2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens

2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Tournament details

Host nation	Russia
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium Gorodok Stadium
Dates	28 – 30 June 2013
No. of nations	24 (men) 16 (women)
Champions	New Zealand (men) New Zealand (women)
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The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens, held at Luzhniki Stadium^[1] in Moscow, Russia,^[2] was the sixth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Board (IRB), initially stated that the Rugby World Cup Sevens would be scrapped if rugby sevens were to be included in the Olympic programme for the 2016 Summer Olympics. As the International Olympic Committee voted for the sport's inclusion,^[3] this was thought likely to be the last edition of the tournament. However, the IRB clarified that in June 2013, the tournament would be retained and held quadrennially from 2018.^[4]

Hosting

In December 2009, the IRB confirmed that the governing rugby boards of Brazil (Brazilian Rugby Association), Germany (German Rugby Federation) and Russia (Rugby Union of Russia) formally expressed their intention to tender to host the tournament.^[5] Scottish Rugby Union, the governing rugby board of Scotland, which did not choose to express interest, was also previously considering bidding for the tournament.^[6]

In February 2010, the IRB reported that Rugby Union of Russia had formally submitted its tender for the right to host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013, while the Brazilian and German rugby boards had confirmed their withdrawal from the bidding process. This announcement left Russia as the only country bidding to host the event.^[7]

"This tender submission underlines our continued commitment to ignite a new Rugby frontier in Russia through a strategic vision of promotion, participation and growth."

—Vyacheslav Kopiev, President of Rugby Union of Russia^[7]

Six days before hosting the 2010 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, Russia was officially named as host at the IRB annual congress on 12 May 2010.^[2]

Qualifying Process

Men's

Region	Automatic Qualifiers	Places Remaining
Africa	Kenya South Africa	2
North America/Caribbean	No Automatic Qualifiers	2
South America	Argentina	1
Asia	No Automatic Qualifiers	3
Europe	England Wales Russia	5
Oceania	Fiji New Zealand Samoa	2

Women's

Region	Automatic Qualifiers	Places Remaining
Africa	South Africa	1
North America/Caribbean	United States	1
South America	No Automatic Qualifiers	1
Asia	No Automatic Qualifiers	2.5*
Europe	Russia	5
Oceania	Australia New Zealand	0.5*

* Winner of Oceania qualifier will compete in Asian qualifier.

Notes (Men's):
Canada and United States qualified for the tournament taking the 2 available places in the North America/Caribbean category.
Zimbabwe and Tunisia qualified for the tournament taking the 2 available places in the Africa category.
Australia and Tonga qualified for the tournament taking the 2 available places in the Oceania category.
Portugal, Spain, France, Georgia and Scotland qualified for the tournament taking the 5 available places in the Europe category.
Japan, Hong Kong and Philippines qualified for the tournament taking the 3 available places in the Asia category.
Uruguay qualified for the tournament taking the 1 and only place available in the South America category.

Notes (Women's):
Canada qualified for the tournament through NACRA's regional qualifying tournament taking the 1 and only place available in the North America/Caribbean category.
Tunisia qualified for the tournament taking the 1 available place in the Africa category.
England, Ireland, Spain, France and Netherlands qualified for the tournament taking the 5 available places in the European category.
Fiji, Japan, and China qualified for the tournament through AFRU's regional qualifying tournament taking the 3 available places in the Asian and Oceania category.
Brazil qualified through CONSUR's regional qualifying tournament taking the 1 and only place in the South America category.

Qualified Teams

Men

Main article: 2013 Men's Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying

Africa	North America/ Caribbean	South America	Europe	Asia	Oceania
Kenya (AQ) South Africa (AQ) Zimbabwe Tunisia	United States Canada	Argentina (AQ) Uruguay	England (AQ) Russia (AQ) (Hosts) Wales (AQ) (Holders) Portugal Spain France Georgia Scotland	Japan Hong Kong Philippines	Australia Fiji (AQ) New Zealand (AQ) Samoa (AQ) Tonga

Women

Africa	North America/ Caribbean	South America	Europe	Asia	Oceania
South Africa (AQ) Tunisia	United States (AQ) Canada	Brazil	England Russia (AQ) (Hosts) Ireland Spain France Netherlands	China Japan	Australia (AQ) (Holders) New Zealand (AQ) Fiji

(AQ) represents teams that automatically qualified for the Rugby World Cup Sevens Tournament.

