2014 Hong Kong Sevens

The 2014 Hong Kong Sevens was the 39th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the seventh tournament of the 2013–2014 Sevens World Series. It took place at its long-time home, Hong Kong Stadium.

William Chak and Toby Chan promoting the Hong Kong Sevens Rugby.

2014 Hong Kong Sevens
IRB Sevens XV
Host nation Hong Kong
Date28–30 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 played29
Tries scored242 (average 8.345 per match)
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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

World Series core team qualifier

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 330014112+1299
 Wales 32016461+37
 Kenya 31025353+05
 Sri Lanka 300312144−1323
28 March 2014
19:30
Kenya  41–0  Sri Lanka
Report
28 March 2014
21:26
Fiji  42–7  Wales
Report
29 March 2014
13:24
Fiji  56–0  Sri Lanka
Report
29 March 2014
13:46
Kenya  7–10  Wales
Report
29 March 2014
16:20
Wales  47–12  Sri Lanka
Report
29 March 2014
19:16
Fiji  43–5  Kenya
Report

Pool B
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Australia 33006421+439
 South Africa 32016031+297
 France 31022167−465
 Spain 30033864−263
28 March 2014
19:08
Australia  28–14  Spain
Report[5]
28 March 2014
21:04
South Africa  31–7  France
Report[6]
29 March 2014
12:40
South Africa  22–14  Spain
Report[7]
29 March 2014
13:02
Australia  26–0  France
Report[8]
29 March 2014
15:58
France  14–10  Spain
Report[9]
29 March 2014
18:54
South Africa  7–10  Australia
Report[10]

Pool C
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 England 33005431+239
 Canada 32016138+337
 Argentina 31023840−25
 Portugal 30032175−543
28 March 2014
18:46
Canada  35–7  Portugal
Report[11]
28 March 2014
20:42
England  19–12  Argentina
Report[12]
29 March 2014
11:56
England  21–7  Portugal
Report[13]
29 March 2014
12:18
Canada  14–7  Argentina
Report[14]
29 March 2014
15:36
Argentina  19–7  Portugal
Report[15]
29 March 2014
18:32
England  14–12  Canada
Report[16]

Pool D
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 33007614+629
 United States 31024344−15
 Samoa 31023866−285
 Scotland 31022962−335
28 March 2014
18:24
United States  26–12  Samoa
Report[17]
28 March 2014
20:20
New Zealand  33–0  Scotland
Report[18]
29 March 2014
11:12
New Zealand  26–7  Samoa
Report[19]
29 March 2014
11:34
United States  10–15  Scotland
Report[20]
29 March 2014
15:14
Scotland  14–19  Samoa
Report[21]
29 March 2014
18:10
New Zealand  17–7  United States
Report[22]

Knockout stage

Shield
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Kenya12
 
30 March 2014 – 13:40 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland26
 
 Kenya12
 
30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain7
 
 Argentina7
 
30 March 2014 – 17:05 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain5
 
 Kenya17
 
30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal10
 
 Samoa33
 
30 March 2014 – 14:02 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Sri Lanka14
 
 Sri Lanka19
 
30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal24
 
 France19
 
 
 Portugal14
 

Bowl
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Kenya12
 
30 March 2014 – 14:24 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland26
 
 Scotland24
 
30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Argentina12
 
 Argentina7
 
30 March 2014 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain5
 
 Scotland31
 
30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 France5
 
 Samoa33
 
30 March 2014 – 14:46 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Sri Lanka14
 
 Samoa5
 
30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 France38
 
 France19
 
 
 Portugal14
 

Plate
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Fiji17
 
30 March 2014 – 15:08 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 United States5
 
 United States19
 
30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa24
 
 England14
 
30 March 2014 – 17:55 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa7
 
 South Africa19
 
30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Wales14
 
 New Zealand28
 
30 March 2014 – 15:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Wales5
 
 Wales31
 
30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada14
 
 Australia14
 
 
 Canada12
 

Cup
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Fiji17
 
30 March 2014 – 15:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 United States5
 
 Fiji10
 
30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England17
 
 England14
 
30 March 2014 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa7
 
 England7
 
30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand26
 
 New Zealand28
 
30 March 2014 – 16:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Wales5
 
 New Zealand19
 
30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia7 Third place
 
 Australia14
 
30 March 2014 – 18:25 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada12
 
 Fiji21
 
 
 Australia12
 

World Series Qualifier

The draw was made on 23 March.[23]

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 33008224+589
 Russia 32016941+287
 Chile 31026038+225
 Barbados 300315123−1083
28 March 2014
15:28
Russia  19–17  Chile
Report[24]
28 March 2014
15:50
Zimbabwe  49–5  Barbados
Report[25]
28 March 2014
17:40
Russia  45–10  Barbados
Report[26]
28 March 2014
18:02
Zimbabwe  19–14  Chile
Report[27]
29 March 2014
09:44
Chile  29–0  Barbados
Report[28]
29 March 2014
10:50
Russia  5–14  Zimbabwe
Report[29]

Pool F
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Hong Kong 33007614+629
 Italy 32014843+57
 Tunisia 31023341−85
 American Samoa 30032483−593
28 March 2014
14:44
Hong Kong  19–7  Tunisia
Report[30]
28 March 2014
15:06
Italy  31–12  American Samoa
Report[31]
28 March 2014
16:56
Hong Kong  38–7  American Samoa
Report[32]
28 March 2014
17:18
Italy  17–12  Tunisia
Report[33]
29 March 2014
09:22
Tunisia  14–5  American Samoa
Report[34]
29 March 2014
10:28
Hong Kong  19–0  Italy
Report[35]

Pool G
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Japan 3300917+849
 Uruguay 32015934+257
 Cook Islands 31023364−315
 Trinidad and Tobago 30031290−783
28 March 2014
14:00
Japan  24–0  Uruguay
Report[36]
28 March 2014
14:22
Cook Islands  21–7  Trinidad and Tobago
Report[37]
28 March 2014
16:12
Japan  41–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Report[38]
28 March 2014
16:24
Cook Islands  5–31  Uruguay
Report[39]
29 March 2014
09:00
Uruguay  28–5  Trinidad and Tobago
Report[40]
29 March 2014
10:06
Japan  26–7  Cook Islands
Report[41]

Ranking matches
 
Qualifier QuarterfinalsQualifier SemifinalsQualifier Final
 
          
 
29 March 2014 – 16:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Japan38
 
30 March – 12:56 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Tunisia7
 
 Japan19
 
29 March 2014 – 17:04 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Russia14
 
 Russia21
 
30 March – 16:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Uruguay14
 
 Japan26
 
29 March 2014 – 17:26 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Italy5
 
 Zimbabwe12
 
30 March – 13:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Italy17
 
 Italy12
 
29 March 2014 – 17:48 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Hong Kong0
 
 Hong Kong10
 
 
 Chile7
 

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