Kenya's hopes of a higher finishing were dented once again when they lost 17-19 to Portugal in the Bowl quarters but all the same managed to reach the finals of the Shield after defeating Japan 17-15 in the semi-finals. The final was a reflection of how the tournament has been for Kenya as they lost 7-40 to Canada.
Fiji won the Main Cup after defeating Samoa 31-24 and hence meant that they have won three of the last four editions of the Gold Coast Sevens. The Fijians got the finals after topping pool C courtesy of wins over Scotland (40-7), Portugal (38-0) and Australia (35-12) before overcoming Wales (31-10) and England (48-7) in the quarters and semi-finals respectively.
England finished 3rd after defeating South Africa 19-0.
Kenya have ample time to prepare for the next tournament of the Series which would be held in Dubai on the weekend of 5th and 6th December and they will be keen to make amends after finishing 14th with just 2 points.
Other results from Gold Sevens are as follows:
POOL STAGE
POOL ANew Zealand 36-7 France
Samoa 40-14 Japan
New Zealand 59-0 Japana
Samoa 19-12 France
France 33-14 Japan
New Zealand 28-17 Samoa
POOL B
South Africa 19-12 Wales
Kenya 42-0 American Samoa
South Africa 48-0 American Samoa
Kenya 19-24 Wales
Wales 36-0 American Samoa
South Africa 45-0 Kenya
POOL C
Fiji 40-7 Scotland
Australia 29-0 Portugal
Fiji 38-0 Portugal
Australia 24-14 Scotland
Scotland 21-21 Portugal
Fiji 35-12 Australia
POOL D
England 19-21 Argentina
Canada 15-17 United States
England 14-7 United States
Canada 12-14 Argentina
Argentina 26-12 United States
England 19-12 Canada
BOWL QUARTERS
France 21-19 Canada
Scotland 24-12 American Samoa
United States 25-5 Japan
Kenya 17-19 Portugal
SHIELD SEMI-FINALS
Canada 50-0 American Samoa
Japan 15-17 Kenya
SHIELD FINALS
Canada 40-7 Kenya
BOWL SEMI-FINALS
France 26-0 Scotland
United States 33-0 Portugal
BOWL FINALS
France 15-31 United States
MAIN CUP QUARTERS
New Zealand 7-31 England
Fiji 31-10 Wales
Argentina 21-24 Samoa
South Africa 12-10 Australia
PLATE SEMI-FINALS
New Zealand 39-5 Wales
Argentina 21-17 Australia
PLATE FINALS
New Zealand 36-21 Argentina
MAIN CUP SEMI-FINALS
England 7-48 Fiji
Samoa 28-12 South Africa
THIRD-PLACE MATCH
England 19-0 South Africa
MAIN CUP FINALS
Fiji 31-24 Samoa
FINAL RANKINGS AND POINTS
1. Fiji - 222. Samoa - 19
3. England - 17
4. South Africa - 15
5. New Zealand - 13
6. Argentina - 12
7. Australia - 10
8. Wales - 10
9. United States - 8
10. France - 7
11. Portugal - 5
12. Scotland - 5
13. Canada - 3
14. Kenya - 2
15. Japan - 1
16. American Samoa - 1