2013 World Club 7s

The 2013 World Club 7s was the first edition of the rugby sevens tournament and was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England on 17 and 18 August 2013.

2013 World Club 7s
Host nation	England
Date	17-18 August 2013
Cup
Champion	ACT Brumbies
Runner-up	Auckland Blues
Third	Buenos Aires
Plate
Winner	New York
Runner-up	Gloucester
Shield
Winner	Kuban Krasnador
Runner-up	Blue Bulls
Tournament details
Matches played	34
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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 the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. Following all the group games, the winner and runner up in each group progressed to the Knockout Stage along with the best two third-place teams.

Teams

Team	Nation
ACT Brumbies	Australia
Auckland	New Zealand
Buenos Aires	Argentina
DHL Western Province	South Africa
Gloucester Rugby	England
Harlequins	England
Kuban Krasnodar	Russia
New York	USA
Northampton Saints	England
San Francisco	USA
Vodacom Blue Bulls	South Africa
VVA Saracens	Russia

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Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	quarter-final place

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
VVA Saracens Moscow	3	2	1	0	50	41	+9	8
Gloucester Rugby	3	2	0	1	65	60	+5	7
New York	3	1	1	1	62	57	+5	6
DHL Western Province	3	0	0	3	53	72	−19	3

17 August 2013

DHL Western Province	19 – 26	New York

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Gloucester Rugby	12 – 19	VVA Saracens Moscow

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

DHL Western Province	17 – 19	VVA Saracens Moscow

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Gloucester Rugby	26 – 24	New York

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

New York	12 – 12	VVA Saracens Moscow

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Gloucester Rugby	27 – 17	DHL Western Province

Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Buenos Aires	3	2	1	0	68	19	+49	8
San Francisco	3	2	0	1	59	62	–3	7
Northampton Saints	3	1	0	2	29	56	–27	5
Vodacom Blue Bulls	3	0	1	2	33	52	−19	4

17 August 2013

Vodacom Blue Bulls	19 – 28	San Francisco

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Northampton Saints	0 – 30	Buenos Aires

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Vodacom Blue Bulls	7– 7	Buenos Aires

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Northampton Saints	12 – 19	San Francisco

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

San Francisco	12 – 31	Buenos Aires

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Northampton Saints	17 – 7	Vodacom Blue Bulls

Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Auckland	3	2	0	1	71	48	+23	7
ACT Brumbies	3	2	0	1	71	50	+21	7
Harlequins	3	2	0	1	69	57	+12	7
Kuban Krasnador	3	0	0	3	36	92	−56	3

17 August 2013

Harlequins	14 – 24	ACT Brumbies

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Auckland	33 – 5	Kuban Krasnador

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Harlequins	24 – 19	Kuban Krasnador

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

ACT Brumbies	12 – 24	Auckland

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

ACT Brumbies	35 – 12	Kuban Krasnador

Twickenham Stadium, London

17 August 2013

Harlequins	31 – 14	Auckland

Twickenham Stadium, London

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Cup

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Quarter-finals

18 August 2013

Buenos Aires	31 – 12	New York

Twickenham Stadium, London

18 August 2013

ACT Brumbies	22 – 17	WA Saracens Moscow

Twickenham Stadium, London

18 August 2013

Gloucester Rugby	7 – 19	Harlequins

Twickenham Stadium, London

18 August 2013

Auckland	40 – 12	San Francisco

Twickenham Stadium, London

Semi-finals

18 August 2013

ACT Brumbies	26 – 17	Buenos Aires

Twickenham Stadium, London

18 August 2013

Auckland Blues	31–14	Harlequins

Twickenham Stadium, London

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Final

18 August 2013

ACT Brumbies	17 – 14	Auckland Blues

Twickenham Stadium, London

Third/fourth place match

18 August 2013

Buenos Aires	31 – 7	Harlequins

Twickenham Stadium, London

Plate (places 5 to 8)

Semi-finals

18 August 2013

Gloucester Rugby	26 – 14	San Francisco

Twickenham Stadium, London

18 August 2013

New York	26–19	VVA Saracens Moscow

Twickenham Stadium, London

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Final

18 August 2013

New York	33 – 14	Gloucester

Twickenham Stadium, London

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Seventh/eighth place play-off

18 August 2013

San Francisco	12–33	VVA Saracens Moscow

Twickenham Stadium, London

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Shield (places 9 to 12)

Semi-finals

18 August 2013

Western Province	19-31	Blue Bulls

Twickenham Stadium, London

18 August 2013

Northampton Saints	0–21	Kuban Krasnador

Twickenham Stadium, London

Final

18 August 2013

Kuban Krasnador	19–12	Blue Bulls

Twickenham Stadium, London

Eleventh/twelfth place play-off

18 August 2013

Western Province	31–7	Northampton Saints

Twickenham Stadium, London

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