The 2013 World Club 7s was the first edition of the rugby sevens tournament and was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England on 17 and 18 August 2013.
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 the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. Following all the group games, the winner and runner up in each group progressed to the Knockout Stage along with the best two third-place teams.
Teams TeamNation ACT Brumbies Auckland Buenos Aires DHL Western Province Gloucester Rugby Harlequins Kuban Krasnodar New York Northampton Saints San Francisco Vodacom Blue Bulls VVA Saracens
Pool Stage Key to colours in group tablesquarter-final place
Pool A TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts VVA Saracens Moscow32105041+98 Gloucester Rugby32016560+57 New York31116257+56 DHL Western Province30035372−193
Pool B TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts Buenos Aires32106819+498 San Francisco32015962–37 Northampton Saints31022956–275 Vodacom Blue Bulls30123352−194
Pool C TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts Auckland32017148+237 ACT Brumbies32017150+217 Harlequins32016957+127 Kuban Krasnador30033692−563
Cup
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Third/fourth place match
Plate (places 5 to 8)
Semi-finals
Final
Seventh/eighth place play-off
Shield (places 9 to 12)
Semi-finals
Final
Eleventh/twelfth place play-off
References