2013 London Sevens

2013 London Sevens
Host nation	England
Date	11–12 May 2013
Cup
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Australia
Third	England
Plate
Champions	Fiji
Runners-up	United States
Bowl
Champions	Wales
Runners-up	France
Shield
Champions	No Shield
Runners-up	No Shield
Tournament details
Matches played	32
Tries scored	179 (average 5.594 per match)
Top point scorer	Dan Norton (50 points)
Top try scorer	Dan Norton (10 tries)
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The 2013 London Sevens was the seventh edition of the rugby union tournament and the final stage of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series and was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England.

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 the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.

From the end of the 2012/13 Series, promotion and relegation from core team status came into effect, with a pre-qualifying competition in Hong Kong and a final core team qualifier in London at the ninth and final round of the season.

The 2013 London Sevens, the final round of the Series, featured two distinct tournaments, and a total of 20 teams. In the first, the top 12-ranked sides in the HSBC Sevens World Series standings after round eight in Glasgow competed for the London title, and final World Series points towards their overall tally.

In the second, the 13th, 14th and 15th-ranked core teams after the Glasgow event competed against five pre-qualified regional teams from Hong Kong, for the three available core team places on the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

Teams

Main Draw

World Series qualifiers

Main Draw

The draw was made on 5 May 2013.^[1]

Pool Stage

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	54	32	+22	7
United States	3	2	0	1	53	48	+5	7
South Africa	3	2	0	1	34	33	+1	7
France	3	0	0	3	43	71	−28	3

11 May 2013 09:30

United States	19 – 17	France
	Report

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11 May 2013 09:52

South Africa	5 – 0	Australia
	Report

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11 May 2013 13:40

South Africa	17 – 14	France
	Report

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11 May 2013 14:02

United States	15 – 19	Australia
	Report

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11 May 2013 16:02

South Africa	12 – 19	United States
	Report

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11 May 2013 16:24

Australia	35 – 12	France
	Report

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Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	100	29	+71	9
Kenya	3	2	0	1	86	62	+24	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	41	90	−49	5
Canada	3	0	0	3	33	79	−46	3

11 May 2013 10:14

Wales	19 – 31	Kenya
	Report

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11 May 2013 10:36

New Zealand	24 – 7	Canada
	Report

Twickenham Stadium, London

11 May 2013 14:24

New Zealand	31 – 17	Kenya
	Report

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11 May 2013 14:46

Wales	17 – 14	Canada
	Report

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11 May 2013 17:03

Canada	12 – 38	Kenya
	Report

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11 May 2013 17:25

New Zealand	45 – 5	Wales
	Report

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Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
England	3	2	0	1	78	33	+45	7
Fiji	3	2	0	1	57	34	+23	7
Argentina	3	2	0	1	36	48	−14	7
Samoa	3	0	0	3	21	77	−56	3

11 May 2013 10:58

Argentina	10 – 7	Samoa
	Report

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11 May 2013 11:20

England	27 – 0	Fiji
	Report

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11 May 2013 15:18

England	34 – 7	Samoa
	Report

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11 May 2013 15:40

Argentina	0 – 24	Fiji
	Report

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11 May 2013 17:47

Fiji	33 – 7	Samoa
	Report

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11 May 2013 18:09

England	17 – 26	Argentina
	Report

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Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 May – 12:55 – Twickenham Stadium
	Wales	21
	Samoa	12
					12 May – 16:34 – Twickenham Stadium
					Wales	19
					France	7
	12 May – 13:17 – Twickenham Stadium
	France	28
	Canada	14

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 May – 14:23 – Twickenham Stadium
	Argentina	12
	Fiji	26
					12 May – 16:59 – Twickenham Stadium
					Fiji	14
					United States	5
	12 May – 14:45 – Twickenham Stadium
	United States	22
	South Africa	5

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 May – 10:28 – Twickenham Stadium
	New Zealand	52
					12 May – 15:22 – Twickenham Stadium
	Argentina	7
					New Zealand	7
	12 May – 10:50 – Twickenham Stadium
					Kenya	0
	Kenya	20
									12 May – 18:14 – Twickenham Stadium
	Fiji	7
									New Zealand	47
	12 May – 11:12 – Twickenham Stadium
									Australia	12
	Australia	24
					12 May – 15:44 – Twickenham Stadium
	United States	19
					Australia	14			Third place
	12 May – 11:34 – Twickenham Stadium
					England	7
	England	19							Kenya	19
	South Africa	14							England	26
									12 May – 17:49 – Twickenham Stadium

World Series qualifiers

The draw was made on 5 May 2013.^[2]

Pool Stage

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Scotland	3	2	0	1	69	34	+35	7
Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	45	42	+3	7
Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	44	43	+1	7
Georgia	3	0	0	3	26	65	−39	3

11 May 2013 09:00

Zimbabwe	12 – 7	Hong Kong
	Report

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11 May 2013 09:22

Scotland	29 – 0	Georgia
	Report

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11 May 2013 12:12

Hong Kong	17 – 12	Georgia
	Report

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11 May 2013 12:34

Scotland	21 – 14	Zimbabwe
	Report

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11 May 2013 14:58

Zimbabwe	19 – 14	Georgia
	Report

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11 May 2013 16:00

Scotland	19 – 20	Hong Kong
	Report

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Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	45	22	+23	9
Spain	3	1	0	2	41	40	+1	5
Russia	3	1	0	2	43	52	−9	5
Tonga	3	1	0	2	33	48	−15	5

11 May 2013 09:44

Tonga	19 – 17	Spain
	Report

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11 May 2013 10:06

Portugal	26 – 10	Russia
	Report

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11 May 2013 12:56

Spain	19 – 14	Russia
	Report

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11 May 2013 13:18

Portugal	12 – 7	Tonga
	Report

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11 May 2013 15:20

Tonga	7 – 19	Russia
	Report

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11 May 2013 16:22

Portugal	7 – 5	Spain
	Report

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Knockout stage

The winners of the Semifinals, Spain and Scotland, earned core status for the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series. The losing teams, Portugal and Russia, advanced to the Qualifier Third Place playoff. Portugal won the Qualifier Third Place playoff and therefore became the final team to earn core status next season.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Third place playoff Qualifier
	12 May – 09:00 – Twickenham Stadium
	Portugal	17
					12 May – 13:39 – Twickenham Stadium
	Georgia	5
					Portugal	5
	12 May – 09:22 – Twickenham Stadium
					Spain	10
	Spain	29
									12 May – 17:24 – Twickenham Stadium
	Hong Kong	14
									Portugal	10
	12 May – 09:44 – Twickenham Stadium
									Russia	5
	Zimbabwe	7
					12 May – 14:01 – Twickenham Stadium
	Russia	26
					Russia	0
	12 May – 10:06 – Twickenham Stadium
					Scotland	19
	Scotland	31
	Tonga	0

References

External links

• IRB Official Site