# 2014–15 Sevens World Series

The 2014–15 Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 16th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national rugby sevens teams. The Sevens World Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This series also, for the first time, doubled as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics, 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 joined the core teams as they were the winners of the qualifying tournament during the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens. Spain, being the last placed core team for 2013–14, were relegated and lost their status as a core team for the 2014–15 season.
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* United States
* Wales

## Standings

2014–15 World Rugby Sevens – Series XVI :
| Pos. | Event Team | Gold Coast | Dubai | Port Eliza­beth | Well­ington | Las Vegas | Hong Kong | Tokyo | Glas­gow | London | Points total |
| 1 | Fiji | 22 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 164 |
| 2 | South Africa | 15 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 154 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 13 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 152 |
| 4 | England | 17 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 132 |
| 5 | Australia | 10 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 120 |
| 6 | United States | 8 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 108 |
| 7 | Scotland | 5 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 89 |
| 8 | Argentina | 12 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 80 |
| 9 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 67 |
| 10 | Samoa | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 64 |
| 11 | France | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 61 |
| 12 | Wales | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 55 |
| 13 | Kenya | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 46 |
| 14 | Portugal | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| 15 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| 16 | Brazil | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 18 | Hong Kong | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 20 | Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 22 | American Samoa | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Source: World Rugby
    Legend Qualification for the 2015–16 World Sevens Series No colour Core team in 2014–15 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series Pink Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2014–15 season Yellow Not a core team Qualification for the 2016 Olympic Sevens Qualified as one of the four highest placed eligible teams from the 2014–15 World Rugby Sevens Series not already qualified. Already confirmed for 2016 (host country Brazil)
* 1 2 3 By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England, as highest finisher among those nations in the 2013–14 series, represented Great Britain in Olympic qualifying. Following England's top-four finish, the final make-up of the Great Britain team was determined by the British Olympic Association.

## Tournaments
### Gold Coast

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 31–24 | Samoa | England (Third) South Africa |
| Plate | New Zealand | 36–21 | Argentina | Australia Wales |
| Bowl | United States | 31–15 | France | Portugal Scotland |
| Shield | Canada | 40–7 | Kenya | American Samoa Japan |

### Dubai

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 33–7 | Australia | Fiji (Third) New Zealand |
| Plate | Argentina | 26–12 | Scotland | England Wales |
| Bowl | Samoa | 31–21 | France | Portugal United States |
| Shield | Canada | 19–12 | Kenya | Brazil Japan |

### Port Elizabeth

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 26–17 | New Zealand | Australia (Third) Argentina |
| Plate | United States | 21–14 | Fiji | England Scotland |
| Bowl | Canada | 24–5 | Kenya | France Wales |
| Shield | Portugal | 19–14 | Samoa | Japan Zimbabwe |

### Wellington

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 27–21 | England | South Africa (Third) Scotland |
| Plate | Fiji | 24–0 | Australia | Kenya United States |
| Bowl | France | 29–5 | Argentina | Portugal Wales |
| Shield | Canada | 26–10 | Samoa | Japan Papua New Guinea |

### Las Vegas

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 35–19 | New Zealand | South Africa (Third) United States |
| Plate | Australia | 21–14 | England | Canada France |
| Bowl | Kenya | 24–21 | Argentina | Samoa Scotland |
| Shield | Portugal | 19–12 | Wales | Brazil Japan |

### Hong Kong

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 33–19 | New Zealand | South Africa (Third) Samoa |
| Plate | Australia | 21–17 | United States | Argentina England |
| Bowl | Scotland | 26–5 | France | Wales Canada |
| Shield | Kenya | 26–7 | Japan | Belgium Portugal |

### Tokyo

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | England | 21–14 | South Africa | Fiji (Third) Canada |
| Plate | New Zealand | 21–14 | Scotland | France Japan |
| Bowl | United States | 17–12 | Australia | Samoa Wales |
| Shield | Portugal | 12–7 | Argentina | Hong Kong Kenya |

### Glasgow

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Fiji | 24–17 | New Zealand | England (Third) United States |
| Plate | South Africa | 12–10 | Scotland | Australia Canada |
| Bowl | Wales | 12–7 | Argentina | France Kenya |
| Shield | Samoa | 22–12 | Portugal | Japan Russia |

### London

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | United States | 45–22 | Australia | Fiji (Third) England |
| Plate | New Zealand | 26–14 | South Africa | Canada Scotland |
| Bowl | Kenya | 26–12 | Argentina | Samoa Wales |
| Shield | Japan | 21–19 | France | Brazil Portugal |

## Player scoring

Updated: 5 June 2015
Updated: 5 June 2015