2014–15 Sevens World Series

16th annual international series in men's rugby sevens 2014–15 World Rugby Sevens Series XVI Australia United Arab Emirates South Africa United States New Zealand Hong Kong Japan Scotland England 11 Oct 2014 – 17 May 2015 FIJ RSA NZL 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 16th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens World Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This series also, for the first time, doubled as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics, with the top four national teams qualifying automatically.Rio 2016: Fiji beat Samoa in sevens to lead race for Olympics BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/29587689 13 October 2014 Itinerary The schedule for the 2014–15 Series was released to the public in early March 2014. + 2014–15 Itineraryhttp://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1270/season=2012/news/newsid=2066873.html#hsbc+sevens+world+series+201314+dates https://web.archive.org/web/20130805124145/http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1270/season=2012/news/newsid=2066873.html#hsbc+sevens+world+series+201314+dates usurped August 5, 2013 HSBC Sevens World Series 2013/14 dates set 2012-05-17 irbsevens.com Leg Stadium City Date Winner Australia Cbus Super Stadium Gold Coast 11–12 October 2014 FIJ Dubai The Sevens Dubai 5–6 December 2014 RSA South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Port Elizabeth 13–14 December 2014 RSA New Zealand Westpac Stadium Wellington 6–7 February 2015 NZL United States Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas 13–15 February 2015 FIJ Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 27–29 March 2015 FIJ Japan Chichibunomiya Stadium Tokyo 4–5 April 2015 ENG Scotland Scotstoun Stadium Glasgow 9–10 May 2015 FIJ England Twickenham Stadium London 16–17 May 2015 USA Core teams For each season, 15 core teams receive guaranteed berths in all events for that season's series. Fourteen of these teams qualified via their placement in the 2013–14 series. In addition to the previous season's top 14, Japan joined the core teams as they were the winners of the qualifying tournament during the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens. Spain, being the last placed core team for 2013–14, were relegated and lost their status as a core team for the 2014–15 season. 15em ARG AUS CAN ENG FIJ FRA JPN KEN NZL POR SAM SCO RSA USA WAL 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 dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament. the tie-breaker rules World Rugby Sevens Series#Tiebreakers + 2014–15 World Rugby Sevens – Series XVIPos. Team Event  border-bottom:1px solid transparentAUSGold CoastUAEDubaiRSAPortElizabethNZLWellingtonUSALas VegasHKGHong KongJPNTokyoSCOGlasgowENGLondonPointstotal   1 FIJ2217 12 13 222217 2217 1642 RSA 15 222217 1717 19 13 12 1543 NZL 13 15 19 221919 13 19 13 1524 ENGa britain By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England, as highest finisher among those nations in the 2013–14 series, represented Great Britain in Olympic qualifying.England nominated to qualify GB for Olympics International Rugby Board 11 July 2014 26 August 2014 http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1280/season=2013/news/newsid=2071465.html#england+nominated+qualify+gb+olympics usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20141006080412/http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode%3D1280/season%3D2013/news/newsid%3D2071465.html 6 October 2014 Following England's top-four finish, the final make-up of the Great Britain team was determined by the British Olympic Association.17 10 10 19 12 10 2217 15 1325 AUS 10 19 17 12 13 13 7 10 19 1206 USA 8 5 13 10 15 12 8 15 221087 SCOa britain 5 12 10 15 5 8 12 12 10 898 ARG 12 13 15 7 7 10 2 7 7 809 CAN 3 3 8 3 