2013 Gold Coast Sevens

The 2013 Gold Coast Sevens will be the first tournament within the 2013-14 Sevens World Series. It will be held over the weekend of 12–13 October 2013 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. It will be the eighth edition of the tournament and the first stop of the 2013-14 IRB Sevens World Series.

New Zealand took the opening leg after winning the final against Australia 40-19

Format
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
The participating teams and schedule were announced on 11 September 2013. They are the same teams as the previous year.