2011 London Sevens

Season of sporting fixture May 2011 ENG England May 21 – 22, 2011 RSA FIJ SAM AUS SCO KEN ENG POR 100,094 2010 2012 The 2011 London Sevens was a rugby union sevens tournament, part of the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series. The competition was held from May 21–22 at Twickenham Stadium in England and featured 16 teams. South Africa won the Cup competition for their second Cup win on the season. New Zealand clinched the season title after advancing to the Cup semi-finals while their nearest competition going into London, England, fell into the Shield competition and earned no series points. 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 The following teams participated:Teams for 2011 London Sevens ARG AUS CAN ENG FJI FRA KEN NZL POR RUS SAM SCO RSA ESP USA WAL Pool stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarter Final Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts NZL33009931+689 WAL32017453+217 ESP 31023480−465 KEN30033174−433 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2011-05-21NZL 28 – 12KEN 2011-05-21WAL 33 – 10ESP 2011-05-21NZL 40 – 7ESP 2011-05-21WAL 29 – 12KEN 2011-05-21KEN 7 – 17ESP 2011-05-21NZL 31 – 12WAL Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts FRA 32016059+17 ARG31116149+126 ENG31115754+36 USA31026076−165 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2011-05-21ENG 31 – 21USA 2011-05-21ARG 28 – 15FRA 2011-05-21ENG 14 – 21FRA 2011-05-21ARG 21 – 22USA 2011-05-21USA 17 – 24FRA 2011-05-21ENG 12 – 12ARG Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts AUS33006455+99 SAM32017760+177 CAN 31026369−65 SCO30034868−203 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2011-05-21SAM 19 – 15SCO 2011-05-21AUS 19 – 14CAN 2011-05-21SAM 38 – 24CAN 2011-05-21AUS 24 – 21SCO 2011-05-21SCO 12 – 25CAN 2011-05-21SAM 20 – 21AUS Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts FIJ33007728+499 RSA32014626+207 POR 30124058−184 RUS30121970−514 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2011-05-21RSA 17 – 7RUS 2011-05-21FIJ 24 – 21POR 2011-05-21RSA 22 – 7POR 2011-05-21FIJ 41 – 0RUS 2011-05-21RUS 12 – 12POR 2011-05-21RSA 7 – 12FIJ Knockout stage Shield May 22 – London ESP 14 USA 0 May 22 – London POR 0 SCO 26 May 22 – London CAN 12 RUS 15 May 22 – London ENG 17 KEN 19 May 22 – London USA 15 POR 21 May 22 – London CAN 14 ENG 22 May 22 – London POR 7 ENG 22 Bowl May 22 – London ESP 14 USA 0 May 22 – London POR 0 SCO 26 May 22 – London CAN 12 RUS 15 May 22 – London ENG 17 KEN 19 May 22 – London ESP 17 SCO 19 May 22 – London RUS 15 KEN 19 May 22 – London SCO 21 KEN 19 Plate May 22 – London NZL 31 ARG 14 May 22 – London FIJ 26 SAM 14 May 22 – London AUS 0 RSA 17 May 22 – London FRA 12 WAL 19 May 22 – London ARG 0 SAM 38 May 22 – London AUS 19 FRA 0 May 22 – London SAM 22 AUS 12 Cup May 22 – London NZL 31 ARG 14 May 22 – London FIJ 26 SAM 14 May 22 – London AUS 0 RSA 17 May 22 – London FRA 12 WAL 19 May 22 – London NZL 19 FIJ 42 May 22 – London RSA 21 WAL 19 May 22 – London FIJ 14 RSA 24 Statistics Points scored by one player Number Player Team Points1Tom Iosefo Samoa 50 2Metuisela Talebula Fiji 48 3Tomasi Cama New Zealand 474Dan Norton England 405Ben Gollings England 386Peter Horne Scotland 367Bernado Botha South Africa 308Gonzalo Gutierrez Taboada Argentina 309Alatasi Tupou Samoa 2910Cecil Afrika South Africa 2810Pedro Leal Portugal 28 References External links IRB Official Site London Sevens Adelaide Sevens Edinburgh Sevens 2011 Category:2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series Category:2010–11 in English rugby union 2011 London Sevens London Sevens