# 2011 Gold Coast Sevens

The 2011 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2011-2012 Sevens World Series It was held over the weekend of 25–26 November 2011 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. The tournament was the ninth completed edition of the Australian Sevens and the first on the Gold Coast after the event had been previously hosted in Adelaide and Brisbane.
Fiji won the tournament by defeating New Zealand in the Cup final 26–12.

## Format

The teams are divided into pools of four teams, and a round-robin played within each pool. Points in rugby sevens pools are awarded on a different basis to most rugby tournaments: 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.
The top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition, and the four Cup quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket to play for the Plate. The bottom two teams in each pool go to the Bowl competition, and the four Bowl quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket to play for the Shield.

## Teams

The participating teams were announced on 8 September.

## Pool stage

The draw was made on 7 November.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
All times are local (UTC+10).

### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 10 | +82 | 9 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 5 |
| Niue | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 95 | −88 | 3 |
* 25 November 2011 14:03
| New Zealand | 26–5 | Kenya |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 14:25
| Fiji | 38–0 | Niue |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 17:09
| New Zealand | 38–0 | Niue |
| | Report | |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 17:31
| Fiji | 26–7 | Kenya |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 19:36
| Kenya | 19–7 | Niue |
| | Report | |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 21:14
| New Zealand | 28–5 | Fiji |
| | Report | |
* Robina Stadium, Robina

### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 85 | −78 | 3 |
* 25 November 2011 14:47
| South Africa | 17–12 | United States |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 15:09
| Australia | 33–0 | Japan |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 17:53
| South Africa | 31–7 | Japan |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 18:15
| Australia | 22–7 | United States |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 19:58
| United States | 21–0 | Japan |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 21:36
| South Africa | 21–7 | Australia |
| | Report | |
* Robina Stadium, Robina

### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 14 | +77 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 104 | −99 | 3 |
* 25 November 2011 12:35
| Samoa | 24–14 | France |
| | Report | |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 12:57
| Argentina | 33–0 | Papua New Guinea |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 15:41
| Samoa | 38–0 | Papua New Guinea |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 16:03
| Argentina | 14–31 | France |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 18:52
| France | 33–5 | Papua New Guinea |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 20:30
| Samoa | 29–0 | Argentina |
* Robina Stadium, Robina

### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Wales | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 5 |
| Tonga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 57 | −38 | 3 |
* 25 November 2011 13:19
| England | 24–5 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 13:41
| Wales | 24–7 | Tonga |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 16:25
| England | 19–0 | Tonga |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 16:47
| Wales | 14–12 | Scotland |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 19:14
| Scotland | 14–12 | Tonga |
| | Report | |
* Robina Stadium, Robina
* 25 November 2011 20:52
| England | 7–21 | Wales |
* Robina Stadium, Robina

## Knockout stage
### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | |
| Tonga | 7 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | |
| Tonga | 7 | Kenya | 14 | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | Kenya | 14 | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | Japan | 19 | |
| Argentina | 28 | Japan | 19 | |
| Argentina | 28 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| Japan | 12 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| Japan | 12 | | | | Japan | 19 |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | | | Japan | 19 |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | | Papua New Guinea | 31 |
| Scotland | 36 | | | | Papua New Guinea | 31 |
| Scotland | 36 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Niue | 0 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Niue | 0 | Niue | 0 | | | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | Niue | 0 | | | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | Papua New Guinea | 38 | |
| United States | 24 | Papua New Guinea | 38 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | | | |
| Kenya | 5 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | |
| Tonga | 7 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | |
| Tonga | 7 | Tonga | 15 | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | Tonga | 15 | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | Argentina | 24 | |
| Argentina | 38 | Argentina | 24 | |
| Argentina | 38 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| Japan | 12 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| Japan | 12 | | | | Argentina | 17 |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | | | Argentina | 17 |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | | Scotland | 14 |
| Scotland | 36 | | | | Scotland | 14 |
| Scotland | 36 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Niue | 0 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Niue | 0 | Scotland | 19 | | | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | Scotland | 19 | | | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | United States | 5 | |
| United States | 24 | United States | 5 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | |
| New Zealand | 24 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | |
| England | 14 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | |
| England | 14 | England | 14 | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | England | 14 | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | Samoa | 17 | |
| Samoa | 12 | Samoa | 17 | |
| Samoa | 12 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| Australia | 14 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| Australia | 14 | | | | Samoa | 15 |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | | | Samoa | 15 |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | | Wales | 26 |
| Wales | 5 | | | | Wales | 26 |
| Wales | 5 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Fiji | 33 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Fiji | 33 | Wales | 14 | | | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | Wales | 14 | | | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | France | 12 | |
| South Africa | 14 | France | 12 | |
| France | 5 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | |
| New Zealand | 24 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | |
| England | 14 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | |
| England | 14 | New Zealand | 26 | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | New Zealand | 26 | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | Australia | 7 | |
| Samoa | 12 | Australia | 7 | |
| Samoa | 12 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| Australia | 14 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| Australia | 14 | | | | New Zealand | 12 |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | | | New Zealand | 12 |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| Wales | 5 | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| Wales | 5 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Fiji | 33 | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | | |
| Fiji | 33 | Fiji | 24 | | | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | | Fiji | 24 | | | |
| 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina | South Africa | 7 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Africa | 14 | South Africa | 7 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Africa | 14 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| France | 5 | | | | 26 November – Robina | 26 November – Robina |
| France | 5 | | | | Australia | 5 |
| | | | | | South Africa | 17 |