Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games was the fifth time in the competition's history that the event took place. The tournament's preliminaries took place on 26 July, with the classification matches, quarterfinals, semifinals and medal matches the following day.[1] The venue for the competition was Ibrox Stadium. South Africa beat the reigning champions New Zealand in the final on 27 July, beating their opponents 17-12. It was the first time that New Zealand had been beaten in any game since the inception of rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games in 1998, ending their 30 match win streak and marking the first time any other nation had won the competition.

Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Podium
Host nation Scotland
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Australia
Plate
Winner England
Runner-up Wales
Bowl
Winner Canada
Runner-up Cook Islands
Shield
Winner Sri Lanka
Runner-up Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament details
Matches played45
2010
2018

171,000 people attended the two-day competition, a record for the sport.[2]

Participating nations

Ibrox hosting the Rugby Sevens tournament of the 2014 Commonwealth Games

The full pools and fixtures for the event were announced on 18 February 2014.[3][4]

ContinentTeams
Asia Malaysia
 Sri Lanka
Americas Canada
Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago[5]
 Barbados
Europe England
 Scotland (Hosts)
 Wales
Africa Kenya
 South Africa
 Uganda
Oceania Australia
 Cook Islands
 New Zealand
 Papua New Guinea
 Samoa

Nigeria were originally announced as one of the sixteen teams, but shortly after the team was withdrawn from the rugby competition and replaced by Barbados.[6]

Pools and format

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

 New Zealand
 Canada
 Scotland
 Barbados

 South Africa
 Kenya
 Cook Islands
 Trinidad and Tobago

 Samoa
 Wales
 Papua New Guinea
 Malaysia

 Australia
 England
 Sri Lanka
 Uganda

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four nations, with each nation playing their other pool opponents once, every nation playing three times during the group stages. Nations were awarded 3 points for a win, 2 for a draw and one point for a loss, the top two nations of every pool advance to the quarterfinals of the medal competition. The winners of each pool then faced the runners up of a different pool in the quarterfinals in a straight single-elimination knockout competition. The winners moved on to the semifinals, with the winners then moving onto the final, and the losers of the semifinals contesting a play off for the bronze medal.

Points System

The points system was the same one used in most sevens competitions, including the IRB Sevens World Series:

  • 3 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 point for losing

Pool stage

The round robin stage was played on 26 July 2014. All teams played three matches, with the top two in each pool qualifying for the medal competition, and the bottom two qualifying to the bowl competition.[7][8]

Pool A

Team
Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3300115141019
 Scotland 32019122697
 Canada 3102736585
 Barbados 30035183-1783
Qualified for medal competition
Qualified for bowl competition
26 July 2014
10:32
New Zealand  39–0  Canada
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
12:50
Canada  68–5  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:56
New Zealand  17–14  Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:02
Scotland  56–0  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
20:20
New Zealand  59–0  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
21:04
Canada  5–21  Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool B

Team
Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 330010601069
 Kenya 32016325387
 Cook Islands 31023388-555
 Trinidad and Tobago 300315104-893
Qualified for medal competition
Qualified for bowl competition
26 July 2014
11:16
Kenya  28–0  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
12:22
South Africa  36–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
14:40
Cook Islands  33–10  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:30
South Africa  50–0  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:52
Kenya  35–5  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
22:10
South Africa  20–0  Kenya
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool C

Team
Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 330010626809
 Wales 32019326677
 Papua New Guinea 31025769-125
 Malaysia 30037142-1353
Qualified for medal competition
Qualified for bowl competition
26 July 2014
11:38
Samoa  33–14  Papua New Guinea
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
12:00
Wales  52–0  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
14:18
Papua New Guinea  36–7  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:46
Wales  29–7  Papua New Guinea
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:08
Samoa  54–0  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
21:26
Samoa  19–12  Wales
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool D

Team
Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3300120191019
 England 320110415897
 Uganda 31022297-755
 Sri Lanka 300321136-1153
Qualified for medal competition
Qualified for bowl competition
26 July 2014
10:54
Australia  62–7  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:12
Australia  43–5  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:34
England  57–0  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:24
England  40–0  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
20:42
Sri Lanka  14–17  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
21:48
England  7–15  Australia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Knockout stage

Medal competition

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
 New Zealand19
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Kenya7
 
 New Zealand19
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Australia7
 
 Australia21
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Wales19
 
 New Zealand12
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 South Africa17
 
 Samoa15
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 England14
 
 Samoa7
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 South Africa35 Third place
 
 South Africa35
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Scotland12
 
 Australia24
 
 
 Samoa0
 

Quarter-finals

27 July 2014
12:06
New Zealand  19–7  Kenya
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
12:28
Australia  21–19  Wales
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
12:50
Samoa  15–14  England
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
13:12
South Africa  35–12  Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Semi-finals

27 July 2014
18:44
New Zealand  19–7  Australia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
19:06
Samoa  7–35  South Africa
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bronze medal match

27 July 2014
21:15
Australia  24–0  Samoa
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Gold medal match

27 July 2014
21:37
New Zealand  12–17  South Africa
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland

Plate competition

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
 Kenya5
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Wales28
 
 Wales15
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 England17
 
 England15
 
 
 Scotland12
 

Semi-finals

27 July 2014
18:00
Kenya  5–28  Wales
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
18:22
England  15–12  Scotland
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Plate final

27 July 2014
20:38
Wales  15–17  England
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl competition

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
 Canada33
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Trinidad and Tobago0
 
 Canada32
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Uganda0
 
 Uganda35
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Malaysia0
 
 Canada50
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Cook Islands7
 
 Papua New Guinea17
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Sri Lanka12
 
 Papua New Guinea12
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Cook Islands24
 
 Cook Islands31
 
 
 Barbados7
 

Quarter-finals

27 July 2014
10:32
Canada  33–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
10:54
Uganda  35–0  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
11:16
Papua New Guinea  17–12  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
11:38
Cook Islands  31–7  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Semi-finals

27 July 2014
17:16
Canada  32–0  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
17:38
Papua New Guinea  12–24  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl final

27 July 2014
20:10
Canada  50–7  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shield competition

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
 Trinidad and Tobago15
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Malaysia10
 
 Trinidad and Tobago7
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 Sri Lanka43
 
 Sri Lanka34
 
 
 Barbados0
 

Semi-finals

27 July 2014
13:34
Trinidad and Tobago  15–10  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
13:56
Sri Lanka  34–0  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shield final

27 July 2014
19:42
Trinidad and Tobago  7–43  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Medalists

Men's Gold Silver Bronze
South Africa
New Zealand
Australia

References

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