title: 2012 Gold Coast Sevens
text: # 2012 Gold Coast Sevens
  
  The 2012 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2012-2013 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 October 2012 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia, and was the tenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament.
  
  Fiji defeated New Zealand 32–14 in the final to successfully defend their title.
  
  ## Format
  
  The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.
  
  ## Teams
  
  The participating teams and schedule were announced on 17 September 2012.
  
  ## Pool Stage
  
  Key to colours in group tables :
  
  * Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
  
  ### Pool A
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 26 | +76 | 9 |
  | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 59 | +9 | 7 |
  | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 87 | −44 | 5 |
  | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 74 | −41 | 3 |
  
  * 13 October 2012 11:58
  
  | New Zealand | 19 – 7 | United States |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 12:20
  
  | South Africa | 38 – 0 | Canada |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 15:14
  
  | New Zealand | 28 – 21 | Canada |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 15:36
  
  | South Africa | 33 – 5 | United States |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 17:46
  
  | United States | 21 – 22 | Canada |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 19:24
  
  | New Zealand | 21 – 31 | South Africa |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  
  ### Pool B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 28 | +12 | 9 |
  | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 36 | +44 | 7 |
  | Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 5 |
  | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 77 | −58 | 3 |
  
  * 13 October 2012 12:42
  
  | Fiji | 31 – 14 | Scotland |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 13:04
  
  | Australia | 31 – 14 | Tonga |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 15:58
  
  | Fiji | 35 – 7 | Tonga |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 16:20
  
  | Australia | 22 – 0 | Scotland |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 18:08
  
  | Scotland | 5 – 24 | Tonga |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 19:46
  
  | Fiji | 14 – 15 | Australia |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  
  ### Pool C
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 9 |
  | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 6 |
  | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 6 |
  | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 3 |
  
  * 13 October 2012 10:30
  
  | England | 14 – 14 | Kenya |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Report | |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 10:52
  
  | Samoa | 31 – 10 | Spain |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 13:36
  
  | England | 13 – 10 | Spain |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Report | |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 13:58
  
  | Samoa | 14 – 12 | Kenya |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 17:02
  
  | Kenya | 26 – 12 | Spain |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Report | |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 18:40
  
  | England | 17 – 19 | Samoa |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Report | |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  
  ### Pool D
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 7 |
  | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 7 |
  | Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 7 |
  | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 57 | −40 | 3 |
  
  * 13 October 2012 11:14
  
  | Argentina | 7 – 14 | France |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 11:36
  
  | Wales | 19 – 12 | Portugal |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 14:20
  
  | Argentina | 26 – 0 | Portugal |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 14:42
  
  | Wales | 19 – 17 | France |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 17:24
  
  | France | 12 – 5 | Portugal |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  * 13 October 2012 19:02
  
  | Argentina | 17 – 5 | Wales |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  ### Shield
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | Canada | 31 | | | |
  | Canada | 31 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | |
  | Portugal | 0 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | |
  | Portugal | 0 | Portugal | 0 | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | Portugal | 0 | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | Scotland | 33 | |
  | England | 35 | Scotland | 33 | |
  | England | 35 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Scotland | 7 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Scotland | 7 | | | | Scotland | 40 |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | | | Scotland | 40 |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | | United States | 5 |
  | Wales | 27 | | | | United States | 5 |
  | Wales | 27 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | United States | 19 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | United States | 19 | United States | 33 | | | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | United States | 33 | | | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | Tonga | 26 | |
  | Tonga | 7 | Tonga | 26 | |
  | Spain | 24 | | | |
  
  ### Bowl
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | Canada | 31 | | | |
  | Canada | 31 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | |
  | Portugal | 0 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | |
  | Portugal | 0 | Canada | 19 | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | Canada | 19 | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | England | 24 | |
  | England | 35 | England | 24 | |
  | England | 35 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Scotland | 7 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Scotland | 7 | | | | England | 14 |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | | | England | 14 |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | | Spain | 19 |
  | Wales | 27 | | | | Spain | 19 |
  | Wales | 27 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | United States | 19 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | United States | 19 | Wales | 17 | | | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | Wales | 17 | | | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | Spain | 26 | |
  | Tonga | 7 | Spain | 26 | |
  | Spain | 24 | | | |
  
  ### Plate
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | South Africa | 26 | | | |
  | South Africa | 26 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | |
  | France | 14 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | |
  | France | 14 | France | 21 | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | France | 21 | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | Samoa | 7 | |
  | Samoa | 7 | Samoa | 7 | |
  | Samoa | 7 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Fiji | 19 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Fiji | 19 | | | | France | 7 |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | | | France | 7 |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | | Argentina | 14 |
  | Argentina | 7 | | | | Argentina | 14 |
  | Argentina | 7 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | New Zealand | 12 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | New Zealand | 12 | Argentina | 17 | | | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | Argentina | 17 | | | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | Australia | 14 | |
  | Australia | 14 | Australia | 14 | |
  | Kenya | 21 | | | |
  
  ### Cup
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | South Africa | 26 | | | |
  | South Africa | 26 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | |
  | France | 14 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | |
  | France | 14 | South Africa | 10 | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | South Africa | 10 | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | Fiji | 21 | |
  | Samoa | 7 | Fiji | 21 | |
  | Samoa | 7 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Fiji | 19 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Fiji | 19 | | | | Fiji | 32 |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | | | Fiji | 32 |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | | New Zealand | 14 |
  | Argentina | 7 | | | | New Zealand | 14 |
  | Argentina | 7 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | New Zealand | 12 | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | | |
  | New Zealand | 12 | New Zealand | 15 | | | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | | New Zealand | 15 | | | |
  | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | Kenya | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Australia | 14 | Kenya | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Australia | 14 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Kenya | 21 | | | | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14 October – Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
  | Kenya | 21 | | | | South Africa | 41 |
  | | | | | | Kenya | 7 |
  