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| 2011 Edinburgh Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Scotland |
| Date | May 28 – 29, 2011 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  South Africa |
| Runner-up |  Australia |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  Fiji |
| Runner-up |  Samoa |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Kenya |
| Runner-up | Scotland |
| Shield | |
| Winner |  Canada |
| Runner-up |  Russia |
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The 2011 Edinburgh Sevens was a rugby union sevens tournament, part of the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series. The competition was held from May 28–29 at Murrayfield Stadium in Scotland and featured 16 teams.
Format
[edit]The tournament consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.
Teams
[edit]The following teams participated:[1]
Pool stage
[edit]| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarter Final | |
Pool A
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 12 | +112 | 9 |
 France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 7 |
 Argentina |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 5 |
| Russia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 74 | −62 | 3 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-05-28 | New Zealand |
43 – 0 | Russia |
| 2011-05-28 | Argentina |
5 – 7 | France |
| 2011-05-28 | New Zealand |
43 – 5 | France |
| 2011-05-28 | Argentina |
21 – 7 | Russia |
| 2011-05-28 | Russia |
5 – 10 | France |
| 2011-05-28 | New Zealand |
38 – 7 | Argentina |
Pool B
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wales |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 29 | +32 | 9 |
 England |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 7 |
 Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 5 |
 Portugal |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 66 | −44 | 3 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-05-28 | England |
24 – 5 | Portugal |
| 2011-05-28 | Wales |
7 – 5 | Spain |
| 2011-05-28 | England |
22 – 12 | Spain |
| 2011-05-28 | Wales |
35 – 12 | Portugal |
| 2011-05-28 | Portugal |
5 – 7 | Spain |
| 2011-05-28 | England |
12 – 19 | Wales |
Pool C
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 24 | +58 | 9 |
| Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 7 |
| Kenya |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 5 |
| Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 105 | −83 | 3 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-05-28 | South Africa |
32 – 5 | Canada |
| 2011-05-28 | Australia |
14 – 7 | Kenya |
| 2011-05-28 | South Africa |
31 – 14 | Kenya |
| 2011-05-28 | Australia |
35 – 12 | Canada |
| 2011-05-28 | Canada |
5 – 38 | Kenya |
| 2011-05-28 | South Africa |
19 – 5 | Australia |
Pool D
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 7 |
| Samoa |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 7 |
| Scotland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 7 |
 United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 87 | −54 | 3 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-05-28 | Samoa |
21 – 12 | United States |
| 2011-05-28 | Fiji |
12 – 14 | Scotland |
| 2011-05-28 | Samoa |
33 – 10 | Scotland |
| 2011-05-28 | Fiji |
21 – 14 | United States |
| 2011-05-28 | Samoa |
7 – 21 | Fiji |
| 2011-05-28 | Scotland |
45 – 7 | United States |
Knockout stage
[edit]Shield
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 24 | |||||||||
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| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 17 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 26 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 14 | |||||||||
| Canada | 17 | |||||||||
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| Russia | 12 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
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| United States | 15 | |||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
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| Russia | 17 | |||||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||||||
| Russia | 0 | |||||||||
Bowl
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 24 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 7 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 22 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 26 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 14 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 14 | |||||||||
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| Kenya | 21 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
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| United States | 15 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 40 | |||||||||
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| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||||||
| Russia | 0 | |||||||||
Plate
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 26 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| England | 12 | |||||||||
| England | 19 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 34 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 14 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 14 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 28 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 5 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 17 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| France | 10 | |||||||||
| Wales | 13 | |||||||||
| France | 10 | |||||||||
Cup
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 26 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| England | 12 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 14 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| Australia | 35 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 36 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 28 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 5 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 22 | |||||||||
| May 29 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Wales | 19 | |||||||||
| Wales | 13 | |||||||||
| France | 10 | |||||||||