2015 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nationHong Kong Hong Kong
Date27–29 March 2015
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third South Africa
Plate
Winner Australia
Runner-up United States
Bowl
Winner Scotland
Runner-up France
Shield
Winner Kenya
Runner-up Japan
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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.

Format

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

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

World Series Qualifier

Match officials

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

Main draw

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

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 121 19 +102 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 65 62 +3 7
 Canada 3 1 0 2 47 81 -34 5
 Belgium 3 0 0 3 24 95 –71 3
27 March 2015
19:16
Canada 28–12 Belgium
Report[4]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
20:44
Fiji 38–12 Samoa
Report[5]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
13:24
Canada 19–24 Samoa
Report[6]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
13:46
Fiji 38–7 Belgium
Report[7]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
16:20
Samoa 29–5 Belgium
Report[8]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
17:48
Fiji 45–0 Canada
Report[9]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 3 2 1 0 64 36 +28 8
 Australia 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
Australia 33–5 Portugal
Report[10]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
20:22
New Zealand 26–7 Scotland
Report[11]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
12:40
Australia 21–5 Scotland
Report[12]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
13:02
New Zealand 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
New Zealand 14–5 Australia
Report[15]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 80 7 +73 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 45 43 +2 7
 France 3 1 0 2 36 62 –26 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 21 70 –49 3
27 March 2015
18:32
France 24–7 Japan
Report[16]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
20:00
South Africa 24–0 Argentina
Report[17]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
11:56
France 5–26 Argentina
Report[18]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
12:18
South Africa 27–0 Japan
Report[19]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
15:36
Argentina 19–14 Japan
Report[20]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
17:04
South Africa 29-7 France
Report[21]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 United States 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
 Kenya 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
United States 21–14 Kenya
Report[23]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
11:12
England 17–7 Kenya
Report[24]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
11:34
United States 40–12 Wales
Report[25]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
15:14
Kenya 12–19 Wales
Report[26]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
16:42
United States 21–21 England
Report[27]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Knockout stage

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Canada21
 
29 March 2015 – 13:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya10
 
 Kenya21
 
29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal0
 
 France26
 
29 March 2015 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal14
 
 Kenya26
 
29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Japan7
 
 Wales38
 
29 March 2015 – 13:56 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Belgium7
 
 Belgium7
 
29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Japan42
 
 Scotland28
 
 
 Japan7
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Canada21
 
29 March 2015 – 14:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya10
 
 Canada19
 
29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 France38
 
 France26
 
29 March 2015 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal14
 
 France5
 
29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland26
 
 Wales38
 
29 March 2015 – 14:40 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Belgium7
 
 Wales0
 
29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland34
 
 Scotland28
 
 
 Japan7
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Fiji14
 
29 March 2015 – 15:02 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England12
 
 England7
 
29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia12
 
 South Africa7
 
29 March 2015 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia5
 
 Australia21
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 United States17
 
 United States15
 
29 March 2015 – 15:24 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Samoa26
 
 United States28
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Argentina7
 
 New Zealand31
 
 
 Argentina21
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Fiji14
 
29 March 2015 – 15:46 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England12
 
 Fiji21
 
29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa15
 
 South Africa7
 
29 March 2015 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia5
 
 Fiji33
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand19
 
 United States15
 
29 March 2015 – 16:08 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Samoa26
 
 Samoa14
 
29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand15 Third place
 
 New Zealand31
 
29 March 2015 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Argentina21
 
 South Africa26
 
 
 Samoa5
 

World Series Qualifier

The draw was announced on 16 February.[3]

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

Pool stage

Pool E

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 69 29 +40 7
 Brazil 3 2 0 1 57 36 +21 7
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 42 26 +16 7
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 15 92 –77 3
27 March 2015
14:28
Uruguay 21–0 Mexico
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
14:50
Hong Kong 12–17 Brazil
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
16:40
Uruguay 14–7 Brazil
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
17:02
Hong Kong 38–5 Mexico
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
09:44
Brazil 33–10 Mexico
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
10:50
Hong Kong 19–7 Uruguay
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool F

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 66 36 +30 9
 Russia 3 2 0 1 57 38 +19 7
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 47 42 +5 5
 Tunisia 3 0 0 3 12 66 –54 3
27 March 2015
13:44
Papua New Guinea 19–0 Tunisia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
14:06
Russia 14–7 South Korea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
15:56
Papua New Guinea 21–19 South Korea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
16:18
Russia 26–5 Tunisia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
09:22
South Korea 21–7 Tunisia
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
28 March 2015
10:28
Russia 17–26 Papua New Guinea
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Pool G

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 87 10 +76 9
 Zimbabwe 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
Zimbabwe 36–0 Guyana
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
13:22
Spain 27–5 Tonga
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
15:12
Zimbabwe 41–0 Tonga
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
27 March 2015
15:34
Spain 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
Spain 10–0 Zimbabwe
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Ranking matches

 
Qualifier QuarterfinalsQualifier SemifinalsQualifier Final
 
          
 
28 March 2015 – 18:10 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Papua New Guinea38
 
29 March 2015 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Uruguay10
 
 Papua New Guinea7
 
28 March 2015 – 18:32 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Russia26
 
 Hong Kong0
 
29 March 2015 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Russia24
 
 Russia22
 
28 March 2015 – 18:54 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Zimbabwe19
 
 Zimbabwe21
 
29 March 2015 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Brazil14
 
 Zimbabwe24
 
28 March 2015 – 19:16 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain14
 
 Spain47
 
 
 South Korea7
 

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External links

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