2013 Gold Coast Sevens

2013 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XV
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 12-13 October 2013
Cup
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  Australia
Third  England
Plate
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  Kenya
Bowl
Champions  France
Runners-up  Canada
Shield
Champions  United States
Runners-up  Portugal
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Top point scorer New Zealand Tomasi Cama (47)
Top try scorer New Zealand Tim Mikkelson (7)
2012
2014

The 2013 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2013-2014 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 12–13 October 2013 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. It was the eleventh edition of the Australian Sevens tournament and the first stop of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

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 11 September 2013.[1][2] They are the same teams as the previous year.

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3300950+959
 Kenya 32016936+337
 United States 31021976-575
 Tonga 3003778-713
12 October 2013
10:30
New Zealand  38–0  United States
Report

12 October 2013
10:52
Kenya  38–0  Tonga
Report

12 October 2013
13:36
New Zealand  26–0  Tonga
Report

12 October 2013
13:58
Kenya  31–5  United States
Report

12 October 2013
17:02
United States  14–7  Tonga
Report

12 October 2013
18:40
New Zealand  31–0  Kenya
Report

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33008926+639
 England 32019441+537
 France 31024574-295
 Spain 300333120-873
12 October 2012
11:14
South Africa  29–5  France
Report

12 October 2012
11:36
England  54–7  Spain
Report

12 October 2012
14:20
South Africa  38–7  Spain
Report

12 October 2012
14:42
England  26–12  France
Report

12 October 2012
17:24
France  28–19  Spain
Report

12 October 2012
19:02
South Africa  22–14  England
Report

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 32017732+457
 Wales 32016952+177
 Canada 32015351+27
 Portugal 30033195-643
12 October 2013
11:58
Fiji  20–10  Canada
Report

12 October 2013
12:20
Wales  33–14  Portugal
Report

12 October 2013
15:14
Fiji  38–0  Portugal
Report

12 October 2013
15:36
Wales  14–19  Canada
Report

12 October 2013
17:46
Canada  24–17  Portugal
Report

12 October 2013
19:24
Fiji  19–22  Wales
Report

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 32105528+278
 Samoa 32014531+147
 Argentina 31023567-325
 Scotland 30125261-94
12 October 2013
12:42
Samoa  26–7  Argentina
Report

12 October 2013
13:04
Australia  21–21  Scotland
Report

12 October 2013
15:58
Samoa  19–12  Scotland
Report

12 October 2013
16:20
Australia  22–7  Argentina
Report

12 October 2013
18:08
Argentina  21–19  Scotland
Report

12 October 2013
19:46
Samoa  0–12  Australia
Report

Knockout stage

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 October 2013 – 10:30 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast        
  United States  10
13 October 2013 – 13:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Scotland  19  
  United States  26
13 October 2013 – 10:52 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Spain  7  
  Canada  29
13 October 2013 – 17:02 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Spain  5  
  United States  22
13 October 2013 – 11:14 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast    
    Portugal  0
  Argentina  17
13 October 2013 – 13:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Tonga  12  
  Tonga  7
13 October 2013 – 11:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Portugal  40  
  France  26
  Portugal  14  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 October 2013 – 10:30 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast        
  United States  10
13 October 2013 – 14:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Scotland  19  
  Scotland  14
13 October 2013 – 10:52 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Canada  19  
  Canada  29
13 October 2013 – 17:32 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Spain  5  
  Canada  14
13 October 2013 – 11:14 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast    
    France  19
  Argentina  17
13 October 2013 – 14:42 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Tonga  12  
  Argentina  12
13 October 2013 – 11:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      France  17  
  France  26
  Portugal  14  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 October 2013 – 11:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast        
  New Zealand  40
13 October 2013 – 15:14 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Samoa  0  
  Samoa  26
13 October 2013 – 12:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Fiji  31  
  Fiji  12
13 October 2013 – 18:02 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  England  26  
  Fiji  36
13 October 2013 – 12:42 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast    
    Kenya  0
  Australia  24
13 October 2013 – 15:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Kenya  12  
  Kenya  12
13 October 2013 – 13:04 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
      Wales  7  
  South Africa  28
  Wales  21  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
13 October 2013 – 11:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast        
  New Zealand  40
13 October 2013 – 15:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Samoa  0  
  New Zealand  14
13 October 2013 – 12:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
    England  5  
  Fiji  12
13 October 2013 – 19:04 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  England  26  
  New Zealand  40
13 October 2013 – 12:42 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
    Australia  19
  Australia  24
13 October 2013 – 16:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
  Kenya  12  
  Australia  24 Third place
13 October 2013 – 13:04 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
    South Africa  19  
  South Africa  28   England  47
  Wales  21     South Africa  0
13 October 2013 – 18:32 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast

Player Statistics

Points scored

Points scored[3]
Pos. Player Points
1  Tomasi Cama (NZL) 46
2  Ilai Tinai (FIJ) 43
3  Justin Geduld (RSA) 42
4  Tom Mitchell (ENG) 37
5  Tim Mikkelson (NZL) 35
6  Paul Albaladejo (FRA) 30
 Joe Webber (NZL) 30
 Benito Masilevu (FIJ) 30
 Carl Murray (POR) 30
10  Folau Niua (USA) 27

Tries scored

Tries scored[4]
Pos. Player Tries
1  Tim Mikkelson (NZL) 7
2  Benito Masilevu (FIJ) 6
 Carl Murray (POR)
 Joe Webber (NZL)
5  Dan Bibby (ENG) 5
 Chris Knight (WAL)
 John Moonlight (CAN)
 Ilai Tinai (FIJ)

Dream Team

The 2013 Gold Coast Sevens 'Dream Team' as voted for by the fans.[5]


References

  1. "Pools and schedule set for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "HSBC Sevens World Series, Round 1, Australia" (PDF). Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. "IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Points". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  4. "IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Tries". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  5. "IRB Photo Downloads/Gold Coast Sevens Dream Team". International Rugby Board. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

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