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Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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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 played45
2010
2018

Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, also known as Glasgow2014 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

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Ibrox hosting the Rugby Sevens tournament of the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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Nigeria were originally announced as one of the sixteen teams, but shortly after the team was withdrawn from the rugby competition and replaced by Barbados.[6]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

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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

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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]

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 115 14 +101 9 Medal competition
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 91 22 +69 7
 Canada 3 1 0 2 73 65 +8 5 Bowl competition
 Barbados 3 0 0 3 5 183 −178 3
Source: [citation needed]
26 July 2014
10:32
New Zealand 39–0 Canada
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
12:50
Canada 68–5 Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:56
New Zealand 17–14 Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:02
Scotland 56–0 Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
20:20
New Zealand 59–0 Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
21:04
Canada 5–21 Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 106 0 +106 9 Medal competition
 Kenya 3 2 0 1 63 25 +38 7
 Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 33 88 −55 5 Bowl competition
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 15 104 −89 3
Source: [citation needed]
26 July 2014
11:16
Kenya 28–0 Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
12:22
South Africa 36–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
14:40
Cook Islands 33–10 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:30
South Africa 50–0 Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:52
Kenya 35–5 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
22:10
South Africa 20–0 Kenya
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 106 26 +80 9 Medal competition
 Wales 3 2 0 1 93 26 +67 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 57 69 −12 5 Bowl competition
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 7 142 −135 3
Source: [citation needed]
26 July 2014
11:38
Samoa 33–14 Papua New Guinea
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
12:00
Wales 52–0 Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
14:18
Papua New Guinea 36–7 Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:46
Wales 29–7 Papua New Guinea
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:08
Samoa 54–0 Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
21:26
Samoa 19–12 Wales
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Australia 3 3 0 0 120 19 +101 9 Medal competition
 England 3 2 0 1 104 15 +89 7
 Uganda 3 1 0 2 22 97 −75 5 Bowl competition
 Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 21 136 −115 3
Source: [citation needed]
26 July 2014
10:54
Australia 62–7 Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:12
Australia 43–5 Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:34
England 57–0 Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:24
England 40–0 Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
20:42
Sri Lanka 14–17 Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
21:48
England 7–15 Australia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Knockout stage

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Medal competition

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
 New Zealand19
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Kenya7
 
 New Zealand19
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Australia7
 
 Australia21
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Wales19
 
 New Zealand12
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 South Africa17
 
 Samoa15
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 England14
 
 Samoa7
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 South Africa35 Third place
 
 South Africa35
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Scotland12
 
 Australia24
 
 
 Samoa0
 

Quarter-finals

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27 July 2014
12:06
New Zealand 19–7 Kenya
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
12:28
Australia 21–19 Wales
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
12:50
Samoa 15–14 England
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
13:12
South Africa 35–12 Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Semi-finals

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27 July 2014
18:44
New Zealand 19–7 Australia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
19:06
Samoa 7–35 South Africa
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bronze medal match

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27 July 2014
21:15
Australia 24–0 Samoa
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Gold medal match

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27 July 2014
21:37
New Zealand 12–17 South Africa
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland

Plate competition

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
 Kenya5
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Wales28
 
 Wales15
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 England17
 
 England15
 
 
 Scotland12
 

Semi-finals

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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

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27 July 2014
20:38
Wales 15–17 England
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl competition

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
 Canada33
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Trinidad and Tobago0
 
 Canada32
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Uganda0
 
 Uganda35
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Malaysia0
 
 Canada50
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Cook Islands7
 
 Papua New Guinea17
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Sri Lanka12
 
 Papua New Guinea12
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Cook Islands24
 
 Cook Islands31
 
 
 Barbados7
 

Quarter-finals

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27 July 2014
10:32
Canada 33–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
10:54
Uganda 35–0 Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
11:16
Papua New Guinea 17–12 Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
11:38
Cook Islands 31–7 Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Semi-finals

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27 July 2014
17:16
Canada 32–0 Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
17:38
Papua New Guinea 12–24 Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl final

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27 July 2014
20:10
Canada 50–7 Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shield competition

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
 Trinidad and Tobago15
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Malaysia10
 
 Trinidad and Tobago7
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Sri Lanka43
 
 Sri Lanka34
 
 
 Barbados0
 

Semi-finals

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27 July 2014
13:34
Trinidad and Tobago 15–10 Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
13:56
Sri Lanka 34–0 Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shield final

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27 July 2014
19:42
Trinidad and Tobago 7–43 Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Medalists

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

References

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  1. ^ "SPORTS SCHEDULE – RUGBY SEVENS" (PDF). Glasgow 2014. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. ^ "BBC Sport - the Commonwealth Games - special because they're unique". BBC Sport. 3 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ 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)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ glasgow2014.com. "Rugby Sevens Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ 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)
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