2011 London Sevens
The 2011 London Sevens was a rugby union sevens tournament, part of the 2010–11 [IRB Sevens World Series]. The competition was held from May 21–22 at Twickenham Stadium in England and featured 16 teams.
South [Africa national rugby sevens team|South Africa] won the Cup competition for their second Cup win on the season. New [Zealand national rugby sevens team|New Zealand] clinched the season title after advancing to the Cup semi-finals while their nearest competition going into London, England, fell into the Shield competition and earned no series points.
Format
The tournament consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.Teams
The following teams participated:Pool stage
Pool A
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-05-21 | 28 – 12 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 33 – 10 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 40 – 7 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 29 – 12 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 7 – 17 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 31 – 12 |
Pool B
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-05-21 | 31 – 21 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 28 – 15 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 14 – 21 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 21 – 22 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 17 – 24 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 12 – 12 |
Pool C
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-05-21 | 19 – 15 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 19 – 14 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 38 – 24 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 24 – 21 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 12 – 25 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 20 – 21 |
Pool D
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2011-05-21 | 17 – 7 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 24 – 21 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 22 – 7 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 41 – 0 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 12 – 12 | ||
| 2011-05-21 | 7 – 12 |
Statistics
Points scored by one player| Number | Player | Team | Points |
| 1 | Tom Iosefo | Samoa | 50 |
| 2 | Metuisela Talebula | Fiji | 48 |
| 3 | Tomasi Cama | New Zealand | 47 |
| 4 | Dan Norton | England | 40 |
| 5 | Ben Gollings | England | 38 |
| 6 | Peter Horne | Scotland | 36 |
| 7 | Bernado Botha | South Africa | 30 |
| 8 | Gonzalo Gutierrez Taboada | Argentina | 30 |
| 9 | Alatasi Tupou | Samoa | 29 |
| 10 | Cecil Afrika | South Africa | 28 |
| 10 | Pedro Leal | Portugal | 28 |