2015 Hong Kong Sevens

2015 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nation Hong Kong Hong Kong
Date 27–29 March 2015
Cup
Champion  Fiji
Runner-up  New Zealand
Third  South Africa
Plate
Winner  Australia
Runner-up  United States
Bowl
Winner  Scotland
Runner-up  France
Shield
Winner  Kenya
Runner-up  Japan
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The 2015 Hong Kong Sevens was the 40th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the sixth tournament of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

Format

As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team, and a qualifying tournament featuring twelve teams, the winner of which will be given core status in the next series.

Teams

The teams confirmed for both the World Series and World Series Qualifier events at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens are listed below:[1]

Main draw

World Series Qualifier

Match officials

The match officials for the 2015 Wellington Sevens are as follows:[2]

Main draw

The draw was announced on 16 February. All times UTC +08:00.[3]

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 330012119+1029
 Samoa 32016562+37
 Canada 31024781-345
 Belgium 30032495–713
27 March 2015
19:16
Canada  28–12  Belgium
Report[4]
27 March 2015
20:44
Fiji  38–12  Samoa
Report[5]
28 March 2015
13:24
Canada  19–24  Samoa
Report[6]
28 March 2015
13:46
Fiji  38–7  Belgium
Report[7]
28 March 2015
16:20
Samoa  29–5  Belgium
Report[8]
28 March 2015
17:48
Fiji  45–0  Canada
Report[9]

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 32106436+288
 Australia 32015924+357
 Scotland 31022659–335
 Portugal 30124171–304
27 March 2015
18:54
Australia  33–5  Portugal
Report[10]
27 March 2015
20:22
New Zealand  26–7  Scotland
Report[11]
28 March 2015
12:40
Australia  21–5  Scotland
Report[12]
28 March 2015
13:02
New Zealand  24–24  Portugal
Report[13]
28 March 2015
15:58
Scotland  14–12  Portugal
Report[14]
28 March 2015
17:26
New Zealand  14–5  Australia
Report[15]

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 3300807+739
 Argentina 32014543+27
 France 31023662–265
 Japan 30032170–493
27 March 2015
18:32
France  24–7  Japan
Report[16]
27 March 2015
20:00
South Africa  24–0  Argentina
Report[17]
28 March 2015
11:56
France  5–26  Argentina
Report[18]
28 March 2015
12:18
South Africa  27–0  Japan
Report[19]
28 March 2015
15:36
Argentina  19–14  Japan
Report[20]
28 March 2015
17:04
South Africa  29-7  France
Report[21]

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 United States 32108247+358
 England 32106447+178
 Wales 31025078–285
 Kenya 30033357–243
27 March 2015
18:10
England  26–19  Wales
Report[22]
27 March 2015
19:38
United States  21–14  Kenya
Report[23]
28 March 2015
11:12
England  17–7  Kenya
Report[24]
28 March 2015
11:34
United States  40–12  Wales
Report[25]
28 March 2015
15:14
Kenya  12–19  Wales
Report[26]
28 March 2015
16:42
United States  21–21  England
Report[27]

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Canada21
 
29 March 2015 – 13:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya10
 
 Kenya21
 
29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal0
 
 France26
 
29 March 2015 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal14
 
 Kenya26
 
29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Japan7
 
 Wales38
 
29 March 2015 – 13:56 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Belgium7
 
 Belgium7
 
29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Japan42
 
 Scotland28
 
 
 Japan7
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Canada21
 
29 March 2015 – 14:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya10
 
 Canada19
 
29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 France38
 
 France26
 
29 March 2015 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal14
 
 France5
 
29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland26
 
 Wales38
 
29 March 2015 – 14:40 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Belgium7
 
 Wales0
 
29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland34
 
 Scotland28
 
 
 Japan7
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Fiji14
 
29 March 2015 – 15:02 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England12
 
 England7
 
29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia12
 
 South Africa7
 
29 March 2015 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia5
 
 Australia21
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 United States17
 
 United States15
 
29 March 2015 – 15:24 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Samoa26
 
 United States28
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Argentina7
 
 New Zealand31
 
 
 Argentina21
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Fiji14
 
29 March 2015 – 15:46 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England12
 
 Fiji21
 
29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa15
 
 South Africa7
 
29 March 2015 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia5
 
 Fiji33
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand19
 
 United States15
 
29 March 2015 – 16:08 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Samoa26
 
 Samoa14
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand15 Third place
 
 New Zealand31
 
29 March 2015 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Argentina21
 
 South Africa26
 
 
 Samoa5
 

World Series Qualifier

The draw was announced on 16 February.[3]

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
 Hong Kong 32016929+407
 Brazil 32015736+217
 Uruguay 32014226+167
 Mexico 30031592–773
27 March 2015
14:28
Uruguay  21–0  Mexico
27 March 2015
14:50
Hong Kong  12–17  Brazil
27 March 2015
16:40
Uruguay  14–7  Brazil
27 March 2015
17:02
Hong Kong  38–5  Mexico
28 March 2015
09:44
Brazil  33–10  Mexico
28 March 2015
10:50
Hong Kong  19–7  Uruguay

Pool F

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Papua New Guinea 33006636+309
 Russia 32015738+197
 South Korea 31024742+55
 Tunisia 30031266–543
27 March 2015
13:44
Papua New Guinea  19–0  Tunisia
27 March 2015
14:06
Russia  14–7  South Korea
27 March 2015
15:56
Papua New Guinea  21–19  South Korea
27 March 2015
16:18
Russia  26–5  Tunisia
28 March 2015
09:22
South Korea  21–7  Tunisia
28 March 2015
10:28
Russia  17–26  Papua New Guinea

Pool G

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Spain 33008710+769
 Zimbabwe 32017710+677
 Tonga 31024192–515
 Guyana 300329122–933
27 March 2015
13:00
Zimbabwe  36–0  Guyana
27 March 2015
13:22
Spain  27–5  Tonga
27 March 2015
15:12
Zimbabwe  41–0  Tonga
27 March 2015
15:34
Spain  50–5  Guyana
28 March 2015
09:00
Tonga  36–24  Guyana
28 March 2015
10:06
Spain  10–0  Zimbabwe

Ranking matches

 
Qualifier QuarterfinalsQualifier SemifinalsQualifier Final
 
          
 
28 March 2015 – 18:10 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Papua New Guinea38
 
29 March 2015 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Uruguay10
 
 Papua New Guinea7
 
28 March 2015 – 18:32 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Russia26
 
 Hong Kong0
 
29 March 2015 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Russia24
 
 Russia22
 
28 March 2015 – 18:54 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Zimbabwe19
 
 Zimbabwe21
 
29 March 2015 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Brazil14
 
 Zimbabwe24
 
28 March 2015 – 19:16 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain14
 
 Spain47
 
 
 South Korea7
 

References

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