2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series

2012–13 World Rugby Sevens Series XIV line-height:1.2; AUS UAE RSA NZL USA HKG JPN SCO ENG 13 Oct 2012 – 12 May 2013 22 NZL RSA FIJ ENG Dan Norton(264 points) ENG Dan Norton(52 tries) 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 14th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for full national sides. The IRB Sevens World Series has been run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. Itinerary The schedule for the 2012–13 series was released in late June 2012. At the time, the schedule included a new event to be held in La Plata, Argentina.http://www.irbsevens.com/news/newsid=2063150.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120629091249/http://www.irbsevens.com/news/newsid=2063150.html usurped June 29, 2012 HSBC Sevens World Series expands to 10 rounds 2012-06-26 irbsevens.com However, on 16 August, the Argentine Rugby Union pulled out of hosting an event in 2012–13, citing demands associated with the country's 2012 entry into The Rugby Championship. 2012–13 Itinerary Leg Venue Date Winner Australia Skilled Park, Gold Coast 13–14 October 2012 FIJ Dubai The Sevens, Dubai 30 Nov–1 Dec 2012 SAM South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth 8–9 December 2012 NZL New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington 1–2 February 2013 ENG United States Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 8–10 February 2013 RSA Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22–24 March 2013 FIJ Japan Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 30–31 March 2013 RSA Scotland Scotstoun Stadium. Glasgow 4–5 May 2013 RSA England Twickenham, London 11–12 May 2013 NZL Core teams Before each season, the IRB announces the "core teams" that received guaranteed berths in each event of that season's series. This was the first series in which 15 teams received this status, up from 12 in the recent past. All 12 core teams from 2011–12 retained their status, with three more being elevated as top finishers in a 12-team qualifying tournament conducted as part of the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens. The 2012–13 core teams are:http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/news/newsid=2061539.html#who+will+join+sevens+elite https://web.archive.org/web/20120327192203/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/news/newsid=2061539.html#who+will+join+sevens+elite usurped March 27, 2012 Who will join the Sevens elite? International Rugby Board 22 March 2012 28 March 2012http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/news/newsid=2061615.html#tears+world+series+qualifiers https://web.archive.org/web/20120327031432/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/news/newsid=2061615.html#tears+world+series+qualifiers usurped March 27, 2012 Tears of joy for World Series qualifiers International Rugby Board 25 March 2012 28 March 2012 15em ARG AUS CAN ENG FIJ FRA KEN NZL POR SAM SCO RSA ESP USA WAL Promotion and relegation For the first time, the IRB instituted a formal promotion and relegation process for core team status in the Sevens World Series, replacing the former ad hoc process. The top 12 core teams in the season table after the next-to-last round of the series in Glasgow retained their status for 2013–14. The remaining three core teams for 2013–14 are being determined in a two-stage qualifying process:http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/qualifying.html HSBC World Sevens Series: Series Qualifying International Rugby Board 14 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121002024459/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/qualifying.html 2 October 2012 usurped The first stage was a World Series Pre-Qualifier held as part of the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens. Two qualifiers from each of the IRB's six regions competed. The 12 teams were drawn into three pools, with the top two teams from each pool, plus the top two runners-up, advancing to a quarterfinal round. The winners of the four quarterfinal matches (Russia, Zimbabwe, Tonga, and Georgia) advanced to the second stage. The final stage, the World Series Core Team Qualifier, was held as part of the 2013 London Sevens. The pre-qualifiers were joined by Hong Kong, which earned its spot by winning the HSBC Asian Sevens Series,http://irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/news/newsid=2063912.html#hk+mumbai+sevens+claim+asia+series HK win Mumbai Sevens to claim Asia Series International Rugby Board 15 October 2012 21 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121018112142/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/news/newsid=2063912.html#hk+mumbai+sevens+claim+asia+series 18 October 2012 usurped plus the bottom three core teams following the Scotland Sevens. The qualifier was conducted with a pool stage followed by knockout play, with the two finalists and the winner of the third-place