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 nation 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 5.889 per match)
Top point scorer Pama Fou (55)
Top try scorer Pama Fou (11)
← 2013
2015 →

Format

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

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:[2]

Match officials

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

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
 South Africa 33001007+939
 United States 32017143+287
 Wales 31024179−385
 Kenya 300317100–833
13 December 2014
12:42
South Africa  26–0  United States
Report[4]
13 December 2014
13:04
Wales  29–5  Kenya
Report[5]
13 December 2014
15:58
South Africa  38–7  Kenya
Report[6]
13 December 2014
16:20
Wales  12–38  United States
Report[7]
13 December 2014
19:36
United States  33–5  Kenya
Report[8]
13 December 2014
19:58
South Africa  36–0  Wales
Report[9]

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 33007633+439
 Australia 320110452+527
 Portugal 31024754–75
 Zimbabwe 30031288–883
13 December 2014
11:14
Australia  33–21  Portugal
Report[10]
13 December 2014
11:36
Argentina  31–5  Zimbabwe
Report[11]
13 December 2014
14:30
Australia  50–0  Zimbabwe
Report[12]
13 December 2014
14:52
Argentina  14–7  Portugal
Report[13]
13 December 2014
17:48
Portugal  19–7  Zimbabwe
Report[14]
13 December 2014
18:10
Australia  21–31  Argentina
Report[15]

Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33009024+669
 Scotland 31024345–25
 Canada 31024262–205
 France 31024185–445
13 December 2014
10:30
Fiji  45–5  France
Report[16]
13 December 2014
10:52
Scotland  12–14  Canada
Report[17]
13 December 2014
13:46
Fiji  26–7  Canada
Report[18]
13 December 2014
14:08
Scotland  19–12  France
Report[19]
13 December 2014
17:04
France  24–21  Canada
Report[20]
13 December 2014
17:26
Fiji  19–12  Scotland
Report[21]

Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3300587+519
 England 32016712+557
 Japan 31021788–715
 Samoa 30032863–353
13 December 2014
11:58
New Zealand  24–7  Samoa
Report[22]
13 December 2014
12:20
England  45–0  Japan
Report[23]
13 December 2014
15:14
New Zealand  29–0  Japan
Report[24]
13 December 2014
15:36
England  22–7  Samoa
Report[25]
13 December 2014
18:52
Samoa  14–17  Japan
Report[26]
13 December 2014
19:14
New Zealand  5–0  England
Report[27]

Knockout stage

Shield
 
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
 
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
 
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
 

Cup
 
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
RankPlayerPoints
1 Pama Fou55
2 James Stannard40
2 Seabelo Senatla40
4 Madison Hughes39
4 Branco Du Preez39
6 Joe Webber37
7 Osea Kolinisau35
8 Javier Rojas32
9 Carlin Isles30
10(multiple players)35

Source: WR website

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