2018 Hong Kong Sevens

The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens was the 43rd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The performance from this tournament determined the first fourteen seedings of the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament alongside the past year's series and the previous six event of the 2017–18 season.[1]

2018 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation Hong Kong
Date6–8 April 2018
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up Kenya
Third South Africa
Challenge
Winner France
Qualifier
Winner Japan
Tournament details
Matches played45
Top point scorer Amenoni Nasilasila (60)
Top try scorer Carlin Isles (7)
Muller du Plessis (7)
Selvyn Davids (7)
2017
2019

Fiji won the tournament, defeating Kenya 24–12 in the final. Fiji were dominant throughout the tournament, including a 50–7 thrashing of New Zealand during pool play.

In the World Series Qualifier tournament, Ireland were the dominant team during pool play, but Japan beat Ireland 12–7 in the semifinal, and went on to beat Germany 19–14 in the final to qualify for the 2018-19 World Series as a core team.

Main draw

Teams

The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams and one invited team, South Korea.[2]

Format

As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team. The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. 3, 2 or 1 points for a win, draw or loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Challenge trophy brackets.

Pool stage

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:[3]

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 330011733+849
 New Zealand 32016267–57
 Samoa 31025269–175
 Russia 300338100–623

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 32018538+477
 Spain 32013450–167
 Canada 31025664–85
 Australia 31025477–235

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 330010932+779
 Scotland 320110057+437
 England 31028162+195
 South Korea 300314153–1393

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 321010246+568
 Argentina 32017955+247
 Wales 31023485–515
 France 30124574–294

13th place

 
Semi-finals13th place final
 
      
 
8 April 2018 – 13:16 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Samoa33
 
8 April 2018 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England10
 
 Samoa5
 
8 April 2018 – 13:43 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Wales33
 
 Wales49
 
 
 South Korea5
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy final
 
          
 
8 April 2018 – 9:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Samoa0
 
8 April 2018 – 14:05 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 France38
 
 France24
 
8 April 2018 – 9:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia12
 
 England14
 
8 April 2018 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia17
 
 France33
 
8 April 2018 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada7
 
 Wales7
 
8 April 2018 – 14:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Russia15
 
 Russia12
 
8 April 2018 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada19
 
 Canada45
 
 
 South Korea0
 

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th place final
 
      
 
8 April 2018 – 14:55 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Argentina14
 
8 April 2018 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain12
 
 Argentina14
 
8 April 2018 – 15:17 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 United States12
 
 United States19
 
 
 Scotland15
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsCup finalFinal
 
          
 
8 April 2018 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Fiji40
 
8 April 2018 – 15:41 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 Fiji26
 
8 April 2018 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa24
 
 South Africa38
 
8 April 2018 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain5
 
 Fiji24
 
8 April 2018 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya12
 
 United States7
 
8 April 2018 – 16:03 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand35
 
 New Zealand12
 
8 April 2018 – 12:07 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya21 Bronze Medal Match
 
 Kenya19
 
8 April 2018 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland12
 
 South Africa24
 
 
 New Zealand7
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 Fiji 22
 Kenya 19
 South Africa 17
4 New Zealand 15
5 Argentina 13
6 United States 12
7  Scotland 10
 Spain 10
Place  Team Points
9 France 8
10 Canada 7
11  Australia 5
 Russia 5
13 Wales 3
14 Samoa 2
15  England 1
 South Korea 1

Source: World Rugby

Scoring leaders

Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Amenoni Nasilasila60
2 Selvyn Davids55
3 Carlin Isles35
Muller du Plessis35
5 Gastón Revol34

Source: World Rugby

Dream team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament dream team at the conclusion of the tournament:[4]

ForwardsBacks
Kalione Nasoko
Oscar Ouma
Semi Kunatani
Willy Ambaka
Selvyn Davids
Eroni Sau
Amenoni Nasilasila

World Series qualifier

Continental qualifying

Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify. For the 2018 edition, Europe has been given a third spot, whereas North America was given a single spot. The other continents remain with two spots each.

