# 2012 South Africa Sevens

The 2012 South Africa Sevens was the ninth edition of the tournament and the third tournament of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series.
New Zealand defeated France 47–12 in the final. Because of this, they (that is, New Zealand) won the title of champion of the 2012 South Africa Sevens.

## 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 2 December.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 19 | +39 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 5 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 5 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 62 | −36 | 5 |
* 8 December 2012 13:12
| Samoa | 7 – 29 | South Africa |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 13:34
| France | 31 – 5 | Australia |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 16:18
| Samoa | 7 – 26 | Australia |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 16:40
| France | 5 – 12 | South Africa |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 19:36
| South Africa | 17 – 7 | Australia |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 19:58
| Samoa | 12 – 7 | France |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 5 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 5 |
* 8 December 2012 11:00
| New Zealand | 14 – 7 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 11:22
| Fiji | 29 – 19 | England |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 14:06
| New Zealand | 24 – 7 | England |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 14:28
| Fiji | 19 – 21 | Scotland |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 17:14
| Scotland | 12 – 33 | England |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 18:52
| New Zealand | 12 – 24 | Fiji |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 7 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 3 |
* 8 December 2012 11:44
| Kenya | 21 – 17 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 12:06
| Wales | 12 – 5 | Spain |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 14:50
| Kenya | 26 – 14 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 15:12
| Wales | 7 – 12 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 17:36
| Argentina | 21 – 14 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 19:14
| Kenya | 14 – 33 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 54 | -9 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 3 |
* 8 December 2012 12:28
| Portugal | 26 – 12 | United States |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 12:50
| Canada | 26 – 0 | Zimbabwe |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 15:34
| Portugal | 17 – 12 | Zimbabwe |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 15:56
| Canada | 12 – 26 | United States |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 17:58
| United States | 21 – 17 | Zimbabwe |
| | Report | |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
* 8 December 2012 18:20
| Portugal | 28 – 7 | Canada |
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

## Knockout stage
### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| Australia | 24 | | | |
| Australia | 24 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | Zimbabwe | 21 | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | Zimbabwe | 21 | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | Scotland | 14 | |
| Kenya | 19 | Scotland | 14 | |
| Kenya | 19 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| Scotland | 17 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| Scotland | 17 | | | | Zimbabwe | 0 |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | | Zimbabwe | 0 |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | Spain | 33 |
| Canada | 21 | | | | Spain | 33 |
| Canada | 21 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| Samoa | 36 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| Samoa | 36 | Canada | 19 | | | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | Canada | 19 | | | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | Spain | 29 | |
| England | 14 | Spain | 29 | |
| Spain | 7 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| Australia | 24 | | | |
| Australia | 24 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | Australia | 24 | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | Australia | 24 | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | Kenya | 21 | |
| Kenya | 19 | Kenya | 21 | |
| Kenya | 19 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| Scotland | 17 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| Scotland | 17 | | | | Australia | 26 |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | | Australia | 26 |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | Samoa | 14 |
| Canada | 21 | | | | Samoa | 14 |
| Canada | 21 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| Samoa | 36 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| Samoa | 36 | Samoa | 15 | | | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | Samoa | 15 | | | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | England | 12 | |
| England | 14 | England | 12 | |
| Spain | 7 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | |
| United States | 7 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | |
| United States | 7 | United States | 19 | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | United States | 19 | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | Wales | 26 | |
| Wales | 5 | Wales | 26 | |
| Wales | 5 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| New Zealand | 35 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| New Zealand | 35 | | | | Wales | 26 |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | | Wales | 26 |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | Fiji | 14 |
| Portugal | 7 | | | | Fiji | 14 |
| Portugal | 7 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| France | 10 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| France | 10 | Portugal | 12 | | | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | Portugal | 12 | | | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | Fiji | 26 | |
| Fiji | 12 | Fiji | 26 | |
| Argentina | 15 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | |
| United States | 7 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | |
| United States | 7 | South Africa | 5 | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | South Africa | 5 | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | New Zealand | 12 | |
| Wales | 5 | New Zealand | 12 | |
| Wales | 5 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| New Zealand | 35 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| New Zealand | 35 | | | | New Zealand | 47 |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | | New Zealand | 47 |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | | France | 12 |
| Portugal | 7 | | | | France | 12 |
| Portugal | 7 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| France | 10 | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | | |
| France | 10 | France | 10 | | | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | | France | 10 | | | |
| 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | Argentina | 7 | | Third place | Third place |
| Fiji | 12 | Argentina | 7 | | Third place | Third place |
| Fiji | 12 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| Argentina | 15 | | | | 9 December – Port Elizabeth | 9 December – Port Elizabeth |
| Argentina | 15 | | | | South Africa | 35 |
| | | | | | Argentina | 0 |