2013 Japan Sevens

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens | countries = {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan | date = 30–31 March 2013 | champions1 = {{Ru7|RSA}} | runnersup1 = {{Ru7|NZL}} | third = {{ru7|AUS}} | champions2 = {{Ru7|USA}} | runnersup2 = {{Ru7|SCO}} | champions3 = {{Ru7|ENG}} | runnersup3 = {{Ru7|ARG}} | champions4 = {{Ru7|CAN}} | runnersup4 = {{Ru7|JPN}} | matches = 45 | tries = 245 | top point scorer = {{flagicon|ENG}} Dan Norton (50 points) | top try scorer = {{flagicon|ENG}} Dan Norton (10 tries) | prevseason = 2012 | nextseason = 2014 }}

The 2013 '''Japan Sevens''' was the second edition of the tournament and the seventh tournament of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.

South Africa won the title by defeating New Zealand 24–19 in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2066120.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403114731/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/news/newsid=2066120.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 3, 2013|title=South Africa win the 2013 Tokyo Sevens|date=2013-03-31|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 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:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/squads.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012014123/http://irbsevens.com/destination/edition=11/squads.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 12, 2011|title=Squads for Japan Sevens|date=2013-03-23|work=irbsevens.com}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *{{ru7|ARG}} *{{ru7|AUS}} *{{ru7|CAN}} *{{ru7|ENG}} *{{ru7|FIJ}} *{{ru7|FRA}} *{{ru7|JPN}} *{{ru7|KEN}} {{col-2}} *{{ru7|NZL}} *{{ru7|POR}} *{{ru7|SAM}} *{{ru7|SCO}} *{{ru7|RSA}} *{{ru7|ESP}} *{{ru7|USA}} *{{ru7|WAL}} {{col-end}}

==Pool stage== The draw was made on 24 March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2065933.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327142339/http://www.irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2065933.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 27, 2013|title=IRB confirms pool draw for Tokyo Sevens|date=2013-03-24|work=irbsevens.com}}</ref>

{| 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|FIJ}} |3||3||0||0||80||24||+56||'''9''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}} |3||2||0||1||66||36||+30||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|ESP}} |3||1||0||2||29||73||−44||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|POR}} |3||0||0||3||21||63||−42||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 10:44 |home = {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score = 29 – 12 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402055528/http://irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=3/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|RSA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 11:06 |home = {{ru7-rt|POR}} |score = 14 – 17 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402055140/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=4/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|ESP}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 14:51 |home = {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score = 17 – 5 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520164928/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=11/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|ESP}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 15:13 |home = {{ru7-rt|POR}} |score = 0 – 12 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402054502/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=12/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|RSA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 17:57 |home = {{ru7-rt|RSA}} |score = 42 – 7 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520180545/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=19/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|ESP}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 18:19 |home = {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score = 34 – 7 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402005243/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=20/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|POR}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }}

=== 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|SCO}} |3||2||1||0||36||22||+14||'''8''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|USA}} |3||1||1||1||46||55||−9||'''6''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}} |3||1||0||2||65||51||+14||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}} |3||1||0||2||36||55||−19||'''5''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 11:28 |home = {{ru7-rt|WAL}} |score = 22 – 24 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520204459/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=5/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|USA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 11:50 |home = {{ru7-rt|KEN}} |score = 0 – 12 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402060202/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=6/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|SCO}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 15:35 |home = {{ru7-rt|WAL}} |score = 10 – 12 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520173729/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=13/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|SCO}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 15:57 |home = {{ru7-rt|KEN}} |score = 21 – 10 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520202336/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=14/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|USA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 18:41 |home = {{ru7-rt|USA}} |score = 12 – 12 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520190413/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=21/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|SCO}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 19:03 |home = {{ru7-rt|WAL}} |score = 33 – 15 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520200957/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=22/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|KEN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }}

=== 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|NZL}} |3||3||0||0||89||24||+65||'''9''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}} |3||1||0||2||50||55||−5||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|CAN}} |3||1||0||2||44||55||−11||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}} |3||1||0||2||26||75||−49||'''5''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 12:12 |home = {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score = 26 – 7 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520212328/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=7/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|FRA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 12:34 |home = {{ru7-rt|CAN}} |score = 10 – 14 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402060208/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=8/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|JPN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 16:19 |home = {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score = 41 – 5 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520162140/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=15/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|JPN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 16:41 |home = {{ru7-rt|CAN}} |score = 22 – 19 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520203128/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=16/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|FRA}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 19:25 |home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}} |score = 24 – 7 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520184012/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=23/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|JPN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 19:47 |home = {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score = 22 – 12 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402055453/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=24/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|CAN}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }}