Continental sevens championshipDatesVenue(s)BerthsQualified
2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series[5]3 June–
16 July 2017
Moscow,
Łódź,
Clermont-Ferrand
Exeter
3 Ireland
 Germany
 Georgia[2]
2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series[6]1 September–
14 October 2017
Hong Kong,
Incheon,
Colombo
2 Japan
 Hong Kong
2017 Africa Cup Sevens[7]6–7 October 2017 Kampala2 Uganda
 Zimbabwe
2017 Oceania Sevens Championship[8]10–11 November 2017 Suva2 Papua New Guinea
 Cook Islands
2017 RAN Sevens[9]25–26
November 2017
Mexico City1 Jamaica
2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens[10]6–14
January 2018
Punta del Este,
Viña del Mar
2 Uruguay
 Chile
Total12

Format

The qualifying tournament features twelve teams divided into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top eight teams (the top two from each group, plus the two best third-place finishers) qualify to the quarterfinals of the knockout round. The winner of the knockout round will be given core status in the 2018–19 World Series.

Pool stage

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:[3]

Pool E

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Chile 32015829+297
 Japan 32016039+217
 Uganda 32015044+67
 Georgia 30032581–563

Pool F

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Germany 33007726+519
 Hong Kong 31025250+25
 Zimbabwe 31023551–165
 Papua New Guinea 31023974–355

Pool G

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 33001035+989
 Uruguay 32016041+197
 Jamaica 31022667–415
 Cook Islands 300324100–763

Third place tiebreaker

Pl Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Uganda32015044+67
2  Zimbabwe31023551-165
3  Jamaica31022667-415

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal – World Series qualifier
 
          
 
7 April 2018 – 18:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Germany26
 
8 April 2018 – 12:32 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Uganda0
 
 Germany19
 
7 April 2018 – 18:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Chile12
 
 Chile24
 
8 April 2018 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Hong Kong12
 
 Germany14
 
7 April 2018 – 19:04 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Japan19
 
 Japan26
 
8 April 2018 – 12:54 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Uruguay19
 
 Japan12
 
7 April 2018 – 19:26 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Ireland7
 
 Ireland38
 
 
 Zimbabwe5
 

Overall record

PosTeamWn/LsPts Dif
1Japan5–1+38
2Germany5–1+79
3Ireland4–1+126
4Chile3–2+36
5Uruguay2–2+12
6Uganda2–2–20
7Hong Kong1–3–10
8Zimbabwe1–3–49

See also

References

  1. "Rugby World Cup Sevens: Qualified teams and seeding process". World Rugby. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. "Hong Kong Sevens teams confirmed: Ireland return and Fiji hunt more success". South China Morning Post. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. "2018 Match Schedule". Hong Kong Sevens. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  4. "Dream Team: Hong Kong". World Rugby. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. "2017 Men's Sevens – Grand Prix Series | Rugby Europe". rugbyeurope.eu. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  6. "Calendar 2017 | Asia Rugby | Dates for tournaments and important events for 2017". asiarugby.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  7. "Schedule – Rugby Africa Rugby Africa". rugbyafrique.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  8. "Sevens Action to Return to Fiji in 2017". Oceania Rugby. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  9. "Mexico City to Host 2017 Rugby Americas North Sevens Tournament – Rugby Americas North". rugbyamericasnorth.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  10. "#7s – Tres torneos sudamericanos en los próximos meses" (in Spanish). 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
World Sevens Series XIX
Preceded by
2018 Canada Sevens
2018 Hong Kong Sevens Succeeded by
2018 Singapore Sevens
Hong Kong Sevens
Preceded by
2017 Hong Kong Sevens
2018 Hong Kong Sevens Succeeded by
2019 Hong Kong Sevens
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