2014 Japan Sevens
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The 2014 Japan Sevens was the continuation of the annual sporting event which was held on 22–23 March 2014. It was the third edition of the tournament and the sixth stop of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.
Format
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
The 16 participating teams are:
| Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Japan Kenya | New Zealand Portugal Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain United States Wales |
Pool Stage
The draw was made on 20 February 2014.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal |
Pool A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 29 | +76 | 9 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 44 | 30 | 6 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 67 | –16 | 6 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 109 | –90 | 3 |
| 22 March 2014 11:28 |
| New Zealand | 43–5 | Wales |
| Report |
| 22 March 2014 11:50 |
| 22 March 2014 14:46 |
| New Zealand | 40–7 | Portugal |
| Report |
| 22 March 2014 15:08 |
| 22 March 2014 18:58 |
| 22 March 2014 19:20 |
| New Zealand | 22–17 | Canada |
| Report |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 29 | +58 | 9 |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 66 | –33 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 59 | –33 | 4 |
| 22 March 2014 12:12 |
| South Africa | 26–12 | Kenya |
| Report |
| 22 March 2014 12:34 |
| 22 March 2014 15:30 |
| 22 March 2014 15:52 |
| South Africa | 33–5 | Japan |
| Report |
| 22 March 2014 19:42 |
| 22 March 2014 20:04 |
| South Africa | 28–12 | Argentina |
| Report |
Pool C
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 45 | +29 | 8 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 58 | –3 | 6 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 71 | –19 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 62 | –7 | 5 |
| 22 March 2014 10:00 |
| 22 March 2014 10:22 |
| Samoa | 17–24 | United States |
| Report |
| 22 March 2014 13:18 |
| Fiji | 19–19 | United States |
| Report |
| 22 March 2014 13:40 |
| 22 March 2014 17:30 |
| France | 22–12 | United States |
| Report |
| 22 March 2014 17:52 |
Pool D
| 22 March 2014 10:44 |
| 22 March 2014 11:06 |
| 22 March 2014 14:02 |
| 22 March 2014 14:24 |
| 22 March 2014 18:14 |
| 22 March 2014 18:36 |
Knockout stage
Shield
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 09:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 24 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 11:56 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Spain | 19 | |||||||||
| Spain | 12 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 09:22 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 24 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| 23 March – 14:52 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 42 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 09:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 26 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 12 | |||||||||
| 31 March 2014 – 12:18 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 7 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 21 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 10:06 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 24 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 17 | |||||||||
| France | 21 | |||||||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 09:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 24 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 12:40 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Spain | 19 | |||||||||
| Wales | 24 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 09:22 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 15:18 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 42 | |||||||||
| Wales | 28 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 09:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 21 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 12 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 13:02 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 7 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 21 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 10:06 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 12 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 17 | |||||||||
| France | 21 | |||||||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 10:28 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 21 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 13:24 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 12 | |||||||||
| Australia | 36 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 10:50 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 43 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 15:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 19 | |||||||||
| Australia | 17 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 11:12 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| England | 14 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 13:46 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 10 | |||||||||
| Canada | 15 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 11:34 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 28 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 10:28 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 21 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 14:08 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 12 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 10:50 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 43 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 16:43 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 19 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 33 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 11:12 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 26 | |||||||||
| England | 14 | |||||||||
| 23 March – 14:30 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 10 | |||||||||
| England | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 11:34 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | Third place | ||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
| 23 March 2014 – 16:10 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
| England | 21 | |||||||||