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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

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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
 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

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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

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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

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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

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Shield

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
 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

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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
14:06

Russia 14–7 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

Pool G

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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

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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

References

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