2011 London Sevens

2011 London Sevens
Host nation	England
Date	May 21 – 22, 2011
Cup
Champion	South Africa
Runner-up	Fiji
Plate
Winner	Samoa
Runner-up	Australia
Bowl
Winner	Scotland
Runner-up	Kenya
Shield
Winner	England
Runner-up	Portugal
Tournament details
Attendance	100,094
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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:

• Argentina
• Australia
• Canada
• England
• Fiji
• France
• Kenya
• New Zealand
• Portugal
• Russia
• Samoa
• Scotland
• South Africa
• Spain
• United States
• Wales

Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarter Final

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	99	31	+68	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	74	53	+21	7
Spain	3	1	0	2	34	80	−46	5
Kenya	3	0	0	3	31	74	−43	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011-05-21	New Zealand	28 – 12	Kenya
2011-05-21	Wales	33 – 10	Spain
2011-05-21	New Zealand	40 – 7	Spain
2011-05-21	Wales	29 – 12	Kenya
2011-05-21	Kenya	7 – 17	Spain
2011-05-21	New Zealand	31 – 12	Wales

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	60	59	+1	7
Argentina	3	1	1	1	61	49	+12	6
England	3	1	1	1	57	54	+3	6
United States	3	1	0	2	60	76	−16	5

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011-05-21	England	31 – 21	United States
2011-05-21	Argentina	28 – 15	France
2011-05-21	England	14 – 21	France
2011-05-21	Argentina	21 – 22	United States
2011-05-21	United States	17 – 24	France
2011-05-21	England	12 – 12	Argentina

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	64	55	+9	9
Samoa	3	2	0	1	77	60	+17	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	63	69	−6	5
Scotland	3	0	0	3	48	68	−20	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011-05-21	Samoa	19 – 15	Scotland
2011-05-21	Australia	19 – 14	Canada
2011-05-21	Samoa	38 – 24	Canada
2011-05-21	Australia	24 – 21	Scotland
2011-05-21	Scotland	12 – 25	Canada
2011-05-21	Samoa	20 – 21	Australia

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	77	28	+49	9
South Africa	3	2	0	1	46	26	+20	7
Portugal	3	0	1	2	40	58	−18	4
Russia	3	0	1	2	19	70	−51	4

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011-05-21	South Africa	17 – 7	Russia
2011-05-21	Fiji	24 – 21	Portugal
2011-05-21	South Africa	22 – 7	Portugal
2011-05-21	Fiji	41 – 0	Russia
2011-05-21	Russia	12 – 12	Portugal
2011-05-21	South Africa	7 – 12	Fiji

Knockout stage

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	May 22 – London
	Spain	14
					May 22 – London
	United States	0
					United States	15
	May 22 – London
					Portugal	21
	Portugal	0
									May 22 – London
	Scotland	26
									Portugal	7
	May 22 – London
									England	22
	Canada	12
					May 22 – London
	Russia	15
					Canada	14
	May 22 – London
					England	22
	England	17
	Kenya	19

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	May 22 – London
	Spain	14
					May 22 – London
	United States	0
					Spain	17
	May 22 – London
					Scotland	19
	Portugal	0
									May 22 – London
	Scotland	26
									Scotland	21
	May 22 – London
									Kenya	19
	Canada	12
					May 22 – London
	Russia	15
					Russia	15
	May 22 – London
					Kenya	19
	England	17
	Kenya	19

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	May 22 – London
	New Zealand	31
					May 22 – London
	Argentina	14
					Argentina	0
	May 22 – London
					Samoa	38
	Fiji	26
									May 22 – London
	Samoa	14
									Samoa	22
	May 22 – London
									Australia	12
	Australia	0
					May 22 – London
	South Africa	17
					Australia	19
	May 22 – London
					France	0
	France	12
	Wales	19

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	May 22 – London
	New Zealand	31
					May 22 – London
	Argentina	14
					New Zealand	19
	May 22 – London
					Fiji	42
	Fiji	26
									May 22 – London
	Samoa	14
									Fiji	14
	May 22 – London
									South Africa	24
	Australia	0
					May 22 – London
	South Africa	17
					South Africa	21
	May 22 – London
					Wales	19
	France	12
	Wales	19

Statistics

Points scored by one player

Number	Player	Team	Points
1	Tom Iosefo	Samoa	50
2	Metuisela Talebula	Fiji	48
3	Tomasi Cama	New Zealand	47
4	Dan Norton	England	40
5	Ben Gollings	England	38
6	Peter Horne	Scotland	36
7	Bernado Botha	South Africa	30
8	Gonzalo Gutierrez Taboada	Argentina	30
9	Alatasi Tupou	Samoa	29
10	Cecil Afrika	South Africa	28
10	Pedro Leal	Portugal	28

External links

• IRB Official Site^[usurped]