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
2011-02-04	New Zealand	45 – 0	Papua New Guinea
2011-02-04	Argentina	22 – 14	Scotland
2011-02-04	Scotland	12 – 14	Papua New Guinea
2011-02-04	New Zealand	34 – 7	Argentina

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
2011-02-04	Samoa	17 – 0	Tonga
2011-02-04	Australia	21 – 19	Kenya
2011-02-04	Kenya	10 – 17	Tonga
2011-02-04	Samoa	5 – 29	Australia

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
2011-02-04	Fiji	38 – 0	Canada
2011-02-04	South Africa	12 – 14	France
2011-02-04	France	14 – 19	Canada
2011-02-04	Fiji	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

References

1. Wellington Sevens Teams^[usurped]

External links

• IRB Sevens
• Wellington Sevens^[usurped]

Preceded by South Africa Sevens

Wellington Sevens 2011

Succeeded by USA Sevens