2014–15 Sevens World Series

2014–15 Sevens World Series
Host nations	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Australia; United Arab Emirates; South Africa; United States; New Zealand; Hong Kong; Japan; Scotland; England;
Date	11 Oct 2014 – 17 May 2015
Final positions
Champions	Fiji
Runners-up	South Africa
Third	New Zealand
Series details
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →
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The 2014–15 Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 16th annual series of rugby union 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 countries 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
Australia	Cbus Super Stadium	Gold Coast	11–12 October 2014	Fiji
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	5–6 December 2014	South Africa
South Africa	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Port Elizabeth	13–14 December 2014	South Africa
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	Wellington	6–7 February 2015	New Zealand
United States	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas	13–15 February 2015	Fiji
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	27–29 March 2015	Fiji
Japan	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	4–5 April 2015	England
Scotland	Scotstoun Stadium	Glasgow	9–10 May 2015	Fiji
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	16–17 May 2015	United States

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.

Table

Legend
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and qualified as a 2015–16 core team
Qualified as a 2015–16 core team
Relegated from the Sevens World Series
Not a core team

2014–15 Standings^[3]
Pos.	Country	Australia	UAE	South Africa	New Zealand	USA	Hong Kong	Japan	Scotland	England	Overall
1	Fiji	22	17	12	13	22	22	17	22	17	164
2	South Africa	15	22	22	17	17	17	19	13	12	154
3	New Zealand	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	Australia	10	19	17	12	13	13	7	10	19	120
6	United States	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	Argentina	12	13	15	7	7	10	2	7	7	80
9	Canada	3	3	8	3	10	5	15	10	10	67
10	Samoa	19	8	2	2	5	15	5	3	5	64
11	France	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	Kenya	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	Brazil	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	3
17	American Samoa	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Zimbabwe	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

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Tournaments

Gold Coast

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	31–24	Samoa	England (Third) South Africa
Plate	New Zealand	36–21	Argentina	Australia Wales
Bowl	United States	31–15	France	Portugal Scotland
Shield	Canada	40–7	Kenya	American Samoa Japan

Dubai

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	South Africa	33–7	Australia	Fiji (Third) New Zealand
Plate	Argentina	26–12	Scotland	England Wales
Bowl	Samoa	31–21	France	Portugal United States
Shield	Canada	19–12	Kenya	Brazil Japan

Port Elizabeth

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	South Africa	26–17	New Zealand	Australia (Third) Argentina
Plate	United States	21–14	Fiji	England Scotland
Bowl	Canada	24–5	Kenya	France Wales
Shield	Portugal	19–14	Samoa	Japan Zimbabwe

Wellington

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	27–21	England	South Africa (Third) Scotland
Plate	Fiji	24–0	Australia	Kenya United States
Bowl	France	29–5	Argentina	Portugal Wales
Shield	Canada	26–10	Samoa	Japan Papua New Guinea

Las Vegas

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	35–19	New Zealand	South Africa (Third) United States
Plate	Australia	21–14	England	Canada France
Bowl	Kenya	24–21	Argentina	Samoa Scotland
Shield	Portugal	19–12	Wales	Brazil Japan

Hong Kong

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	33–19	New Zealand	South Africa (Third) Samoa
Plate	Australia	21–17	United States	Argentina England
Bowl	Scotland	26–5	France	Wales Canada
Shield	Kenya	26–7	Japan	Belgium Portugal

Tokyo

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	England	21–14	South Africa	Fiji (Third) Canada
Plate	New Zealand	21–14	Scotland	France Japan
Bowl	United States	17–12	Australia	Samoa Wales
Shield	Portugal	12–7	Argentina	Hong Kong Kenya

Glasgow

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	24–17	New Zealand	England (Third) United States
Plate	South Africa	12–10	Scotland	Australia Canada
Bowl	Wales	12–7	Argentina	France Kenya
Shield	Samoa	22–12	Portugal	Japan Russia

London

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	United States	45–22	Australia	Fiji (Third) England
Plate	New Zealand	26–14	South Africa	Canada Scotland
Bowl	Kenya	26–12	Argentina	Samoa Wales
Shield	Japan	21–19	France	Brazil 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

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External links

Official Site

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