2012 USA Sevens

USA United States 10–12 February 2012 SAM NZL FIJ KEN ARG CAN AUS FRA SCO 45 229 NZL Junior Tomasi Cama(44 points) RSA Cecil Afrika(7 tries) 2011 2013 The 2012 USA Sevens was the ninth edition of the USA Sevens tournament and the fifth tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Sam Boyd Stadium. Samoa won the title by defeating New Zealand 26–19 in the final.http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=4/news/newsid=2061256.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120214235852/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=4/news/newsid=2061256.html usurped February 14, 2012 Tears of pride as Samoa refind winning touch 2012-02-13 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 top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield. Teams 16 teams participated:http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=4/news/newsid=2060907.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120107222348/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=4/news/newsid=2060907.html usurped January 7, 2012 Brazil among teams to compete at USA Sevens 2011-12-21 irbsevens.com 20em ARG AUS BRA CAN ENG FIJ FRA JPN KEN NZL SAM SCO RSA USA URU WAL Pool stage The draw was made on February 4.http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=4/news/newsid=2061134.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120209060154/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=4/news/newsid=2061134.html usurped February 9, 2012 Pools drawn for USA Sevens in Las Vegas 2012-02-04 irbsevens.com Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal Pool A TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsNZL33008515+709SAM32015727+307AUS31023057−275JPN 30031285−733 10 February 2012 18:12 NZL 31 – 5 Report AUS Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 18:34 SAM 33 – 0 JPN Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 21:08 NZL 42 – 5 Report JPN Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 21:30 SAM 19 – 15 Report AUS Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 11 February 2012 12:44 AUS 10 – 7 JPN Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 11 February 2012 14:12 NZL 12 – 5 SAM Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Pool B TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsFIJ33006641+259ARG32014538+77CAN31024150−95USA 30034366−233 10 February 2012 16:00 FIJ 14 – 12 Report ARG Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 16:22 CAN 19 – 12 Report USA Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 18:56 FIJ 33 – 19 Report USA Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 19:18 CAN 12 – 19 Report ARG Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 11 February 2012 13:06 FIJ 19 – 10 CAN Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 11 February 2012 14:34 ARG 14 – 12 Report USA Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Pool C TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsRSA33009717+809WAL32015448+67FRA31023866−285URU 30032684−583 10 February 2012 16:44 FRA 12 – 14 WAL Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 17:06 RSA 35 – 0 URU Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 19:40 FRA 21 – 19 URU Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 20:02 RSA 29 – 12 Report WAL Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 11 February 2012 12:22 WAL 28 – 7 URU Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 11 February 2012 13:50 FRA 5 – 33 RSA Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Pool D TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsKEN32106221+417ENG32104819+297SCO31025434+205BRA 300310100−903 10 February 2012 17:28 KEN 17 – 14 Report SCO Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 17:50 ENG 29 – 5 Report BRA Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 20:24 KEN 38 – 0 Report BRA Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 10 February 2012 20:46 ENG 12 – 7 Report SCO Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 11 February 2012 12:00 SCO 33 – 5 Report BRA Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 11 February 2012 13:28 KEN 7 – 7 Report ENG Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Knockout stage February 2012 Shield 11 February – Las Vegas AUS 50 BRA 0 11 February – Las Vegas FRA 5 USA 21 11 February – Las Vegas SCO 14 JPN 15 11 February – Las Vegas CAN 29 URU 0 12 February – Las Vegas BRA 7 FRA 33 12 February – Las Vegas SCO 40 URU 12 12 February – Las Vegas FRA 22 SCO 7 Bowl 11 February – Las Vegas AUS 50 BRA 0 11 February – Las Vegas FRA 5 USA 21 11 February – Las Vegas SCO 14 JPN 15 11 February – Las Vegas CAN 29 URU 0 12 February – Las Vegas AUS 19 USA 14 12 February – Las Vegas JPN 5 CAN 21 12 February – Las Vegas AUS 17 CAN 19 Plate 11 February – Las Vegas NZL 12 ENG 7 11 February – Las Vegas RSA 24 ARG 5 11 February – Las Vegas KEN 14 SAM 19 11 February – Las Vegas FIJ 12 WAL 5 12 February – Las Vegas ENG 19 ARG 21 12 February – Las Vegas KEN 22 WAL 14 12 February – Las Vegas ARG 7 KEN 21 Cup 11 February – Las Vegas NZL 12 ENG 7 11 February – Las Vegas RSA 24 ARG 5 11 February – Las Vegas KEN 14 SAM 19 11 February – Las Vegas FIJ 12 WAL 5 12 February – Las Vegas NZL 20 RSA 7 12 February – Las Vegas SAM 14 FIJ 12 12 February – Las Vegas NZL 19 SAM 26 12 February – Las Vegas FIJ 21 RSA 15 Television The 2012 USA Sevens earned strong ratings on TV in the US, with higher ratings than several basketball and hockey games on TV that weekend. The TV ratings for selected sports events on network and cable TV that weekend are below:Sports Media Watch, Weekly Sports TV Ratings, Feb 22, 2012, http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012/02/weekly-sports-tv-ratings-february-11-february-17/ 0.7 USA Sevens Rugby 0.4 NHL: Detroit v. Philadelphia 0.3 NCAA: Alabama v. LSU 0.1 NCAA: Wichita v. Creighton 0.1 NCAA: Xavier v. Temple 0.1 NCAA: Utah St. v. New Mexico St. 0.1 NCAA: Ark - Little Rock v. Middle Tenn. St. References External links IRB Official Site 2012 Category:2012 in American rugby union Category:2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series Category:Sports competitions in Las Vegas Category:2012 in sports in Nevada