# 2015 Hong Kong Sevens

The 2015 Hong Kong Sevens was the 40th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the sixth tournament of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

## Format

As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team, and a qualifying tournament featuring twelve teams, the winner of which will be given core status in the next series.

## Teams

The teams confirmed for both the World Series and World Series Qualifier events at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens are listed below:

### World Series Qualifier
## Match officials

The match officials for the 2015 Wellington Sevens are as follows:
* Mike Adamson (Scotland)
* Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
* Ben Crouse (South Africa)
* Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
* James McPhail (Netherlands)
* Taku Otsuki (Japan)
* Rasta Rasivhenge (World Rugby)
* Alex Ruiz (France)

## Main draw

The draw was announced on 16 February. All times UTC +08:00.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinal

### Pool stage
#### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 19 | +102 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 81 | -34 | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 95 | –71 | 3 |
* 27 March 2015 19:16
| Canada | 28–12 | Belgium |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 20:44
| Fiji | 38–12 | Samoa |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 13:24
| Canada | 19–24 | Samoa |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 13:46
| Fiji | 38–7 | Belgium |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 16:20
| Samoa | 29–5 | Belgium |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 17:48
| Fiji | 45–0 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 8 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 59 | –33 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 71 | –30 | 4 |
* 27 March 2015 18:54
| Australia | 33–5 | Portugal |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 20:22
| New Zealand | 26–7 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 12:40
| Australia | 21–5 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 13:02
| New Zealand | 24–24 | Portugal |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 15:58
| Scotland | 14–12 | Portugal |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 17:26
| New Zealand | 14–5 | Australia |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 7 | +73 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 62 | –26 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 70 | –49 | 3 |
* 27 March 2015 18:32
| France | 24–7 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 20:00
| South Africa | 24–0 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 11:56
| France | 5–26 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 12:18
| South Africa | 27–0 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 15:36
| Argentina | 19–14 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 17:04
| South Africa | 29-7 | France |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 47 | +35 | 8 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 8 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 78 | –28 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 57 | –24 | 3 |
* 27 March 2015 18:10
| England | 26–19 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 19:38
| United States | 21–14 | Kenya |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 11:12
| England | 17–7 | Kenya |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 11:34
| United States | 40–12 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 15:14
| Kenya | 12–19 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 16:42
| United States | 21–21 | England |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Knockout stage
#### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Canada | 21 | | | |
| Canada | 21 | 29 March 2015 – 13:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 13:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Kenya | 10 | 29 March 2015 – 13:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 13:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Kenya | 10 | Kenya | 21 | |
| 29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Kenya | 21 | |
| 29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | Portugal | 0 | |
| France | 26 | Portugal | 0 | |
| France | 26 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Portugal | 14 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Portugal | 14 | | | | Kenya | 26 |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Kenya | 26 |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Japan | 7 |
| Wales | 38 | | | | Japan | 7 |
| Wales | 38 | 29 March 2015 – 13:56 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 13:56 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Belgium | 7 | 29 March 2015 – 13:56 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 13:56 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Belgium | 7 | Belgium | 7 | | | |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Belgium | 7 | | | |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | Japan | 42 | |
| Scotland | 28 | Japan | 42 | |
| Japan | 7 | | | |

#### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 09:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Canada | 21 | | | |
| Canada | 21 | 29 March 2015 – 14:18 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 14:18 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Kenya | 10 | 29 March 2015 – 14:18 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 14:18 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Kenya | 10 | Canada | 19 | |
| 29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Canada | 19 | |
| 29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 09:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | France | 38 | |
| France | 26 | France | 38 | |
| France | 26 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Portugal | 14 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Portugal | 14 | | | | France | 5 |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | France | 5 |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Scotland | 26 |
| Wales | 38 | | | | Scotland | 26 |
| Wales | 38 | 29 March 2015 – 14:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 14:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Belgium | 7 | 29 March 2015 – 14:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 14:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Belgium | 7 | Wales | 0 | | | |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Wales | 0 | | | |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | Scotland | 34 | |
| Scotland | 28 | Scotland | 34 | |
| Japan | 7 | | | |

#### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | 29 March 2015 – 15:02 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 15:02 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| England | 12 | 29 March 2015 – 15:02 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 15:02 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| England | 12 | England | 7 | |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | | England | 7 | |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | Australia | 12 | |
| South Africa | 7 | Australia | 12 | |
| South Africa | 7 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Australia | 5 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Australia | 5 | | | | Australia | 21 |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Australia | 21 |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | United States | 17 |
| United States | 15 | | | | United States | 17 |
| United States | 15 | 29 March 2015 – 15:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 15:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 26 | 29 March 2015 – 15:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 15:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 26 | United States | 28 | | | |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | United States | 28 | | | |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | Argentina | 7 | |
| New Zealand | 31 | Argentina | 7 | |
| Argentina | 21 | | | |

#### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | | | |
| Fiji | 14 | 29 March 2015 – 15:46 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 15:46 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| England | 12 | 29 March 2015 – 15:46 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 15:46 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| England | 12 | Fiji | 21 | |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Fiji | 21 | |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium | South Africa | 15 | |
| South Africa | 7 | South Africa | 15 | |
| South Africa | 7 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Australia | 5 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Australia | 5 | | | | Fiji | 33 |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Fiji | 33 |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | New Zealand | 19 |
| United States | 15 | | | | New Zealand | 19 |
| United States | 15 | 29 March 2015 – 16:08 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 16:08 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 26 | 29 March 2015 – 16:08 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 16:08 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 26 | Samoa | 14 | | | |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Samoa | 14 | | | |
| 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | New Zealand | 15 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 31 | New Zealand | 15 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 31 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Argentina | 21 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Argentina | 21 | | | | South Africa | 26 |
| | | | | | Samoa | 5 |

## World Series Qualifier

The draw was announced on 16 February.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advance to the Qualifier quarterfinal

### Pool stage
#### Pool E

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 29 | +40 | 7 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 7 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 7 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 92 | –77 | 3 |
* 27 March 2015 14:28
| Uruguay | 21–0 | Mexico |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 14:50
| Hong Kong | 12–17 | Brazil |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 16:40
| Uruguay | 14–7 | Brazil |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 17:02
| Hong Kong | 38–5 | Mexico |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 09:44
| Brazil | 33–10 | Mexico |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 10:50
| Hong Kong | 19–7 | Uruguay |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool F

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 9 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 7 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 5 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 66 | –54 | 3 |
* 27 March 2015 13:44
| Papua New Guinea | 19–0 | Tunisia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 14:06
| Russia | 14–7 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 15:56
| Papua New Guinea | 21–19 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 16:18
| Russia | 26–5 | Tunisia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 09:22
| South Korea | 21–7 | Tunisia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 10:28
| Russia | 17–26 | Papua New Guinea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool G

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 10 | +76 | 9 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 10 | +67 | 7 |
| Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 92 | –51 | 5 |
| Guyana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 122 | –93 | 3 |
* 27 March 2015 13:00
| Zimbabwe | 36–0 | Guyana |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 13:22
| Spain | 27–5 | Tonga |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 15:12
| Zimbabwe | 41–0 | Tonga |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 27 March 2015 15:34
| Spain | 50–5 | Guyana |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 09:00
| Tonga | 36–24 | Guyana |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2015 10:06
| Spain | 10–0 | Zimbabwe |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Ranking matches

| Qualifier Quarterfinals | Qualifier Quarterfinals | Qualifier Semifinals | Qualifier Semifinals | | Qualifier Final | Qualifier Final |
| 28 March 2015 – 18:10 – Hong Kong Stadium | 28 March 2015 – 18:10 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 29 March 2015 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Uruguay | 10 | 29 March 2015 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 12:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Uruguay | 10 | Papua New Guinea | 7 | |
| 28 March 2015 – 18:32 – Hong Kong Stadium | 28 March 2015 – 18:32 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Papua New Guinea | 7 | |
| 28 March 2015 – 18:32 – Hong Kong Stadium | 28 March 2015 – 18:32 – Hong Kong Stadium | Russia | 26 | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | Russia | 26 | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Russia | 24 | | | | 29 March 2015 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Russia | 24 | | | | Russia | 22 |
| 28 March 2015 – 18:54 – Hong Kong Stadium | 28 March 2015 – 18:54 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Russia | 22 |
| 28 March 2015 – 18:54 – Hong Kong Stadium | 28 March 2015 – 18:54 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Zimbabwe | 19 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | | | | Zimbabwe | 19 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 29 March 2015 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Brazil | 14 | 29 March 2015 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2015 – 12:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Brazil | 14 | Zimbabwe | 24 | | | |
| 28 March 2015 – 19:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | 28 March 2015 – 19:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Zimbabwe | 24 | | | |
| 28 March 2015 – 19:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | 28 March 2015 – 19:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | Spain | 14 | |
| Spain | 47 | Spain | 14 | |
| South Korea | 7 | | | |