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2012 USA Sevens

FieldValue
countriesUSA United States
date10–12 February 2012
champions1
runnersup1
third
champions2
runnersup2
champions3
runnersup3
champions4
runnersup4
matches45
tries229
top point scorerNZL Junior Tomasi Cama
(44 points)
top try scorerRSA Cecil Afrika
(7 tries)
prevseason[2011](2011-usa-sevens)
nextseason[2013](2013-usa-sevens)

(44 points) (7 tries)

The 2012 USA Sevens was the ninth edition of the USA Sevens tournament and the fifth tournament of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Sam Boyd Stadium.

Samoa won the title by defeating New Zealand 26–19 in the final.

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

16 teams participated:

Pool stage

The draw was made on February 4.

Key to colours in group tables

Pool A

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33008515+70**9**
32015727+30**7**
31023057−27**5**
30031285−73**3**

Pool B

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33006641+25**9**
32014538+7**7**
31024150−9**5**
30034366−23**3**

Pool C

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33009717+80**9**
32015448+6**7**
31023866−28**5**
30032684−58**3**

Pool D

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
32106221+41**7**
32104819+29**7**
31025434+20**5**
300310100−90**3**

Knockout stage

Shield

|11 February – Las Vegas ||50||0 |11 February – Las Vegas ||5||21 |11 February – Las Vegas ||14||15 |11 February – Las Vegas ||29||0 |12 February – Las Vegas ||7||33 |12 February – Las Vegas ||40||12 |12 February – Las Vegas |****|22||7

Bowl

|11 February – Las Vegas ||50||0 |11 February – Las Vegas ||5||21 |11 February – Las Vegas ||14||15 |11 February – Las Vegas ||29||0 |12 February – Las Vegas ||19||14 |12 February – Las Vegas ||5||21 |12 February – Las Vegas ||17|****|19

Plate

|11 February – Las Vegas ||12||7 |11 February – Las Vegas ||24||5 |11 February – Las Vegas ||14||19 |11 February – Las Vegas ||12||5 |12 February – Las Vegas ||19||21 |12 February – Las Vegas ||22||14 |12 February – Las Vegas ||7|****|21

Cup

|11 February – Las Vegas ||12||7 |11 February – Las Vegas ||24||5 |11 February – Las Vegas ||14||19 |11 February – Las Vegas ||12||5 |12 February – Las Vegas ||20||7 |12 February – Las Vegas ||14||12 |12 February – Las Vegas ||19||26 |12 February – Las Vegas ||21||15

Television

The 2012 USA Sevens earned strong ratings on TV in the US, with higher ratings than several basketball and hockey games on TV that weekend. The TV ratings for selected sports events on network and cable TV that weekend are below:

  • 0.7 USA Sevens Rugby
  • 0.4 NHL: Detroit v. Philadelphia
  • 0.3 NCAA: Alabama v. LSU
  • 0.1 NCAA: Wichita v. Creighton
  • 0.1 NCAA: Xavier v. Temple
  • 0.1 NCAA: Utah St. v. New Mexico St.
  • 0.1 NCAA: Ark - Little Rock v. Middle Tenn. St.

References

References

  1. (2012-02-13). "Tears of pride as Samoa refind winning touch". irbsevens.com.
  2. (2011-12-21). "Brazil among teams to compete at USA Sevens". irbsevens.com.
  3. (2012-02-04). "Pools drawn for USA Sevens in Las Vegas". irbsevens.com.
  4. Sports Media Watch, Weekly Sports TV Ratings, Feb 22, 2012, http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012/02/weekly-sports-tv-ratings-february-11-february-17/
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