Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Podium
Host nation  Scotland
Cup
Champion  South Africa
Runner-up  New Zealand
Third  Australia
Plate
Winner  England
Runner-up  Wales
Bowl
Winner  Canada
Runner-up  Cook Islands
Shield
Winner  Sri Lanka
Runner-up  Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament details
Matches played 45
← 2010

Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games was the fifth time in the competition's history that the event took place. The tournament's preliminaries took place on 26 July, with the classification matches, quarter finals, semi finals and medal matches the following day.[1] The venue for the competition was Ibrox Stadium. South Africa beat the reigning champions New Zealand in the final on 27 July, beating their opponents 17-12. It was the first time that New Zealand had been beaten in any game since the inception of rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games in 1998, ending their 30 match win streak and marking the first time any other nation had won the competition.

171,000 people attended the two-day competition, a record for the sport.[2]

Participating nations

Ibrox hosting the Rugby Sevens tournament of the 2014 Commonwealth Games

The full pools and fixtures for the event were announced on 18 February 2014.[3][4]

Continent Teams
Asia  Malaysia
 Sri Lanka
Americas  Canada
Caribbean  Trinidad and Tobago[5]
 Barbados
Europe  England
 Scotland (Hosts)
 Wales
Africa  Kenya
 South Africa
 Uganda
Oceania  Australia
 Cook Islands
 New Zealand
 Papua New Guinea
 Samoa

Nigeria were originally announced as one of the sixteen teams, but shortly after the team was withdrawn from the rugby competition and replaced by Barbados.[6]

Pools and format

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

 New Zealand
 Canada
 Scotland
 Barbados

 South Africa
 Kenya
 Cook Islands
 Trinidad and Tobago

 Samoa
 Wales
 Papua New Guinea
 Malaysia

 Australia
 England
 Sri Lanka
 Uganda

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four nations, with each nation playing their other pool opponents once, every nation playing three times during the group stages. Nations were awarded 3 points for a win, 2 for a draw and one point for a loss, the top two nations of every pool advance to the quarter finals of the medal competition. The winners of each pool then faced the runners up of a different pool in the quarter finals in a straight single elimination knockout competition. The winners moved on to the semi finals, with the winners then moving onto the final, and the losers of the semi finals contesting a play off for the bronze medal.

Points System

The points system was the same one used in most sevens competitions, including the IRB Sevens World Series:

Pool stage

The round robin stage was played on 26 July 2014. All teams played three matches, with the top two in each pool qualifying for the medal competition, and the bottom two qualifying to the bowl competition.[7][8]

Pool A

Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3300115141019
 Scotland 32019122697
 Canada 3102736585
 Barbados 30035183-1783
Qualified for medal competition
Qualified for bowl competition
26 July 2014
10:32
New Zealand  39–0  Canada
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
12:50
Canada  68–5  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
13:56
New Zealand  17–14  Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
18:02
Scotland  56–0  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
20:20
New Zealand  59–0  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
21:04
Canada  5–21  Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool B

Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 330010601069
 Kenya 32016325387
 Cook Islands 31023388-555
 Trinidad and Tobago 300315104-893
Qualified for medal competition
Qualified for bowl competition
26 July 2014
11:16
Kenya  28–0  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
12:22
South Africa  36–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
14:40
Cook Islands  33–10  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
19:30
South Africa  50–0  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
19:52
Kenya  35–5  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
22:10
South Africa  20–0  Kenya
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool C

Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 330010626809
 Wales 32019326677
 Papua New Guinea 31025769-125
 Malaysia 30037142-1353
Qualified for medal competition
Qualified for bowl competition
26 July 2014
11:38
Samoa  33–14  Papua New Guinea
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
12:00
Wales  52–0  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
14:18
Papua New Guinea  36–7  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
18:46
Wales  29–7  Papua New Guinea
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
19:08
Samoa  54–0  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
21:26
Samoa  19–12  Wales
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool D

Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3300120191019
 England 320110415897
 Uganda 31022297-755
 Sri Lanka 300321136-1153
Qualified for medal competition
Qualified for bowl competition
26 July 2014
10:54
Australia  62–7  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
13:12
Australia  43–5  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
13:34
England  57–0  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
18:24
England  40–0  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
20:42
Sri Lanka  14–17  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
21:48
England  7–15  Australia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Knockout stage

Medal competition

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow        
  New Zealand  19
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  Kenya  7  
  New Zealand  19
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
      Australia  7  
  Australia  21
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  Wales  19  
  New Zealand  12
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow    
    South Africa  17
  Samoa  15
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  England  14  
  Samoa  7 Third place
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
      South Africa  35   27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  South Africa  35
  Australia  24
  Scotland  12  
  Samoa  0
 

Quarter-finals

27 July 2014
12:06
New Zealand  19–7  Kenya
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
12:28
Australia  21–19  Wales
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
12:50
Samoa  15–14  England
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
13:12
South Africa  35–12  Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Semi-finals

27 July 2014
18:44
New Zealand  19–7  Australia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
19:06
Samoa  7–35  South Africa
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bronze medal match

27 July 2014
21:15
Australia  24–0  Samoa
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Gold medal match

27 July 2014
21:37
New Zealand  12–17  South Africa
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland

Plate competition

Semi-finals Final
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  Kenya 5  
  Wales 28  
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
      Wales 15
    England 17
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  England 15
  Scotland 12  

Semi-finals

27 July 2014
18:00
Kenya  5–28  Wales
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
18:22
England  15–12  Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Plate final

27 July 2014
20:38
Wales  15–17  England
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl competition

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow        
  Canada  33
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  Trinidad and Tobago  0  
  Canada  32
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
      Uganda  0  
  Uganda  35
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  Malaysia  0  
  Canada  50
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow    
    Cook Islands  7
  Papua New Guinea  17
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  Sri Lanka  12  
  Papua New Guinea  12
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
      Cook Islands  24  
  Cook Islands  31
  Barbados  7  
 

Quarter-finals

27 July 2014
10:32
Canada  33–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
10:54
Uganda  35–0  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
11:16
Papua New Guinea  17–12  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
11:38
Cook Islands  31–7  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Semi-finals

27 July 2014
17:16
Canada  32–0  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
17:38
Papua New Guinea  12–24  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl final

27 July 2014
20:10
Canada  50–7  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shield competition

Semi-finals Final
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  Trinidad and Tobago 15  
  Malaysia 10  
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
      Trinidad and Tobago 7
    Sri Lanka 43
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
  Sri Lanka 34
  Barbados 0  

Semi-finals

27 July 2014
13:34
Trinidad and Tobago  15–10  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
27 July 2014
13:56
Sri Lanka  34–0  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shield final

27 July 2014
19:42
Trinidad and Tobago  7–43  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Medalists

Men's Gold Silver Bronze
South Africa South Africa
New Zealand New Zealand
Australia Australia

References

  1. ↑ "SPORTS SCHEDULE – RUGBY SEVENS" (PDF). Glasgow 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/28632068
  3. ↑ glasgow2014.com (18 February 2014). "Rugby Sevens" (PDF).
  4. ↑ Commonwealth Games Sevens pools announced
  5. ↑ [irbsevens.com] (11 November 2013). "Asia and NACRA sides book places in Hong Kong".
  6. ↑ glasgow2014.com (14 February 2014). "Barbados replace Nigeria in Rugby Sevens competition". Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  7. ↑ glasgow2014.com. "Rugby Sevens Schedule" (PDF).
  8. ↑ glasgow2014.com. "Glasgow 2014 - Rugby Sevens".
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