2014 London Sevens

The 2014 London Sevens was the eighth and final tournament of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series. This edition of the London Sevens was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England.

2014 London Sevens
IRB Sevens XV
Host nation	England
Date	10–11 May 2014
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Australia
Third	England
Plate
Winner	South Africa
Runner-up	Kenya
Bowl
Winner	Canada
Runner-up	Argentina
Shield
Winner	United States
Runner-up	Japan
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	288 (average 6.4 per match)
Top point scorer	Seabelo Senatla (65 points)
Top try scorer	Seabelo Senatla (13 tries)
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Format

The sixteen teams competing were divided into four pools of four, who will play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool depending on the result; 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.

Teams

The competing teams were:

Pool stage

The draw was made following the conclusion of the 2014 Scotland Sevens.[1]

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	60	27	+33	9
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	101	25	+76	7
Argentina	3	1	0	2	48	78	−30	5
Wales	3	0	0	3	17	96	−79	3

10 May 2014
11:12

New Zealand	40–10	Argentina
	Report[2]

10 May 2014
11:34

England	14–10	Wales
	Report[3]

10 May 2014
14:18

New Zealand	49–0	Wales
	Report[4]

10 May 2014
14:40

England	31–5	Argentina
	Report[5]

10 May 2014
17:44

Argentina	33–7	Wales
	Report[6]

10 May 2014
18:06

New Zealand	12–15	England
	Report[7]

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	65	34	+31	9
Kenya	3	1	1	1	51	41	+10	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	51	55	−4	6
United States	3	0	0	3	34	71	−37	3

10 May 2014
09:00

Canada	12–19	Samoa
	Report[8]

10 May 2014
09:22

Kenya	22–5	United States
	Report[9]

10 May 2014
12:06

Canada	22–19	United States
	Report[10]

10 May 2014
12:28

Kenya	12–19	Samoa
	Report[11]

10 May 2014
15:32

Samoa	27–10	United States
	Report[12]

10 May 2014
15:54

Canada	17–17	Kenya
	Report[13]

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	88	12	+76	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	93	31	+62	7
Spain	3	1	0	2	34	88	−54	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	21	105	−84	3

10 May 2014
09:44

Fiji	38–0	Spain
	Report[14]

10 May 2014
10:06

Australia	28–0	Japan
	Report[15]

10 May 2014
12:50

Fiji	43–7	Japan
	Report[16]

10 May 2014
13:12

Australia	36–0	Spain
	Report[17]

10 May 2014
16:16

Spain	34–14	Japan
	Report[18]

10 May 2014
16:38

Fiji	12–24	Australia
	Report[19]

Pool D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	116	26	+90	9
France	3	2	0	1	80	71	+9	7
Scotland	3	1	0	2	53	45	+8	5
Portugal	3	0	0	3	26	133	−107	3

10 May 2014
10:28

Scotland	10–14	France
	Report[20]

10 May 2014
10:50

South Africa	43–7	Portugal
	Report[21]

10 May 2014
13:34

Scotland	31–5	Portugal
	Report[22]

10 May 2014
13:56

South Africa	47–7	France
	Report[23]

10 May 2014
17:00

France	59–14	Portugal
	Report[24]

10 May 2014
17:22

Scotland	12–26	South Africa
	Report[25]

Knockout stage

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	11 May 2014 – 09:00 – Twickenham

	Argentina	31
					11 May 2014 – 12:06 – Twickenham
	Portugal	0
					Portugal	7
	11 May 2014 – 09:22 – Twickenham
					United States	45
	Spain	26
									11 May 2014 – 15:22 – Twickenham
	United States	7
									United States	36
	11 May 2014 – 09:44 – Twickenham
									Japan	12
	Scotland	19
					11 May 2014 – 12:28 – Twickenham
	Wales	24
					Scotland	19
	11 May 2014 – 10:06 – Twickenham
					Japan	26
	Canada	21

	Japan	19

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	11 May 2014 – 09:00 – Twickenham

	Argentina	31
					11 May 2014 – 12:50 – Twickenham
	Portugal	0
					Argentina	21
	11 May 2014 – 09:22 – Twickenham
					Spain	14
	Spain	26
									11 May 2014 – 15:47 – Twickenham
	United States	7
									Argentina	19
	11 May 2014 – 09:44 – Twickenham
									Canada	31
	Scotland	19
					11 May 2014 – 13:12 – Twickenham
	Wales	24
					Wales	14
	11 May 2014 – 10:06 – Twickenham
					Canada	17
	Canada	21

	Japan	19

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	11 May 2014 – 10:28 – Twickenham

	England	19
					11 May 2014 – 13:34 – Twickenham
	France	17
					France	19
	11 May 2014 – 10:50 – Twickenham
					Kenya	28
	Australia	12
									11 May 2014 – 16:12 – Twickenham
	Kenya	5
									Kenya	14
	11 May 2014 – 11:12 – Twickenham
									South Africa	38
	South Africa	5
					11 May 2014 – 13:56 – Twickenham
	New Zealand	32
					South Africa	24
	11 May 2014 – 11:34 – Twickenham
					Samoa	17
	Samoa	10

	Fiji	26

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	11 May 2014 – 10:28 – Twickenham

	England	19
					11 May 2014 – 14:18 – Twickenham
	France	17
					England	12
	11 May 2014 – 10:50 – Twickenham
					Australia	15
	Australia	12
									11 May 2014 – 17:02 – Twickenham
	Kenya	5
									Australia	33
	11 May 2014 – 11:12 – Twickenham
									New Zealand	52
	South Africa	5
					11 May 2014 – 14:40 – Twickenham
	New Zealand	32
					New Zealand	12
	11 May 2014 – 11:34 – Twickenham
					Fiji	10			Third place
	Samoa	10
									11 May 2014 – 16:37 – Twickenham
	Fiji	26
									England	26

									Fiji	19

References

External links

IRB Official Site

2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series
2013–14 events	2013 Gold Coast Sevens 2013 Dubai Sevens 2013 South Africa Sevens 2014 USA Sevens 2014 Wellington Sevens 2014 Japan Sevens 2014 Hong Kong Sevens 2014 Scotland Sevens 2014 London Sevens
Core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Portugal Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain United States Wales
Other teams	Hong Kong Japan Russia Tonga Uruguay Zimbabwe
IRB Sevens World Series

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