2014 South Africa Sevens

The 2014 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2014-2015 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 December 2014 at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[1]

2014 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nation	South Africa
Date	13–14 December 2014
Cup
Champion	South Africa
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third	Australia
Plate
Winner	United States
Runner-up	Fiji
Bowl
Winner	Canada
Runner-up	Kenya
Shield
Winner	Portugal
Runner-up	Samoa
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	265 (average 5.889 per match)
Top point scorer	Pama Fou (55)
Top try scorer	Pama Fou (11)
← 2013 2015 →

Format

The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:[2]

Match officials

The match officials for the 2014 South Africa Sevens are as follows:[3]

Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Nick Briant (New Zealand)
Ben Crouse (South Africa)
Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
Anthony Moyes (Australia)
Matt O'Brien (Australia)
Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	100	7	+93	9
United States	3	2	0	1	71	43	+28	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	41	79	−38	5
Kenya	3	0	0	3	17	100	–83	3

13 December 2014
12:42

South Africa	26–0	United States
	Report[4]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
13:04

Wales	29–5	Kenya
	Report[5]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
15:58

South Africa	38–7	Kenya
	Report[6]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
16:20

Wales	12–38	United States
	Report[7]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
19:36

United States	33–5	Kenya
	Report[8]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
19:58

South Africa	36–0	Wales
	Report[9]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	76	33	+43	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	104	52	+52	7
Portugal	3	1	0	2	47	54	–7	5
Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	12	88	–88	3

13 December 2014
11:14

Australia	33–21	Portugal
	Report[10]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
11:36

Argentina	31–5	Zimbabwe
	Report[11]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
14:30

Australia	50–0	Zimbabwe
	Report[12]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
14:52

Argentina	14–7	Portugal
	Report[13]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
17:48

Portugal	19–7	Zimbabwe
	Report[14]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
18:10

Australia	21–31	Argentina
	Report[15]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	90	24	+66	9
Scotland	3	1	0	2	43	45	–2	5
Canada	3	1	0	2	42	62	–20	5
France	3	1	0	2	41	85	–44	5

13 December 2014
10:30

Fiji	45–5	France
	Report[16]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
10:52

Scotland	12–14	Canada
	Report[17]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
13:46

Fiji	26–7	Canada
	Report[18]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
14:08

Scotland	19–12	France
	Report[19]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
17:04

France	24–21	Canada
	Report[20]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
17:26

Fiji	19–12	Scotland
	Report[21]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	58	7	+51	9
England	3	2	0	1	67	12	+55	7
Japan	3	1	0	2	17	88	–71	5
Samoa	3	0	0	3	28	63	–35	3

13 December 2014
11:58

New Zealand	24–7	Samoa
	Report[22]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
12:20

England	45–0	Japan
	Report[23]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
15:14

New Zealand	29–0	Japan
	Report[24]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
15:36

England	22–7	Samoa
	Report[25]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
18:52

Samoa	14–17	Japan
	Report[26]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
19:14

New Zealand	5–0	England
	Report[27]

NMBS, Port Elizabeth

Knockout stage

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	14 December 2014 – 10:51 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth

	Wales	24
					14 December 2014 – 14:07 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	Samoa	22
					Samoa	21
	14 December 2014 – 11:13 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
					Zimbabwe	14
	Canada	22
									14 December 2014 – 17:43 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	Zimbabwe	5
									Samoa	14
	14 December 2014 – 11:35 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
									Portugal	19
	Japan	12
					14 December 2014 – 14:29 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	Kenya	26
					Japan	15
	14 December 2014 – 11:57 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
					Portugal	24
	Portugal	7

	France	42

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	14 December 2014 – 10:51 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth

	Wales	24
					14 December 2014 – 14:51 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	Samoa	22
					Wales	14
	14 December 2014 – 11:13 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
					Canada	24
	Canada	22
									14 December 2014 – 18:08 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	Zimbabwe	5
									Canada	24
	14 December 2014 – 11:35 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
									Kenya	5
	Japan	12
					14 December 2014 – 15:13 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	Kenya	26
					Kenya	14
	14 December 2014 – 11:57 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
					France	12
	Portugal	7

	France	42

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	14 December 2014 – 12:19 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth

	South Africa	31
					14 December 2014 – 15:55 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	England	7
					England	0
	14 December 2014 – 12:41 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
					Fiji	31
	Fiji	19
									14 December 2014 – 18:33 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	Australia	31
									Fiji	14
	14 December 2014 – 13:03 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
									United States	21
	New Zealand	28
					14 December 2014 – 16:17 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	United States	7
					United States	26
	14 December 2014 – 13:25 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
					Scotland	19
	Argentina	24

	Scotland	19

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	14 December 2014 – 12:19 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth

	South Africa	31
					14 December 2014 – 16:39 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	England	7
					South Africa	19
	14 December 2014 – 12:41 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
					Australia	10
	Fiji	19
									14 December 2014 – 19:30 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	Australia	31
									South Africa	26
	14 December 2014 – 13:03 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
									New Zealand	17
	New Zealand	28
					14 December 2014 – 17:01 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	United States	7
					New Zealand	29
	14 December 2014 – 13:25 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
					Argentina	0			Third place
	Argentina	24
									14 December 2014 – 18:58 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
	Scotland	19
									Australia	34

									Argentina	19

Scoring

Rank	Player	Points
1	Pama Fou	55
2	James Stannard	40
2	Seabelo Senatla	40
4	Madison Hughes	39
4	Branco Du Preez	39
6	Joe Webber	37
7	Osea Kolinisau	35
8	Javier Rojas	32
9	Carlin Isles	30
10	(multiple players)	35

Source: WR website

References

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External links

2014–15 Sevens World Series
Legs	Gold Coast Dubai South Africa New Zealand USA Hong Kong Japan Scotland England
Core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Japan Kenya New Zealand Portugal Samoa Scotland South Africa United States Wales
Other teams	American Samoa Belgium Brazil Hong Kong Papua New Guinea Russia Zimbabwe
World Rugby Sevens Series

South Africa Sevens

Men's events
Stellenbosch	1999
Durban	2000 2001
George	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Port Elizabeth	2011 2012 2013 2014
Cape Town	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Women's events
Cape Town	2019

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