The 2014–15 Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 16th annual series of
rugby sevens
Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...
tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The
Sevens World Series has been run by
World Rugby
World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international competit ...
since 1999–2000. This series also, for the first time, doubled as a qualifier for the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, with the top four national teams qualifying automatically.
Itinerary
The schedule for the 2014–15 Series was released to the public in early March 2014.
Core teams
For each season, 15 core teams receive guaranteed berths in all events for that season's series. Fourteen of these teams qualified via their placement in the
2013–14 series. In addition to the previous season's top 14,
Japan
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joined the core teams as they were the winners of the qualifying tournament during the
2014 Hong Kong Sevens.
Spain
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, being the last placed core team for 2013–14, were relegated and lost their status as a core team for the 2014–15 season.
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Standings
Source
World Rugby
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Tournaments
Gold Coast
Dubai
Port Elizabeth
Wellington
Las Vegas
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Glasgow
London
Player scoring
Updated
5 June 2015
Updated
5 June 2015
References
External links
Official Site
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World Rugby Sevens Series