2011 Gold Coast Sevens

The 2011 Gold Coast Sevens was the first edition of the tournament which was known as the Adelaide Sevens the last years  and was part of the 2011-12 IRB Sevens World Series. It was held at Robina, Australia, the host stadium was the Robina Stadium.

Fiji won the tournament by defeating New Zealand in the Cup final 26–12.

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 announced on 8 September.





Pool stage
The draw was made on 7 November.

All times are local (UTC+10).