Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
	Podium
Host nation	Scotland
Cup
Champion	South Africa
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third	Australia
Plate
Winner	England
Runner-up	Wales
Bowl
Winner	Canada
Runner-up	Cook Islands
Shield
Winner	Sri Lanka
Runner-up	Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament details
Matches played	45
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Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games was the fifth time in the competition's history that the event took place. The tournament's preliminaries took place on 26 July, with the classification matches, quarterfinals, semifinals and medal matches the following day.^[1] The venue for the competition was Ibrox Stadium. South Africa beat the reigning champions New Zealand in the final on 27 July, beating their opponents 17-12. It was the first time that New Zealand had been beaten in any game since the inception of rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games in 1998, ending their 30 match win streak and marking the first time any other nation had won the competition.

171,000 people attended the two-day competition, a record for the sport.^[2]

Participating nations

The full pools and fixtures for the event were announced on 18 February 2014.^[3]^[4]

Continent	Teams
Asia	Malaysia Sri Lanka
Americas	Canada
Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago^[5] Barbados
Europe	England Scotland (Hosts) Wales
Africa	Kenya South Africa Uganda
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa

Nigeria were originally announced as one of the sixteen teams, but shortly after the team was withdrawn from the rugby competition and replaced by Barbados.^[6]

Pools and format

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
New Zealand Canada Scotland Barbados	South Africa Kenya Cook Islands Trinidad and Tobago	Samoa Wales Papua New Guinea Malaysia	Australia England Sri Lanka Uganda

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four nations, with each nation playing their other pool opponents once, every nation playing three times during the group stages. Nations were awarded 3 points for a win, 2 for a draw and one point for a loss, the top two nations of every pool advance to the quarterfinals of the medal competition. The winners of each pool then faced the runners up of a different pool in the quarterfinals in a straight single-elimination knockout competition. The winners moved on to the semifinals, with the winners then moving onto the final, and the losers of the semifinals contesting a play off for the bronze medal.

Points System

The points system was the same one used in most sevens competitions, including the IRB Sevens World Series:

3 points for a win
2 points for a draw
1 point for losing

Pool stage

The round robin stage was played on 26 July 2014. All teams played three matches, with the top two in each pool qualifying for the medal competition, and the bottom two qualifying to the bowl competition.^[7]^[8]

Knockout stage

Medal competition

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

New Zealand	19
		27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Kenya	7
		New Zealand	19
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
		Australia	7
Australia	21
				27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Wales	19
				New Zealand	12
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
				South Africa	17
Samoa	15
		27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
England	14
		Samoa	7
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
		South Africa	35	Third place
South Africa	35
				27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Scotland	12
				Australia	24

				Samoa	0

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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Plate competition

Semi-finals		Final

27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Kenya	5
		27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Wales	28
		Wales	15
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
		England	17
England	15

Scotland	12

Semi-finals

27 July 2014
18:00

Kenya	5–28	Wales
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
18:22

England	15–12	Scotland
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Plate final

27 July 2014
20:38

Wales	15–17	England
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl competition

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Canada	33
		27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Trinidad and Tobago	0
		Canada	32
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
		Uganda	0
Uganda	35
				27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Malaysia	0
				Canada	50
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
				Cook Islands	7
Papua New Guinea	17
		27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Sri Lanka	12
		Papua New Guinea	12
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
		Cook Islands	24
Cook Islands	31

Barbados	7

Quarter-finals

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27 July 2014
10:54

Uganda	35–0	Malaysia
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

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27 July 2014
11:38

Cook Islands	31–7	Barbados
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Semi-finals

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27 July 2014
17:38

Papua New Guinea	12–24	Cook Islands
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl final

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Shield competition

Semi-finals		Final

27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Trinidad and Tobago	15
		27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Malaysia	10
		Trinidad and Tobago	7
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
		Sri Lanka	43
Sri Lanka	34

Barbados	0

Semi-finals

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Shield final

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Medalists

Men's	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	South Africa	New Zealand	Australia

References

^ "SPORTS SCHEDULE – RUGBY SEVENS" (PDF). Glasgow 2014. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ glasgow2014.com (18 February 2014). "Rugby Sevens" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Commonwealth Games Sevens pools announced". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
^ [irbsevens.com] (11 November 2013). "Asia and NACRA sides book places in Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
^ glasgow2014.com (14 February 2014). "Barbados replace Nigeria in Rugby Sevens competition". Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ glasgow2014.com. "Rugby Sevens Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ glasgow2014.com. "Glasgow 2014 - Rugby Sevens". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

[1] "SPORTS SCHEDULE – RUGBY SEVENS" (PDF). Glasgow 2014. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] sgow2014.com (18 February 2014). "Rugby Sevens" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] "Commonwealth Games Sevens pools announced". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

[5] [irbsevens.com] (11 November 2013). "Asia and NACRA sides book places in Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

[6] sgow2014.com (14 February 2014). "Barbados replace Nigeria in Rugby Sevens competition". Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] sgow2014.com. "Rugby Sevens Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[8] sgow2014.com. "Glasgow 2014 - Rugby Sevens". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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List of medalists

Participating nations

Pools and format

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

Medal competition

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Plate competition

Semi-finals

Plate final

Bowl competition

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bowl final

Shield competition

Semi-finals

Shield final

Medalists

References

External links