The 2014 Hong Kong Sevens was the 39th edition of the

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and the seventh tournament of the 2013–2014 Sevens World Series. It took place at its long-time home,

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. The Cup title was claimed by

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, with

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and

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respectively claiming the lower-level Plate, Bowl and Shield.

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won the World Series Core Team Qualifier to earn promotion to "core" status for the 2014–15 series.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group entered the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

28 teams were scheduled to participate—16 in the main draw, and 12 in the Core Team Qualifier.

Main draw

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World Series core team qualifier

* * * – International Rugby Board, 11 November 2013 * * – International Rugby Board, 5 October 2013 * * * * * * – International Rugby Board, 20 January 2014 *

Main draw

The draw was made on 23 March.

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

Shield

Bowl

Plate

Cup

World Series Qualifier

The draw was made on 23 March.

Pool stage

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Ranking matches

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong Kong 2014

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