10 5 15 10 10 6710 SAM19 8 2 2 5 15 5 3 5 6411 FRA 7 7 5 8 10 7 10 5 2 6112 WALa britain 10 10 5 5 2 5 5 8 5 5513 KEN 2 2 7 10 8 3 1 5 8 4614 POR 5 5 3 5 3 1 3 2 1 2815 JPN 1 1 1 1 1 2 10 1 3 2116 BRA – 1 – – 1 – – – 1 317 RUS – – – – – – – 1 – 118 HKG – – – – – – 1 – – 119 ZIM – – 1 – – – – – – 120 BEL – – – – – 1 – – – 121 PNG – – – 1 – – – – – 122 ASA 1 – – – – – – – – 1 Source: World Rugby https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/standings/mens?series=18 HSBC Sevens World Series Standings World Rugby {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- 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 |- |- |- style="line-height:18px; font-size:90%;" |colspan=2 align=center |Qualification for the 2015–16 World Sevens Series |- |No colour |Core team in 2014–15 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series |- |bgcolor=#fcc|Pink |Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2014–15 season |- |bgcolor=#ffc|Yellow |Not a core team |- style="line-height:18px; font-size:90%;" |colspan=2 align=center |Qualification for the 2016 Olympic Sevens |- |colspan=2 style="border-left:3px solid #06f;"| Qualified as one of the four highest placed eligible teams from the 2014–15 World Rugby Sevens Series not already qualified.Mackay Duncan Rio 2016 qualifying system for rugby sevens revealed http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1013475/rio-2016-qualifying-system-for-rugby-sevens-revealed Inside the Games 20 April 2016 23 March 2013 |- |colspan=2 style="border-left:3px solid #7cf;"| Already confirmed for 2016 (host country Brazil) |} a Tournaments Gold Coast 2014 Gold Coast Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupFIJ31–24SAMENG (Third)RSAPlateNZL36–21ARGAUSWALBowlUSA31–15FRAPORSCOShieldCAN40–7KENASAJPN Dubai 2014 Dubai Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupRSA33–7AUSFIJ (Third)NZLPlateARG26–12SCOENGWALBowlSAM31–21FRAPORUSAShieldCAN19–12KENBRAJPN Port Elizabeth 2014 South Africa Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupRSA26–17NZLAUS (Third)ARGPlateUSA21–14FIJENGSCOBowlCAN24–5KENFRAWALShieldPOR19–14SAMJPNZIM Wellington 2015 Wellington Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupNZL27–21ENGRSA (Third)SCOPlateFIJ24–0AUSKENUSABowlFRA29–5ARGPORWALShieldCAN26–10SAMJPNPNG Las Vegas 2015 USA Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupFIJ35–19NZLRSA (Third)USAPlateAUS21–14ENGCANFRABowlKEN24–21ARGSAMSCOShieldPOR19–12WALBRAJPN Hong Kong 2015 Hong Kong Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupFIJ33–19NZLRSA (Third)SAMPlateAUS21–17USAARGENGBowlSCO26–5FRAWALCANShieldKEN26–7JPNBELPOR Tokyo 2015 Japan Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupENG21–14RSAFIJ (Third)CANPlateNZL21–14SCOFRAJPNBowlUSA17–12AUSSAMWALShieldPOR12–7ARGHKGKEN Glasgow 2015 Scotland Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupFIJ24–17NZLENG (Third)USAPlateRSA12–10SCOAUSCANBowlWAL12–7ARGFRAKENShieldSAM22–12PORJPNRUS London 2015 London Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupUSA45–22AUSFIJ (Third)ENGPlateNZL26–14RSACANSCOBowlKEN26–12ARGSAMWALShieldJPN21–19FRABRAPOR Player scoring Sevens World Series#Player records +Leading Try Scorers (2014–15) Rank Player Tries 1 RSA Seabelo Senatla 47 2 FIJ Savenaca Rawaca 42 3 FIJ Semi Kunatani 40 4 USA Carlin Isles 32 4 AUS Cameron Clark 32 6 AUS Pama Fou 31 7 NZL Joe Webber 30 7 SAM Samoa Toloa 30 9 NZL Sherwin Stowers 29 10 USA Perry Baker 28 Updated: 5 June 2015 +Leading Point Scorers (2014–15) Rank Player Points 1 FIJ Osea Kolinisau 312 2 USA Madison Hughes 296 3 RSA Seabelo Senatla 235 4 FRA Terry Bouhraoua 229 5 AUS Cameron Clark 218 6 ENG Tom Mitchell 216 7 FIJ Savenaca Rawaca 210 8 SCO Colin Gregor 207 9 RSA Branco du Preez 201 10 FIJ Semi Kunatani 200 Updated: 5 June 2015 References External links Official Site Category:World Rugby Sevens Series