2014 Gold Coast Sevens

2014 Gold Coast Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 11–12 October 2014
Cup
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  Samoa
Third  England
Plate
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  Argentina
Bowl
Champions  United States
Runners-up  France
Shield
Champions  Canada
Runners-up  Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 249 (average 5.533 per match)
Top point scorer Fiji Osea Kolinisau (55)
Top try scorer Samoa Samoa Taloa (8)
← 2013

The 2014 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2014-15 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 11–12 October 2014 at Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia, and was the twelfth completed edition of the Australian Sevens tournament.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

Participating teams and schedule were announced on 16 September 2014.[1]

Match officials

The match officials for the 2014 Gold Coast Sevens are as follows:[2]

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 330012324999
 Samoa 32017654227
 France 31025269–175
 Japan 300328132–1043
11 October 2014
10:34
New Zealand  36–7  France
Report
11 October 2014
10:56
Samoa  40–14  Japan
Report
11 October 2014
13:35
New Zealand  59–0  Japan
Report
11 October 2014
13:57
Samoa  19–12  France
Report
11 October 2014
17:11
France  33–14  Japan
Report
11 October 2014
17:33
New Zealand  28–17  Samoa
Report

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3300112121009
 Wales 32017238347
 Kenya 31026169–85
 American Samoa 30030126–1263
11 October 2014
11:18
South Africa  19–12  Wales
Report
11 October 2014
11:40
Kenya  42–0  American Samoa
Report
11 October 2014
15:01
Kenya  19–24  Wales
Report
11 October 2014
17:55
Wales  36–0  American Samoa
Report
11 October 2014
18:17
South Africa  45–0  Kenya
Report

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 330011319949
 Australia 32016549167
 Scotland 30124285–434
 Portugal 30122188–674
11 October 2014
12:02
Fiji  40–7  Scotland
Report
11 October 2014
12:24
Australia  29–0  Portugal
Report
11 October 2014
15:23
Fiji  38–0  Portugal
Report
11 October 2014
15:45
Australia  24–14  Scotland
Report
11 October 2014
18:39
Scotland  21–21  Portugal
Report
11 October 2014
19:01
Fiji  35–12  Australia
Report

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 33006143189
 England 32015240127
 United States 31023655–195
 Canada 30033950–113
11 October 2014
09:50
England  19–21  Argentina
Report
11 October 2014
10:12
Canada  15–17  United States
Report
11 October 2014
12:51
England  14–7  United States
Report
11 October 2014
13:13
Canada  12–14  Argentina
Report
11 October 2014
16:07
Argentina  26–12  United States
Report
11 October 2014
16:29
England  19–12  Canada
Report

Knockout stage

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
12 October 2014 – 09:20 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast        
  France  21
12 October 2014 – 12:21 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  Canada  19  
  Canada  50
12 October 2014 – 09:42 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
      American Samoa  0  
  Scotland  24
12 October 2014 – 15:47 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  American Samoa  12  
  Canada  40
12 October 2014 – 10:04 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast    
    Kenya  7
  United States  26
12 October 2014 – 12:43 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  Japan  5  
  Japan  15
12 October 2014 – 10:26 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
      Kenya  17  
  Kenya  17
  Portugal  19  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
12 October 2014 – 09:20 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast        
  France  21
12 October 2014 – 13:05 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  Canada  19  
  France  26
12 October 2014 – 09:42 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
      Scotland  0  
  Scotland  24
12 October 2014 – 16:17 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  American Samoa  12  
  France  15
12 October 2014 – 10:04 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast    
    United States  31
  United States  26
12 October 2014 – 13:27 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  Japan  5  
  United States  33
12 October 2014 – 10:26 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
      Portugal  0  
  Kenya  17
  Portugal  19  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
12 October 2014 – 10:48 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast        
  New Zealand  7
12 October 2014 – 14:09 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  England  31  
  New Zealand  39
12 October 2014 – 11:10 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
      Wales  5  
  Fiji  31
12 October 2014 – 16:47 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  Wales  10  
  New Zealand  36
12 October 2014 – 11:32 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast    
    Argentina  21
  Argentina  21
12 October 2014 – 14:31 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  Samoa  24  
  Argentina  21
12 October 2014 – 11:54 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
      Australia  17  
  South Africa  12
  Australia  10  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
12 October 2014 – 10:48 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast        
  New Zealand  7
12 October 2014 – 14:53 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  England  31  
  England  7
12 October 2014 – 11:10 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
    Fiji  48  
  Fiji  31
12 October 2014 – 17:49 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  Wales  10  
  Fiji  31
12 October 2014 – 11:32 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
    Samoa  24
  Argentina  21
12 October 2014 – 15:15 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
  Samoa  24  
  Samoa  28 Third place
12 October 2014 – 11:54 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
    South Africa  12  
  South Africa  12   England  19
  Australia  10     South Africa  0
12 October 2014 – 17:17 – Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast

Scoring

Player Tries
Samoa Samoa Toloa 8
United States Zack Test 7
Fiji Apisalome Waqatabu 7
United States Perry Baker 6
Argentina Santiago Cordero 6
New Zealand Sam Dickson 6
England Dan Norton 6

Source: IRB website

References

  1. ↑ "Pools drawn for Gold Coast Sevens". irbsevens.com. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Referees to 12 October 2014

External links

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