2013 Japan Sevens

The 2013 Japan Sevens was the second edition of the tournament and the seventh tournament of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.

2013 Japan Sevens
Host nationJapan Japan
Date30–31 March 2013
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Australia
Plate
Winner United States
Runner-up Scotland
Bowl
Winner England
Runner-up Argentina
Shield
Winner Canada
Runner-up Japan
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored245 (average 5.44 per match)
Most pointsEngland Dan Norton
(50 points)
Most triesEngland Dan Norton
(10 tries)
2012
2014

South Africa won the title by defeating New Zealand 24–19 in the final.[1]

Format edit

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 edit

The participating teams are:[2]

Pool stage edit

The draw was made on 24 March 2013.[3]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A edit

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
 Fiji33008024+569
 South Africa32016636+307
 Spain31022973−445
 Portugal30032163−423





Pool B edit

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
 Scotland32103622+148
 United States31114655−96
 Wales31026551+145
 Kenya31023655−195





Pool C edit

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
 New Zealand33008924+659
 France31025055−55
 Canada31024455−115
 Japan31022675−495





Pool D edit

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
 Samoa33007449+259
 Australia32017145+267
 England31027164+75
 Argentina30032179−583





Knockout stage edit

Shield edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
31 March – 09:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
 Spain0
 
31 March – 11:56 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 Spain0
 
31 March – 09:22 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Canada38
 
 Canada5
 
31 March – 14:52 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Kenya17
 
 Canada27
 
31 March – 09:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Japan14
 
 England40
 
31 March – 12:18 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Portugal0
 
 Portugal15
 
31 March – 10:06 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Japan19
 
 Wales22
 
 
 Japan14
 

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
31 March – 09:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
 Spain0
 
31 March – 12:40 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 Argentina12
 
31 March – 09:22 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Kenya10
 
 Canada5
 
31 March – 15:17 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Kenya17
 
 Argentina0
 
31 March – 09:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 England38
 
 England40
 
31 March – 13:02 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Portugal0
 
 England21
 
31 March – 10:06 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Wales19
 
 Wales22
 
 
 Japan14
 

Plate edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
31 March – 10:28 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
 Fiji12
 
31 March – 13:24 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Australia21
 
 Fiji19
 
31 March – 10:50 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 United States21
 
 New Zealand19
 
31 March – 15:42 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 United States12
 
 United States17
 
31 March – 11:12 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Scotland0
 
 Samoa12
 
31 March – 13:46 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 South Africa19
 
 Samoa17
 
31 March – 11:34 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Scotland21
 
 Scotland10
 
 
 France14
 

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
31 March – 10:28 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
 Fiji12
 
31 March – 14:08 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Australia21
 
 Australia17
 
31 March – 10:50 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 New Zealand35
 
 New Zealand19
 
31 March – 16:33 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 United States12
 
 New Zealand19
 
31 March – 11:12 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 South Africa24
 
 Samoa12
 
31 March – 14:30 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 South Africa19
 
 South Africa14
 
31 March – 11:34 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 France12Third place
 
 Scotland10
 
31 March – 16:07 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 France14
 
 Australia31
 
 
 France7
 

References edit

  1. ^ "South Africa win the 2013 Tokyo Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2013-03-31. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Squads for Japan Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2013-03-23. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "IRB confirms pool draw for Tokyo Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2013-03-24. Archived from the original on March 27, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links edit