2011 Edinburgh Sevens

The 2011 Edinburgh Sevens was a rugby union sevens tournament, part of the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series. The competition was held from May 28–29 at Murrayfield Stadium in Scotland and featured 16 teams.

2011 Edinburgh Sevens
Host nationScotland Scotland
DateMay 28 – 29, 2011
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Australia
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up Samoa
Bowl
Winner Kenya
Runner-up Scotland
Shield
Winner Canada
Runner-up Russia
2010
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Format edit

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 edit

The following teams participated:[1]

Pool stage edit

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarter Final

Pool A edit

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
 New Zealand330012412+1129
 France32012253−317
 Argentina31023352−195
 Russia30031274−623
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2011-05-28  New Zealand43 – 0  Russia
2011-05-28  Argentina5 – 7  France
2011-05-28  New Zealand43 – 5  France
2011-05-28  Argentina21 – 7  Russia
2011-05-28  Russia5 – 10  France
2011-05-28  New Zealand38 – 7  Argentina

Pool B edit

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
 Wales33006129+329
 England32015836+227
 Spain31022434−105
 Portugal30032266−443
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2011-05-28  England24 – 5  Portugal
2011-05-28  Wales7 – 5  Spain
2011-05-28  England22 – 12  Spain
2011-05-28  Wales35 – 12  Portugal
2011-05-28  Portugal5 – 7  Spain
2011-05-28  England12 – 19  Wales

Pool C edit

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
 South Africa33008224+589
 Australia32015438+167
 Kenya31025950+95
 Canada300322105−833
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2011-05-28  South Africa32 – 5  Canada
2011-05-28  Australia14 – 7  Kenya
2011-05-28  South Africa31 – 14  Kenya
2011-05-28  Australia35 – 12  Canada
2011-05-28  Canada5 – 38  Kenya
2011-05-28  South Africa19 – 5  Australia

Pool D edit

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
 Fiji32015435+197
 Samoa32016143+187
 Scotland32016952+177
 United States30033387−543
DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2011-05-28  Samoa21 – 12  United States
2011-05-28  Fiji12 – 14  Scotland
2011-05-28  Samoa33 – 10  Scotland
2011-05-28  Fiji21 – 14  United States
2011-05-28  Samoa7 – 21  Fiji
2011-05-28  Scotland45 – 7  United States

Knockout stage edit

Shield edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 
 Argentina24
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Portugal5
 
 Portugal5
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Canada17
 
 Scotland26
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Canada14
 
 Canada17
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Russia12
 
 Kenya17
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 United States15
 
 United States12
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Russia17
 
 Spain7
 
 
 Russia0
 

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 
 Argentina24
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Portugal5
 
 Argentina7
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Scotland22
 
 Scotland26
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Canada14
 
 Scotland14
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Kenya21
 
 Kenya17
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 United States15
 
 Kenya40
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Spain0
 
 Spain7
 
 
 Russia0
 

Plate edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 
 New Zealand26
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 England12
 
 England19
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Fiji34
 
 Fiji14
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Australia24
 
 Fiji26
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Samoa14
 
 South Africa28
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Samoa5
 
 Samoa17
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 France10
 
 Wales13
 
 
 France10
 

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 
 New Zealand26
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 England12
 
 New Zealand12
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Australia19
 
 Fiji14
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Australia24
 
 Australia35
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 South Africa36
 
 South Africa28
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Samoa5
 
 South Africa22
 
May 29 – Edinburgh
 
 Wales19
 
 Wales13
 
 
 France10
 

References edit

External links edit

Preceded by Edinburgh Sevens Succeeded by
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