# 2010 London Sevens

The London Sevens (also known as England Sevens) was a rugby union sevens tournament, the seventh of eight Cup tournaments in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. The 2010 competition was held at Twickenham Stadium between 22 May and 23 May. Australia won the tournament with a 19–14 victory over South Africa in the final. South Africa had beaten Samoa in the semifinals, ending a three-tournament winning streak for the Samoans. New Zealand captured the Plate, Canada won the Bowl, and Kenya won the Shield.

## Format

The tournament, as in all 16-team IRB Sevens events, 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

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* France
* Fiji
* Italy
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Russia
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* United States
* Wales

## Pool stages
### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Argentina 32015524317  Samoa 32018928617  Italy 31021784−675  United States 31024267−255
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2010-05-22 | Samoa | 38–14 | United States |
| 2010-05-22 | Argentina | 29–0 | Italy |
| 2010-05-22 | Samoa | 41–0 | Italy |
| 2010-05-22 | United States | 14–12 | Argentina |
| 2010-05-22 | Samoa | 10–14 | Argentina |
| 2010-05-22 | United States | 14–17 | Italy |

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand 32109736618  Wales 32014162−217  Kenya 31114356−36  Portugal 30033966−273
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2010-05-22 | New Zealand | 43–5 | Wales |
| 2010-05-22 | Kenya | 17–15 | Portugal |
| 2010-05-22 | New Zealand | 35–12 | Portugal |
| 2010-05-22 | Wales | 22–7 | Kenya |
| 2010-05-22 | New Zealand | 19–19 | Kenya |
| 2010-05-22 | Wales | 14–12 | Portugal |

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  South Africa 32108333508  Fiji 32107854248  Canada 31024576−315  France 30033174−433
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2010-05-22 | Fiji | 28–19 | Canada |
| 2010-05-22 | South Africa | 19–12 | France |
| 2010-05-22 | Fiji | 29–14 | France |
| 2010-05-22 | South Africa | 43–0 | Canada |
| 2010-05-22 | Fiji | 21–21 | South Africa |
| 2010-05-22 | Canada | 26–5 | France |

### Pool D

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Australia 3300128221069  England 32017053177  Scotland 31025186−355  Russia 300312100−883
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2010-05-22 | Australia | 43–17 | Scotland |
| 2010-05-22 | England | 29–5 | Russia |
| 2010-05-22 | Australia | 47–0 | Russia |
| 2010-05-22 | England | 36–10 | Scotland |
| 2010-05-22 | Australia | 38–5 | England |
| 2010-05-22 | Scotland | 24–7 | Russia |

## Knockout
### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| Italy | 0 | | | |
| Italy | 0 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | |
| Portugal | 41 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | |
| Portugal | 41 | Italy | 7 | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | Italy | 7 | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | France | 29 | |
| Scotland | 21 | France | 29 | |
| Scotland | 21 | | | | 23 May – London | 23 May – London |
| France | 12 | | | | 23 May – London | 23 May – London |
| France | 12 | | | | France | 21 |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | | | France | 21 |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | | Kenya | 24 |
| Canada | 21 | | | | Kenya | 24 |
| Canada | 21 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| Russia | 12 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| Russia | 12 | Russia | 17 | | | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | Russia | 17 | | | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | Kenya | 21 | |
| Kenya | 10 | Kenya | 21 | |
| United States | 19 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| Italy | 0 | | | |
| Italy | 0 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | |
| Portugal | 41 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | |
| Portugal | 41 | Portugal | 24 | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | Portugal | 24 | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | Scotland | 19 | |
| Scotland | 21 | Scotland | 19 | |
| Scotland | 21 | | | | 23 May – London | 23 May – London |
| France | 12 | | | | 23 May – London | 23 May – London |
| France | 12 | | | | Portugal | 17 |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | | | Portugal | 17 |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | | Canada | 19 |
| Canada | 21 | | | | Canada | 19 |
| Canada | 21 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| Russia | 12 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| Russia | 12 | Canada | 22 | | | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | Canada | 22 | | | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | United States | 17 | |
| Kenya | 10 | United States | 17 | |
| United States | 19 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| Argentina | 27 | | | |
| Argentina | 27 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | |
| Wales | 14 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | |
| Wales | 14 | Wales | 10 | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | Wales | 10 | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | Fiji | 22 | |
| Australia | 29 | Fiji | 22 | |
| Australia | 29 | | | | 23 May – London | 23 May – London |
| Fiji | 28 | | | | 23 May – London | 23 May – London |
| Fiji | 28 | | | | Fiji | 24 |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | | | Fiji | 24 |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | | New Zealand | 26 |
| South Africa | 17 | | | | New Zealand | 26 |
| South Africa | 17 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| England | 12 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| England | 12 | England | 19 | | | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | England | 19 | | | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | New Zealand | 22 | |
| New Zealand | 10 | New Zealand | 22 | |
| Samoa | 19 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| Argentina | 27 | | | |
| Argentina | 27 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | |
| Wales | 14 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | |
| Wales | 14 | Argentina | 14 | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | Argentina | 14 | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | Australia | 26 | |
| Australia | 29 | Australia | 26 | |
| Australia | 29 | | | | 23 May – London | 23 May – London |
| Fiji | 28 | | | | 23 May – London | 23 May – London |
| Fiji | 28 | | | | Australia | 19 |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | | | Australia | 19 |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | | South Africa | 14 |
| South Africa | 17 | | | | South Africa | 14 |
| South Africa | 17 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| England | 12 | 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | | |
| England | 12 | South Africa | 24 | | | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | | South Africa | 24 | | | |
| 23 May – London | 23 May – London | Samoa | 12 | |
| New Zealand | 10 | Samoa | 12 | |
| Samoa | 19 | | | |