2011 South Africa Sevens

Host nation|  South Africa
Date| 9–10 December 2011
Cup
Champion|  New Zealand
Runner-up|  South Africa
Third|  Samoa
Plate
Winner|  Wales
Runner-up|  Fiji
Bowl
Winner|  Scotland
Runner-up|  Canada
Shield
Winner|  Zimbabwe
Runner-up|  Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played| 45
Tries scored| 257 (average 5.71 per match)
Most points|  Frank Halai
Junior Tomasi Cama
(50 points)
Most tries|  Frank Halai
(10 tries)

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The 2011 South Africa Sevens was the 13th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. After nine seasons at George in the Western Cape, the competition moved to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

New Zealand won the title by defeating South Africa 31–26 in the final.[1]

## Format

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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

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The participating teams are:[2]

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* Morocco

* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* United States
* Wales
* Zimbabwe

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## Pool stage

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The draw was made on 4 December.[3]

Key to colours in group tables

| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Pool A

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 9
England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 7
United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 5
Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 57 | −38 | 3

9 December 2011
12:21

England | 26–7|  United States

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9 December 2011
12:43

Argentina | 5–17|  Samoa

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9 December 2011
15:27

England | 14–24|  Samoa

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9 December 2011
15:49

Argentina | 14–21|  United States

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9 December 2011
18:11

United States | 12–14|  Samoa

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9 December 2011
19:54

England | 19–0|  Argentina

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### Pool B

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 7 | +118 | 9
France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 7
Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 76 | −19 | 5
Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 108 | −94 | 3

9 December 2011
13:05

France | 31–7|  Scotland

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9 December 2011
13:27

New Zealand | 39–7|  Morocco

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9 December 2011
16:11

France | 19–7|  Morocco

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9 December 2011
16:33

New Zealand | 45–0|  Scotland

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9 December 2011
18:33

Scotland | 50–0|  Morocco

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9 December 2011
20:16

France | 0–41|  New Zealand

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### Pool C

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | +104 | 9
Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 7
Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 71 | –35 | 5
Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 102 | –83 | 3

9 December 2011
13:49

South Africa | 33–0|  Canada

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9 December 2011
14:11

Australia | 31–14|  Kenya

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9 December 2011
16:55

South Africa | 45–0|  Kenya

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9 December 2011
17:17

Australia | 33–10|  Canada

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9 December 2011
18:55

Canada | 26–5|  Kenya

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9 December 2011
20:38

South Africa | 26–0|  Australia

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### Pool D

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 38 | +64 | 9
Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 43 | +47 | 7
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 77 | −39 | 5
Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 108 | −72 | 3

9 December 2011
11:37

Fiji | 31–7|  Portugal

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9 December 2011
11:59

Wales | 42–7|  Zimbabwe

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9 December 2011
14:43

Fiji | 42–17|  Zimbabwe

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9 December 2011
15:05

Wales | 34–7|  Portugal

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9 December 2011
17:49

Portugal | 24–12|  Zimbabwe

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9 December 2011
19:32

Fiji | 29–14|  Wales

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## Knockout stage

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### Shield

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 10 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | |

|  United States| 26

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

|  Zimbabwe| 0 |

|  Zimbabwe| 21

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  Morocco| 14 |

|  Canada| 21

| | 10 December – Port Elizabeth

|  Morocco| 0 |

|  Zimbabwe| 19

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  Kenya| 12

|  Portugal| 12

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth |

|  Argentina| 28 |

|  Portugal| 12

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  Kenya| 17 |

|  Scotland| 26

|  Kenya| 7 |

### Bowl

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 10 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | |

|  United States| 26

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

|  Zimbabwe| 0 |

|  United States| 12

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  Canada| 22 |

|  Canada| 21

| | 10 December – Port Elizabeth

|  Morocco| 0 |

|  Canada| 19

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  Scotland| 22

|  Portugal| 12

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth |

|  Argentina| 28 |

|  Argentina| 14

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  Scotland| 21 |

|  Scotland| 26

|  Kenya| 7 |

### Plate

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 10 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | |

|  Samoa| 21

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

|  Wales| 12 |

|  Wales| 24

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  France| 20 |

|  South Africa| 26

| | 10 December – Port Elizabeth

|  France| 12 |

|  Wales| 48

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  Fiji| 0

|  Fiji| 14

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth |

|  England| 21 |

|  Fiji| 26

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  Australia| 7 |

|  New Zealand| 21

|  Australia| 5 |

### Cup

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 10 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | |

|  Samoa| 21

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

|  Wales| 12 |

|  Samoa| 7

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  South Africa| 12 |

|  South Africa| 26

| | 10 December – Port Elizabeth

|  France| 12 |

|  South Africa| 26

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  New Zealand| 31

|  Fiji| 14

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth |

|  England| 21 |

|  England| 14

| 10 December – Port Elizabeth

| |  New Zealand| 19 | | Third place

|  New Zealand| 21

| | 10 December – Port Elizabeth

|  Australia| 5 |

|  Samoa| 17

|  England| 14

## References

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1. ^ "New Zealand pip hosts to win SA Sevens". irbsevens.com. 10 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. ^ "Teams participating in South Africa Sevens". irbsevens.com. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2011.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. ^ "IRB confirms pool draw for SA Sevens". irbsevens.com. 4 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. ^ Results of the knockout stage[usurped]

## External links

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* IRB Official Site[usurped]

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South Africa Sevens

Men's events

Stellenbosch|

* 1999

Durban|

* 2000
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George|

* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010

Port Elizabeth|

* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014

Cape Town|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

Women's events

Cape Town|

* 2019

* v
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2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series

2011–12 events|

* 2011 Gold Coast Sevens
* 2011 Dubai Sevens
* 2011 South Africa Sevens
* 2012 Wellington Sevens
* 2012 USA Sevens
* 2012 Hong Kong Sevens
* 2012 Japan Sevens
* 2012 Scotland Sevens
* 2012 London Sevens

2011–12 stadiums|

* Robina Stadium
* The Sevens
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
* Westpac Stadium
* Sam Boyd Stadium
* Hong Kong Stadium
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* Scotstoun Stadium
* Twickenham Stadium

Core teams|

* Argentina
* Australia
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* United States
* Wales

Other teams|

* Brazil
* Canada
* China
* Cook Islands
* Guyana
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* Morocco
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Philippines
* Portugal
* Russia
* Spain
* Tonga
* United Arab Emirates
* Uruguay
* Zimbabwe

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