2012 Dubai Sevens

2012 Dubai Sevens
Host nation United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Date 30 November – 1 December 2012
Cup
Champions  Samoa
Runners-up  New Zealand
Third  Kenya
Plate
Champions  Wales
Runners-up  Canada
Bowl
Champions  Argentina
Runners-up  South Africa
Shield
Champions  England
Runners-up  Spain
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 217 (average 4.822 per match)
Top point scorer Canada Nathan Hirayama
(51 points)
Top try scorer England Dan Norton
Kenya Collins Injera
New Zealand Kurt Baker
Samoa Paul Perez
(6 tries)
2011
2013

The 2012 Dubai Sevens was held between 30 November 2012 and 1 December 2012 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and the second stop of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series.

Samoa defeated New Zealand 26–15 in the final to win the title.[1]

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33005024+269
 Kenya 32013226+67
 Spain 31021931−125
 Scotland 30032646−203
30 November 2012
09:50
Fiji  14 – 0  Spain
Report

30 November 2012
10:12
Kenya  12 – 5  Scotland
Report

30 November 2012
13:36
Fiji  22 – 14  Scotland
Report

30 November 2012
13:58
Kenya  10 – 7  Spain
Report

30 November 2012
17:00
Spain  12 – 7  Scotland
Report

30 November 2012
18:58
Fiji  14 – 10  Kenya
Report

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33006228+349
 Wales 32014326+177
 Argentina 31023141−105
 Russia 30032970−413
30 November 2012
10:36
New Zealand  14 – 7  Wales
Report

30 November 2012
10:58
Argentina  17 – 10  Russia
Report

30 November 2012
14:22
New Zealand  31 – 14  Russia
Report

30 November 2012
14:44
Argentina  7 – 14  Wales
Report

30 November 2012
17:22
Wales  22 – 5  Russia
Report

30 November 2012
19:22
New Zealand  17 – 7  Argentina
Report

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 32015143+87
 Portugal 32015355−27
 South Africa 31023432+25
 England 31025058−85
30 November 2012
11:20
South Africa  19 – 10  England
Report

30 November 2012
11:44
Samoa  24 – 19  Portugal
Report

30 November 2012
15:06
South Africa  10 – 12  Portugal
Report

30 November 2012
15:28
Samoa  17 – 19  England
Report

30 November 2012
17:44
England  21 – 22  Portugal
Report

30 November 2012
19:44
South Africa  5 – 10  Samoa
Report

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 32107435+398
 France 32012434−107
 Australia 3111474706
 United States 30033362−293
30 November 2012
09:06
France  0 – 20  Canada
Report

30 November 2012
09:28
Australia  19 – 12  United States
Report

30 November 2012
12:52
France  17 – 14  United States
Report

30 November 2012
13:14
Australia  28 – 28  Canada
Report

30 November 2012
16:38
Canada  26 – 7  United States
Report

30 November 2012
18:36
France  7 – 0  Australia
Report

Knockout stage

Shield (13th place)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 December – Dubai        
  Spain  12
1 December – Dubai
  United States  14  
  Spain  26
1 December – Dubai
      Russia  24  
  South Africa  25
1 December – Dubai
  Russia  12  
  Spain  5
1 December – Dubai    
    England  26
  Australia  14
1 December – Dubai
  Scotland  29  
  Australia  12
1 December – Dubai
      England  40  
  Argentina  24
  England  14  
 

Bowl (9th place)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 December – Dubai        
  Spain  12
1 December – Dubai
  United States  14  
  United States  14
1 December – Dubai
      South Africa  22  
  South Africa  25
1 December – Dubai
  Russia  12  
  South Africa  10
1 December – Dubai    
    Argentina  14
  Australia  14
1 December – Dubai
  Scotland  29  
  Scotland  5
1 December – Dubai
      Argentina  12  
  Argentina  24
  England  14  
 

Plate (5th place)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 December – Dubai        
  Fiji  5
1 December – Dubai
  France  8  
  Fiji  5
1 December – Dubai
      Wales  27  
  Samoa  19
1 December – Dubai
  Wales  7  
  Wales  21
1 December – Dubai    
    Canada  14
  Canada  7
1 December – Dubai
  Kenya  19  
  Canada  28
1 December – Dubai
      Portugal  12  
  New Zealand  28
  Portugal  7  
 

Cup (1st place)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
1 December – Dubai        
  Fiji  5
1 December – Dubai
  France  8  
  France  5
1 December – Dubai
    Samoa  12  
  Samoa  19
1 December – Dubai
  Wales  7  
  Samoa  26
1 December – Dubai
    New Zealand  15
  Canada  7
1 December – Dubai
  Kenya  19  
  Kenya  7 Third place
1 December – Dubai
    New Zealand  27  
  New Zealand  28   France  12
  Portugal  7     Kenya  15
1 December – Dubai

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