2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series

2013–14 World Rugby Sevens Series XV Australia United Arab Emirates United States South Africa New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Scotland England 12 October 2013 – 11 May 2014 NZL RSA FIJ 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 15th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides. The IRB Sevens World Series has been run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. New Zealand emerged as champions, defeating South Africa. Itinerary + 2013–14 Itinerary17 May 2013 HSBC Sevens World Series 2013/14 dates set http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1270/season=2012/news/newsid=2066873.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130805124145/http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1270/season=2012/news/newsid=2066873.html 5 August 2013 usurped irbsevens.com Leg Venue Date Winner Australia Skilled Park, Gold Coast 12–13 October 2013 NZL Dubai The Sevens, Dubai 29–30 November 2013 FIJ South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth 7–8 December 2013 RSA United States Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas 24–26 January 2014 RSA New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7–8 February 2014 NZL Japan Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 22–23 March 2014 FIJ Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28–30 March 2014 NZL Scotland Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow 3–4 May 2014 NZL England Twickenham Stadium, London 10–11 May 2014 NZL Core teams For each season, there are 15 "core teams" that receive guaranteed berths in all events for that season's series. These teams were either placed in the top 12 of the standings before the 2013 London Sevens, or qualified during the World Series Core Team Qualifier held as part of the London Sevens. All 15 core teams from the 2012–13 season retained their core team status. The 2013–14 core teams were: 15em ARG AUS CAN ENG FIJ FRA KEN NZL POR SAM SCO RSA ESP USA WAL Changes to core team qualifying On 9 October 2013, the IRB announced significant changes to the promotion/relegation process. First, only one promotion place was available for the 2014–15 series. Also, the World Series Pre-Qualifier, which was a 12-team tournament contested as part of the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens, was folded into the Core Team Qualifier, which involved 12 teams and was entirely contested at the Hong Kong Sevens. The bottom-placed core team at the end of the season will now be automatically relegated, with no opportunity to retain core status.One up one down for HSBC Sevens World Series https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/33659?lang=en World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20211015052326/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/33659?lang=en 15 October 2021 9 October 2013 The remaining three core teams for 2013–14 were determined in a two-stage qualifying process:Pools y error in source confimed for Hong Kong Sevens https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/32665?lang=en World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20220113224833/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/32665?lang=en 13 January 2022 21 February 2013 The first stage was a World Series Qualifier held as part of the Hong Kong Sevens. Two qualifiers from each of the IRB's six regions competed. The 12 teams were drawn into pools, with the top eight teams advancing to a quarterfinal round. The winners of the four quarterfinal matches advanced to the final qualifying stage. The final qualifying stage, the World Series Core Team Qualifier, was held as part of the London Sevens. The qualifying teams were joined by the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series, plus the bottom three core teams following the Scotland Sevens. The qualifying tournament was conducted with a pool stage followed by knockout play, with the two finalists and the winner of the third-place match becoming core teams for the following season. Standings The final standings after completion of the nine tournaments of the series are shown in the table below. The points awarded to teams at each tournament, as well as the overall season totals, are shown. