The 2011 Collegiate Rugby Championship was a rugby union sevens tournament. The competition was held from 4–5 June at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. The men's tournament featured sixteen teams, whereas the women's tournament featured eight teams.
In the men's championship, Dartmouth defeated Army 32-10. In the women's championship, Army defeated Penn State 14-5.
Men's tournament
Overview
The tournament consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to the quarter-finals in the championship competition. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to the quarter-finals in the challenger competition. Over 10,000 fans turned out to watch Day 1 of the tournament.
Pool stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Group B teams had the best knockout record of the four pools, going 6-4 on day two.
Pool C
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Group C was the only pool where all four teams registered at least one win in knockout competition on day two.
Pool D
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Group D teams went 0-4 in the knockout phase on day two.
Knockout stage
Championship
Challenger
Overall results
The following are the overall win/loss results and points differentials for the 8 quarterfinalists: Dartmouth 6-0, +85 Army 5-1, +23 Utah 4-2, +24 Central Washington 3-3, +7 Arizona 3-1, +80 Cal 3-1, +65 Texas 2-2, 0 Penn State 2-2, -20
Women's tournament
Format
The tournament consisted of two round-robin pools of four teams. All eight teams progressed to the knockout stage. The knockout stage is single elimination with no bronze medal match.
Pool stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Knockout stage
Players
After the conclusion of the tournament, Rugby Mag selected the following 14 players on the All-Tournament team: