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]

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 33008536+499
 Wales 32017450+247
 United States 31023681−455
 Cook Islands 30034371−283
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 330010819+899
 Argentina 32014358−157
 Papua New Guinea 31022471−475
 Scotland 30033865−273
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 33009731+669
 Samoa 32014650−47
 Tonga 31022474−505
 Kenya 30035062−123
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 3210877+808
 South Africa 31115026+246
 Canada 31022483−595
 France 31022873−455
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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
 
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References

Preceded by
South Africa Sevens
Wellington Sevens
2011
Succeeded by
USA Sevens
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