match becoming 2013–14 core teams. Final standings the tie-breaker rules World Rugby Sevens Series#Tiebreakers The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team competed in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament. + 2012–13 IRB Sevens – Series XIVPos. Team Event  border-bottom:1px solid transparentAUSGold CoastUAEDubaiRSAPort ElizabethNZLWellingtonUSALas VegasHKGHong KongJPNTokyoSCOGlasgowENGLondonPointstotal   1NZL19 19 22 17 19 17 19 19 22 1732RSA17 7 17 10 22 5 22 22 10 1323FIJ22 10 12 7 15 22 10 10 13 1214SAM 10 22 7 15 17 13 10 5 5 1045KEN 15 17 5 19 1 15 5 7 15 996ENG 7 3 5 22 5 8 8 17 17 927WAL 5 13 13 3 10 19 5 15 8 918AUS 10 1 8 13 3 10 17 8 19 899FRA 12 15 19 5 8 3 15 3 7 8710ARG 13 8 15 10 7 2 7 12 10 8411USA 2 5 10 1 10 5 13 13 12 7112CAN 5 12 1 8 13 12 3 10 5 69 13 SCO 3 5 1 12 12 1 12 5 – 51 14 POR 1 10 10 1 1 10 1 1 – 35 15 ESP 8 2 3 5 5 1 1 1 – 26 16 HKG – – – – – 7 – – – 7 17 TON 1 – – 2 – – – – – 3 18 RUS – 1 – – – – – 2 – 3 19 JPN – – – – – – 2 – – 2 20 URU – – – – 2 – – – – 2 21 ZIM – – 2 – – – – – – 2 22 GEO – – – – – – – – – 0 Source: rugby7.com (archived) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers |- |No colour |Core team in 2012–13 and re-qualified for 2013–14 |- |bgcolor=#ffc|Yellow |Invited team |- |style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|Blue bar |Re-qualified for 2013–14 via the 2013 London Sevens core team qualifier tournament |- |style="border-left:3px solid #f46;"|Red bar |Failed to qualify for 2013–14 via 2013 London Sevens core team qualifier tournament |} Player statistics Points scored Points scoredhttp://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/pointdetails.html IRB Sevens World Series 2012/13 Statistics: Season Player Points International Rugby Board 2012-12-01 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20101123093916/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/pointdetails.html 2010-11-23 Pos. PlayerPoints 1 Dan Norton ENG 264 2 Joji Baleviani Raqamate FIJ 247 3 Nathan Hirayama CAN 241 4 Junior Tomasi Cama NZL 237 5 Christian Lewis-Pratt ENG 221 6 Cornal Hendricks RSA 190 7 Terry Bouhraoua FRA 189 8 Lewis Holland AUS 187 9 Paul Albaladejo FRA 180 10 Sean Duke CAN 175 Tries scored Tries scoredhttp://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/triesdetails.html IRB Sevens World Series 2012/13 Statistics: Season Player Tries International Rugby Board 2012-12-01 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20101121011532/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/triesdetails.html 2010-11-21 Pos. PlayerTries 1 Dan Norton ENG 52 2 Cornal Hendricks RSA 38 3 Sean Duke CAN 35 4 Lewis Holland AUS 29 5 Samisoni Viriviri FIJ 29 6 Marcus Watson ENG 27 7 Tim Mikkelson NZL 268 Kurt Baker NZL 25Julien Candelon FRAJoji Baleviani Raqamate FIJ Tournaments Gold Coast 2012 Gold Coast Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup FIJ32–14 NZL KENRSAPlate ARG14–7 FRA AUSSAMBowl ESP19–14 ENG CANWALShield SCO40–5 USA PORTON Dubai 2012 Dubai Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup SAM 26–15 NZL FRAKENPlate WAL 21–14 CAN FIJPORBowl ARG 14–10 RSA SCOUSAShield ENG 26–5 ESP AUSRUS South Africa 2012 South Africa Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup NZL47–12 FRA ARGRSAPlate WAL26–14 FIJ PORUSABowl AUS26–14 SAM ENGKENShield ESP33–0 ZIM CANSCO Wellington 2013 Wellington Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup ENG24–19 KEN NZLSAMPlate AUS22–7 SCO ARGRSABowl CAN28–19 FIJ FRAESPShield WAL26–21 TON PORUSA United States 2013 USA Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup RSA40–21 NZL FIJSAMPlate CAN22–5 SCO USAWALBowl FRA17–12 ARG ENGESPShield AUS41–0 URU KENPOR Hong Kong 2013 Hong Kong Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup FIJ26–19 WAL NZLKENPlate SAM12–7 CAN AUSPORBowl ENG42–7 HKG USARSAShield FRA19–14 ARG SCOESPWorld Seriespre-qualifier ZIM22–19 TON RUSGEO Japan 2013 Japan Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup RSA24–19 NZL AUSFRAPlate USA17–0 SCO FIJSAMBowl ENG38–0 ARG KENWALShield CAN27–14 JPN PORESP Scotland 2013 Scotland Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup RSA28–21 NZL ENGWALPlate USA17–7 ARG CANFIJBowl AUS12–5 KEN SAMSCOShield FRA21–17 RUS PORESP London 2013 London Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupNZL47–12AUSENGKENPlateFIJ14–5USAARGRSABowlWAL19–7 FRACANSAM Dream Team The 2012–13 HSBC Sevens World Series 'Dream Team' was selected by the series' regular television broadcast commentators.http://www.irbsevens.com/news/newsid=2066744.html Seven make new World Series Dream Team International Rugby Board 26 January 2014 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130927182544/http://www.irbsevens.com/news/newsid%3D2066744.html 27 September 2013 SAM Afa Aiono RSA Frankie Horne NZL Tim Mikkelson FIJ Joji Ragamate NZL Gilles Kaka KEN Willy Ambaka ENG Dan Norton References External links Official Website Category:World Rugby Sevens Series