# 2011 Adelaide Sevens

The 2011 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2011, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2010–11 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over the weekend of 2–3 April 2011 at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.
The competition was won by New Zealand who defeated South Africa 28–20 in the Cup final.
This was the final edition of the Adelaide Sevens, though not of the Australian leg of the IRB Sevens. The Gold Coast became the new host for the next four events beginning in 2011–12. The Gold Coast tournament was moved to the start of the calendar for the IRB series, opening the season in November 2011.

## Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). 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

The following teams participated:
| Argentina  Australia  Cook Islands  England | Fiji  France  Japan  Kenya | New Zealand  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  Scotland | South Africa  Tonga  United States  Wales |

## Pool stage

Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarter-final

### Pool A

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand 330011031+799  Wales 32018950+397  Kenya 31024772−255  Cook Islands 300319112−933
* 2 April 2011
| New Zealand | 36–10 | Wales |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Kenya | 19–12 | Cook Islands |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| New Zealand | 40–7 | Cook Islands |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Kenya | 14–26 | Wales |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Wales | 53–0 | Cook Islands |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| New Zealand | 34–14 | Kenya |
* Adelaide Oval

### Pool B

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  England 330011138+739  Argentina 32018633+537  Scotland 31023381−485  Papua New Guinea 300331109−783
* 2 April 2011
| England | 45–7 | Scotland |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Argentina | 45–5 | Papua New Guinea |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| England | 45–12 | Papua New Guinea |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Argentina | 22–7 | Scotland |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Scotland | 19–14 | Papua New Guinea |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| England | 21–19 | Argentina |
* Adelaide Oval

### Pool C

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Fiji 330010040+609  Australia 32018950+397  United States 31023981−425  Tonga 30034097−573
* 2 April 2011
| Fiji | 41–5 | United States |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Australia | 40–14 | Tonga |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Fiji | 33–14 | Tonga |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Australia | 28–10 | United States |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| United States | 24–12 | Tonga |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Fiji | 26–21 | Australia |
* Adelaide Oval

### Pool D

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Samoa 33008536+499  South Africa 32015738+197  France 31025245+75  Japan 300326101−753
* 2 April 2011
| South Africa | 19–0 | France |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Samoa | 40–7 | Japan |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| South Africa | 21–12 | Japan |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| Samoa | 19–12 | France |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| France | 40–7 | Japan |
* Adelaide Oval
* 2 April 2011
| South Africa | 17–26 | Samoa |
* Adelaide Oval

## Knockout stage

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.

### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| Kenya | 26 | | | |
| Kenya | 26 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | Papua New Guinea | 19 | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | Papua New Guinea | 19 | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | Tonga | 24 | |
| France | 21 | Tonga | 24 | |
| France | 21 | | | | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide |
| Tonga | 17 | | | | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide |
| Tonga | 17 | | | | Tonga | 5 |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | | | Tonga | 5 |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | | Japan | 22 |
| United States | 22 | | | | Japan | 22 |
| United States | 22 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| Japan | 19 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| Japan | 19 | Japan | 31 | | | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | Japan | 31 | | | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | Cook Islands | 21 | |
| Scotland | 28 | Cook Islands | 21 | |
| Cook Islands | 0 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| Kenya | 26 | | | |
| Kenya | 26 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | Kenya | 24 | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | Kenya | 24 | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | France | 10 | |
| France | 21 | France | 10 | |
| France | 21 | | | | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide |
| Tonga | 17 | | | | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide |
| Tonga | 17 | | | | Kenya | 10 |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | | | Kenya | 10 |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | | United States | 17 |
| United States | 22 | | | | United States | 17 |
| United States | 22 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| Japan | 19 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| Japan | 19 | United States | 29 | | | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | United States | 29 | | | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | Scotland | 19 | |
| Scotland | 28 | Scotland | 19 | |
| Cook Islands | 0 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| New Zealand | 47 | | | |
| New Zealand | 47 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | |
| Argentina | 7 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | |
| Argentina | 7 | Argentina | 31 | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | Argentina | 31 | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | Australia | 28 | |
| Samoa | 19 | Australia | 28 | |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide |
| Australia | 14 | | | | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide |
| Australia | 14 | | | | Argentina | 7 |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | | | Argentina | 7 |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | | Wales | 14 |
| Fiji | 12 | | | | Wales | 14 |
| Fiji | 12 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| South Africa | 24 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| South Africa | 24 | Fiji | 21 | | | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | Fiji | 21 | | | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | Wales | 22 | |
| England | 17 | Wales | 22 | |
| Wales | 12 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| New Zealand | 47 | | | |
| New Zealand | 47 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | |
| Argentina | 7 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | |
| Argentina | 7 | New Zealand | 33 | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | New Zealand | 33 | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | Samoa | 17 | |
| Samoa | 19 | Samoa | 17 | |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide |
| Australia | 14 | | | | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide |
| Australia | 14 | | | | New Zealand | 28 |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | | | New Zealand | 28 |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | | South Africa | 20 |
| Fiji | 12 | | | | South Africa | 20 |
| Fiji | 12 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| South Africa | 24 | 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | | |
| South Africa | 24 | South Africa | 19 | | | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | | South Africa | 19 | | | |
| 3 April – Adelaide | 3 April – Adelaide | England | 0 | |
| England | 17 | England | 0 | |
| Wales | 12 | | | |

## Reference list

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* ↑ "Gold Coast to Become New Home for Australian Sevens" (Press release). Australian Rugby Union. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
* ↑ "Gold Coast Sevens". Australian Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
* ↑ "IRB Sevens – Format & Regulation – 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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