The 2015 Hong Kong Sevens was the 40th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the sixth tournament of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

2015 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nationHong Kong Hong Kong
Date27–29 March 2015
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third South Africa
Plate
Winner Australia
Runner-up United States
Bowl
Winner Scotland
Runner-up France
Shield
Winner Kenya
Runner-up Japan
2014
2016

Format

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As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team, and a qualifying tournament featuring twelve teams, the winner of which will be given core status in the next series.

Teams

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The teams confirmed for both the World Series and World Series Qualifier events at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens are listed below:[1]

Main draw

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World Series Qualifier

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Match officials

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The match officials for the 2015 Wellington Sevens are as follows:[2]

Main draw

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The draw was announced on 16 February. All times UTC +08:00.[3]

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 0 121 19 +102 9
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 65 62 +3 7
  Canada 3 1 0 2 47 81 -34 5
  Belgium 3 0 0 3 24 95 –71 3
27 March 2015
19:16
Canada  28–12  Belgium
Report[4]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
20:44
Fiji  38–12  Samoa
Report[5]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
13:24
Canada  19–24  Samoa
Report[6]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
13:46
Fiji  38–7  Belgium
Report[7]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
16:20
Samoa  29–5  Belgium
Report[8]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
17:48
Fiji  45–0  Canada
Report[9]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool B

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 64 36 +28 8
  Australia 3 2 0 1 59 24 +35 7
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 26 59 –33 5
  Portugal 3 0 1 2 41 71 –30 4
27 March 2015
18:54
Australia  33–5  Portugal
Report[10]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
20:22
New Zealand  26–7  Scotland
Report[11]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
12:40
Australia  21–5  Scotland
Report[12]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
13:02
New Zealand  24–24  Portugal
Report[13]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
15:58
Scotland  14–12  Portugal
Report[14]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
17:26
New Zealand  14–5  Australia
Report[15]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool C

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 80 7 +73 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 45 43 +2 7
  France 3 1 0 2 36 62 –26 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 21 70 –49 3
27 March 2015
18:32
France  24–7  Japan
Report[16]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
20:00
South Africa  24–0  Argentina
Report[17]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
11:56
France  5–26  Argentina
Report[18]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
12:18
South Africa  27–0  Japan
Report[19]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
15:36
Argentina  19–14  Japan
Report[20]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
17:04
South Africa  29-7  France
Report[21]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool D

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  United States 3 2 1 0 82 47 +35 8
  England 3 2 1 0 64 47 +17 8
  Wales 3 1 0 2 50 78 –28 5
  Kenya 3 0 0 3 33 57 –24 3
27 March 2015
18:10
England  26–19  Wales
Report[22]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
19:38
United States  21–14  Kenya
Report[23]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
11:12
England  17–7  Kenya
Report[24]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
11:34
United States  40–12  Wales
Report[25]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
15:14
Kenya  12–19  Wales
Report[26]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
16:42
United States  21–21  England
Report[27]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Knockout stage

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Shield

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Canada21
 
29 March 2015 – 13:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Kenya10
 
  Kenya21
 
29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Portugal0
 
  France26
 
29 March 2015 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Portugal14
 
  Kenya26
 
29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Japan7
 
  Wales38
 
29 March 2015 – 13:56 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Belgium7
 
  Belgium7
 
29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Japan42
 
  Scotland28
 
 
  Japan7
 

Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Canada21
 
29 March 2015 – 14:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Kenya10
 
  Canada19
 
29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  France38
 
  France26
 
29 March 2015 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Portugal14
 
  France5
 
29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Scotland26
 
  Wales38
 
29 March 2015 – 14:40 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Belgium7
 
  Wales0
 
29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Scotland34
 
  Scotland28
 
 
  Japan7
 

Plate

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Fiji14
 
29 March 2015 – 15:02 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  England12
 
  England7
 
29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Australia12
 
  South Africa7
 
29 March 2015 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Australia5
 
  Australia21
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  United States17
 
  United States15
 
29 March 2015 – 15:24 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Samoa26
 
  United States28
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Argentina7
 
  New Zealand31
 
 
  Argentina21
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Fiji14
 
29 March 2015 – 15:46 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  England12
 
  Fiji21
 
29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  South Africa15
 
  South Africa7
 
29 March 2015 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Australia5
 
  Fiji33
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  New Zealand19
 
  United States15
 
29 March 2015 – 16:08 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Samoa26
 
  Samoa14
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  New Zealand15 Third place
 
  New Zealand31
 
29 March 2015 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Argentina21
 
  South Africa26
 
 
  Samoa5
 

World Series Qualifier

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The draw was announced on 16 February.[3]

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
  Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 69 29 +40 7
  Brazil 3 2 0 1 57 36 +21 7
  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 42 26 +16 7
  Mexico 3 0 0 3 15 92 –77 3
27 March 2015
14:28
Uruguay  21–0  Mexico
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
14:50
Hong Kong  12–17  Brazil
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
16:40
Uruguay  14–7  Brazil
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
17:02
Hong Kong  38–5  Mexico
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
09:44
Brazil  33–10  Mexico
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
10:50
Hong Kong  19–7  Uruguay
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool F

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 66 36 +30 9
  Russia 3 2 0 1 57 38 +19 7
  South Korea 3 1 0 2 47 42 +5 5
  Tunisia 3 0 0 3 12 66 –54 3
27 March 2015
13:44
Papua New Guinea  19–0  Tunisia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
14:06
Russia  14–7  South Korea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong


27 March 2015
16:18
Russia  26–5  Tunisia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
09:22
South Korea  21–7  Tunisia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
10:28
Russia  17–26  Papua New Guinea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool G

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Spain 3 3 0 0 87 10 +76 9
  Zimbabwe 3 2 0 1 77 10 +67 7
  Tonga 3 1 0 2 41 92 –51 5
  Guyana 3 0 0 3 29 122 –93 3
27 March 2015
13:00
Zimbabwe  36–0  Guyana
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
13:22
Spain  27–5  Tonga
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
15:12
Zimbabwe  41–0  Tonga
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
15:34
Spain  50–5  Guyana
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
09:00
Tonga  36–24  Guyana
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
10:06
Spain  10–0  Zimbabwe
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Ranking matches

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Qualifier QuarterfinalsQualifier SemifinalsQualifier Final
 
          
 
28 March 2015 – 18:10 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Papua New Guinea38
 
29 March 2015 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Uruguay10
 
  Papua New Guinea7
 
28 March 2015 – 18:32 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Russia26
 
  Hong Kong0
 
29 March 2015 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Russia24
 
  Russia22
 
28 March 2015 – 18:54 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Zimbabwe19
 
  Zimbabwe21
 
29 March 2015 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Brazil14
 
  Zimbabwe24
 
28 March 2015 – 19:16 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Spain14
 
  Spain47
 
 
  South Korea7
 

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