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team competed in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament. + 2013–14 IRB Sevens – Series XVPos. Team Event  border-bottom:1px solid transparentAUSGold CoastUAEDubaiRSAPort ElizabethUSALas VegasNZLWellingtonJPNTokyoHKGHong KongSCOGlasgowENGLondonPointstotal   1 NZL22 17 19 19 22 15 22 22 22 1802 RSA 15 19 22 22 19 19 13 10 13 1523 FIJ 13 22 13 8 17 22 17 17 15 1444 ENG17 15 8 13 15 17 19 13 17 1345 AUS19 8 7 12 13 13 15 10 19 1166 CAN 7 5 2 17 12 10 10 19 8 907 KEN 12 10 10 7 8 10 3 12 12 848 SAM 10 5 17 15 10 2 5 5 10 799 ARG 5 13 15 10 10 3 5 7 7 7510FRA 8 3 12 10 5 5 7 8 10 6811WAL 10 12 5 5 5 8 12 3 5 6512SCO 5 10 3 5 7 7 8 15 1 6113USA 3 1 5 3 3 12 10 1 3 4114POR 2 7 10 1 1 1 2 1 1 2615 ESP 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 5 5 2016JPN – – – – – 5 – 2 2 9 17TON 1 – – – 1 – – – – 218RUS – 1 – – – – – – – 1URU – – – 1 – – – – – 1ZIM – – 1 – – – – – – 1SRI – – – – – – 1 – – 1 Source: IRB (Archived) http://www.irbsevens.com/standings.html HSBC Sevens World Series Standings International Rugby Board 13 October 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140626020405/http://irbsevens.com/standings.html 26 June 2014 {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend<span |- style="line-height:18px; font-size:90%;" |colspan=2 align=center |Event Medalists |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers |- |colspan=2 align=center |Qualification for the 2014–15 World Sevens Series |- |No colour |Core team in 2013–14 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2014–15 World Rugby Sevens Series |- |bgcolor=ffcccc|Pink |Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2013–14 Series |- |bgcolor=ffffcc|Yellow |Invited team |} Player statistics Points scored Points scoredhttp://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/pointdetails.html IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Points International Rugby Board 2014-05-20 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20101123093916/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/pointdetails.html 2010-11-23 Pos. PlayerPoints 1 Tom Mitchell ENG 358 2 Samisoni Viriviri FIJ 260 3 Gillies Kaka NZL 258 4 Emosi Mulevoro FIJ 246 5 Cameron Clark AUS 229 6 Colin Gregor SCO 204 7 Phil Mack CAN 202 8 Branco du Preez RSA 200 9 Justin Geduld RSA 190 10 Tim Mikkelson NZL 169 Updated May 20 2014 Tries scored Tries scoredhttp://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/triesdetails.html IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Tries International Rugby Board 2014-05-05 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20101121011532/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/triesdetails.html 2010-11-21 Pos. PlayerTries 1 Samisoni Viriviri FIJ 52 2 Tim Mikkelson NZL 33 3 Tom Mitchell ENG 32 4 Collins Injera KEN 30 4 Diego Palma ARG 30 6 Julien Candelon FRA 29 6 Seabelo Senatla RSA 29 8 Scott Curry NZL 28 8 Justin Geduld RSA 28 10 Benito Masilevu FIJ 27 10 Dan Norton ENG 27 Updated May 20 2014 Tournaments Gold Coast 2013 Gold Coast Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupNZL40–19AUSENG (Third)RSAPlateFIJ36–0KENSAMWALBowlFRA19–14CANSCOARGShieldUSA22–0PORESPTON Dubai 2013 Dubai Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupFIJ29–17RSANZL (Third)ENGPlateARG21–5WALSCOKENBowlAUS17–12PORCANSAMShieldFRA28–17ESPRUSUSA South Africa 2013 South Africa Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupRSA17–14NZLSAM (Third)ARGPlateFIJ45–19FRAKENPORBowlENG28–19AUSWALUSAShieldSCO19–12CANZIMESP United States 2014 USA Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupRSA14–7NZLSAMCAN (Third)PlateENG26–24AUSARGFRABowlFIJ35–0KENSCOWALShieldUSA31–0ESPPORURU Wellington 2014 Wellington Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupNZL21–0RSAENGFIJ (Third)PlateAUS12–10CANSAMARGBowlKEN24–14SCOWALFRAShieldUSA28–12ESPTONPOR Japan 2014 Japan Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupFIJ33–26RSAENG (Third)NZLPlateAUS17–12USAKENCANBowlWAL28–21SCOJPNFRAShieldARG 26–0SAMESPPOR Hong Kong 2014 Hong Kong Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupNZL26–7ENGFIJ (Third)AUSPlateRSA19–14WALUSACANBowlSCO31–5FRAARGSAMShieldKEN 17–10PORESPSRI Scotland 2014 Scotland Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupNZL54–7CANFIJ (Third)SCOPlateENG26–5KENAUSRSABowlFRA20–14ARGSAMESPShieldWAL29–12JPNUSAPOR London 2014 London Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupNZL52–33AUSENG (Third)FJIPlateRSA38–14KENFRASAMBowlCAN31–19ARGESPWALShieldUSA36–12JPNPORSCO References External links Official Website Category:World Rugby Sevens Series