2011 Wellington Sevens
The Wellington Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2011 competition was held on February 4 and February 5 at Westpac Stadium. It was the third of eight events in the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series.
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
These 16 teams were invited to participate in the 2010 tournament:[1]
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Cook Islands
England
Fiji
France
Kenya
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Scotland
South Africa
Tonga
United States
Wales
Pool stages
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarter Final | |
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 36 | +49 | 9 |
 Wales
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 50 | +24 | 7 |
 United States
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 81 | −45 | 5 |
 Cook Islands
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 3 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-02-04 | England
|
31 – 12 | United States
|
| 2011-02-04 | Wales
|
31 – 12 | Cook Islands
|
| 2011-02-04 | England
|
21 – 17 | Cook Islands
|
| 2011-02-04 | Wales
|
36 – 5 | United States
|
| 2011-02-04 | United States
|
19 – 14 | Cook Islands
|
| 2011-02-04 | England
|
33 – 7 | Wales
|
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 19 | +89 | 9 |
 Argentina
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 58 | −15 | 7 |
 Papua New Guinea
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 71 | −47 | 5 |
 Scotland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 65 | −27 | 3 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-02-04 | New Zealand
|
29 – 12 | Scotland
|
| 2011-02-04 | Argentina
|
14 – 10 | Papua New Guinea
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| 2011-02-04 | New Zealand
|
45 – 0 | Papua New Guinea
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| 2011-02-04 | Argentina
|
22 – 14 | Scotland
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| 2011-02-04 | Scotland
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12 – 14 | Papua New Guinea
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| 2011-02-04 | New Zealand
|
34 – 7 | Argentina
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Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 31 | +66 | 9 |
 Samoa
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 7 |
 Tonga
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 74 | −50 | 5 |
 Kenya
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 3 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-02-04 | Samoa
|
24 – 21 | Kenya
|
| 2011-02-04 | Australia
|
47 – 7 | Tonga
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| 2011-02-04 | Samoa
|
17 – 0 | Tonga
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| 2011-02-04 | Australia
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21 – 19 | Kenya
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| 2011-02-04 | Kenya
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10 – 17 | Tonga
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| 2011-02-04 | Samoa
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5 – 29 | Australia
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Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 7 | +80 | 8 |
 South Africa
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 6 |
 Canada
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 83 | −59 | 5 |
 France
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 73 | −45 | 5 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-02-04 | Fiji
|
42 – 0 | France
|
| 2011-02-04 | South Africa
|
31 – 5 | Canada
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| 2011-02-04 | Fiji
|
38 – 0 | Canada
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| 2011-02-04 | South Africa
|
12 – 14 | France
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| 2011-02-04 | France
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14 – 19 | Canada
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| 2011-02-04 | Fiji
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7 – 7 | South Africa
|
Knockout
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| United States
| 7 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Scotland
| 24 | |||||||||
| United States
| 31 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Canada
| 7 | |||||||||
| Canada
| 14 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Kenya
| 19 | |||||||||
| United States
| 19 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| France
| 12 | |||||||||
| Tonga
| 21 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| France
| 19 | |||||||||
| France
| 52 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea
| 12 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea
| 10 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands
| 22 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| United States
| 7 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Scotland
| 24 | |||||||||
| Scotland
| 12 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Kenya
| 15 | |||||||||
| Canada
| 14 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Kenya
| 19 | |||||||||
| Kenya
| 19 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Tonga
| 0 | |||||||||
| Tonga
| 21 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| France
| 19 | |||||||||
| Tonga
| 12 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands
| 7 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea
| 10 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands
| 22 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| England
| 14 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Argentina
| 7 | |||||||||
| Argentina
| 0 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Fiji
| 28 | |||||||||
| Fiji
| 5 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Samoa
| 12 | |||||||||
| Fiji
| 26 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| South Africa
| 12 | |||||||||
| Australia
| 14 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| South Africa
| 7 | |||||||||
| South Africa
| 22 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Wales
| 5 | |||||||||
| New Zealand
| 26 | |||||||||
| Wales
| 5 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| England
| 14 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Argentina
| 7 | |||||||||
| England
| 7 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Samoa
| 5 | |||||||||
| Fiji
| 5 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| Samoa
| 12 | |||||||||
| England
| 14 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| New Zealand
| 29 | |||||||||
| Australia
| 14 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| South Africa
| 7 | |||||||||
| Australia
| 0 | |||||||||
| February 5 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||||||
| New Zealand
| 17 | |||||||||
| New Zealand
| 26 | |||||||||
| Wales
| 5 | |||||||||