2014–15 Sevens World Series

2014–15 Sevens World Series
Host nations	Australia  United Arab Emirates  South Africa  United States  New Zealand  Hong Kong  Japan  Scotland  England
Date	11 Oct 2014 – 17 May 2015
Final positions
Series details
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, is the 16th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens World Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This series also, for the first time, doubles as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics, with the top four countries qualifying automatically.^[1]

Itinerary

The schedule for the 2014–15 Series was released to the general public in early March 2014.

2014–15 Itinerary[2]
Leg	Stadium	City	Date	Winner
Australia	Cbus Super Stadium	Gold Coast	11–12 October 2014	Fiji
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	5–6 December 2014	South Africa
South Africa	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Port Elizabeth	13–14 December 2014	South Africa
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	Wellington	6–7 February 2015	New Zealand
United States	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas	13–15 February 2015	Fiji
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	27–29 March 2015	Fiji
Japan	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	4–5 April 2015	England
Scotland	Scotstoun Stadium	Glasgow	9–10 May 2015
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	16–17 May 2015

Core teams

For each season, there are 15 core teams that receive guaranteed berths in all events for that season's series. These teams finished in the Top 14 of the standings in the 2013–14 series. In addition to the Top 14, Japan joined the core teams as they were the winners of the qualifying tournament during the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens. Spain, being the last placed core team for 2013–14, was relegated and lost their status as a core team for the 2014–15 season.

Table

Legend
In qualification position for the 2016 Summer Olympics and in qualification position to be a 2015–16 core team.
In qualification position to be a 2015–16 core team
In relegation position from the Sevens World Series
Not a core team

2014–15 Standings[3]
Pos.	Country	Australia	UAE	South Africa	New Zealand	USA	Hong Kong	Japan	Scotland	England	Overall
1	South Africa	15	22	22	17	17	17	19			129
2	Fiji	22	17	12	13	22	22	17			125
3	New Zealand	13	15	19	22	19	19	13			120
4	England[a 1]	17	10	10	19	12	10	22			100
5	Australia	10	19	17	12	13	13	7			91
6	United States	8	5	13	10	15	12	8			71
7	Scotland[a 1]	5	12	10	15	5	8	12			67
8	Argentina	12	13	15	7	7	10	2			66
9	Samoa	19	8	2	2	5	15	5			56
10	France	7	7	5	8	10	7	10			54
11	Canada	3	3	8	3	10	5	15			47
12	Wales[a 1]	10	10	5	5	2	5	5			42
13	Kenya	2	2	7	10	8	3	1			33
14	Portugal	5	5	3	5	3	1	3			25
15	Japan	1	1	1	1	1	2	10			17
16	Brazil	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
17	American Samoa	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Zimbabwe	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
22	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	0

Tournaments

Gold Coast

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	31–24	Samoa	England (Third)  South Africa
Plate	New Zealand	36–21	Argentina	Australia  Wales
Bowl	United States	31–15	France	Portugal  Scotland
Shield	Canada	40–7	Kenya	American Samoa  Japan

Dubai

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	South Africa	33–7	Australia	Fiji (Third)  New Zealand
Plate	Argentina	26–12	Scotland	England  Wales
Bowl	Samoa	31–21	France	Portugal  United States
Shield	Canada	19–12	Kenya	Brazil  Japan

Port Elizabeth

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	South Africa	26–17	New Zealand	Australia (Third)  Argentina
Plate	United States	21–14	Fiji	England  Scotland
Bowl	Canada	24–5	Kenya	France  Wales
Shield	Portugal	19–14	Samoa	Japan  Zimbabwe

Wellington

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	27–21	England	South Africa (Third)  Scotland
Plate	Fiji	24–0	Australia	Kenya  United States
Bowl	France	29–5	Argentina	Portugal  Wales
Shield	Canada	26–10	Samoa	Japan  Papua New Guinea

Las Vegas

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	35–19	New Zealand	South Africa (Third)  United States
Plate	Australia	21–14	England	Canada  France
Bowl	Kenya	24–21	Argentina	Samoa  Scotland
Shield	Portugal	19–12	Wales	Brazil  Japan

Hong Kong

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	33–19	New Zealand	South Africa (Third)  Samoa
Plate	Australia	21–17	United States	Argentina  England
Bowl	Scotland	26–5	France	Wales  Canada
Shield	Kenya	26–7	Japan	Belgium  Portugal

Tokyo

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	England	21–14	South Africa	Fiji (Third)  Canada
Plate	New Zealand	21–14	Scotland	France  Japan
Bowl	United States	17–12	Australia	Samoa  Wales
Shield	Portugal	12–7	Argentina	Hong Kong  Kenya

Player scoring

See also

• 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Official Site

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

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