The 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 14th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for full national sides. The IRB Sevens World Series has been run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000.

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2012–13 World Rugby Sevens
Series XIV
Hosts	Australia United Arab Emirates South Africa New Zealand United States Hong Kong Japan Scotland England
Date	13 Oct 2012 – 12 May 2013
Nations	22
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	South Africa
Third	Fiji
Series details
Top try scorer	Dan Norton (52 tries)
Top point scorer	Dan Norton (264 points)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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The schedule for the 2012–13 series was released in late June 2012. At the time, the schedule included a new event to be held in La Plata, Argentina.^[1] However, on 16 August, the Argentine Rugby Union pulled out of hosting an event in 2012–13, citing demands associated with the country's 2012 entry into The Rugby Championship.

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2012–13 Itinerary[1]
Leg	Venue	Date	Winner
Australia	Skilled Park, Gold Coast	13–14 October 2012	Fiji
Dubai	The Sevens, Dubai	30 Nov–1 Dec 2012	Samoa
South Africa	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	8–9 December 2012	New Zealand
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	1–2 February 2013	England
United States	Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas	8–10 February 2013	South Africa
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	22–24 March 2013	Fiji
Japan	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	30–31 March 2013	South Africa
Scotland	Scotstoun Stadium. Glasgow	4–5 May 2013	South Africa
England	Twickenham, London	11–12 May 2013	New Zealand

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Before each season, the IRB announces the "core teams" that received guaranteed berths in each event of that season's series. This was the first series in which 15 teams received this status, up from 12 in the recent past. All 12 core teams from 2011–12 retained their status, with three more being elevated as top finishers in a 12-team qualifying tournament conducted as part of the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens. The 2012–13 core teams are:^[2][3]

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team competed in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.

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2012–13 IRB Sevens – Series XIV

Pos.	Event  Team	Gold Coast	Dubai	Port Eliza­beth	Well­ing­ton	Las Vegas	Hong Kong	Tokyo	Glas­gow	Lon­don	Points total
1	New Zealand	19	19	22	17	19	17	19	19	22	173
2	South Africa	17	7	17	10	22	5	22	22	10	132
3	Fiji	22	10	12	7	15	22	10	10	13	121
4	Samoa	10	22	7	15	17	13	10	5	5	104
5	Kenya	15	17	5	19	1	15	5	7	15	99
6	England	7	3	5	22	5	8	8	17	17	92
7	Wales	5	13	13	3	10	19	5	15	8	91
8	Australia	10	1	8	13	3	10	17	8	19	89
9	France	12	15	19	5	8	3	15	3	7	87
10	Argentina	13	8	15	10	7	2	7	12	10	84
11	United States	2	5	10	1	10	5	13	13	12	71
12	Canada	5	12	1	8	13	12	3	10	5	69
13	Scotland	3	5	1	12	12	1	12	5	–	51
14	Portugal	1	10	10	1	1	10	1	1	–	35
15	Spain	8	2	3	5	5	1	1	1	–	26
16	Hong Kong	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	7
17	Tonga	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	3
18	Russia	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	3
19	Japan	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2
20	Uruguay	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
21	Zimbabwe	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
22	Georgia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

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Source: rugby7.com (archived)

The 2012–13 HSBC Sevens World Series 'Dream Team' was selected by the series' regular television broadcast commentators.^[8]

• Afa Aiono
• Frankie Horne
• Tim Mikkelson
• Joji Ragamate
• Gilles Kaka
• Willy Ambaka
• Dan Norton