2012 Japan Sevens
Host nationJapan Japan
Date31 March – 1 April 2012
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up Samoa
Third New Zealand
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up South Africa
Bowl
Winner France
Runner-up United States
Shield
Winner Scotland
Runner-up Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored229 (average 5.09 per match)
Most pointsNew Zealand Junior Tomasi Cama
(39 points)
Most triesNew Zealand Waisake Naholo
Samoa Ken Pisi
(6 tries)
2013

The 2012 Japan Sevens was the first edition of the tournament since 2001 and the seventh tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.

Australia won the title by defeating Samoa 28–26 in the final.[1]

Format

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 six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition, the Plate competition was contested by the losing quarterfinalists from the Cup. The Bowl was contested by the four remaining second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers while the Shield was contested by the remaining eight entrants.

Teams

The following teams participated:[2]

Pool stage

The draw was made on March 25.

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

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 England 33004819+299
 Fiji 32015021+297
 France 31023141−105
 Japan 30031765−483
31 March 2012
12:12
Fiji 17 – 0 France
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
12:34
England 15 – 5 Japan
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
15:47
Fiji 26 – 7 Japan
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
16:09
England 19 – 7 France
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
17:41
France 24 – 5 Japan
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
19:09
Fiji 7 – 14 England
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 33008815+739
 Australia 32014236+67
 United States 31022660−345
 Hong Kong 30033378−453

31 March 2012
10:22
Australia 17 – 14 Hong Kong
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
13:35
New Zealand 40 – 0 Hong Kong
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
13:57
Australia 15 – 0 United States
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
16:35
United States 21 – 19 Hong Kong
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
18:03
New Zealand 22 – 10 Australia
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Wales 33004912+379
 Argentina 32014224+187
 Russia 31023349−165
 Kenya 30032463−393
31 March 2012
10:44
Argentina 15 – 7 Kenya
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
11:06
Wales 10 – 7 Russia
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
14:19
Argentina 22 – 0 Russia
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
14:41
Wales 22 – 0 Kenya
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
16:57
Kenya 17 – 26 Russia
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
18:25
Argentina 5 – 17 Wales
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 33007334+399
 South Africa 32013345−127
 Portugal 31024240+25
 Scotland 30031443−293
31 March 2012
11:28
South Africa 14 – 0 Scotland
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
11:50
Samoa 21 – 20 Portugal
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
15:03
South Africa 12 – 7 Portugal
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
15:25
Samoa 14 – 7 Scotland
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
17:19
Scotland 7 – 15 Portugal
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

31 March 2012
18:47
South Africa 7 – 38 Samoa
Report[usurped]
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 
 France22
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Scotland19
 
 Scotland21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Russia19
 
 Russia12
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Hong Kong17
 
 Scotland26
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Kenya12
 
 Portugal21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Japan5
 
 Japan17
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Kenya24
 
 United States12
 
 
 Kenya7
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 
 France22
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Scotland19
 
 France26
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Hong Kong15
 
 Russia12
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Hong Kong17
 
 France17
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 United States12
 
 Portugal21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Japan5
 
 Portugal10
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 United States20
 
 United States12
 
 
 Kenya7
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 
 England21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 South Africa17
 
 South Africa22
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Wales10
 
 Wales14
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Australia21
 
 South Africa10
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Fiji14
 
 Samoa24
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Fiji21
 
 Fiji21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Argentina14
 
 New Zealand40
 
 
 Argentina5
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 
 England21
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 South Africa17
 
 England12
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Australia33
 
 Wales14
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Australia21
 
 Australia28
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Samoa26
 
 Samoa24
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Fiji21
 
 Samoa17
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 New Zealand12 Third place
 
 New Zealand40
 
1 April – Tokyo
 
 Argentina5
 
 England17
 
 
 New Zealand24
 

References

  1. "Australia strike gold at Tokyo Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-04-01. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Teams set for new Tokyo Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-01-24. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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