2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series

2013–14 World Rugby Sevens
2013–14 World Rugby Sevens
Series XV
Hosts	Australia; United Arab Emirates; United States; South Africa; New Zealand; Japan; Hong Kong; Scotland; England;
Date	12 October 2013 – 11 May 2014
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	South Africa
Third	Fiji
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 15th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides. The IRB Sevens World Series has been run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. New Zealand emerged as champions, defeating South Africa.

Itinerary

2013–14 Itinerary^[1]
Leg	Venue	Date	Winner
Australia	Skilled Park, Gold Coast	12–13 October 2013	New Zealand
Dubai	The Sevens, Dubai	29–30 November 2013	Fiji
South Africa	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	7–8 December 2013	South Africa
United States	Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas	24–26 January 2014	South Africa
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	7–8 February 2014	New Zealand
Japan	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	22–23 March 2014	Fiji
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	28–30 March 2014	New Zealand
Scotland	Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow	3–4 May 2014	New Zealand
England	Twickenham Stadium, London	10–11 May 2014	New Zealand

Core teams

For each season, there are 15 "core teams" that receive guaranteed berths in all events for that season's series. These teams were either placed in the top 12 of the standings before the 2013 London Sevens, or qualified during the World Series Core Team Qualifier held as part of the London Sevens. All 15 core teams from the 2012–13 season retained their core team status. The 2013–14 core teams were:

Changes to core team qualifying

On 9 October 2013, the IRB announced significant changes to the promotion/relegation process.

First, only one promotion place was available for the 2014–15 series. Also, the World Series Pre-Qualifier, which was a 12-team tournament contested as part of the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens, was folded into the Core Team Qualifier, which involved 12 teams and was entirely contested at the Hong Kong Sevens. The bottom-placed core team at the end of the season will now be automatically relegated, with no opportunity to retain core status.^[2]

The remaining three core teams for 2013–14 were determined in a two-stage qualifying process:^[3]

The first stage was a World Series Qualifier held as part of the Hong Kong Sevens. Two qualifiers from each of the IRB's six regions competed. The 12 teams were drawn into pools, with the top eight teams advancing to a quarterfinal round. The winners of the four quarterfinal matches advanced to the final qualifying stage.
The final qualifying stage, the World Series Core Team Qualifier, was held as part of the London Sevens. The qualifying teams were joined by the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series, plus the bottom three core teams following the Scotland Sevens. The qualifying tournament was conducted with a pool stage followed by knockout play, with the two finalists and the winner of the third-place match becoming core teams for the following season.

Standings

The final standings after completion of the nine tournaments of the series are shown in the table below.

The points awarded to teams at each tournament, as well as the overall season totals, are shown. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team competed in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.

2013–14 IRB Sevens – Series XV
Pos.	Event Team	Gold Coast	Dubai	Port Elizabeth	Las Vegas	Wellington	Tokyo	Hong Kong	Glasgow	London	Points total

1	New Zealand	22	17	19	19	22	15	22	22	22	180
2	South Africa	15	19	22	22	19	19	13	10	13	152
3	Fiji	13	22	13	8	17	22	17	17	15	144
4	England	17	15	8	13	15	17	19	13	17	134
5	Australia	19	8	7	12	13	13	15	10	19	116
6	Canada	7	5	2	17	12	10	10	19	8	90
7	Kenya	12	10	10	7	8	10	3	12	12	84
8	Samoa	10	5	17	15	10	2	5	5	10	79
9	Argentina	5	13	15	10	10	3	5	7	7	75
10	France	8	3	12	10	5	5	7	8	10	68
11	Wales	10	12	5	5	5	8	12	3	5	65
12	Scotland	5	10	3	5	7	7	8	15	1	61
13	United States	3	1	5	3	3	12	10	1	3	41
14	Portugal	2	7	10	1	1	1	2	1	1	26
15	Spain	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	5	5	20
16	Japan	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	2	2	9
17	Tonga	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2
18	Russia	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Uruguay	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Zimbabwe	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Sri Lanka	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1

Source: IRB (Archived)^[usurped] ^[4]

Legend
Qualification for the 2014–15 World Sevens Series
No colour	Core team in 2013–14 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2014–15 World Rugby Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2013–14 Series
Yellow	Invited team

Player statistics

Points scored

Points scored^[5]
Pos.	Player	Points
1	Tom Mitchell (ENG)	358
2	Samisoni Viriviri (FIJ)	260
3	Gillies Kaka (NZL)	258
4	Emosi Mulevoro (FIJ)	246
5	Cameron Clark (AUS)	229
6	Colin Gregor (SCO)	204
7	Phil Mack (CAN)	202
8	Branco du Preez (RSA)	200
9	Justin Geduld (RSA)	190
10	Tim Mikkelson (NZL)	169

