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.

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

2014 Hong Kong Sevens
IRB Sevens XV
Host nationHong 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 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

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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

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28 teams were scheduled to participate—16 in the main draw, and 12 in the Core Team Qualifier.

Main draw

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World Series core team qualifier

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Main draw

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The draw was made on 23 March.[4]

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

Pool stage

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Pool A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Shield

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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

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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

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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
 
 
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

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The draw was made on 23 March.[23]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advance to the Qualifier quarterfinal

Pool stage

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Pool E

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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

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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
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Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool G

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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

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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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