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2015 Hong Kong Sevens

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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

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.

Format[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

World Series Qualifier[edit]

Match officials[edit]

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

Main draw[edit]

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[edit]

Pool A[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Shield[edit]

 
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[edit]

 
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[edit]

 
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
 

Cup[edit]

 
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[edit]

The draw was announced on 16 February.[3]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advance to the Qualifier quarterfinal

Pool stage[edit]

Pool E[edit]

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[edit]

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
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

Pool G[edit]

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[edit]

 
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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