# 2012 Wellington Sevens

The 2012 Wellington Sevens was part of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series and was the 13th edition of the tournament, hosted at Wellington, New Zealand's Westpac Stadium.
New Zealand won the title by defeating Fiji 24–7 in the final.

## 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

The participating teams are:

## Pool stage

The draw was made on December 10, 2011.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
All times are local (UTC+13)

### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 14 | +88 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 138 | −124 | 3 |
* 3 February 2012 15:12
| New Zealand | 29 – 7 | Scotland |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 15:34
| Samoa | 29 – 14 | Japan |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 18:08
| New Zealand | 54 – 0 | Japan |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 18:30
| Samoa | 21 – 14 | Scotland |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 20:28
| Scotland | 55 – 0 | Japan |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 21:56
| New Zealand | 19 – 7 | Samoa |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington

### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 10 | +68 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 26 | +40 | 7 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 92 | −54 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 76 | −54 | 3 |
* 3 February 2012 13:00
| South Africa | 21 – 0 | United States |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 13:22
| England | 27 – 12 | Cook Islands |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 15:56
| South Africa | 43 – 0 | Cook Islands |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 16:18
| England | 29 – 0 | United States |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 18:54
| United States | 22 – 26 | Cook Islands |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 20:50
| South Africa | 14 – 10 | England |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington

### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Tonga | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 8 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 17 | +47 | 7 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 6 |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 74 | −53 | 3 |
* 3 February 2012 13:44
| Fiji | 31 – 0 | Argentina |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 14:06
| Wales | 14 – 14 | Tonga |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 16:40
| Fiji | 14 – 17 | Tonga |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 17:03
| Wales | 19 – 7 | Argentina |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 19:14
| Argentina | 14 – 24 | Tonga |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 21:12
| Fiji | 19 – 0 | Wales |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington

### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 6 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 6 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 5 |
* 3 February 2012 14:28
| France | 14 – 19 | Canada |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 14:50
| Australia | 10 – 35 | Kenya |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 17:24
| France | 26 – 17 | Kenya |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 17:46
| Australia | 14 – 12 | Canada |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 19:36
| Canada | 21 – 14 | Kenya |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 3 February 2012 21:34
| France | 10 – 10 | Australia |
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* Westpac Stadium, Wellington

## Knockout stage
### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Scotland | 5 | | | |
| Scotland | 5 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | |
| Kenya | 14 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | |
| Kenya | 14 | Scotland | 14 | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | Scotland | 14 | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | United States | 12 | |
| Wales | 10 | United States | 12 | |
| Wales | 10 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| United States | 0 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| United States | 0 | | | | Scotland | 19 |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | | | Scotland | 19 |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | | Cook Islands | 17 |
| Australia | 33 | | | | Cook Islands | 17 |
| Australia | 33 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Japan | 5 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Japan | 5 | Japan | 10 | | | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | Japan | 10 | | | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | Cook Islands | 17 | |
| Cook Islands | 0 | Cook Islands | 17 | |
| Argentina | 28 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Scotland | 5 | | | |
| Scotland | 5 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | |
| Kenya | 14 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | |
| Kenya | 14 | Kenya | 17 | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | Kenya | 17 | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | Wales | 7 | |
| Wales | 10 | Wales | 7 | |
| Wales | 10 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| United States | 0 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| United States | 0 | | | | Kenya | 12 |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | | | Kenya | 12 |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | | Australia | 7 |
| Australia | 33 | | | | Australia | 7 |
| Australia | 33 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Japan | 5 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Japan | 5 | Australia | 24 | | | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | Australia | 24 | | | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | Argentina | 12 | |
| Cook Islands | 0 | Argentina | 12 | |
| Argentina | 28 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| New Zealand | 22 | | | |
| New Zealand | 22 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | |
| France | 7 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | |
| France | 7 | France | 7 | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | France | 7 | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | Tonga | 15 | |
| Tonga | 7 | Tonga | 15 | |
| Tonga | 7 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| England | 26 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| England | 26 | | | | Tonga | 0 |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | | | Tonga | 0 |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | | South Africa | 24 |
| Canada | 12 | | | | South Africa | 24 |
| Canada | 12 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Samoa | 15 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Samoa | 15 | Canada | 19 | | | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | Canada | 19 | | | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | South Africa | 21 | |
| South Africa | 5 | South Africa | 21 | |
| Fiji | 21 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| New Zealand | 22 | | | |
| New Zealand | 22 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | |
| France | 7 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | |
| France | 7 | New Zealand | 17 | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | New Zealand | 17 | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | England | 12 | |
| Tonga | 7 | England | 12 | |
| Tonga | 7 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| England | 26 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| England | 26 | | | | New Zealand | 24 |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | | | New Zealand | 24 |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | | Fiji | 7 |
| Canada | 12 | | | | Fiji | 7 |
| Canada | 12 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Samoa | 15 | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | | |
| Samoa | 15 | Samoa | 5 | | | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | | Samoa | 5 | | | |
| 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington | Fiji | 28 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Africa | 5 | Fiji | 28 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Africa | 5 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| Fiji | 21 | | | | 4 February – Wellington | 4 February – Wellington |
| Fiji | 21 | | | | England | 21 |
| | | | | | Samoa | 12 |