2011 Wellington Sevens
# 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:

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* Cook Islands
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Tonga
* United States
* 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 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 81 | −45 | 5 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 3 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-02-04 | England | 31 – 12 | United States |
| 2011-02-04 | Wales | 31 – 12 | Cook Islands |
| 2011-02-04 | England | 21 – 17 | Cook Islands |
| 2011-02-04 | Wales | 36 – 5 | United States |
| 2011-02-04 | United States | 19 – 14 | Cook Islands |
| 2011-02-04 | England | 33 – 7 | Wales |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 19 | +89 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 58 | −15 | 7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 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 | New Zealand | 29 – 12 | Scotland |
| 2011-02-04 | Argentina | 14 – 10 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2011-02-04 | New Zealand | 45 – 0 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2011-02-04 | Argentina | 22 – 14 | Scotland |
| 2011-02-04 | Scotland | 12 – 14 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2011-02-04 | New Zealand | 34 – 7 | Argentina |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | 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 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 3 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-02-04 | Samoa | 24 – 21 | Kenya |
| 2011-02-04 | Australia | 47 – 7 | Tonga |
| 2011-02-04 | Samoa | 17 – 0 | Tonga |
| 2011-02-04 | Australia | 21 – 19 | Kenya |
| 2011-02-04 | Kenya | 10 – 17 | Tonga |
| 2011-02-04 | Samoa | 5 – 29 | Australia |

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 7 | +80 | 8 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 83 | −59 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 73 | −45 | 5 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-02-04 | Fiji | 42 – 0 | France |
| 2011-02-04 | South Africa | 31 – 5 | Canada |
| 2011-02-04 | Fiji | 38 – 0 | Canada |
| 2011-02-04 | South Africa | 12 – 14 | France |
| 2011-02-04 | France | 14 – 19 | Canada |
| 2011-02-04 | Fiji | 7 – 7 | South Africa |

## Knockout

### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| United States | 7 | | | |
| United States | 7 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | |
| Scotland | 24 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |
| Scotland | 24 | United States | 31 | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | United States | 31 | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | Canada | 7 | |
| Canada | 14 | Canada | 7 | |
| Canada | 14 | | | | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
| Kenya | 19 | | | | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
| Kenya | 19 | | | | United States | 19 |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | | | United States | 19 |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | | France | 12 |
| Tonga | 21 | | | | France | 12 |
| Tonga | 21 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| France | 19 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| France | 19 | France | 52 | | | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | France | 52 | | | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | Papua New Guinea | 12 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | Papua New Guinea | 12 | |
| Cook Islands | 22 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| United States | 7 | | | |
| United States | 7 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | |
| Scotland | 24 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |
| Scotland | 24 | Scotland | 12 | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | Scotland | 12 | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | Kenya | 15 | |
| Canada | 14 | Kenya | 15 | |
| Canada | 14 | | | | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
| Kenya | 19 | | | | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
| Kenya | 19 | | | | Kenya | 19 |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | | | Kenya | 19 |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | | Tonga | 0 |
| Tonga | 21 | | | | Tonga | 0 |
| Tonga | 21 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| France | 19 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| France | 19 | Tonga | 12 | | | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | Tonga | 12 | | | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | Cook Islands | 7 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | Cook Islands | 7 | |
| Cook Islands | 22 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| England | 14 | | | |
| England | 14 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | |
| Argentina | 7 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |
| Argentina | 7 | Argentina | 0 | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | Argentina | 0 | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | Fiji | 28 | |
| Fiji | 5 | Fiji | 28 | |
| Fiji | 5 | | | | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
| Samoa | 12 | | | | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
| Samoa | 12 | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | | South Africa | 12 |
| Australia | 14 | | | | South Africa | 12 |
| Australia | 14 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| South Africa | 7 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| South Africa | 7 | South Africa | 22 | | | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | South Africa | 22 | | | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | Wales | 5 | |
| New Zealand | 26 | Wales | 5 | |
| Wales | 5 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| England | 14 | | | |
| England | 14 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | |
| Argentina | 7 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |
| Argentina | 7 | England | 7 | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | England | 7 | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | Samoa | 5 | |
| Fiji | 5 | Samoa | 5 | |
| Fiji | 5 | | | | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
| Samoa | 12 | | | | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
| Samoa | 12 | | | | England | 14 |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | | | England | 14 |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | | New Zealand | 29 |
| Australia | 14 | | | | New Zealand | 29 |
| Australia | 14 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| South Africa | 7 | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | | |
| South Africa | 7 | Australia | 0 | | | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | | Australia | 0 | | | |
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | New Zealand | 17 | |
| New Zealand | 26 | New Zealand | 17 | |
| Wales | 5 | | | |