=== 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||74||49||+25||'''9''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|AUS}} |3||2||0||1||71||45||+26||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|ENG}} |3||1||0||2||71||64||+7||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}} |3||0||0||3||21||79||−58||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 10:00 |home = {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score = 26 – 19 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402055101/http://irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=1/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|ENG}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 10:20 |home = {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score = 17 – 14 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520161637/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=2/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|ARG}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 14:07 |home = {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score = 31 – 0 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402054549/http://irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=9/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|ARG}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 14:29 |home = {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score = 31 – 21 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402054445/http://irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=10/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|ENG}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 17:13 |home = {{ru7-rt|ENG}} |score = 31 – 7 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402055436/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=17/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|ARG}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 30 March 2013 |time = 17:35 |home = {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score = 14 – 26 |report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130520194009/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=11/gameno=18/matchDetails.html Report]}} |away = {{ru7|SAM}} |stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium }}

==Knockout stage==

===Shield=== {{Round8   |31 March – 09:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|ESP}}'''|'''0'''|{{ru7|ARG}}|14 |31 March – 09:22 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|CAN}}'''|'''5'''|{{ru7|KEN}}|17 |31 March – 09:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|ENG}}|40|'''{{ru7|POR}}'''|'''0''' |31 March – 10:06 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|WAL}}|22|'''{{ru7|JPN}}'''|'''14'''  |31 March – 11:56 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|ESP}}|0|'''{{ru7|CAN}}'''|'''38''' |31 March – 12:18 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|POR}}|15|'''{{ru7|JPN}}'''|'''19'''  |31 March – 14:52 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|CAN}}'''|'''27'''|{{ru7|JPN}}|14 }}

===Bowl=== {{Round8   |31 March – 09:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|ESP}}|0|'''{{ru7|ARG}}'''|'''14''' |31 March – 09:22 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|CAN}}|5|'''{{ru7|KEN}}'''|'''17''' |31 March – 09:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|ENG}}'''|'''40'''|{{ru7|POR}}|0 |31 March – 10:06 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|WAL}}'''|'''22'''|{{ru7|JPN}}|14  |31 March – 12:40 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|ARG}}'''|'''12'''|{{ru7|KEN}}|10 |31 March – 13:02 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|ENG}}'''|'''21'''|{{ru7|WAL}}|19  |31 March – 15:17 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|ARG}}|0|'''{{ru7|ENG}}'''|'''38''' }}

===Plate=== {{Round8   |31 March – 10:28 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|FIJ}}'''|'''12'''|{{ru7|AUS}}|21 |31 March – 10:50 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|NZL}}|19|'''{{ru7|USA}}'''|'''12''' |31 March – 11:12 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|SAM}}'''|'''12'''|{{ru7|RSA}}|19 |31 March – 11:34 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|SCO}}'''|'''10'''|{{ru7|FRA}}|14  |31 March – 13:24 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|FIJ}}|19|'''{{ru7|USA}}'''|'''21''' |31 March – 13:46 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|SAM}}|17|'''{{ru7|SCO}}'''|'''21'''  |31 March – 15:42 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|USA}}'''|'''17'''|{{ru7|SCO}}|0 }}

===Cup=== {{Round8-with third   |31 March – 10:28 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|FIJ}}|12|'''{{ru7|AUS}}'''|'''21''' |31 March – 10:50 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|NZL}}'''|'''19'''|{{ru7|USA}}|12 |31 March – 11:12 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|SAM}}|12|'''{{ru7|RSA}}'''|'''19''' |31 March – 11:34 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|SCO}}|10|'''{{ru7|FRA}}'''|'''14'''  |31 March – 14:08 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|AUS}}|17|'''{{ru7|NZL}}'''|'''35''' |31 March – 14:30 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|RSA}}'''|'''14'''|{{ru7|FRA}}|12  |31 March – 16:33 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |{{ru7|NZL}}|19|'''{{ru7|RSA}}'''|'''24'''  |31 March – 16:07 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium |'''{{ru7|AUS}}'''|'''31'''|{{ru7|FRA}}|7 }}

==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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