2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series

2010–11 IRB Sevens Series XII United Arab Emirates RSA NZL USA HKG AUS ENG SCO 3 December 2010 - 29 May 2011 NZL RSA ENG 2009-10 2011-12 The 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series was the 12th annual IRB Sevens World Series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. However, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, was played over three days, largely because it involved 24 teams instead of the normal 16. Itinerary The IRB announced dates for the 2010–11 events on 1 June 2010, only two days after the final event of the 2009–10 series, the Edinburgh Sevens. The stops remained unchanged from recent years; the only scheduling change for 2010–11 was that the Adelaide event, which moved from its traditional slot of one week after Hong Kong to one week before in 2010,http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2032654.html#200910+irb+sevens+world+series+schedule 2009/10 IRB Sevens World Series schedule set International Rugby Board 8 July 2009 14 July 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090711161335/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid%3D2032654.html 11 July 2009 returned to its prior slot for 2011. This was the last season for the South Africa leg in George and the Australia leg in Adelaide. On 13 April 2011, both countries' national unions announced that their respective legs of the series would move to new sites for 2011–12. The South Africa Sevens will move to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/9741?view=news Port Elizabeth named as new host of SA Sevens event South African Rugby Union 13 April 2011 29 May 2011 13 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160113180743/http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/9741?view=news dead The Australia leg will move to Skilled Park in the Gold Coast; it was initially known as the "International Rugby Sevens Gold Coast",http://www.rugby.com.au/news/sevens/gold_coast_to_become_new_home_for_australian_seven,146138.html/news/latest/section/39652 Gold Coast to Become New Home for Australian Sevens Australian Rugby Union 13 April 2011 29 May 2011 but later rebranded simply as the "Gold Coast Sevens".http://www.rugby.com.au/sevens/GoldCoastSevens.aspx Gold Coast Sevens Australian Rugby Union 19 September 2011 + 2010–11 Itineraryhttp://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2037992.html Dates set for 2010/11 IRB Sevens World Series International Rugby Board 1 June 2010 8 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100604050842/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2037992.html 2010-06-04 dead Leg Venue Date Winner Dubai The Sevens 3–4 December 2010 ENG South Africa Outeniqua Park, George 10–11 December 2010 NZL New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington 4–5 February 2011 NZL United States Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 12–13 February 2011 RSA Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium 25–27 March 2011 NZL Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2–3 April 2011 NZL London Twickenham 21–22 May 2011 RSA Edinburgh Murrayfield, Edinburgh 28–29 May 2011 RSA Core teams Before each season, the IRB announces the 12 "core teams" that received guaranteed berths in each event in that season's series. The core teams for 2010–11 were: ARG AUS ENG FJI FRA KEN NZL SAM SCO RSA USA WAL The core teams were unchanged from 2009 to 2010. Points schedule The season championship was determined by points earned in each tournament. The points allocations for all events were identical to those in the 2009–10 series, reflecting changes that the IRB made starting with that season:http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101119032658/http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/index.html usurped November 19, 2010 Points system International Rugby Board 2010-12-04 2010-12-04 16-team events (all except for Hong Kong) Cup winner (1st place): 24 points Cup runner-up: 20 points Losing Cup semifinalists: 16 points Plate winner (5th place): 12 points Plate runner-up: 8 points Losing Plate semifinalists: 6 points Bowl winner (9th place): 4 points 24-team event (Hong Kong) Cup winner: 30 points Cup runner-up: 25 points Losing Cup semifinalists: 20 points Plate winner (5th place): 16 points Plate runner-up: 10 points Losing Plate semifinalists: 8 points Bowl winner (9th place): 5 points Tournament structure In all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participated. Due to its place as the sport's most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament had 24 teams. In each 16-team tournament, 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 first tiebreaker was the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/rules16.html Rules: 16-Team Tournament International Rugby Board 2009-07-14 2009 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110807113017/http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/rules16.html 2011-08-07 Four trophies were awarded in each tournament. In descending order of prestige, they were the Cup, whose winner was the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. The Shield was contested in Hong Kong for the first time in 2010. Each trophy was awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101119032658/http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/index.html usurped November 19, 2010 Rules International Rugby Board 2010-12-04 In a 16-team tournament, 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. The Hong Kong Sevens adopted a new structure effective with its 2010 edition. As in previous years, the 24 teams were divided into six pools of four teams each, with the competition points system and tiebreakers identical to those for a 16-team event. Also as in the past, the six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition.http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/rules24.html Rules: 24-Team Tournament International Rugby Board 2010-01-28 2009–2010 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20101123201822/http://www.irbsevens.com/rules/rules24.html November 23, 2010 The Plate competition was contested by the losing quarterfinalists from the Cup, as in all other events in the series. The Bowl was contested by the four remaining second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers. The Shield was contested by the remaining eight entrants. Final standings 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. 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. + 2010–11 IRB Sevens – Series IXhttp://www.irbsevens.com/standings.html Overall Standings International Rugby Board 2010-12-04 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110902075538/http://www.irbsevens.com/standings.html 2011-09-02 Pos. Team Event  border-bottom:1px solid transparentUAEDubaiRSAGeorgeNZLWellingtonUSALas VegasHKGHong KongAUSAdelaideENGLondonSCOEdinburghPointstotal    1 NZL 16 24 24 16 30 24 16 16 166 2 RSA 12 12 8 24 16 20 24 24 140 3 ENG24 20 20 16 25 16 0 6 127 4 FIJ 16 16 12 20 20 6 20 12 122 5 SAM20 16 16 12 20 16 12 8 120 6 AUS 8 6 16 6 10 6 8 20 80 7 WAL 6 6 6 0 0 12 16 16 62 8 ARG 4 8 6 6 0 8 6 0 38 9 KEN 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 4 16 10 SCO 0 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 12 11 FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 12 12 USA 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 13 RUS 0 0 – – 8 – 0 0 8 14 POR 0 0 – – 8 – 0 0 8 15 CAN – – 0 0 5 – 0 0 5 {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |colspan=2 style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"|Light blue line on the left indicates a core team eligible to participate in all events of the series. |} Player scoring Individual points Individual points http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/pointdetails.html IRB Sevens World Series 2010/11 Statistics: Season Player Points International Rugby Board 2010-12-04 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20101123093916/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/pointdetails.html 2010-11-23 Pos. Player Country Points 1 Cecil Afrika RSA 381 2 Tomasi Cama NZL 299 3 Ben Gollings ENG 278 4 Hamish Angus AUS 240 5 Andrew Skeen SCO 201 6 Emosi Vucago FIJ 195 7 Bernard Foley AUS 123 8 Frank Halai NZL 175 9 Dan Norton ENG 164 10 Gonzalo Gutierrez Taboada ARG 159 Individual tries Individual tries http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/triesdetails.html IRB Sevens World Series 2010/11 Statistics: Season Player Tries International Rugby Board 2010-12-04 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20101121011532/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/triesdetails.html 2010-11-21 Pos. Player Country Tries 1 Cecil Afrika RSA 40 2 Frank Halai NZL 35 3 Dan Norton ENG 32 4 Humphrey Kayange KEN 31 5-tie Seremaia Burotu FIJ 29 5-tie Collins Injera KEN 29 7 Toby Arnold NZL 27 8-tie Bernard Foley AUS 26 8-tie Declan O'Donnell NZL 26 Tournaments Dubai 2010 Dubai Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup ENG29 – 21 SAM FIJNZLPlate RSA19 – 12 AUS USAWALBowl ARG21 – 0 ZIM RUSSCOShield KEN26 – 0 FRA PORArabian Gulf South Africa 2010 South Africa Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup NZL22 – 19 ENG SAMFIJPlate RSA10 – 5 ARG WALAUSBowl SCO26 – 0 RUS PORFRAShield ZIM14 – 5 KEN NAMUSA New Zealand 2011 Wellington Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup NZL29 – 14 ENG SAMAUSPlate FIJ26 – 12 RSA ARGWALBowl KEN19 – 0 TON SCOCOKShield USA19 – 12 FRA CANPNG United States 2011 USA Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup RSA24 – 14 FIJ ENGNZLPlate SAM26 – 15 KEN AUSARGBowl SCO19 – 14 CAN FRAWALShield USA19 – 12 JPN URUGUY Hong Kong 2011 Hong Kong Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsQuarter FinalistsCup NZL 29 – 17 ENG FIJSAM Plate RSA 26 – 19 AUS PORRUS Bowl CAN 35 – 12 JPN USAWAL SCOTONFRAARGShield KEN 17 – 12 ESP CHNZIM MASHKGKORMEX Australia 2011 Adelaide Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup NZL 28 – 20 RSA ENGSAMPlate WAL 14 – 7 ARG AUSFIJBowl USA 17 – 10 KEN FRASCOShield JPN 22 – 5 TON COKPNG England 2011 London Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup RSA 24 – 14 FIJ NZLWALPlate SAM 22 – 12 AUS ARGFRABowl SCO 21 – 19 KEN ESPRUSShield ENG 22 – 7 POR USACAN Scotland 2011 Edinburgh Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi FinalistsCup RSA 36 – 35 AUS WALNZLPlate FIJ 26 – 14 SAMENG FRABowl KEN 21 – 14 SCO ESP ARGShield CAN17 – 12 RUS USA POR References External links IRB Sevens Category:World Rugby Sevens Series