2014–15 Sevens World Series

2014–15 World Rugby Sevens
2014–15 World Rugby Sevens
Series XVI
Hosts	Australien; Vereinigte Arabische Emirate; Südafrika; Vereinigte Staaten; Neuseeland; Hongkong; Japan; Scotland; England;
Date	11 Oct 2014 – 17 May 2015
Final positions
Champions	Fidschi
Runners-up	Südafrika
Third	Neuseeland
	← 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.^[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
Australien	Cbus Super Stadium	Gold Coast	11–12 October 2014	Fidschi
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	5–6 December 2014	Südafrika
Südafrika	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Port Elizabeth	13–14 December 2014	Südafrika
Neuseeland	Westpac Stadium	Wellington	6–7 February 2015	Neuseeland
Vereinigte Staaten	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas	13–15 February 2015	Fidschi
Hongkong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hongkong	27–29 March 2015	Fidschi
Japan	Chichibunomiya Stadium	Tokyo	4–5 April 2015	England
Scotland	Scotstoun Stadium	Glasgow	9–10 May 2015	Fidschi
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	16–17 May 2015	Vereinigte Staaten

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	Hongkong	Tokyo	Glasgow	London	Points total

1	Fidschi	22	17	12	13	22	22	17	22	17	164
2	Südafrika	15	22	22	17	17	17	19	13	12	154
3	Neuseeland	13	15	19	22	19	19	13	19	13	152
4	England ^{[a 1]}	17	10	10	19	12	10	22	17	15	132
5	Australien	10	19	17	12	13	13	7	10	19	120
6	Vereinigte Staaten	8	5	13	10	15	12	8	15	22	108
7	Scotland ^{[a 1]}	5	12	10	15	5	8	12	12	10	89
8	Argentinien	12	13	15	7	7	10	2	7	7	80
9	Kanada	3	3	8	3	10	5	15	10	10	67
10	Samoa	19	8	2	2	5	15	5	3	5	64
11	Frankreich	7	7	5	8	10	7	10	5	2	61
12	Wales ^{[a 1]}	10	10	5	5	2	5	5	8	5	55
13	Kenia	2	2	7	10	8	3	1	5	8	46
14	Portugal	5	5	3	5	3	1	3	2	1	28
15	Japan	1	1	1	1	1	2	10	1	3	21
16	Brasilien	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	3
17	Russland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
18	Hongkong	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
19	Simbabwe	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
20	Belgien	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
21	Papua-Neuguinea	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
22	Amerikanisch-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)

^ ^a ^b ^c 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	Fidschi	31–24	Samoa	England (Third) Südafrika
Plate	Neuseeland	36–21	Argentinien	Australien Wales
Bowl	Vereinigte Staaten	31–15	Frankreich	Portugal Scotland
Shield	Kanada	40–7	Kenia	Amerikanisch-Samoa Japan

Dubai

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Südafrika	33–7	Australien	Fidschi (Third) Neuseeland
Plate	Argentinien	26–12	Scotland	England Wales
Bowl	Samoa	31–21	Frankreich	Portugal Vereinigte Staaten
Shield	Kanada	19–12	Kenia	Brasilien Japan

Port Elizabeth

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Südafrika	26–17	Neuseeland	Australien (Third) Argentinien
Plate	Vereinigte Staaten	21–14	Fidschi	England Scotland
Bowl	Kanada	24–5	Kenia	Frankreich Wales
Shield	Portugal	19–14	Samoa	Japan Simbabwe

Wellington

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Neuseeland	27–21	England	Südafrika (Third) Scotland
Plate	Fidschi	24–0	Australien	Kenia Vereinigte Staaten
Bowl	Frankreich	29–5	Argentinien	Portugal Wales
Shield	Kanada	26–10	Samoa	Japan Papua-Neuguinea

Las Vegas

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fidschi	35–19	Neuseeland	Südafrika (Third) Vereinigte Staaten
Plate	Australien	21–14	England	Kanada Frankreich
Bowl	Kenia	24–21	Argentinien	Samoa Scotland
Shield	Portugal	19–12	Wales	Brasilien Japan

Hongkong

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fidschi	33–19	Neuseeland	Südafrika (Third) Samoa
Plate	Australien	21–17	Vereinigte Staaten	Argentinien England
Bowl	Scotland	26–5	Frankreich	Wales Kanada
Shield	Kenia	26–7	Japan	Belgien Portugal

Tokyo

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	England	21–14	Südafrika	Fidschi (Third) Kanada
Plate	Neuseeland	21–14	Scotland	Frankreich Japan
Bowl	Vereinigte Staaten	17–12	Australien	Samoa Wales
Shield	Portugal	12–7	Argentinien	Hongkong Kenia

Glasgow

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fidschi	24–17	Neuseeland	England (Third) Vereinigte Staaten
Plate	Südafrika	12–10	Scotland	Australien Kanada
Bowl	Wales	12–7	Argentinien	Frankreich Kenia
Shield	Samoa	22–12	Portugal	Japan Russland

London

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Vereinigte Staaten	45–22	Australien	Fidschi (Third) England
Plate	Neuseeland	26–14	Südafrika	Kanada Scotland
Bowl	Kenia	26–12	Argentinien	Samoa Wales
Shield	Japan	21–19	Frankreich	Brasilien Portugal

Player scoring

Leading Try Scorers (2014–15)
Rank	Player	Tries
1	Seabelo Senatla	47
2	Savenaca Rawaca	42
3	Semi Kunatani	40
4	Carlin Isles	32
4	Cameron Clark	32
6	Pama Fou	31
7	Joe Webber	30
7	Samoa Toloa	30
9	Sherwin Stowers	29
10	Perry Baker	28

Updated: 5 June 2015

Leading Point Scorers (2014–15)
Rank	Player	Points
1	Osea Kolinisau	312
2	Madison Hughes	296
3	Seabelo Senatla	235
4	Terry Bouhraoua	229
5	Cameron Clark	218
6	Tom Mitchell	216
7	Savenaca Rawaca	210
8	Colin Gregor	207
9	Branco du Preez	201
10	Semi Kunatani	200

Updated: 5 June 2015

References

^ "Rio 2016: Fiji beat Samoa in sevens to lead race for Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
^ "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)
^ "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)
^ "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". World Rugby.
^ Mackay, Duncan (23 March 2013). "Rio 2016 qualifying system for rugby sevens revealed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

External links

Official Site

[britain-4] 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.

[1] "Rio 2016: Fiji beat Samoa in sevens to lead race for Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

[sched-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)

[2015-standings-5] "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". World Rugby.

[6] Mackay, Duncan (23 March 2013). "Rio 2016 qualifying system for rugby sevens revealed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

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2014–15 World Rugby Sevens
Series XVI
Hosts	Australien Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Südafrika Vereinigte Staaten Neuseeland Hongkong Japan Scotland England
Date	11 Oct 2014 – 17 May 2015
Final positions
Champions	Fidschi
Runners-up	Südafrika
Third	Neuseeland
← 2013–14 2015–16 →