2014 Hong Kong Sevens

Rugby union sevens tournament thumb|William Chak and Toby Chan promoting the Hong Kong Sevens Rugby. April 2014 April 2014 IRB Sevens XV HKG Hong Kong 28–30 March 2014 NZL ENG FIJ RSA WAL SCO FRA KEN POR 29 242 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 18em ARG AUS CAN ENG FJI FRA KEN NZL PRT WSM SCO ZAF ESP SRI USA WAL World Series core team qualifier 18em RUS ITA JPNAsia and NACRA sides book places in Hong Kong – International Rugby Board, 11 November 2013 HKG COKOceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa – International Rugby Board, 5 October 2013 ASA TRI BAR ZIM TUN CHIChile and Uruguay complete line-up for HK – International Rugby Board, 20 January 2014 URU Main draw The draw was made on 23 March.http://www.irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2065380.html#pools+drawn+sevens+showdown+hong+kong https://web.archive.org/web/20191215215044/http://www.irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2065380.html#pools+drawn+sevens+showdown+hong+kong usurped 15 December 2019 Pools drawn for Sevens showdown in Hong Kong 23 March 2014 irbsevens.com Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinal Pool stage Pool A main WDL Q 3 2 1 points FIJ FIJ WAL WAL KEN KEN SRI SRI 3 0 0 141 12 2 0 1 64 61 1 0 2 53 53 0 0 3 12 144 #ccffcc A A complete 28 March 2014 19:30 KEN 41–0 Report SRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 21:26 FIJ 42–7 Report WAL Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 13:24 FIJ 56–0 Report SRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 13:46 KEN 7–10 Report WAL Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 16:20 WAL 47–12 Report SRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 19:16 FIJ 43–5 Report KEN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool B main WDL Q 3 2 1 points AUS AUS RSA RSA FRA FRA ESP ESP 3 0 0 64 21 2 0 1 60 31 1 0 2 21 67 0 0 3 38 64 #ccffcc A A complete 28 March 2014 19:08 AUS 28–14 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=3/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140328195512/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=3/matchDetails.html usurped 28 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series ESP Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 21:04 RSA 31–7 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=7/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140328181120/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=7/matchDetails.html usurped 28 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series FRA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 12:40 RSA 22–14 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=13/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329214814/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=13/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series ESP Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 13:02 AUS 26–0 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=14/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329214759/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=14/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series FRA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 15:58 FRA 14–10 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=19/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329214805/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=19/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series ESP Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 18:54 RSA 7–10 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=23/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329221833/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=23/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series AUS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool C main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ENG ENG CAN CAN ARG ARG POR POR 3 0 0 54 31 2 0 1 61 28 1 0 2 38 40 0 0 3 21 75 #ccffcc A A complete 28 March 2014 18:46 CAN 35–7 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=2/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140328174015/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=2/matchDetails.html usurped 28 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 20:42 ENG 19–12 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=6/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140328180535/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=6/matchDetails.html usurped 28 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series ARG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 11:56 ENG 21–7 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=11/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329221836/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=11/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 12:18 CAN 14–7 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=12/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329214801/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=12/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series ARG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 15:36 ARG 19–7 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=18/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329214755/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=18/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 18:32 ENG 14–12 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=22/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329214819/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=22/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series CAN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool D main WDL Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL USA USA SAM SAM SCO SCO 3 0 0 76 14 1 0 2 43 44 1 0 2 38 66 1 0 2 29 62 #ccffcc A A complete 28 March 2014 18:24 USA 26–12 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=1/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140328145009/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=1/matchDetails.html usurped 28 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series SAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 20:20 NZL 33–0 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=5/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140328195519/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=5/matchDetails.html usurped 28 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 11:12 NZL 26–7 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=9/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329221831/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=9/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series SAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 11:34 USA 10–15 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=10/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329220324/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=10/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 15:14 SCO 14–19 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=17/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329221837/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=17/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series SAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 18:10 NZL 17–7 ReportArticle Title USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Knockout stage Shield 30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium KEN 12 SCO 26 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium ARG 7 ESP 5 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium SAM 33 SRI 14 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium FRA 19 POR 14 30 March 2014 – 13:40 – Hong Kong Stadium KEN 12 ESP 7 30 March 2014 – 14:02 – Hong Kong Stadium SRI 19 POR 24 30 March 2014 – 17:05 – Hong Kong Stadium KEN 17 POR 10 Bowl 30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium KEN 12 SCO 26 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium ARG 