The 2011 London Sevens was a rugby union sevens tournament, part of the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series. The competition was held from May 21–22 at Twickenham Stadium in England and featured 16 teams.
South Africa won the Cup competition for their second Cup win on the season. New Zealand clinched the season title after advancing to the Cup semi-finals while their nearest competition going into London, England, fell into the Shield competition and earned no series points.
Format 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 The following teams participated:
Pool stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarter Final
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts 33009931+689 32017453+217 31023480−465 30033174−433 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2011-05-21 28 – 12 2011-05-21 33 – 10 2011-05-21 40 – 7 2011-05-21 29 – 12 2011-05-21 7 – 17 2011-05-21 31 – 12
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts 32016059+17 31116149+126 31115754+36 31026076−165 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2011-05-21 31 – 21 2011-05-21 28 – 15 2011-05-21 14 – 21 2011-05-21 21 – 22 2011-05-21 17 – 24 2011-05-21 12 – 12
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts 33006455+99 32017760+177 31026369−65 30034868−203 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2011-05-21 19 – 15 2011-05-21 19 – 14 2011-05-21 38 – 24 2011-05-21 24 – 21 2011-05-21 12 – 25 2011-05-21 20 – 21
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts 33007728+499 32014626+207 30124058−184 30121970−514 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2011-05-21 17 – 7 2011-05-21 24 – 21 2011-05-21 22 – 7 2011-05-21 41 – 0 2011-05-21 12 – 12 2011-05-21 7 – 12
Knockout stage
Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
Statistics Points scored by one player
Number Player Team Points1Tom Iosefo Samoa 50 2Metuisela Talebula Fiji 48 3Tomasi Cama New Zealand 474Dan Norton England 405Ben Gollings England 386Peter Horne Scotland 367Bernado Botha South Africa 308Gonzalo Gutierrez Taboada Argentina 309Alatasi Tupou Samoa 2910Cecil Afrika South Africa 2810Pedro Leal Portugal 28
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