2012 Japan Sevens

JPN Japan 31 March – 1 April 2012 AUS SAM NZL FIJ RSA FRA USA SCO KEN 45 229 NZL Junior Tomasi Cama(39 points) NZL Waisake NaholoSAM Ken Pisi(6 tries) 2013 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. Australia won the title by defeating Samoa 28–26 in the final.http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2061729.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120403025105/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2061729.html usurped April 3, 2012 Australia strike gold at Tokyo Sevens 2012-04-01 irbsevens.com 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:http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2061006.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120128123018/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2061006.html usurped January 28, 2012 Teams set for new Tokyo Sevens 2012-01-24 irbsevens.com ARG AUS ENG FIJ FRA HKG JPN KEN NZL POR RUS SAM SCO RSA WAL USA Pool stage The draw was made on March 25. Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal Pool A TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsENG33004819+299FIJ32015021+297FRA31023141−105JPN 30031765−483 31 March 2012 12:12 FIJ 17 – 0 FRA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 12:34 ENG 15 – 5 Report JPN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 15:47 FIJ 26 – 7 Report JPN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 16:09 ENG 19 – 7 Report FRA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 17:41 FRA 24 – 5 Report JPN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 19:09 FIJ 7 – 14 Report ENG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Pool B TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsNZL33008815+739AUS32014236+67USA31022660−345HKG 30033378−453 31 March 2012 10:00 NZL 26 – 5 Report USA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 10:22 AUS 17 – 14 Report HKG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 13:35 NZL 40 – 0 Report HKG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 13:57 AUS 15 – 0 Report USA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 16:35 USA 21 – 19 Report HKG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 18:03 NZL 22 – 10 Report AUS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Pool C TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsWAL33004912+379ARG32014224+187RUS 31023349−165KEN30032463−393 31 March 2012 10:44 ARG 15 – 7 Report KEN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 11:06 WAL 10 – 7 Report RUS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 14:19 ARG 22 – 0 Report RUS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 14:41 WAL 22 – 0 Report KEN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 16:57 KEN 17 – 26 Report RUS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 18:25 ARG 5 – 17 Report WAL Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Pool D TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsSAM33007334+399RSA32013345−127POR 31024240+25SCO30031443−293 31 March 2012 11:28 RSA 14 – 0 Report SCO Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 11:50 SAM 21 – 20 Report POR Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 15:03 RSA 12 – 7 Report POR Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 15:25 SAM 14 – 7 Report SCO Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 17:19 SCO 7 – 15 Report POR Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 31 March 2012 18:47 RSA 7 – 38 Report SAM Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Knockout stage Shield 1 April – Tokyo FRA 22 SCO 19 1 April – Tokyo RUS 12 HKG 17 1 April – Tokyo POR 21 JPN 5 1 April – Tokyo USA 12 KEN 7 1 April – Tokyo SCO 21 RUS 19 1 April – Tokyo JPN 17 KEN 24 1 April – Tokyo SCO 26 KEN 12 Bowl 1 April – Tokyo FRA 22 SCO 19 1 April – Tokyo RUS 12 HKG 17 1 April – Tokyo POR 21 JPN 5 1 April – Tokyo USA 12 KEN 7 1 April – Tokyo FRA 26 HKG 15 1 April – Tokyo POR 10 USA 20 1 April – Tokyo FRA 17 USA 12 Plate 1 April – Tokyo ENG 21 RSA 17 1 April – Tokyo WAL 14 AUS 21 1 April – Tokyo SAM 24 FIJ 21 1 April – Tokyo NZL 40 ARG 5 1 April – Tokyo RSA 22 WAL 10 1 April – Tokyo FIJ 21 ARG 14 1 April – Tokyo RSA 10 FIJ 14 Cup 1 April – Tokyo ENG 21 RSA 17 1 April – Tokyo WAL 14 AUS 21 1 April – Tokyo SAM 24 FIJ 21 1 April – Tokyo NZL 40 ARG 5 1 April – Tokyo ENG 12 AUS 33 1 April – Tokyo SAM 17 NZL 12 1 April – Tokyo AUS 28 SAM 26 1 April – Tokyo ENG 17 NZL 24 References External links IRB Official Site Japan Sevens Seven Category:Japan Sevens