich
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
17:50
Frankreich  19 – 15  Vereinigte Staaten
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
19:28
England  7 – 14  Samoa
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool C

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Fidschi 3 3 0 0 91 12 +79 9
  Spanien 3 2 0 1 65 26 +39 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 33 77 −44 5
  Simbabwe 3 0 0 3 12 86 −74 3

12 May 2012
10:52
Wales  19 – 12  Simbabwe
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
13:36
Fidschi  29 – 0  Simbabwe
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
13:58
Wales  7 – 22  Spanien
Report[usurped]
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
16:44
Spanien  38 – 0  Simbabwe
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
18:22
Fidschi  43 – 7  Wales
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool D

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Australien 3 3 0 0 72 34 +38 9
  Südafrika 3 2 0 1 78 24 +54 7
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 43 59 −16 5
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 17 93 −76 3
12 May 2012
11:14
Australien  27 – 12  Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London


12 May 2012
14:20
Australien  26 – 5  Portugal
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
14:42
Südafrika  20 – 5  Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
17:06
Scotland  26 – 12  Portugal
Twickenham Stadium, London

12 May 2012
18:44
Australien  19 – 17  Südafrika
Twickenham Stadium, London

Knockout stage

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Shield

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May – London
 
 
  Russland17
 
13 May – London
 
  Portugal24
 
  Russland12
 
13 May – London
 
  Vereinigte Staaten38
 
  Wales28
 
13 May – London
 
  Vereinigte Staaten19
 
  Vereinigte Staaten12
 
13 May – London
 
  Frankreich19
 
  Scotland21
 
13 May – London
 
  Kenia5
 
  Kenia14
 
13 May – London
 
  Frankreich17
 
  Frankreich17
 
 
  Simbabwe19
 

Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May – London
 
 
  Russland17
 
13 May – London
 
  Portugal24
 
  Portugal26
 
13 May – London
 
  Wales28
 
  Wales28
 
13 May – London
 
  Vereinigte Staaten19
 
  Wales27
 
13 May – London
 
  Scotland5
 
  Scotland21
 
13 May – London
 
  Kenia5
 
  Scotland31
 
13 May – London
 
  Simbabwe19
 
  Frankreich17
 
 
  Simbabwe19
 

Plate

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May – London
 
 
  Neuseeland36
 
13 May – London
 
  Südafrika0
 
  Südafrika17
 
13 May – London
 
  England19
 
  Fidschi21
 
13 May – London
 
  England14
 
  England12
 
13 May – London
 
  Australien14
 
  Australien7
 
13 May – London
 
  Argentinien12
 
  Australien17
 
13 May – London
 
  Spanien12
 
  Samoa22
 
 
  Spanien7
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May – London
 
 
  Neuseeland36
 
13 May – London
 
  Südafrika0
 
  Neuseeland7
 
13 May – London
 
  Fidschi31
 
  Fidschi21
 
13 May – London
 
  England14
 
  Fidschi38
 
13 May – London
 
  Samoa15
 
  Australien7
 
13 May – London
 
  Argentinien12
 
  Argentinien19
 
13 May – London
 
  Samoa21 Third place
 
  Samoa22
 
13 May – London
 
  Spanien7
 
  Neuseeland40
 
 
  Argentinien0
 

References

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  1. ^ "Marriott London Sevens". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ^ "IRB confirms pool draw for London Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-05-06. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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