The 2012 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2012-2013 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 October 2012 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia, and was the tenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament.
Fiji defeated New Zealand 32–14 in the final to successfully defend their title.
Format 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.
Teams The participating teams and schedule were announced on 17 September 2012.
Pool Stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts330010226+76932016859+9731024387−44530033374−413
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33006828+12932018036+44731024571−26530031977−583
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33006439+25931115240+12631114443+1630033270−383
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32015019+31732014331+12732014346−3730031757−403
Knockout stage
Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
References
External links Gold Coast Sevens