2013 Gold Coast Sevens

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.

2013 Gold Coast Sevens
IRB Sevens XV
Host nationAustralia Australia
Date12–13 October 2013
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Third England
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up Kenya
Bowl
Winner France
Runner-up Canada
Shield
Winner United States
Runner-up Portugal
Tournament details
Matches played45
Most pointsNew Zealand Tomasi Cama (47)
Most triesNew Zealand Tim Mikkelson (7)
2012
2014

Format edit

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 edit

The participating teams and schedule were announced on 11 September 2013.[1][2] They are the same teams as the previous year.

Pool Stage edit

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

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 95 0 +95 9
  Kenya 3 2 0 1 69 36 +33 7
  United States 3 1 0 2 19 76 -57 5
  Tonga 3 0 0 3 7 78 -71 3
12 October 2013
10:30
New Zealand  38–0  United States
Report[3]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
10:52
Kenya  38–0  Tonga
Report[4]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
13:36
New Zealand  26–0  Tonga
Report[5]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
13:58
Kenya  31–5  United States
Report[6]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
17:02
United States  14–7  Tonga
Report[7]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
18:40
New Zealand  31–0  Kenya
Report[8]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 89 26 +63 9
  England 3 2 0 1 94 41 +53 7
  France 3 1 0 2 45 74 -29 5
  Spain 3 0 0 3 33 120 -87 3
12 October 2012
11:14
South Africa  29–5  France
Report[9]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2012
11:36
England  54–7  Spain
Report[10]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2012
14:20
South Africa  38–7  Spain
Report[11]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2012
14:42
England  26–12  France
Report[12]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2012
17:24
France  28–19  Spain
Report[13]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2012
19:02
South Africa  22–14  England
Report[14]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 2 0 1 77 32 +45 7
  Wales 3 2 0 1 69 52 +17 7
  Canada 3 2 0 1 53 51 +2 7
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 31 95 -64 3
12 October 2013
11:58
Fiji  20–10  Canada
Report[15]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
12:20
Wales  33–14  Portugal
Report[16]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
15:14
Fiji  38–0  Portugal
Report[17]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
15:36
Wales  14–19  Canada
Report[18]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
17:46
Canada  24–17  Portugal
Report[19]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
19:24
Fiji  19–22  Wales
Report[20]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 2 1 0 55 28 +27 8
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 45 31 +14 7
  Argentina 3 1 0 2 35 67 -32 5
  Scotland 3 0 1 2 52 61 -9 4
12 October 2013
12:42
Samoa  26–7  Argentina
Report[21]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
13:04
Australia  21–21  Scotland
Report[22]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
15:58
Samoa  19–12  Scotland
Report[23]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
16:20
Australia  22–7  Argentina
Report[24]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
18:08
Argentina  21–19  Scotland
Report[25]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

12 October 2013
19:46
Samoa  0–12  Australia
Report[26]
Skilled Park, Gold Coast

Knockout stage edit

Shield edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 October 2013 – 10:30 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
  United States10
 
13 October 2013 – 13:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Scotland19
 
  United States26
 
13 October 2013 – 10:52 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Spain7
 
  Canada29
 
13 October 2013 – 17:02 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Spain5
 
  United States22
 
13 October 2013 – 11:14 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Portugal0
 
  Argentina17
 
13 October 2013 – 13:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Tonga12
 
  Tonga7
 
13 October 2013 – 11:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Portugal40
 
  France26
 
 
  Portugal14
 

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 October 2013 – 10:30 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
  United States10
 
13 October 2013 – 14:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Scotland19
 
  Scotland14
 
13 October 2013 – 10:52 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Canada19
 
  Canada29
 
13 October 2013 – 17:32 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Spain5
 
  Canada14
 
13 October 2013 – 11:14 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  France19
 
  Argentina17
 
13 October 2013 – 14:42 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Tonga12
 
  Argentina12
 
13 October 2013 – 11:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  France17
 
  France26
 
 
  Portugal14
 

Plate edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 October 2013 – 11:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
  New Zealand40
 
13 October 2013 – 15:14 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Samoa0
 
  Samoa26
 
13 October 2013 – 12:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Fiji31
 
  Fiji12
 
13 October 2013 – 18:02 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  England26
 
  Fiji36
 
13 October 2013 – 12:42 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Kenya0
 
  Australia24
 
13 October 2013 – 15:36 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Kenya12
 
  Kenya12
 
13 October 2013 – 13:04 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Wales7
 
  South Africa28
 
 
  Wales21
 

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 October 2013 – 11:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
 
  New Zealand40
 
13 October 2013 – 15:58 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Samoa0
 
  New Zealand14
 
13 October 2013 – 12:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  England5
 
  Fiji12
 
13 October 2013 – 19:04 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  England26
 
  New Zealand40
 
13 October 2013 – 12:42 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Australia19
 
  Australia24
 
13 October 2013 – 16:20 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Kenya12
 
  Australia24
 
13 October 2013 – 13:04 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  South Africa19 Third place
 
  South Africa28
 
13 October 2013 – 18:32 – Skilled Park, Gold Coast
 
  Wales21
 
  England47
 
 
  South Africa0
 

Player statistics edit

Points scored edit

Points scored[27]
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 edit

Tries scored[28]
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 edit

The 2013 Gold Coast Sevens 'Dream Team' as voted for by the fans.[29]

References edit

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External links edit