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.

2015 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nationHongkong Hongkong
Date27–29 March 2015
Cup
Champion Fidschi
Runner-up Neuseeland
Third Südafrika
Plate
Winner Australien
Runner-up Vereinigte Staaten
Bowl
Winner Scotland
Runner-up Frankreich
Shield
Winner Kenia
Runner-up Japan
2014
2016

Format

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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

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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

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World Series Qualifier

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Match officials

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

Main draw

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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

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Pool A

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Fidschi 3 3 0 0 121 19 +102 9
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 65 62 +3 7
  Kanada 3 1 0 2 47 81 -34 5
  Belgien 3 0 0 3 24 95 –71 3
27 March 2015
19:16
Kanada  28–12  Belgien
Report[4]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
20:44
Fidschi  38–12  Samoa
Report[5]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
13:24
Kanada  19–24  Samoa
Report[6]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
13:46
Fidschi  38–7  Belgien
Report[7]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
16:20
Samoa  29–5  Belgien
Report[8]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
17:48
Fidschi  45–0  Kanada
Report[9]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool B

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Neuseeland 3 2 1 0 64 36 +28 8
  Australien 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
Australien  33–5  Portugal
Report[10]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
20:22
Neuseeland  26–7  Scotland
Report[11]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
12:40
Australien  21–5  Scotland
Report[12]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
13:02
Neuseeland  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
Neuseeland  14–5  Australien
Report[15]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool C

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Südafrika 3 3 0 0 80 7 +73 9
  Argentinien 3 2 0 1 45 43 +2 7
  Frankreich 3 1 0 2 36 62 –26 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 21 70 –49 3
27 March 2015
18:32
Frankreich  24–7  Japan
Report[16]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
20:00
Südafrika  24–0  Argentinien
Report[17]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
11:56
Frankreich  5–26  Argentinien
Report[18]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
12:18
Südafrika  27–0  Japan
Report[19]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
15:36
Argentinien  19–14  Japan
Report[20]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
17:04
Südafrika  29-7  Frankreich
Report[21]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool D

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Vereinigte Staaten 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
  Kenia 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
Vereinigte Staaten  21–14  Kenia
Report[23]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
11:12
England  17–7  Kenia
Report[24]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
11:34
Vereinigte Staaten  40–12  Wales
Report[25]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
15:14
Kenia  12–19  Wales
Report[26]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
16:42
Vereinigte Staaten  21–21  England
Report[27]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Knockout stage

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Shield

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Kanada21
 
29 March 2015 – 13:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Kenia10
 
  Kenia21
 
29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Portugal0
 
  Frankreich26
 
29 March 2015 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Portugal14
 
  Kenia26
 
29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Japan7
 
  Wales38
 
29 March 2015 – 13:56 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Belgien7
 
  Belgien7
 
29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Japan42
 
  Scotland28
 
 
  Japan7
 

Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Kanada21
 
29 March 2015 – 14:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Kenia10
 
  Kanada19
 
29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Frankreich38
 
  Frankreich26
 
29 March 2015 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Portugal14
 
  Frankreich5
 
29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Scotland26
 
  Wales38
 
29 March 2015 – 14:40 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Belgien7
 
  Wales0
 
29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Scotland34
 
  Scotland28
 
 
  Japan7
 

Plate

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Fidschi14
 
29 March 2015 – 15:02 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  England12
 
  England7
 
29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Australien12
 
  Südafrika7
 
29 March 2015 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Australien5
 
  Australien21
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Vereinigte Staaten17
 
  Vereinigte Staaten15
 
29 March 2015 – 15:24 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Samoa26
 
  Vereinigte Staaten28
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Argentinien7
 
  Neuseeland31
 
 
  Argentinien21
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Fidschi14
 
29 March 2015 – 15:46 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  England12
 
  Fidschi21
 
29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Südafrika15
 
  Südafrika7
 
29 March 2015 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Australien5
 
  Fidschi33
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Neuseeland19
 
  Vereinigte Staaten15
 
29 March 2015 – 16:08 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Samoa26
 
  Samoa14
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Neuseeland15 Third place
 
  Neuseeland31
 
29 March 2015 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Argentinien21
 
  Südafrika26
 
 
  Samoa5
 

World Series Qualifier

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The draw was announced on 16 February.[3]

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

Pool stage

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Pool E

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Hongkong 3 2 0 1 69 29 +40 7
  Brasilien 3 2 0 1 57 36 +21 7
  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 42 26 +16 7
  Mexiko 3 0 0 3 15 92 –77 3
27 March 2015
14:28
Uruguay  21–0  Mexiko
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
14:50
Hongkong  12–17  Brasilien
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
16:40
Uruguay  14–7  Brasilien
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
17:02
Hongkong  38–5  Mexiko
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
09:44
Brasilien  33–10  Mexiko
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
10:50
Hongkong  19–7  Uruguay
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool F

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Papua-Neuguinea 3 3 0 0 66 36 +30 9
  Russland 3 2 0 1 57 38 +19 7
  Südkorea 3 1 0 2 47 42 +5 5
  Tunesien 3 0 0 3 12 66 –54 3
27 March 2015
13:44
Papua-Neuguinea  19–0  Tunesien
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
14:06
Russland  14–7  Südkorea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
15:56
Papua-Neuguinea  21–19  Südkorea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
16:18
Russland  26–5  Tunesien
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
09:22
Südkorea  21–7  Tunesien
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

28 March 2015
10:28
Russland  17–26  Papua-Neuguinea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool G

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Spanien 3 3 0 0 87 10 +76 9
  Simbabwe 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
Simbabwe  36–0  Guyana
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
13:22
Spanien  27–5  Tonga
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
15:12
Simbabwe  41–0  Tonga
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

27 March 2015
15:34
Spanien  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
Spanien  10–0  Simbabwe
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Ranking matches

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Qualifier QuarterfinalsQualifier SemifinalsQualifier Final
 
          
 
28 March 2015 – 18:10 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  Papua-Neuguinea38
 
29 March 2015 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Uruguay10
 
  Papua-Neuguinea7
 
28 March 2015 – 18:32 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Russland26
 
  Hongkong0
 
29 March 2015 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Russland24
 
  Russland22
 
28 March 2015 – 18:54 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Simbabwe19
 
  Simbabwe21
 
29 March 2015 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Brasilien14
 
  Simbabwe24
 
28 March 2015 – 19:16 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Spanien14
 
  Spanien47
 
 
  Südkorea7
 

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