2012 London Sevens
# 2012 London Sevens

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.

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

## 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

The following teams participated.

## Pool stage

The draw was made on May 6.

Key to colours in group tables :

* Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 17 | +71 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 92 | −50 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 3 |

* 12 May 2012 11:58

| New Zealand | 49 – 7 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 12:20

| Argentina | 14 – 12 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 15:04

| New Zealand | 24 – 0 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |
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* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 15:26

| Argentina | 24 – 14 | Russia |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 17:28

| Russia | 21 – 19 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 19:06

| New Zealand | 15 – 10 | Argentina |
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| | Report | |

* Twickenham Stadium, London

### Pool B

| 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 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 3 |

* 12 May 2012 12:42

| England | 28 – 0 | France |
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| | Report | |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 13:04

| Samoa | 31 – 17 | United States |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 16:00

| England | 15 – 5 | United States |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 16:22

| Samoa | 26 – 19 | France |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 17:50

| France | 19 – 15 | United States |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 19:28

| England | 7 – 14 | Samoa |
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| | Report | |

* Twickenham Stadium, London

### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 12 | +79 | 9 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 7 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 77 | −44 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 86 | −74 | 3 |

* 12 May 2012 10:30

| Fiji | 19 – 5 | Spain |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 10:52

| Wales | 19 – 12 | Zimbabwe |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 13:36

| Fiji | 29 – 0 | Zimbabwe |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 13:58

| Wales | 7 – 22 | Spain |
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| | Report | |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 16:44

| Spain | 38 – 0 | Zimbabwe |
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* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 18:22

| Fiji | 43 – 7 | Wales |
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* Twickenham Stadium, London

### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 34 | +38 | 9 |
| South Africa | 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

| Australia | 27 – 12 | Scotland |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 11:36

| South Africa | 41 – 0 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 14:20

| Australia | 26 – 5 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 14:42

| South Africa | 20 – 5 | Scotland |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 17:06

| Scotland | 26 – 12 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Twickenham Stadium, London
* 12 May 2012 18:44

| Australia | 19 – 17 | South Africa |
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* Twickenham Stadium, London

## Knockout stage

### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Russia | 17 | | | |
| Russia | 17 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | |
| Portugal | 24 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | |
| Portugal | 24 | Russia | 12 | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | Russia | 12 | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | United States | 38 | |
| Wales | 28 | United States | 38 | |
| Wales | 28 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| United States | 19 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| United States | 19 | | | | United States | 12 |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | | | United States | 12 |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | | France | 19 |
| Scotland | 21 | | | | France | 19 |
| Scotland | 21 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | Kenya | 14 | | | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | Kenya | 14 | | | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | France | 17 | |
| France | 17 | France | 17 | |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Russia | 17 | | | |
| Russia | 17 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | |
| Portugal | 24 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | |
| Portugal | 24 | Portugal | 26 | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | Portugal | 26 | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | Wales | 28 | |
| Wales | 28 | Wales | 28 | |
| Wales | 28 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| United States | 19 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| United States | 19 | | | | Wales | 27 |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | | | Wales | 27 |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | | Scotland | 5 |
| Scotland | 21 | | | | Scotland | 5 |
| Scotland | 21 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | Scotland | 31 | | | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | Scotland | 31 | | | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | Zimbabwe | 19 | |
| France | 17 | Zimbabwe | 19 | |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| New Zealand | 36 | | | |
| New Zealand | 36 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | |
| South Africa | 0 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | |
| South Africa | 0 | South Africa | 17 | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | South Africa | 17 | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | England | 19 | |
| Fiji | 21 | England | 19 | |
| Fiji | 21 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| England | 14 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| England | 14 | | | | England | 12 |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | | | England | 12 |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | | Australia | 14 |
| Australia | 7 | | | | Australia | 14 |
| Australia | 7 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | Australia | 17 | | | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | Australia | 17 | | | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | Spain | 12 | |
| Samoa | 22 | Spain | 12 | |
| Spain | 7 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| New Zealand | 36 | | | |
| New Zealand | 36 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | |
| South Africa | 0 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | |
| South Africa | 0 | New Zealand | 7 | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | New Zealand | 7 | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | Fiji | 31 | |
| Fiji | 21 | Fiji | 31 | |
| Fiji | 21 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| England | 14 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| England | 14 | | | | Fiji | 38 |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | | | Fiji | 38 |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | | Samoa | 15 |
| Australia | 7 | | | | Samoa | 15 |
| Australia | 7 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | Argentina | 19 | | | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | | Argentina | 19 | | | |
| 13 May – London | 13 May – London | Samoa | 21 | | Third place | Third place |
| Samoa | 22 | Samoa | 21 | | Third place | Third place |
| Samoa | 22 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| Spain | 7 | | | | 13 May – London | 13 May – London |
| Spain | 7 | | | | New Zealand | 40 |
| | | | | | Argentina | 0 |
