2013 London Sevens

2013 London Sevens
Host nation	England
Date	11–12 May 2013
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Australia
Third	England
Plate
Winner	Fiji
Runner-up	United States
Bowl
Winner	Wales
Runner-up	France
Shield
Winner	No Shield
Runner-up	No Shield
Tournament details
Matches played	32
Tries scored	179 (average 5.59 per match)
Most points	Dan Norton (50 points)
Most tries	Dan Norton (10 tries)
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The 2013 London Sevens was the seventh edition of the rugby union tournament and the final stage of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series and was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England.

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 the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.

From the end of the 2012/13 Series, promotion and relegation from core team status came into effect, with a pre-qualifying competition in Hong Kong and a final core team qualifier in London at the ninth and final round of the season.

The 2013 London Sevens, the final round of the Series, featured two distinct tournaments, and a total of 20 teams. In the first, the top 12-ranked sides in the HSBC Sevens World Series standings after round eight in Glasgow competed for the London title, and final World Series points towards their overall tally.

In the second, the 13th, 14th and 15th-ranked core teams after the Glasgow event competed against five pre-qualified regional teams from Hong Kong, for the three available core team places on the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

Teams[]

Main draw[]

World Series qualifiers[]

Main draw[]

The draw was made on 5 May 2013.^[1]

Pool Stage[]

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	54	32	+22	7
United States	3	2	0	1	53	48	+5	7
South Africa	3	2	0	1	34	33	+1	7
France	3	0	0	3	43	71	−28	3

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Pool B[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	100	29	+71	9
Kenya	3	2	0	1	86	62	+24	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	41	90	−49	5
Canada	3	0	0	3	33	79	−46	3

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Pool C[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
England	3	2	0	1	78	33	+45	7
Fiji	3	2	0	1	57	34	+23	7
Argentina	3	2	0	1	36	48	−14	7
Samoa	3	0	0	3	21	77	−56	3

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Knockout stage[]

Bowl[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 May – 12:55 – Twickenham Stadium
	Wales	21
					12 May – 16:34 – Twickenham Stadium
	Samoa	12
					Wales	19
	12 May – 13:17 – Twickenham Stadium
					France	7
	France	28
	Canada	14

Plate[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 May – 14:23 – Twickenham Stadium
	Argentina	12
					12 May – 16:59 – Twickenham Stadium
	Fiji	26
					Fiji	14
	12 May – 14:45 – Twickenham Stadium
					United States	5
	United States	22
	South Africa	5

Cup[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 May – 10:28 – Twickenham Stadium
	New Zealand	52
					12 May – 15:22 – Twickenham Stadium
	Argentina	7
					New Zealand	7
	12 May – 10:50 – Twickenham Stadium
					Kenya	0
	Kenya	20
									12 May – 18:14 – Twickenham Stadium
	Fiji	7
									New Zealand	47
	12 May – 11:12 – Twickenham Stadium
									Australia	12
	Australia	24
					12 May – 15:44 – Twickenham Stadium
	United States	19
					Australia	14
	12 May – 11:34 – Twickenham Stadium
					England	7			Third place
	England	19
									12 May – 17:49 – Twickenham Stadium
	South Africa	14
									Kenya	19
									England	26

World Series qualifiers[]

The draw was made on 5 May 2013.^[2]

Pool Stage[]

Pool A[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Scotland	3	2	0	1	69	34	+35	7
Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	45	42	+3	7
Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	44	43	+1	7
Georgia	3	0	0	3	26	65	−39	3

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Pool B[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	45	22	+23	9
Spain	3	1	0	2	41	40	+1	5
Russia	3	1	0	2	43	52	−9	5
Tonga	3	1	0	2	33	48	−15	5

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Knockout stage[]

The winners of the Semifinals, Spain and Scotland, earned core status for the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series. The losing teams, Portugal and Russia, advanced to the Qualifier Third Place playoff. Portugal won the Qualifier Third Place playoff and therefore became the final team to earn core status next season.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Third place playoff Qualifier
	12 May – 09:00 – Twickenham Stadium
	Portugal	17
					12 May – 13:39 – Twickenham Stadium
	Georgia	5
					Portugal	5
	12 May – 09:22 – Twickenham Stadium
					Spain	10
	Spain	29
									12 May – 17:24 – Twickenham Stadium
	Hong Kong	14
									Portugal	10
	12 May – 09:44 – Twickenham Stadium
									Russia	5
	Zimbabwe	7
					12 May – 14:01 – Twickenham Stadium
	Russia	26
					Russia	0
	12 May – 10:06 – Twickenham Stadium
					Scotland	19
	Scotland	31
	Tonga	0

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