2014 Gold Coast Sevens
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| 2014 Gold Coast Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XVI | |
| Host nation |  Australia |
| Date | 11–12 October 2014 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Fiji |
| Runner-up |  Samoa |
| Third |  England |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  Argentina |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  United States |
| Runner-up |  France |
| Shield | |
| Winner |  Canada |
| Runner-up |  Kenya |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
| Tries scored | 249 (average 5.53 per match) |
| Most points | Osea Kolinisau (55) |
| Most tries | 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.
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]
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Nick Briant (New Zealand)- Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
Anthony Moyes (Australia)- Matt O'Brien (Australia)
Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)- Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
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 |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 24 | 99 | 9 |
| Samoa |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 54 | 22 | 7 |
| France |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 69 | –17 | 5 |
 Japan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 132 | –104 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 12 | 100 | 9 |
 Wales |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 38 | 34 | 7 |
| Kenya |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 69 | –8 | 5 |
 American Samoa |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 126 | –126 | 3 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 19 | 94 | 9 |
| Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 49 | 16 | 7 |
 Scotland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 85 | –43 | 4 |
 Portugal |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 88 | –67 | 4 |
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 43 | 18 | 9 |
| England |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 40 | 12 | 7 |
| United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 55 | –19 | 5 |
| Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 50 | –11 | 3 |
Knockout stage
Shield
| Bowl/Shield quarter-finals | Shield semi-finals | Shield final | ||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 09:20 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 21 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 12:21 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 19 | |||||||||
| Canada | 50 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 09:42 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| American Samoa | 0 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 24 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 15:47 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| American Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| Canada | 40 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 10:04 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 7 | |||||||||
| United States | 26 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 12:43 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||||||
| Japan | 15 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 10:26 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 19 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Bowl/Shield quarter-finals | Bowl semi-finals | Bowl final | ||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 09:20 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 21 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 13:05 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 19 | |||||||||
| France | 26 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 09:42 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 0 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 24 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 16:17 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| American Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| France | 15 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 10:04 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 31 | |||||||||
| United States | 26 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 13:27 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||||||
| United States | 33 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 10:26 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 19 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Plate semi-finals | Plate final | ||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 10:48 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 7 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 14:09 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| England | 31 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 39 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 11:10 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 5 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 31 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 16:47 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 10 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 36 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 11:32 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 21 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 21 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 14:31 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 24 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 21 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 11:54 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 17 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 12 | |||||||||
| Australia | 10 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 10:48 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 7 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 14:53 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| England | 31 | |||||||||
| England | 7 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 11:10 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 48 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 31 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 17:49 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 10 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 31 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 11:32 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 24 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 21 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 15:15 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 24 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 28 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 11:54 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 12 | Third play-off | ||||||||
| South Africa | 12 | |||||||||
| 12 October 2014 – 17:17 – Cbus Super Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 10 | |||||||||
| England | 19 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||||||