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2012 Dubai Sevens

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2012 Dubai Sevens
Host nationUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Date30 November – 1 December 2012
Cup
Champion Samoa
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Kenya
Plate
Winner Wales
Runner-up Canada
Bowl
Winner Argentina
Runner-up South Africa
Shield
Winner England
Runner-up Spain
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored217 (average 4.82 per match)
Most pointsCanada Nathan Hirayama
(51 points)
Most triesEngland Dan Norton
Kenya Collins Injera
New Zealand Kurt Baker
Samoa Paul Perez
(6 tries)
2011
2013

The 2012 Dubai Sevens was held on 30 November and 1 December 2012 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and the second stop of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series.

Samoa defeated New Zealand 26–15 in the final to win the title.[1]

Format

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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.

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 50 24 +26 9
 Kenya 3 2 0 1 32 26 +6 7
 Spain 3 1 0 2 19 31 −12 5
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 26 46 −20 3
30 November 2012
09:50
Fiji 14 – 0 Spain
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
10:12
Kenya 12 – 5 Scotland
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
13:36
Fiji 22 – 14 Scotland
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
13:58
Kenya 10 – 7 Spain
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
17:00
Spain 12 – 7 Scotland
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
18:58
Fiji 14 – 10 Kenya
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 62 28 +34 9
 Wales 3 2 0 1 43 26 +17 7
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 31 41 −10 5
 Russia 3 0 0 3 29 70 −41 3
30 November 2012
10:36
New Zealand 14 – 7 Wales
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
10:58
Argentina 17 – 10 Russia
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
14:22
New Zealand 31 – 14 Russia
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
14:44
Argentina 7 – 14 Wales
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
17:22
Wales 22 – 5 Russia
The Sevens Stadium

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 51 43 +8 7
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 53 55 −2 7
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 34 32 +2 5
 England 3 1 0 2 50 58 −8 5

30 November 2012
11:44
Samoa 24 – 19 Portugal
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium


30 November 2012
15:28
Samoa 17 – 19 England
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
17:44
England 21 – 22 Portugal
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 3 2 1 0 74 35 +39 8
 France 3 2 0 1 24 34 −10 7
 Australia 3 1 1 1 47 47 0 6
 United States 3 0 0 3 33 62 −29 3
30 November 2012
09:06
France 0 – 20 Canada
The Sevens Stadium


30 November 2012
12:52
France 17 – 14 United States
The Sevens Stadium

30 November 2012
13:14
Australia 28 – 28 Canada
The Sevens Stadium


30 November 2012
18:36
France 7 – 0 Australia
Report[usurped]
The Sevens Stadium

Knockout stage

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Shield (13th place)

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 
 Spain12
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 United States14
 
 Spain26
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Russia24
 
 South Africa25
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Russia12
 
 Spain5
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 England26
 
 Australia14
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Scotland29
 
 Australia12
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 England40
 
 Argentina24
 
 
 England14
 

Bowl (9th place)

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 
 Spain12
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 United States14
 
 United States14
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 South Africa22
 
 South Africa25
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Russia12
 
 South Africa10
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Argentina14
 
 Australia14
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Scotland29
 
 Scotland5
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Argentina12
 
 Argentina24
 
 
 England14
 

Plate (5th place)

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 
 Fiji5
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 France8
 
 Fiji5
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Wales27
 
 Samoa19
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Wales7
 
 Wales21
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Canada14
 
 Canada7
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Kenya19
 
 Canada28
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Portugal12
 
 New Zealand28
 
 
 Portugal7
 

Cup (1st place)

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 
 Fiji5
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 France8
 
 France5
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Samoa12
 
 Samoa19
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Wales7
 
 Samoa26
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 New Zealand15
 
 Canada7
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Kenya19
 
 Kenya7
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 New Zealand27 Third place
 
 New Zealand28
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 Portugal7
 
 France12
 
 
 Kenya15
 

References

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  1. ^ "Samoa defeat New Zealand to win Dubai Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-12-01. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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