2014 South Africa Sevens

The 2014 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2014-2015 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 December 2014 at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[1]

2014 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nationSouth Africa South Africa
Date13–14 December 2014
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Australia
Plate
Winner United States
Runner-up Fiji
Bowl
Winner Canada
Runner-up Kenya
Shield
Winner Portugal
Runner-up Samoa
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored265 (average 5.89 per match)
Most pointsAustralia Pama Fou (55)
Most triesAustralia Pama Fou (11)
2013
2015

Format

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The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

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The 16 participating teams for the tournament:[2]

Match officials

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The match officials for the 2014 South Africa Sevens are as follows:[3]

Pool Stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 100 7 +93 9
  United States 3 2 0 1 71 43 +28 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 41 79 −38 5
  Kenya 3 0 0 3 17 100 –83 3
13 December 2014
12:42
South Africa  26–0  United States
Report[4]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
13:04
Wales  29–5  Kenya
Report[5]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
15:58
South Africa  38–7  Kenya
Report[6]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
16:20
Wales  12–38  United States
Report[7]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
19:36
United States  33–5  Kenya
Report[8]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
19:58
South Africa  36–0  Wales
Report[9]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Argentina 3 3 0 0 76 33 +43 9
  Australia 3 2 0 1 104 52 +52 7
  Portugal 3 1 0 2 47 54 –7 5
  Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 12 100 –88 3
13 December 2014
11:14
Australia  33–21  Portugal
Report[10]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
11:36
Argentina  31–5  Zimbabwe
Report[11]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
14:30
Australia  50–0  Zimbabwe
Report[12]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
14:52
Argentina  14–7  Portugal
Report[13]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
17:48
Portugal  19–7  Zimbabwe
Report[14]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
18:10
Australia  21–31  Argentina
Report[15]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 90 24 +66 9
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 43 45 –2 5
  Canada 3 1 0 2 42 62 –20 5
  France 3 1 0 2 41 85 –44 5
13 December 2014
10:30
Fiji  45–5  France
Report[16]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
10:52
Scotland  12–14  Canada
Report[17]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
13:46
Fiji  26–7  Canada
Report[18]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
14:08
Scotland  19–12  France
Report[19]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
17:04
France  24–21  Canada
Report[20]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
17:26
Fiji  19–12  Scotland
Report[21]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 58 7 +51 9
  England 3 2 0 1 67 12 +55 7
  Japan 3 1 0 2 17 88 –71 5
  Samoa 3 0 0 3 28 63 –35 3
13 December 2014
11:58
New Zealand  24–7  Samoa
Report[22]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
12:20
England  45–0  Japan
Report[23]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
15:14
New Zealand  29–0  Japan
Report[24]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
15:36
England  22–7  Samoa
Report[25]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
18:52
Samoa  14–17  Japan
Report[26]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

13 December 2014
19:14
New Zealand  5–0  England
Report[27]
NMBS, Port Elizabeth

Knockout stage

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Shield

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 December 2014 – 10:51 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
 
  Wales24
 
14 December 2014 – 14:07 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Samoa22
 
  Samoa21
 
14 December 2014 – 11:13 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Zimbabwe14
 
  Canada22
 
14 December 2014 – 17:43 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Zimbabwe5
 
  Samoa14
 
14 December 2014 – 11:35 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Portugal19
 
  Japan12
 
14 December 2014 – 14:29 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Kenya26
 
  Japan15
 
14 December 2014 – 11:57 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Portugal24
 
  Portugal7
 
 
  France42
 

Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 December 2014 – 10:51 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
 
  Wales24
 
14 December 2014 – 14:51 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Samoa22
 
  Wales14
 
14 December 2014 – 11:13 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Canada24
 
  Canada22
 
14 December 2014 – 18:08 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Zimbabwe5
 
  Canada24
 
14 December 2014 – 11:35 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Kenya5
 
  Japan12
 
14 December 2014 – 15:13 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Kenya26
 
  Kenya14
 
14 December 2014 – 11:57 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  France12
 
  Portugal7
 
 
  France42
 

Plate

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 December 2014 – 12:19 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
 
  South Africa31
 
14 December 2014 – 15:55 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  England7
 
  England0
 
14 December 2014 – 12:41 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Fiji31
 
  Fiji19
 
14 December 2014 – 18:33 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Australia31
 
  Fiji14
 
14 December 2014 – 13:03 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  United States21
 
  New Zealand28
 
14 December 2014 – 16:17 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  United States7
 
  United States26
 
14 December 2014 – 13:25 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Scotland19
 
  Argentina24
 
 
  Scotland19
 
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 December 2014 – 12:19 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
 
  South Africa31
 
14 December 2014 – 16:39 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  England7
 
  South Africa19
 
14 December 2014 – 12:41 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Australia10
 
  Fiji19
 
14 December 2014 – 19:30 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Australia31
 
  South Africa26
 
14 December 2014 – 13:03 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  New Zealand17
 
  New Zealand28
 
14 December 2014 – 17:01 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  United States7
 
  New Zealand29
 
14 December 2014 – 13:25 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Argentina0 Third place
 
  Argentina24
 
14 December 2014 – 18:58 – NMBS, Port Elizabeth
 
  Scotland19
 
  Australia34
 
 
  Argentina19
 

Scoring

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Rank Player Points
1   Pama Fou 55
2   James Stannard 40
2   Seabelo Senatla 40
4   Madison Hughes 39
4   Branco Du Preez 39
6   Joe Webber 37
7   Osea Kolinisau 35
8   Javier Rojas 32
9   Carlin Isles 30
10 (multiple players) 35

Source: WR website

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