2012 Gold Coast Sevens

The 2012 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament within the 2012-2013 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 October 2012 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and the first stop of the 2012-13 IRB Sevens World Series.

Fiji defeated New Zealand 32–14 in the final to successfully defend their title.

Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team will play everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool will advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams
The participating teams and schedule were announced on 17 September 2012.