2012 Japan Sevens

The 2012 Japan Sevens was the first edition of the tournament since 2001 and the seventh tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.

2012 Japan Sevens
Host nation Japan
Date31 March – 1 April 2012
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up Samoa
Third New Zealand
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up South Africa
Bowl
Winner France
Runner-up United States
Shield
Winner Scotland
Runner-up Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored229 (average 5.089 per match)
Top point scorer Junior Tomasi Cama
(39 points)
Top try scorer Waisake Naholo
Ken Pisi
(6 tries)
2013

Australia won the title by defeating Samoa 28–26 in the final.[1]

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 six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition, the Plate competition was contested by the losing quarterfinalists from the Cup. The Bowl was contested by the four remaining second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers while the Shield was contested by the remaining eight entrants.

Teams

The following teams participated:[2]

Pool stage

The draw was made on March 25.[3]

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

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 England 33004819+299
 Fiji 32015021+297
 France 31023141−105
 Japan 30031765−483
31 March 2012
12:12
Fiji  17 – 0  France
Report

31 March 2012
12:34
England  15 – 5  Japan
Report

31 March 2012
15:47
Fiji  26 – 7  Japan
Report

31 March 2012
16:09
England  19 – 7  France
Report

31 March 2012
17:41
France  24 – 5  Japan
Report

31 March 2012
19:09
Fiji  7 – 14  England
Report

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 33008815+739
 Australia 32014236+67
 United States 31022660−345
 Hong Kong 30033378−453

31 March 2012
10:22
Australia  17 – 14  Hong Kong
Report




31 March 2012
18:03
New Zealand  22 – 10  Australia
Report

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Wales 33004912+379
 Argentina 32014224+187
 Russia 31023349−165
 Kenya 30032463−393
31 March 2012
10:44
Argentina  15 – 7  Kenya
Report

31 March 2012
11:06
Wales  10 – 7  Russia
Report

31 March 2012
14:19
Argentina  22 – 0  Russia
Report

31 March 2012
14:41
Wales  22 – 0  Kenya
Report

31 March 2012
16:57
Kenya  17 – 26  Russia
Report

31 March 2012
18:25
Argentina  5 – 17  Wales
Report

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 33007334+399
 South Africa 32013345−127
 Portugal 31024240+25
 Scotland 30031443−293

31 March 2012
11:50
Samoa  21 – 20  Portugal
Report


31 March 2012
15:25
Samoa  14 – 7  Scotland
Report

31 March 2012
17:19
Scotland  7 – 15  Portugal
Report

31 March 2012
18:47
South Africa  7 – 38  Samoa
Report

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 
 France22
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Scotland19
 
 Scotland21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Russia19
 
 Russia12
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Hong Kong17
 
 Scotland26
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Kenya12
 
 Portugal21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Japan5
 
 Japan17
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Kenya24
 
 United States12
 
 
 Kenya7
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 
 France22
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Scotland19
 
 France26
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Hong Kong15
 
 Russia12
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Hong Kong17
 
 France17
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 United States12
 
 Portugal21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Japan5
 
 Portugal10
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 United States20
 
 United States12
 
 
 Kenya7
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 
 England21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 South Africa17
 
 South Africa22
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Wales10
 
 Wales14
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Australia21
 
 South Africa10
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Fiji14
 
 Samoa24
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Fiji21
 
 Fiji21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Argentina14
 
 New Zealand40
 
 
 Argentina5
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 
 England21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 South Africa17
 
 England12
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Australia33
 
 Wales14
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Australia21
 
 Australia28
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Samoa26
 
 Samoa24
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Fiji21
 
 Samoa17
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 New Zealand12 Third place
 
 New Zealand40
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Argentina5
 
 England17
 
 
 New Zealand24
 

References

  1. "Australia strike gold at Tokyo Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-04-01.
  2. "Teams set for new Tokyo Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-01-24.
  3. "IRB confirms pool draw for Tokyo Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-03-25.
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