Draw

The band allocation was completed on February 25 in advance of the pool draw on February 28.

The 24 men's teams were ranked in four bands of six, determined by series points accumulated over the 2010/11 and 2011/12 HSBC Sevens World Series, and the first five rounds of the current 2012/13 Series.^[8]^[9]

The bands were:

Men

Band 1	New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa, Samoa, England, Australia
Band 2	Wales, Argentina, France, Kenya, Scotland, United States
Band 3	Canada, Portugal, Spain, Russia, Tonga, Zimbabwe
Band 4	Japan, Hong Kong, Georgia, Tunisia, Philippines, Uruguay

Women

Band 1	England, Australia, Canada, United States
Band 2	New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Russia
Band 3	Netherlands, China, France, Brazil
Band 4	Japan, Tunisia, Ireland, Fiji

Men

2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Tournament details
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	28 – 30 June
No. of nations	24
Champions	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Tries scored	320 (average 5.517 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nathan Hirayama (49 points)

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams advanced to the Cup quarter-final
	Teams advanced to the Plate quarter-final
	Teams advanced to the Bowl quarter-final

All times are local (UTC+4).

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	78	24	+54	8
France	3	2	1	0	62	41	+21	8
Tunisia	3	1	0	2	40	88	−48	5
Spain	3	0	0	3	41	68	−27	3

28 June 2013
18:30

Australia	21 – 0	Spain
	Report

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	105	0	+105	9
Scotland	3	2	0	1	40	63	−23	7
Japan	3	0	1	2	29	64	−35	4
Russia	3	0	1	2	17	64	−47	4

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Kenya	3	3	0	93	22	+71	9
Samoa	3	2	1	62	31	+31	7
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	38	59	−21	5
Philippines	3	0	3	12	93	−81	3

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	83	38	+45	9
Canada	3	2	1	53	64	−11	7
United States	3	1	2	59	60	−1	5
Georgia	3	0	3	45	78	−33	3

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Wales	3	3	0	80	38	+42	9
Fiji	3	2	1	106	19	+87	7
Tonga	3	1	2	55	73	−18	5
Uruguay	3	0	3	5	116	−111	3

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
England	3	3	0	73	26	+47	9
Argentina	3	1	2	69	38	+31	5
Portugal	3	1	2	38	48	−10	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	31	99	−68	5

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

30 June 2013 – 09:30 – Luzhniki Stadium

Tunisia	7
		30 June 2013 – 14:28 – Luzhniki Stadium
Uruguay	12
		Uruguay	0
30 June 2013 – 09:52 – Luzhniki Stadium
		Russia	38
Russia	17
				30 June 2013 – 18:15 – Luzhniki Stadium
Spain	7
				Russia	29
30 June 2013 – 10:14 – Luzhniki Stadium
				Japan	5
Hong Kong	10
		30 June 2013 – 14:50 – Luzhniki Stadium
Georgia	31
		Georgia	21
30 June 2013 – 10:36 – Luzhniki Stadium
		Japan	24
Japan	50

Philippines	0

Tournament details
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium Gorodok Stadium
Dates	29 – 30 June
No. of nations	16
Champions	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Tries scored	201 (average 4.786 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Portia Woodman (60 points)

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	97	5	+92	9
Canada	3	2	1	65	27	+38	7
Netherlands	3	1	2	33	61	−28	5
Tunisia	3	0	3	3	105	−102	3

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	87	5	+82	9
Ireland	3	2	1	45	37	+8	7
South Africa	3	1	2	24	48	−24	5
China	3	0	3	17	83	−66	3

Semi-finals		Final

30 June 2013 – 15:14 – Gorodok Stadium
England	22
Ireland	0

		30 June 2013 – 18:40 – Luzhniki Stadium
		England	5
		Australia	14



30 June 2013 – 15:36 – Gorodok Stadium
Russia	5
Australia	7

Trophy Overview
	Men		Women
	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
Cup	New Zealand	England	New Zealand	Canada
Plate	Canada	Samoa	Australia	England
Bowl	Russia	Japan	Fiji	Netherlands

Rugby World Cup Sevens

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Melrose Cup

2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens

Hosting

Qualifying Process

Qualified Teams

Draw

Men

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Knockout stage

Bowl

Plate

Cup

Women

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

Bowl

Plate

Cup

Trophy Overview

References

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