2012 USA Sevens








































































2012 USA Sevens
Host nation
United States United States
Date 10–12 February 2012
Cup
Champion
 Samoa
Runner-up
 New Zealand
Third
 Fiji
Plate
Winner
 Kenya
Runner-up
 Argentina
Bowl
Winner
 Canada
Runner-up
 Australia
Shield
Winner
 France
Runner-up
 Scotland
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 229 (average 5.089 per match)
Top point scorer
New Zealand Junior Tomasi Cama
(44 points)
Top try scorer
South Africa Cecil Afrika
(7 tries)

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The 2012 USA Sevens was the ninth edition of the USA Sevens tournament and the fifth tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Sam Boyd Stadium.


Samoa won the title by defeating New Zealand 26–19 in the final.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Format


  • 2 Teams


  • 3 Pool stage


    • 3.1 Pool A


    • 3.2 Pool B


    • 3.3 Pool C


    • 3.4 Pool D




  • 4 Knockout stage


    • 4.1 Shield


    • 4.2 Bowl


    • 4.3 Plate


    • 4.4 Cup




  • 5 Television


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





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 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


16 teams participated:[2]











Pool stage


The draw was made on February 4.[3]








Key to colours in group tables

 Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal


Pool A


























































Teams
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 PF
 PA
 +/−
 Pts

 New Zealand
 3 3 0 0 85 15 +70
9

 Samoa
 3 2 0 1 57 27 +30
7

 Australia
 3 1 0 2 30 57 −27
5

 Japan
 3 0 0 3 12 85 −73
3



10 February 2012
18:12














New Zealand 
 31 – 5
 Australia


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
18:34














Samoa 
 33 – 0
 Japan


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
21:08














New Zealand 
 42 – 5
 Japan


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
21:30














Samoa 
 19 – 15
 Australia


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








11 February 2012
12:44














Australia 
 10 – 7
 Japan


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








11 February 2012
14:12














New Zealand 
 12 – 5
 Samoa


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas






Pool B


























































Teams
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 PF
 PA
 +/−
 Pts

 Fiji
 3 3 0 0 66 41 +25
9

 Argentina
 3 2 0 1 45 38 +7
7

 Canada
 3 1 0 2 41 50 −9
5

 United States
 3 0 0 3 43 66 −23
3



10 February 2012
16:00














Fiji 
 14 – 12
 Argentina


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
16:22














Canada 
 19 – 12
 United States


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
18:56














Fiji 
 33 – 19
 United States


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
19:18














Canada 
 12 – 19
 Argentina


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








11 February 2012
13:06














Fiji 
 19 – 10
 Canada


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








11 February 2012
14:34














Argentina 
 14 – 12
 United States


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas






Pool C


























































Teams
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 PF
 PA
 +/−
 Pts

 South Africa
 3 3 0 0 97 17 +80
9

 Wales
 3 2 0 1 54 48 +6
7

 France
 3 1 0 2 38 66 −28
5

 Uruguay
 3 0 0 3 26 84 −58
3



10 February 2012
16:44














France 
 12 – 14
 Wales


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
17:06














South Africa 
 35 – 0
 Uruguay


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
19:40














France 
 21 – 19
 Uruguay


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
20:02














South Africa 
 29 – 12
 Wales


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








11 February 2012
12:22














Wales 
 28 – 7
 Uruguay


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








11 February 2012
13:50














France 
 5 – 33
 South Africa


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas






Pool D


























































Teams
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 PF
 PA
 +/−
 Pts

 Kenya
 3 2 1 0 62 21 +41
7

 England
 3 2 1 0 48 19 +29
7

 Scotland
 3 1 0 2 54 34 +20
5

 Brazil
 3 0 0 3 10 100 −90
3



10 February 2012
17:28














Kenya 
 17 – 14
 Scotland


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
17:50














England 
 29 – 5
 Brazil


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
20:24














Kenya 
 38 – 0
 Brazil


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








10 February 2012
20:46














England 
 12 – 7
 Scotland


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








11 February 2012
12:00














Scotland 
 33 – 5
 Brazil


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas








11 February 2012
13:28














Kenya 
 7 – 7
 England


Report



Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas






Knockout stage



Shield
















































































































































 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                    
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
 Australia
 50
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Brazil
0
 
 Brazil
 7
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  France
33
 
  France 5
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 United States
 21
 
  France 22
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Scotland
 7
 
  Scotland 14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Japan
 15
 
  Scotland 40
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Uruguay
 12
 
 Canada
 29
 
 
  Uruguay
0
 


Bowl
















































































































































 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                    
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
  Australia 50
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Brazil
 0
 
  Australia 19
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 United States
 14
 
 France
 5
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  United States
21
 
 Australia
 17
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Canada
19
 
 Scotland
 14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Japan
15
 
 Japan
 5
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Canada
21
 
  Canada 29
 
 
 Uruguay
 0
 


Plate
















































































































































 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                    
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
 New Zealand
 12
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  England
7
 
 England
 19
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Argentina
21
 
 South Africa
 24
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Argentina
5
 
 Argentina
 7
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Kenya
21
 
  Kenya 14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Samoa
 19
 
  Kenya 22
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Wales
 14
 
 Fiji
 12
 
 
  Wales
5
 


Cup
































































































































































 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                    
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
  New Zealand 12
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 England
 7
 
  New Zealand 20
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 South Africa
 7
 
  South Africa 24
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Argentina
 5
 
 New Zealand
 19
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Samoa
26
 
 Kenya
 14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Samoa
19
 
  Samoa 14
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 Fiji
 12
 Third place
 
  Fiji 12
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
 Wales
 5
 
  Fiji 21
 
 
 South Africa
 15
 


Television


The 2012 USA Sevens earned strong ratings on TV in the US, with higher ratings than several basketball and hockey games on TV that weekend. The TV ratings for selected sports events on network and cable TV that weekend are below:[4]



  • 0.7 USA Sevens Rugby

  • 0.4 NHL: Detroit v. Philadelphia

  • 0.3 NCAA: Alabama v. LSU

  • 0.1 NCAA: Wichita v. Creighton

  • 0.1 NCAA: Xavier v. Temple

  • 0.1 NCAA: Utah St. v. New Mexico St.

  • 0.1 NCAA: Ark - Little Rock v. Middle Tenn. St.



References





  1. ^ "Tears of pride as Samoa refind winning touch". irbsevens.com. 2012-02-13..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Brazil among teams to compete at USA Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2011-12-21.


  3. ^ "Pools drawn for USA Sevens in Las Vegas". irbsevens.com. 2012-02-04.


  4. ^ Sports Media Watch, Weekly Sports TV Ratings, Feb 22, 2012, http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012/02/weekly-sports-tv-ratings-february-11-february-17/




External links


  • IRB Official Site









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