2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series

2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series
Hosts	Australien Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Südafrika Vereinigte Staaten Neuseeland Japan Hongkong Scotland England
Date	12 October 2013 – 11 May 2014
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, will be the 15th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000.

Itinerary

2013–14 Itinerary
Leg	Venue	Date	Winner
Australien	Gold Coast	12–13 October 2013	Neuseeland
Dubai	Dubai	29–30 November 2013
Südafrika	Port Elizabeth	7–8 December 2013
Vereinigte Staaten	Las Vegas	24–26 January 2014
Neuseeland	Wellington	7–8 February 2014
Japan	Tokyo	22–23 March 2014
Hongkong	Hongkong	28–30 March 2014
Scotland	Glasgow	3–4 May 2014
England	London	10–11 May 2014

Core Teams

For each season, there are 15 "core teams" that receive guaranteed berths in all events for that season's series. These teams were either placed in top top 12 of the standings before the 2013 London Sevens, or qualified during the World Series Core Team Qualifier held as part of the London Sevens. All 15 core teams from the 2012–13 season retained their core team status. The 2013–14 core teams are:

• Argentinien
• Australien
• Kanada
• England
• Fidschi
• Frankreich
• Kenia

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• Neuseeland
• Portugal
• Samoa
• Scotland
• Südafrika
• Spanien
• Vereinigte Staaten
• Wales

Changes to core team qualifying

On 9 October 2013, the IRB announced significant changes to the promotion/relegation process.

First, only one promotion place will be available for the 2014–15 series. Also, the World Series Pre-Qualifier, which was a 12-team tournament contested as part of the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens, is being folded into the Core Team Qualifier, which now involves 12 teams and will be entirely contested at the Hong Kong Sevens. The bottom-placed core team at the end of the season will now be automatically relegated, with no opportunity to retain core status.

Table

Legend
Will be in the 2014–15 IRB Sevens World Series
Relegated from IRB Sevens World Series
Not a core team

2013–14 Standings
Pos.	Land	Australien	Dubai	Südafrika	USA	Neuseeland	Japan	Hongkong	Scotland	England	Overall
1	Neuseeland	22									22
2	Australien	19									19
3	England	17									17
4	Südafrika	15									15
5	Fidschi	13									13
6	Kenia	12									12
7	Samoa	10									10
	Wales	10									10
9	Frankreich	8									8
10	Kanada	7									7
11	Argentinien	5									5
	Scotland	5									5
13	Vereinigte Staaten	3									3
14	Portugal	2									2
15	Spanien	1									1
	Tonga	1	-								1
17	Russland	-									0

Player Statistics

Points scored

Points scored
Pos.	Player	Points
1	Tomasi Cama (NZL)	46
2	Ilai Tinai (FIJ)	43
3	Justin Geduld (RSA)	42
4	Tom Mitchell (ENG)	37
5	Tim Mikkelson (NZL)	35
6	Paul Albaladejo (FRA)	30
	Joe Webber (NZL)	30
	Benito Masilevu (FIJ)	30
	Carl Murray (POR)	30
10	Folau Niua (USA)	27

Tries scored

Tries scored
Pos.	Player	Tries
1	Tim Mikkelson (NZL)	7
2	Benito Masilevu (FIJ)	6
	Carl Murray (POR)
	Joe Webber (NZL)
5	Dan Bibby (ENG)	5
	Chris Knight (WAL)
	John Moonlight (CAN)
	Ilai Tinai (FIJ)

Tournaments

Gold Coast

Main article: 2013 Gold Coast Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Neuseeland	40–19	Australien	England Südafrika
Plate	Fidschi	36–0	Kenia	Samoa Wales
Bowl	Frankreich	19–14	Kanada	Scotland Argentinien
Shield	Vereinigte Staaten	22–0	Portugal	Spanien Tonga

External links

• Official Website