2014–15 World Rugby Sevens
Series XVI
Hosts
Date11 Oct 2014 – 17 May 2015
Final positions
Champions Fiji
Runners-up South Africa
Third New Zealand

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 countries qualifying automatically.[1]

Itinerary

The schedule for the 2014–15 Series was released to the public in early March 2014.

2014–15 Itinerary[2]
Leg Stadium City Date Winner
AustraliaCbus Super StadiumGold Coast11–12 October 2014 Fiji
DubaiThe SevensDubai5–6 December 2014 South Africa
South AfricaNelson Mandela Bay StadiumPort Elizabeth13–14 December 2014 South Africa
New ZealandWestpac StadiumWellington6–7 February 2015 New Zealand
United StatesSam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas13–15 February 2015 Fiji
Hong KongHong Kong StadiumHong Kong27–29 March 2015 Fiji
JapanChichibunomiya StadiumTokyo4–5 April 2015 England
ScotlandScotstoun StadiumGlasgow9–10 May 2015 Fiji
EnglandTwickenham StadiumLondon16–17 May 2015 United States

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.

Standings

2014–15 World Rugby Sevens – Series XVI
 
Pos.
Event 
Team

Gold Coast

Dubai

Port
Eliza­beth

Well­ington

Las Vegas

Hong Kong

Tokyo

Glas­gow

London
Points
total
   
1 Fiji 2217121322 22172217164
2 South Africa 1522221717 17191312154
3 New Zealand 1315192219 19131913152
4 England[a 1] 1710101912 10221715132
5 Australia 1019171213 1371019120
6 United States 85131015 1281522108
7 Scotland[a 1] 51210155 812121089
8 Argentina 12131577 1027780
9 Canada 338310 515101067
10 Samoa 198225 1553564
11 France 775810 7105261
12 Wales[a 1] 1010552 558555
13 Kenya 227108 315846
14 Portugal 55353 132128
15 Japan 11111 2101321
16 Brazil 11 13
17 Russia 11
18 Hong Kong 11
19 Zimbabwe 1 1
20 Belgium 11
21 Papua New Guinea 1 1
22 American Samoa 1 1

Source: World Rugby [4]

Legend
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
Pink Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2014–15 season
Yellow Not a core team
Qualification for the 2016 Olympic Sevens
Qualified as one of the four highest placed eligible teams from the 2014–15 World Rugby Sevens Series not already qualified.[5]
Already confirmed for 2016 (host country Brazil)
  1. 1 2 3 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.[3] Following England's top-four finish, the final make-up of the Great Britain team was determined by the British Olympic Association.

Tournaments

Gold Coast

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Fiji 31–24  Samoa  England (Third)
 South Africa
Plate  New Zealand 36–21  Argentina  Australia
 Wales
Bowl  United States 31–15  France  Portugal
 Scotland
Shield  Canada 40–7  Kenya  American Samoa
 Japan

Dubai

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  South Africa 33–7  Australia  Fiji (Third)
 New Zealand
Plate  Argentina 26–12  Scotland  England
 Wales
Bowl  Samoa 31–21  France  Portugal
 United States
Shield  Canada 19–12  Kenya  Brazil
 Japan

Port Elizabeth

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  South Africa 26–17  New Zealand  Australia (Third)
 Argentina
Plate  United States 21–14  Fiji  England
 Scotland
Bowl  Canada 24–5  Kenya  France
 Wales
Shield  Portugal 19–14  Samoa  Japan
 Zimbabwe

Wellington

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 27–21  England  South Africa (Third)
 Scotland
Plate  Fiji 24–0  Australia  Kenya
 United States
Bowl  France 29–5  Argentina  Portugal
 Wales
Shield  Canada 26–10  Samoa  Japan
 Papua New Guinea

Las Vegas

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Fiji 35–19  New Zealand  South Africa (Third)
 United States
Plate  Australia 21–14  England  Canada
 France
Bowl  Kenya 24–21  Argentina  Samoa
 Scotland
Shield  Portugal 19–12  Wales  Brazil
 Japan

Hong Kong

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Fiji 33–19  New Zealand  South Africa (Third)
 Samoa
Plate  Australia 21–17  United States  Argentina
 England
Bowl  Scotland 26–5  France  Wales
 Canada
Shield  Kenya 26–7  Japan  Belgium
 Portugal

Tokyo

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  England 21–14  South Africa  Fiji (Third)
 Canada
Plate  New Zealand 21–14  Scotland  France
 Japan
Bowl  United States 17–12  Australia  Samoa
 Wales
Shield  Portugal 12–7  Argentina  Hong Kong
 Kenya

Glasgow

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Fiji 24–17  New Zealand  England (Third)
 United States
Plate  South Africa 12–10  Scotland  Australia
 Canada
Bowl  Wales 12–7  Argentina  France
 Kenya
Shield  Samoa 22–12  Portugal  Japan
 Russia

London

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  United States 45–22  Australia  Fiji (Third)
 England
Plate  New Zealand 26–14  South Africa  Canada
 Scotland
Bowl  Kenya 26–12  Argentina  Samoa
 Wales
Shield  Japan 21–19  France  Brazil
 Portugal

Player scoring

Leading Try Scorers (2014–15)
RankPlayerTries
1South Africa Seabelo Senatla47
2Fiji Savenaca Rawaca42
3Fiji Semi Kunatani40
4United States Carlin Isles32
4Australia Cameron Clark32
6Australia Pama Fou31
7New Zealand Joe Webber30
7Samoa Samoa Toloa30
9New Zealand Sherwin Stowers29
10United States Perry Baker28

Updated: 5 June 2015

Leading Point Scorers (2014–15)
RankPlayerPoints
1Fiji Osea Kolinisau312
2United States Madison Hughes296
3South Africa Seabelo Senatla235
4France Terry Bouhraoua229
5Australia Cameron Clark218
6England Tom Mitchell216
7Fiji Savenaca Rawaca210
8Scotland Colin Gregor207
9South Africa Branco du Preez201
10Fiji Semi Kunatani200

Updated: 5 June 2015

References

  1. "Rio 2016: Fiji beat Samoa in sevens to lead race for Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. "HSBC Sevens World Series 2013/14 dates set". irbsevens.com. 2012-05-17. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "England nominated to qualify GB for Olympics" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". World Rugby.
  5. Mackay, Duncan (23 March 2013). "Rio 2016 qualifying system for rugby sevens revealed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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