2014 Hong Kong Sevens
| 2014 Hong Kong Sevens | |
|---|---|
| IRB Sevens XV | |
| Host nation |  Hong Kong |
| Date | 28–30 March 2014 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  England |
| Third |  Fiji |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  South Africa |
| Runner-up |  Wales |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Scotland |
| Runner-up |  France |
| Shield | |
| Winner |  Kenya |
| Runner-up |  Portugal |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Tries scored | 242 (average 8.34 per match) |
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The 2014 Hong Kong Sevens was the 39th edition of the tournament and the seventh tournament of the 2013–2014 Sevens World Series. It took place at its long-time home, Hong Kong Stadium.
The Cup title was claimed by New Zealand, with South Africa, Scotland and Kenya respectively claiming the lower-level Plate, Bowl and Shield. Japan won the World Series Core Team Qualifier to earn promotion to "core" status for the 2014–15 series.
Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group entered the Bowl/Shield brackets.
Teams
28 teams were scheduled to participate—16 in the main draw, and 12 in the Core Team Qualifier.
Main draw
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World Series core team qualifier
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Main Draw
The draw was made on 23 March.[4]
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinal | |
Pool stage
Pool A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 12 | +129 | 9 |
| Wales
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 7 |
| Kenya
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 53 | +0 | 5 |
 Sri Lanka
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 144 | −132 | 3 |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 9 |
| South Africa
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 7 |
| France
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 67 | −46 | 5 |
 Spain
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 3 |
Pool C
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 9 |
 Canada
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 38 | +33 | 7 |
 Argentina
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 5 |
| Portugal
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 75 | −54 | 3 |
Pool D
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 14 | +62 | 9 |
 United States
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 5 |
 Samoa
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 66 | −28 | 5 |
| Scotland
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 62 | −33 | 5 |
Knockout stage
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 12 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 13:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 26 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 12 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 7 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 17:05 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 10 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 33 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 14:02 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 14 | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 19 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 24 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 14 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 12 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 14:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 26 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 24 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 7 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 31 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 33 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 14:46 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 14 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 5 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 38 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 14 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 15:08 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 5 | |||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 24 | |||||||||
| England | 14 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 17:55 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 19 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 14 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 28 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 15:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 5 | |||||||||
| Wales | 31 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 14 | |||||||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 15:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 5 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 10 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| England | 17 | |||||||||
| England | 14 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | |||||||||
| England | 7 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 26 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 28 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 16:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 5 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 7 | Third place | ||||||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||||||
| 30 March 2014 – 18:25 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
| Australia | 12 | |||||||||
World Series Qualifier
The draw was made on 23 March.[5]
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advance to the Qualifier quarterfinal | |
Pool stage
Pool E
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zimbabwe
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 24 | +58 | 9 |
 Russia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 7 |
 Chile
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 5 |
 Barbados
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 123 | −108 | 3 |
Pool F
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 14 | +62 | 9 |
 Italy
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 7 |
 Tunisia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 5 |
 American Samoa
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 83 | −59 | 3 |
Pool G
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7 | +84 | 9 |
 Uruguay
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 7 |
 Cook Islands
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 5 |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 90 | −78 | 3 |
Ranking matches
| Qualifier Quarterfinals | Qualifier Semifinals | Qualifier Final | ||||||||
| 29 March 2014 – 16:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 38 | |||||||||
| 30 March – 12:56 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Tunisia | 7 | |||||||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||||||
| 29 March 2014 – 17:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Russia | 14 | |||||||||
| Russia | 21 | |||||||||
| 30 March – 16:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 14 | |||||||||
| Japan | 26 | |||||||||
| 29 March 2014 – 17:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Italy | 5 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 12 | |||||||||
| 30 March – 13:18 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Italy | 17 | |||||||||
| Italy | 12 | |||||||||
| 29 March 2014 – 17:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||
| Hong Kong | 10 | |||||||||
| Chile | 7 | |||||||||
References
- ^ a b c d Asia and NACRA sides book places in Hong Kong – International Rugby Borad, 11 November 2013
- ^ a b Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa – International Rugby Board, 5 October 2013
- ^ a b Chile and Uruguay complete line-up for HK – International Rugby Borad, 20 January 2014
- ^ "Pools drawn for Sevens showdown in Hong Kong". irbsevens.com. 23 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pools drawn for Sevens showdown in Hong Kong (Qualifier)". irbsevens.com. 23 March 2014.[permanent dead link]