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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
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since 1999–2000. This series also, for the first time, doubled as a qualifier for the
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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,
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joined the core teams as they were the winners of the qualifying tournament during the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens.
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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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Standings

Source
World Rugby
:


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
{{DEFAULTSORT:2014-15 IRB Sevens World Series World Rugby Sevens Series