2013 USA Sevens explained

Countries: United States
Date:8–10 February 2013
Matches:45
Tries:223
Top Point Scorer: Lewis Holland
(52 points)
Top Try Scorer: Lewis Holland
(8 tries)
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 USA Sevens was the tenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Sam Boyd Stadium in the Las Vegas-area community of Whitney, Nevada.

South Africa won the title by defeating New Zealand 40–21 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

The participating teams were:[1]

Pool stage

The draw was made on February 2.[2]

Pool A

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33006143+189
32013824+147
31024538+75
30032261−393

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Pool B

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33007710+679
32016029+317
31022941−125
3003793−863

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Pool C

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33007810+689
32013961−227
31022646−205
30032652−263

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Pool D

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
33005926+339
31023645−95
31024759−125
31024355−125

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Knockout stage

Cup

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Teams for USA Sevens. https://web.archive.org/web/20101117204620/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=4/squads.html. usurped. November 17, 2010. 2013-01-19. irbsevens.com.
  2. Web site: IRB confirms pool draw for USA Sevens. https://web.archive.org/web/20130206151506/http://www.irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2065091.html. usurped. February 6, 2013. 2013-02-02. irbsevens.com.