2014 Hong Kong Sevens

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

2014 Hong Kong Sevens
IRB Sevens XV
Host nation Hong Kong Hong Kong
Date 28–30 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 played 29
Tries scored 242 (average 8.345 per match)
2013
2015

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.

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
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28 March 2014
21:26
Fiji  42–7  Wales
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29 March 2014
13:24
Fiji  56–0  Sri Lanka
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29 March 2014
13:46
Kenya  7–10  Wales
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29 March 2014
16:20
Wales  47–12  Sri Lanka
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29 March 2014
19:16
Fiji  43–5  Kenya
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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
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28 March 2014
21:04
South Africa  31–7  France
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29 March 2014
12:40
South Africa  22–14  Spain
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29 March 2014
13:02
Australia  26–0  France
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29 March 2014
15:58
France  14–10  Spain
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29 March 2014
18:54
South Africa  7–10  Australia
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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
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28 March 2014
20:42
England  19–12  Argentina
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29 March 2014
11:56
England  21–7  Portugal
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29 March 2014
12:18
Canada  14–7  Argentina
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29 March 2014
15:36
Argentina  19–7  Portugal
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29 March 2014
18:32
England  14–12  Canada
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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
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28 March 2014
20:20
New Zealand  33–0  Scotland
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29 March 2014
11:12
New Zealand  26–7  Samoa
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29 March 2014
11:34
United States  10–15  Scotland
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29 March 2014
15:14
Scotland  14–19  Samoa
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29 March 2014
18:10
New Zealand  17–7  United States
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Knockout stage

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium        
  Kenya  12
30 March 2014 – 13:40 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Scotland  26  
  Kenya  12
30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Spain  7  
  Argentina  7
30 March 2014 – 17:05 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Spain  5  
  Kenya  17
30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium    
    Portugal  10
  Samoa  33
30 March 2014 – 14:02 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Sri Lanka  14  
  Sri Lanka  19
30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Portugal  24  
  France  19
  Portugal  14  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium        
  Kenya  12
30 March 2014 – 14:24 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Scotland  26  
  Scotland  24
30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Argentina  12  
  Argentina  7
30 March 2014 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Spain  5  
  Scotland  31
30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium    
    France  5
  Samoa  33
30 March 2014 – 14:46 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Sri Lanka  14  
  Samoa  5
30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
      France  38  
  France  19
  Portugal  14  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium        
  Fiji  17
30 March 2014 – 15:08 – Hong Kong Stadium
  United States  5  
  United States  19
30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium
      South Africa  24  
  England  14
30 March 2014 – 17:55 – Hong Kong Stadium
  South Africa  7  
  South Africa  19
30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium    
    Wales  14
  New Zealand  28
30 March 2014 – 15:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Wales  5  
  Wales  31
30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Canada  14  
  Australia  14
  Canada  12  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium        
  Fiji  17
30 March 2014 – 15:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
  United States  5  
  Fiji  10
30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium
      England  17  
  England  14
30 March 2014 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
  South Africa  7  
  England  7
30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium    
    New Zealand  26
  New Zealand  28
30 March 2014 – 16:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Wales  5  
  New Zealand  19 Third place
30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Australia  7   30 March 2014 – 18:25 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Australia  14
  Fiji  21
  Canada  12  
  Australia  12
 

World Series Qualifier

The draw was made on 23 March.[5]

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
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28 March 2014
15:50
Zimbabwe  49–5  Barbados
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28 March 2014
17:40
Russia  45–10  Barbados
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28 March 2014
18:02
Zimbabwe  19–14  Chile
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29 March 2014
09:44
Chile  29–0  Barbados
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29 March 2014
10:50
Russia  5–14  Zimbabwe
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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
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28 March 2014
15:06
Italy  31–12  American Samoa
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28 March 2014
16:56
Hong Kong  38–7  American Samoa
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28 March 2014
17:18
Italy  17–12  Tunisia
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29 March 2014
09:22
Tunisia  14–5  American Samoa
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29 March 2014
10:28
Hong Kong  19–0  Italy
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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
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28 March 2014
14:22
Cook Islands  21–7  Trinidad and Tobago
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28 March 2014
16:12
Japan  41–0  Trinidad and Tobago
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28 March 2014
16:24
Cook Islands  5–31  Uruguay
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29 March 2014
09:00
Uruguay  28–5  Trinidad and Tobago
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29 March 2014
10:06
Japan  26–7  Cook Islands
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Ranking matches

Qualifier Quarterfinals Qualifier Semifinals Qualifier Final
29 March 2014 – 16:42 – Hong Kong Stadium        
  Japan  38
30 March – 12:56 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Tunisia  7  
  Japan  19
29 March 2014 – 17:04 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Russia  14  
  Russia  21
30 March – 16:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Uruguay  14  
  Japan  26
29 March 2014 – 17:26 – Hong Kong Stadium    
    Italy  5
  Zimbabwe  12
30 March – 13:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Italy  17  
  Italy  12
29 March 2014 – 17:48 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Hong Kong  0  
  Hong Kong  10
  Chile  7  
 

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Asia and NACRA sides book places in Hong Kong – International Rugby Borad, 11 November 2013
  2. 1 2 Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa – International Rugby Board, 5 October 2013
  3. 1 2 Chile and Uruguay complete line-up for HK – International Rugby Borad, 20 January 2014
  4. "Pools drawn for Sevens showdown in Hong Kong". irbsevens.com. 23 March 2014.
  5. "Pools drawn for Sevens showdown in Hong Kong (Qualifier)". irbsevens.com. 23 March 2014.
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