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2012 USA Sevens
Host nation United States United States
Date10–12 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 played45
Tries scored229 (average 5.09 per match)
Most points New Zealand Junior Tomasi Cama
(44 points)
Most tries 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]

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 [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
18:34
Samoa 33 – 0  Japan
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
21:08
New Zealand 42 – 5  Japan
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
21:30
Samoa 19 – 15  Australia
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
12:44
Australia 10 – 7  Japan
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
14:12
New Zealand 12 – 5  Samoa
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 [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
16:22
Canada 19 – 12  United States
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
18:56
Fiji 33 – 19  United States
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
19:18
Canada 12 – 19  Argentina
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
13:06
Fiji 19 – 10  Canada
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
14:34
Argentina 14 – 12  United States
Report [usurped]
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
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
17:06
South Africa 35 – 0  Uruguay
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
19:40
France 21 – 19  Uruguay
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
20:02
South Africa 29 – 12  Wales
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
12:22
Wales 28 – 7  Uruguay
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
13:50
France 5 – 33  South Africa
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 [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
17:50
England 29 – 5  Brazil
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
20:24
Kenya 38 – 0  Brazil
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
10 February 2012
20:46
England 12 – 7  Scotland
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
12:00
Scotland 33 – 5  Brazil
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
11 February 2012
13:28
Kenya 7 – 7  England
Report [usurped]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
  Australia50
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Brazil0
 
  Brazil7
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  France33
 
  France5
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  United States21
 
  France22
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Scotland7
 
  Scotland14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Japan15
 
  Scotland40
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Uruguay12
 
  Canada29
 
 
  Uruguay0
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
  Australia50
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Brazil0
 
  Australia19
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  United States14
 
  France5
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  United States21
 
  Australia17
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Canada19
 
  Scotland14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Japan15
 
  Japan5
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Canada21
 
  Canada29
 
 
  Uruguay0
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
  New Zealand12
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  England7
 
  England19
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Argentina21
 
  South Africa24
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Argentina5
 
  Argentina7
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Kenya21
 
  Kenya14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Samoa19
 
  Kenya22
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Wales14
 
  Fiji12
 
 
  Wales5
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
 
  New Zealand12
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  England7
 
  New Zealand20
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  South Africa7
 
  South Africa24
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Argentina5
 
  New Zealand19
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Samoa26
 
  Kenya14
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Samoa19
 
  Samoa14
 
11 February – Las Vegas
 
  Fiji12 Third place
 
  Fiji12
 
12 February – Las Vegas
 
  Wales5
 
  Fiji21
 
 
  South Africa15
 

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. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)
  2. ^ "Brazil among teams to compete at USA Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2011-12-21. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)
  3. ^ "Pools drawn for USA Sevens in Las Vegas". irbsevens.com. 2012-02-04. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)
  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

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