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2011 Gold Coast Sevens

2011 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XIII
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 25–26 November 2011
Cup
Champion  Fiji
Runner-up  New Zealand
Third  South Africa
Plate
Winner  Wales
Runner-up  Samoa
Bowl
Winner  Argentina
Runner-up  Scotland
Shield
Winner  Papua New Guinea
Runner-up  Japan
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 230 (average 5.111 per match)
Top point scorer New Zealand Junior Tomasi Cama
(48 points)
Top try scorer South Africa Chris Dry
Argentina Manuel Montero
(7 tries)
2012

The 2011 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2011-2012 Sevens World Series It was held over the weekend of 25–26 November 2011 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. The tournament was the ninth completed edition of the Australian Sevens and the first on the Gold Coast after the event had been previously hosted in Adelaide and Brisbane.

Fiji won the tournament by defeating New Zealand in the Cup final 26–12.

The teams are divided into pools of four teams, and a round-robin played within each pool. Points in rugby sevens pools are awarded on a different basis to most rugby tournaments: 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.

The top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition, and the four Cup quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket to play for the Plate. The bottom two teams in each pool go to the Bowl competition, and the four Bowl quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket to play for the Shield.

The participating teams were announced on 8 September.

The draw was made on 7 November.

All times are local (UTC+10).


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