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2012 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XIV
Host nation	Australia
Date	13–14 October 2012
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third	South Africa
Plate
Winner	Argentina
Runner-up	France
Bowl
Winner	Spain
Runner-up	England
Shield
Winner	Scotland
Runner-up	United States
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	245 (average 5.44 per match)
Most points	Joji Baleviani Raqamate (59 points)
Most tries	James Fleming Cornal Hendricks (8 tries)
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The 2012 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2012-2013 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 October 2012 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia, and was the tenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament.

Fiji defeated New Zealand 32–14 in the final to successfully defend their title.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The participating teams and schedule were announced on 17 September 2012.

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	102	26	+76	9
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	68	59	+9	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	43	87	−44	5
United States	3	0	0	3	33	74	−41	3

New Zealand	19 – 7	United States

South Africa	38 – 0	Canada

New Zealand	28 – 21	Canada

South Africa	33 – 5	United States

United States	21 – 22	Canada

New Zealand	21 – 31	South Africa

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	68	28	+12	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	80	36	+44	7
Tonga	3	1	0	2	45	71	−26	5
Scotland	3	0	0	3	19	77	−58	3

Fiji	31 – 14	Scotland

Australia	31 – 14	Tonga

Fiji	35 – 7	Tonga

Australia	22 – 0	Scotland

Scotland	5 – 24	Tonga

Fiji	14 – 15	Australia

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	64	39	+25	9
Kenya	3	1	1	1	52	40	+12	6
England	3	1	1	1	44	43	+1	6
Spain	3	0	0	3	32	70	−38	3

England	14 – 14	Kenya
	Report

Samoa	31 – 10	Spain

England	13 – 10	Spain
	Report

Samoa	14 – 12	Kenya

Kenya	26 – 12	Spain
	Report

England	17 – 19	Samoa
	Report

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	0	1	50	19	+31	7
France	3	2	0	1	43	31	+12	7
Wales	3	2	0	1	43	46	−3	7
Portugal	3	0	0	3	17	57	−40	3

Argentina	7 – 14	France

Wales	19 – 12	Portugal

Argentina	26 – 0	Portugal

Wales	19 – 17	France

France	12 – 5	Portugal

Argentina	17 – 5	Wales

Knockout stage

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Canada	31
					14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Portugal	0
					Portugal	0
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
					Scotland	33
	England	35
									14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Scotland	7
									Scotland	40
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
									United States	5
	Wales	27
					14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	United States	19
					United States	33
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
					Tonga	26
	Tonga	7
	Spain	24

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Canada	31
					14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Portugal	0
					Canada	19
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
					England	24
	England	35
									14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Scotland	7
									England	14
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
									Spain	19
	Wales	27
					14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	United States	19
					Wales	17
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
					Spain	26
	Tonga	7
	Spain	24

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	South Africa	26
					14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	France	14
					France	21
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
					Samoa	7
	Samoa	7
									14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Fiji	19
									France	7
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
									Argentina	14
	Argentina	7
					14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	New Zealand	12
					Argentina	17
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
					Australia	14
	Australia	14
	Kenya	21

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	South Africa	26
					14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	France	14
					South Africa	10
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
					Fiji	21
	Samoa	7
									14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Fiji	19
									Fiji	32
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
									New Zealand	14
	Argentina	7
					14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	New Zealand	12
					New Zealand	15
	14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
					Kenya	5			Third place
	Australia	14
									14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Kenya	21
									South Africa	41
									Kenya	7

References

1. "Fiji successfully defend Gold Coast title". irbsevens.com. 14 October 2012. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012.
2. "Pools and schedule set for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 17 September 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
3. "HSBC Sevens World Series, Round 1, Australia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

External links

• Gold Coast Sevens Archived 27 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine

• Australian Sevens
• 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series
• 2012 in Australian rugby union
• Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland