# 2012 Japan Sevens

The 2012 Japan Sevens was the first edition of the tournament since 2001 and the seventh tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.
Australia won the title by defeating Samoa 28–26 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 six pool winners and the two top second-place finishers advanced to the Cup competition, the Plate competition was contested by the losing quarterfinalists from the Cup. The Bowl was contested by the four remaining second-place finishers and the top four third-place finishers while the Shield was contested by the remaining eight entrants.

## Teams

The following teams participated:

## Pool stage

The draw was made on March 25.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 9 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 65 | −48 | 3 |
* 31 March 2012 12:12
| Fiji | 17 – 0 | France |
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 12:34
| England | 15 – 5 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 15:47
| Fiji | 26 – 7 | Japan |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 16:09
| England | 19 – 7 | France |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 17:41
| France | 24 – 5 | Japan |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 19:09
| Fiji | 7 – 14 | England |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 15 | +73 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 3 |
* 31 March 2012 10:00
| New Zealand | 26 – 5 | United States |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 10:22
| Australia | 17 – 14 | Hong Kong |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 13:35
| New Zealand | 40 – 0 | Hong Kong |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 13:57
| Australia | 15 – 0 | United States |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 16:35
| United States | 21 – 19 | Hong Kong |
| | Report | |
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 18:03
| New Zealand | 22 – 10 | Australia |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Wales | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12 | +37 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 63 | −39 | 3 |
* 31 March 2012 10:44
| Argentina | 15 – 7 | Kenya |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 11:06
| Wales | 10 – 7 | Russia |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 14:19
| Argentina | 22 – 0 | Russia |
| | Report | |
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 14:41
| Wales | 22 – 0 | Kenya |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 16:57
| Kenya | 17 – 26 | Russia |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 18:25
| Argentina | 5 – 17 | Wales |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 7 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 5 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 43 | −29 | 3 |
* 31 March 2012 11:28
| South Africa | 14 – 0 | Scotland |
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* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 11:50
| Samoa | 21 – 20 | Portugal |
| | Report | |
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 15:03
| South Africa | 12 – 7 | Portugal |
| | Report | |
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 15:25
| Samoa | 14 – 7 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 17:19
| Scotland | 7 – 15 | Portugal |
| | Report | |
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
* 31 March 2012 18:47
| South Africa | 7 – 38 | Samoa |
| | Report | |
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

## Knockout stage
### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| France | 22 | | | |
| France | 22 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | |
| Scotland | 19 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | |
| Scotland | 19 | Scotland | 21 | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | Scotland | 21 | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | Russia | 19 | |
| Russia | 12 | Russia | 19 | |
| Russia | 12 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Hong Kong | 17 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Hong Kong | 17 | | | | Scotland | 26 |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | | | Scotland | 26 |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | | Kenya | 12 |
| Portugal | 21 | | | | Kenya | 12 |
| Portugal | 21 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| Japan | 5 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| Japan | 5 | Japan | 17 | | | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | Japan | 17 | | | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | Kenya | 24 | |
| United States | 12 | Kenya | 24 | |
| Kenya | 7 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| France | 22 | | | |
| France | 22 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | |
| Scotland | 19 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | |
| Scotland | 19 | France | 26 | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | France | 26 | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | Hong Kong | 15 | |
| Russia | 12 | Hong Kong | 15 | |
| Russia | 12 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Hong Kong | 17 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Hong Kong | 17 | | | | France | 17 |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | | | France | 17 |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | | United States | 12 |
| Portugal | 21 | | | | United States | 12 |
| Portugal | 21 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| Japan | 5 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| Japan | 5 | Portugal | 10 | | | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | Portugal | 10 | | | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | United States | 20 | |
| United States | 12 | United States | 20 | |
| Kenya | 7 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| England | 21 | | | |
| England | 21 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | |
| South Africa | 17 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | |
| South Africa | 17 | South Africa | 22 | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | South Africa | 22 | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | Wales | 10 | |
| Wales | 14 | Wales | 10 | |
| Wales | 14 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Australia | 21 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Australia | 21 | | | | South Africa | 10 |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | | | South Africa | 10 |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | | Fiji | 14 |
| Samoa | 24 | | | | Fiji | 14 |
| Samoa | 24 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| Fiji | 21 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| Fiji | 21 | Fiji | 21 | | | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | Fiji | 21 | | | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | Argentina | 14 | |
| New Zealand | 40 | Argentina | 14 | |
| Argentina | 5 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| England | 21 | | | |
| England | 21 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | |
| South Africa | 17 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | |
| South Africa | 17 | England | 12 | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | England | 12 | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | Australia | 33 | |
| Wales | 14 | Australia | 33 | |
| Wales | 14 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Australia | 21 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Australia | 21 | | | | Australia | 28 |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | | | Australia | 28 |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | | Samoa | 26 |
| Samoa | 24 | | | | Samoa | 26 |
| Samoa | 24 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| Fiji | 21 | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | | |
| Fiji | 21 | Samoa | 17 | | | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | | Samoa | 17 | | | |
| 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo | New Zealand | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 40 | New Zealand | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 40 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Argentina | 5 | | | | 1 April – Tokyo | 1 April – Tokyo |
| Argentina | 5 | | | | England | 17 |
| | | | | | New Zealand | 24 |