2012 Japan Sevens

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens | countries = {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan | date = 31 March – 1 April 2012 | champions1 = {{ru7|AUS}} | runnersup1 = {{ru7|SAM}} | third = {{ru7|NZL}} | champions2 = {{ru7|FIJ}} | runnersup2 = {{ru7|RSA}} | champions3 = {{ru7|FRA}} | runnersup3 = {{ru7|USA}} | champions4 = {{ru7|SCO}} | runnersup4 = {{ru7|KEN}} | matches = 45 | tries = 229 | top point scorer = {{flagicon|NZL}} Junior Tomasi Cama (39 points) | top try scorer = {{flagicon|NZL}} Waisake Naholo {{flagicon|SAM}} Ken Pisi (6 tries) | prevseason = | nextseason = 2013 }}

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2061729.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403025105/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2061729.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 3, 2012|title=Australia strike gold at Tokyo Sevens|date=2012-04-01|work=irbsevens.com}}</ref>

==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:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2061006.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128123018/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2061006.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 28, 2012|title=Teams set for new Tokyo Sevens|date=2012-01-24|work=irbsevens.com}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *{{ru7|ARG}} *{{ru7|AUS}} *{{ru7|ENG}} *{{ru7|FIJ}} *{{ru7|FRA}} *{{ru7|HKG}} *{{ru7|JPN}} *{{ru7|KEN}} {{col-2}} *{{ru7|NZL}} *{{ru7|POR}} *{{ru7|RUS}} *{{ru7|SAM}} *{{ru7|SCO}} *{{ru7|RSA}} *{{ru7|WAL}} *{{ru7|USA}} {{col-end}}

==Pool stage== The draw was made on March 25. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables |- | style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"| |align=left|Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal |}

===Pool A=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|ENG}} |3||3||0||0||48||19||+29||'''9''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|FIJ}} |3||2||0||1||50||21||+29||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}} |3||1||0||2||31||41||−10||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}} |3||0||0||3||17||65||−48||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 12:12 |home = {{Ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score = 17 – 0 |report= |away = {{Ru7|FRA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 12:34 |home = {{Ru7-rt|ENG}} |score = 15 – 5 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403025200/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=8/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|JPN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 15:47 |home = {{Ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score = 26 – 7 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074646/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=15/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|JPN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 16:09 |home = {{Ru7-rt|ENG}} |score = 19 – 7 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403025109/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=16/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|FRA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 17:41 |home = {{Ru7-rt|FRA}} |score = 24 – 5 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073116/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=20/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|JPN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 19:09 |home = {{Ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score = 7 – 14 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403025115/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=24/matchdetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|ENG}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }}

===Pool B=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|NZL}} |3||3||0||0||88||15||+73||'''9''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|AUS}} |3||2||0||1||42||36||+6||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|USA}} |3||1||0||2||26||60||−34||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|HKG}} |3||0||0||3||33||78||−45||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 10:00 |home = {{Ru7-rt|NZL}} |score = 26 – 5 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120401211259/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=1/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|USA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 10:22 |home = {{Ru7-rt|AUS}} |score = 17 – 14 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074320/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=2/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|HKG}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 13:35 |home = {{Ru7-rt|NZL}} |score = 40 – 0 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403053002/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=9/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|HKG}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 13:57 |home = {{Ru7-rt|AUS}} |score = 15 – 0 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073106/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=10/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|USA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 16:35 |home = {{Ru7-rt|USA}} |score = 21 – 19 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074315/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=17/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|HKG}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 18:03 |home = {{Ru7-rt|NZL}} |score = 22 – 10 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403045756/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=21/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|AUS}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }}

===Pool C=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}} |3||3||0||0||49||12||+37||'''9''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}} |3||2||0||1||42||24||+18||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|RUS}} |3||1||0||2||33||49||−16||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}} |3||0||0||3||24||63||−39||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 10:44 |home = {{Ru7-rt|ARG}} |score = 15 – 7 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073433/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=3/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|KEN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 11:06 |home = {{Ru7-rt|WAL}} |score = 10 – 7 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074741/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=4/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|RUS}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 14:19 |home = {{Ru7-rt|ARG}} |score = 22 – 0 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074640/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=11/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|RUS}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 14:41 |home = {{Ru7-rt|WAL}} |score = 22 – 0 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073419/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=12/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|KEN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 16:57 |home = {{Ru7-rt|KEN}} |score = 17 – 26 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074651/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=18/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|RUS}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 18:25 |home = {{Ru7-rt|ARG}} |score = 5 – 17 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074326/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=22/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|WAL}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }}

===Pool D=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}} |3||3||0||0||73||34||+39||'''9''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}} |3||2||0||1||33||45||−12||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|POR}} |3||1||0||2||42||40||+2||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}} |3||0||0||3||14||43||−29||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 11:28 |home = {{Ru7-rt|RSA}} |score = 14 – 0 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074342/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=5/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|SCO}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 11:50 |home = {{Ru7-rt|SAM}} |score = 21 – 20 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403052949/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=6/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|POR}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 15:03 |home = {{Ru7-rt|RSA}} |score = 12 – 7 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073424/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=13/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|POR}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 15:25 |home = {{Ru7-rt|SAM}} |score = 14 – 7 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074310/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=14/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|SCO}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 17:19 |home = {{Ru7-rt|SCO}} |score = 7 – 15 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073111/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=19/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|POR}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 31 March 2012 |time = 18:47 |home = {{Ru7-rt|RSA}} |score = 7 – 38 |report= {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403045801/http://www.irbsevens.com/irbsevens/matches/season=2011/edition=11/gameno=23/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{Ru7|SAM}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo }}

==Knockout stage==

===Shield=== {{Round8   |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|FRA}}|22|'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''|'''19''' |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|RUS}}'''|'''12'''|{{Ru7|HKG}}|17 |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|POR}}|21|'''{{Ru7|JPN}}'''|'''5''' |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|USA}}|12|'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''|'''7'''  |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''|'''21'''|{{Ru7|RUS}}|19 |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|JPN}}|17|'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''|'''24'''  |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''|'''26'''|{{Ru7|KEN}}|12 }}

===Bowl=== {{Round8   |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''|'''22'''|{{Ru7|SCO}}|19 |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|RUS}}|12|'''{{Ru7|HKG}}'''|'''17''' |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|POR}}'''|'''21'''|{{Ru7|JPN}}|5 |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''|'''12'''|{{Ru7|KEN}}|7  |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''|'''26'''|{{Ru7|HKG}}|15 |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|POR}}|10|'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''|'''20'''  |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''|'''17'''|{{Ru7|USA}}|12 }}

===Plate=== {{Round8   |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|ENG}}|21|'''{{Ru7|RSA}}'''|'''17''' |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''|'''14'''|{{Ru7|AUS}}|21 |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|SAM}}|24|'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''|'''21''' |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|NZL}}|40|'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''|'''5'''  |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|RSA}}'''|'''22'''|{{Ru7|WAL}}|10 |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''|'''21'''|{{Ru7|ARG}}|14  |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|RSA}}|10|'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''|'''14''' }}

===Cup=== {{Round8-with third   |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''|'''21'''|{{Ru7|RSA}}|17 |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|WAL}}|14|'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''|'''21''' |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''24'''|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|21 |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''40'''|{{Ru7|ARG}}|5  |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|ENG}}|12|'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''|'''33''' |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''17'''|{{Ru7|NZL}}|12  |1 April – Tokyo |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''|'''28'''|{{Ru7|SAM}}|26  |1 April – Tokyo |{{Ru7|ENG}}|17|'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''24''' }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924225016/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/index.html IRB Official Site]}}

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