7 ESP 5 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium SAM 33 SRI 14 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium FRA 19 POR 14 30 March 2014 – 14:24 – Hong Kong Stadium SCO 24 ARG 12 30 March 2014 – 14:46 – Hong Kong Stadium SAM 5 FRA 38 30 March 2014 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium SCO 31 FRA 5 Plate 30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 17 USA 5 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium ENG 14 RSA 7 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 28 WAL 5 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium AUS 14 CAN 12 30 March 2014 – 15:08 – Hong Kong Stadium USA 19 RSA 24 30 March 2014 – 15:30 – Hong Kong Stadium WAL 31 CAN 14 30 March 2014 – 17:55 – Hong Kong Stadium RSA 19 WAL 14 Cup yes 30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 17 USA 5 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium ENG 14 RSA 7 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 28 WAL 5 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium AUS 14 CAN 12 30 March 2014 – 15:52 – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 10 ENG 17 30 March 2014 – 16:14 – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 19 AUS 7 30 March 2014 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium ENG 7 NZL 26 30 March 2014 – 18:25 – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 21 AUS 12 World Series Qualifier The draw was made on 23 March.http://www.irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2065380.html#pools+drawn+sevens+showdown+hong+kong https://web.archive.org/web/20191215215044/http://www.irbsevens.com/mediacentre/news/newsid=2065380.html#pools+drawn+sevens+showdown+hong+kong usurped 15 December 2019 Pools drawn for Sevens showdown in Hong Kong (Qualifier) 23 March 2014 irbsevens.com Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advance to the Qualifier quarterfinal Pool stage Pool E main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ZIM ZIM RUS RUS CHI CHI BAR BAR 3 0 0 82 24 2 0 1 69 41 1 0 2 60 38 0 0 3 15 123 #ccffcc A A A complete 28 March 2014 15:28 RUS 19–17 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=5/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093829/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=5/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series CHI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 15:50 ZIM 49–5 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=6/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093948/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=6/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series BAR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 17:40 RUS 45–10 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=11/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093944/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=11/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series BAR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 18:02 ZIM 19–14 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=12/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093950/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=12/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series CHI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 09:44 CHI 29–0 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=15/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329094158/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=15/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series BAR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 10:50 RUS 5–14 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=18/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093946/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=18/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series ZIM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool F main WDL Q 3 2 1 points HKG HKG ITA ITA TUN TUN ASA ASA 3 0 0 76 14 2 0 1 48 43 1 0 2 33 41 0 0 3 24 83 #ccffcc A A A complete 28 March 2014 14:44 HKG 19–7 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup%3D11040/season%3D2013/edition%3D5/gameno%3D3/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093939/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup%3D11040/season%3D2013/edition%3D5/gameno%3D3/matchDetails.html 29 March 2014 usurped Official HSBC Sevens World Series TUN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 15:06 ITA 31–12 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=4/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093715/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=4/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series ASA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 16:56 HKG 38–7 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=9/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093942/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=9/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series ASA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 17:18 ITA 17–12 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=10/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093827/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=10/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series TUN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 09:22 TUN 14–5 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=14/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329094049/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=14/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series ASA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 10:28 HKG 19–0 Report ITA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Pool G main WDL Q 3 2 1 points JPN JPN URU URU COK COK TRI TRI 3 0 0 91 7 2 0 1 59 34 1 0 2 33 64 0 0 3 12 90 #ccffcc A A complete 28 March 2014 14:00 JPN 24–0 ReportArticle Title URU Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 14:22 COK 21–7 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=2/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093820/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=2/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series TRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 16:12 JPN 41–0 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=7/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329094058/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=7/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series 29 March 2014 14 September 2017 TRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 28 March 2014 16:24 COK 5–31 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=8/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093824/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=8/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series URU Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 09:00 URU 28–5 Reporthttp://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=13/matchDetails.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140329094100/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=11040/season=2013/edition=5/gameno=13/matchDetails.html usurped 29 March 2014 Official HSBC Sevens World Series TRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 29 March 2014 10:06 JPN 26–7 Report COK Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Ranking matches Qualifier Quarterfinals Qualifier Semifinals Qualifier Final 29 March 2014 – 16:42 – Hong Kong Stadium JPN 38 TUN 7 29 March 2014 – 17:04 – Hong Kong Stadium RUS 21 URU 14 29 March 2014 – 17:26 – Hong Kong Stadium ZIM 12 ITA 17 29 March 2014 – 17:48 – Hong Kong Stadium HKG 10 CHI 7 30 March – 12:56 – Hong Kong Stadium JPN 19 RUS 14 30 March – 13:18 – Hong Kong Stadium ITA 12 HKG 0 30 March – 16:36 – Hong Kong Stadium JPN 26 ITA 5 References External links IRB Official Site 2014 rugby union Category:2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series Category:2014 in Asian rugby union Category:March 2014 sports events in China