Updated May 20 2014^[usurped]

Tries scored

Tries scored^[6]
Pos.	Player	Tries
1	Samisoni Viriviri (FIJ)	52
2	Tim Mikkelson (NZL)	33
3	Tom Mitchell (ENG)	32
4	Collins Injera (KEN)	30
4	Diego Palma (ARG)	30
6	Julien Candelon (FRA)	29
6	Seabelo Senatla (RSA)	29
8	Scott Curry (NZL)	28
8	Justin Geduld (RSA)	28
10	Benito Masilevu (FIJ)	27
10	Dan Norton (ENG)	27

Updated May 20 2014^[usurped]

Tournaments

Gold Coast

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	40–19	Australia	England (Third) South Africa
Plate	Fiji	36–0	Kenya	Samoa Wales
Bowl	France	19–14	Canada	Scotland Argentina
Shield	United States	22–0	Portugal	Spain Tonga

Dubai

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	29–17	South Africa	New Zealand (Third) England
Plate	Argentina	21–5	Wales	Scotland Kenya
Bowl	Australia	17–12	Portugal	Canada Samoa
Shield	France	28–17	Spain	Russia United States

South Africa

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	South Africa	17–14	New Zealand	Samoa (Third) Argentina
Plate	Fiji	45–19	France	Kenya Portugal
Bowl	England	28–19	Australia	Wales United States
Shield	Scotland	19–12	Canada	Zimbabwe Spain

United States

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	South Africa	14–7	New Zealand	Samoa Canada (Third)
Plate	England	26–24	Australia	Argentina France
Bowl	Fiji	35–0	Kenya	Scotland Wales
Shield	United States	31–0	Spain	Portugal Uruguay

Wellington

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	21–0	South Africa	England Fiji (Third)
Plate	Australia	12–10	Canada	Samoa Argentina
Bowl	Kenya	24–14	Scotland	Wales France
Shield	United States	28–12	Spain	Tonga Portugal

Japan

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Fiji	33–26	South Africa	England (Third) New Zealand
Plate	Australia	17–12	United States	Kenya Canada
Bowl	Wales	28–21	Scotland	Japan France
Shield	Argentina	26–0	Samoa	Spain Portugal

Hong Kong

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	26–7	England	Fiji (Third) Australia
Plate	South Africa	19–14	Wales	United States Canada
Bowl	Scotland	31–5	France	Argentina Samoa
Shield	Kenya	17–10	Portugal	Spain Sri Lanka

Scotland

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	54–7	Canada	Fiji (Third) Scotland
Plate	England	26–5	Kenya	Australia South Africa
Bowl	France	20–14	Argentina	Samoa Spain
Shield	Wales	29–12	Japan	United States Portugal

London

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	52–33	Australia	England (Third) Fiji
Plate	South Africa	38–14	Kenya	France Samoa
Bowl	Canada	31–19	Argentina	Spain Wales
Shield	United States	36–12	Japan	Portugal Scotland

References

^ "HSBC Sevens World Series 2013/14 dates set". irbsevens.com. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "One up one down for HSBC Sevens World Series". World Rugby. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021.
^ "Pools confimed [sic] for Hong Kong Sevens". World Rugby. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022.
^ "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Points". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2014-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Tries". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2014-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

Official Website^[usurped]

[sched-1] "HSBC Sevens World Series 2013/14 dates set". irbsevens.com. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "One up one down for HSBC Sevens World Series". World Rugby. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021.

[2012–13_qualifying-3] "Pools confimed [sic] for Hong Kong Sevens". World Rugby. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022.

[2014-standings-4] "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[IndividualPoints-5] "IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Points". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2014-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[IndividualTries-6] "IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Tries". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2014-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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v t e 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series
2013–14 events	2013 Gold Coast Sevens 2013 Dubai Sevens 2013 South Africa Sevens 2014 USA Sevens 2014 Wellington Sevens 2014 Japan Sevens 2014 Hong Kong Sevens 2014 Scotland Sevens 2014 London Sevens
Core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Portugal Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain United States Wales
Other teams	Hong Kong Japan Russia Tonga Uruguay Zimbabwe
IRB Sevens World Series

v t e SVNS
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
2023–24 events	Dubai Cape Town Perth Vancouver Los Angeles Hong Kong Singapore Madrid (Grand Final)
Former events	Argentina Chile China Fiji France Japan London (England) Malaysia New Zealand Scotland Uruguay Wales
Current stadiums	BC Place Cape Town Stadium Dignity Health Sports Park Hong Kong Stadium Metropolitano Stadium National Stadium, Singapore Perth Rectangular Stadium The Sevens
Related articles	Sevens Challenger Series Olympic Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens