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2014 Hong Kong Sevens
IRB Sevens XV
Host nation Hong Kong Hong Kong
Date28–30 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 played29
Tries scored242 (average 8.34 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 3 3 0 0 141 12 +129 9
  Wales 3 2 0 1 64 61 +3 7
  Kenya 3 1 0 2 53 53 +0 5
  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 12 144 −132 3
28 March 2014
19:30
Kenya 41–0  Sri Lanka
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
21:26
Fiji 42–7  Wales
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
13:24
Fiji 56–0  Sri Lanka
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
13:46
Kenya 7–10  Wales
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
16:20
Wales 47–12  Sri Lanka
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
19:16
Fiji 43–5  Kenya
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 64 21 +43 9
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 60 31 +29 7
  France 3 1 0 2 21 67 −46 5
  Spain 3 0 0 3 38 64 −26 3
28 March 2014
19:08
Australia 28–14  Spain
Report [5]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
21:04
South Africa 31–7  France
Report [6]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
12:40
South Africa 22–14  Spain
Report [7]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
13:02
Australia 26–0  France
Report [8]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
15:58
France 14–10  Spain
Report [9]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
18:54
South Africa 7–10  Australia
Report [10]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 54 31 +23 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 61 28 +33 7
  Argentina 3 1 0 2 38 40 −2 5
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 21 75 −54 3
28 March 2014
18:46
Canada 35–7  Portugal
Report [11]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
20:42
England 19–12  Argentina
Report [12]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
11:56
England 21–7  Portugal
Report [13]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
12:18
Canada 14–7  Argentina
Report [14]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
15:36
Argentina 19–7  Portugal
Report [15]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
18:32
England 14–12  Canada
Report [16]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 76 14 +62 9
  United States 3 1 0 2 43 44 −1 5
  Samoa 3 1 0 2 38 66 −28 5
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 29 62 −33 5
28 March 2014
18:24
United States 26–12  Samoa
Report [17]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
20:20
New Zealand 33–0  Scotland
Report [18]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
11:12
New Zealand 26–7  Samoa
Report [19]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
11:34
United States 10–15  Scotland
Report [20]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
15:14
Scotland 14–19  Samoa
Report [21]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
18:10
New Zealand 17–7  United States
Report [22]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Kenya12
 
30 March 2014 – 13:40 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Scotland26
 
  Kenya12
 
30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Spain7
 
  Argentina7
 
30 March 2014 – 17:05 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Spain5
 
  Kenya17
 
30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Portugal10
 
  Samoa33
 
30 March 2014 – 14:02 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Sri Lanka14
 
  Sri Lanka19
 
30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Portugal24
 
  France19
 
 
  Portugal14
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Kenya12
 
30 March 2014 – 14:24 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Scotland26
 
  Scotland24
 
30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Argentina12
 
  Argentina7
 
30 March 2014 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Spain5
 
  Scotland31
 
30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  France5
 
  Samoa33
 
30 March 2014 – 14:46 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Sri Lanka14
 
  Samoa5
 
30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  France38
 
  France19
 
 
  Portugal14
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Fiji17
 
30 March 2014 – 15:08 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  United States5
 
  United States19
 
30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  South Africa24
 
  England14
 
30 March 2014 – 17:55 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  South Africa7
 
  South Africa19
 
30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Wales14
 
  New Zealand28
 
30 March 2014 – 15:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Wales5
 
  Wales31
 
30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Canada14
 
  Australia14
 
 
  Canada12
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Fiji17
 
30 March 2014 – 15:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  United States5
 
  Fiji10
 
30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  England17
 
  England14
 
30 March 2014 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  South Africa7
 
  England7
 
30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  New Zealand26
 
  New Zealand28
 
30 March 2014 – 16:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Wales5
 
  New Zealand19
 
30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Australia7 Third place
 
  Australia14
 
30 March 2014 – 18:25 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Canada12
 
  Fiji21
 
 
  Australia12
 

World Series Qualifier

The draw was made on 23 March. [23]

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 3 3 0 0 82 24 +58 9
  Russia 3 2 0 1 69 41 +28 7
  Chile 3 1 0 2 60 38 +22 5
  Barbados 3 0 0 3 15 123 −108 3
28 March 2014
15:28
Russia 19–17  Chile
Report [24]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
15:50
Zimbabwe 49–5  Barbados
Report [25]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
17:40
Russia 45–10  Barbados
Report [26]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
18:02
Zimbabwe 19–14  Chile
Report [27]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
09:44
Chile 29–0  Barbados
Report [28]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
10:50
Russia 5–14  Zimbabwe
Report [29]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool F

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Hong Kong 3 3 0 0 76 14 +62 9
  Italy 3 2 0 1 48 43 +5 7
  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 33 41 −8 5
  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 24 83 −59 3
28 March 2014
14:44
Hong Kong 19–7  Tunisia
Report [30]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
15:06
Italy 31–12  American Samoa
Report [31]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
16:56
Hong Kong 38–7  American Samoa
Report [32]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
17:18
Italy 17–12  Tunisia
Report [33]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
09:22
Tunisia 14–5  American Samoa
Report [34]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
10:28
Hong Kong 19–0  Italy
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool G

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Japan 3 3 0 0 91 7 +84 9
  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 59 34 +25 7
  Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 33 64 −31 5
  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 12 90 −78 3
28 March 2014
14:00
Japan 24–0  Uruguay
Report [35]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
14:22
Cook Islands 21–7  Trinidad and Tobago
Report [36]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
16:12
Japan 41–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Report [37]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2014
16:24
Cook Islands 5–31  Uruguay
Report [38]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
09:00
Uruguay 28–5  Trinidad and Tobago
Report [39]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
29 March 2014
10:06
Japan 26–7  Cook Islands
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Ranking matches

 
Qualifier QuarterfinalsQualifier SemifinalsQualifier Final
 
          
 
29 March 2014 – 16:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Japan38
 
30 March – 12:56 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Tunisia7
 
  Japan19
 
29 March 2014 – 17:04 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Russia14
 
  Russia21
 
30 March – 16:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Uruguay14
 
  Japan26
 
29 March 2014 – 17:26 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Italy5
 
  Zimbabwe12
 
30 March – 13:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Italy17
 
  Italy12
 
29 March 2014 – 17:48 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Hong Kong0
 
  Hong Kong10
 
 
  Chile7
 

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