# 2014 Hong Kong Sevens

The 2014 Hong Kong Sevens was the 39th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the seventh tournament of the 2013–2014 Sevens World Series. It took place at its long-time home, Hong Kong Stadium.
The Cup title was claimed by New Zealand, with South Africa, Scotland and Kenya respectively claiming the lower-level Plate, Bowl and Shield. Japan won the World Series Core Team Qualifier to earn promotion to "core" status for the 2014–15 series.

## Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group entered the Bowl/Shield brackets.

## Teams

28 teams were scheduled to participate—16 in the main draw, and 12 in the Core Team Qualifier.

### World Series core team qualifier
## Main draw

The draw was made on 23 March.
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 | 141 | 12 | +129 | 9 |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 53 | +0 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 144 | −132 | 3 |
* 28 March 2014 19:30
| Kenya | 41–0 | Sri Lanka |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 21:26
| Fiji | 42–7 | Wales |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 13:24
| Fiji | 56–0 | Sri Lanka |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 13:46
| Kenya | 7–10 | Wales |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 16:20
| Wales | 47–12 | Sri Lanka |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 19:16
| Fiji | 43–5 | Kenya |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 67 | −46 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 3 |
* 28 March 2014 19:08
| Australia | 28–14 | Spain |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 21:04
| South Africa | 31–7 | France |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 12:40
| South Africa | 22–14 | Spain |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 13:02
| Australia | 26–0 | France |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 15:58
| France | 14–10 | Spain |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 18:54
| South Africa | 7–10 | Australia |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 9 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 75 | −54 | 3 |
* 28 March 2014 18:46
| Canada | 35–7 | Portugal |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 20:42
| England | 19–12 | Argentina |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 11:56
| England | 21–7 | Portugal |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 12:18
| Canada | 14–7 | Argentina |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 15:36
| Argentina | 19–7 | Portugal |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 18:32
| England | 14–12 | Canada |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 14 | +62 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 5 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 66 | −28 | 5 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 62 | −33 | 5 |
* 28 March 2014 18:24
| United States | 26–12 | Samoa |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 20:20
| New Zealand | 33–0 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 11:12
| New Zealand | 26–7 | Samoa |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 11:34
| United States | 10–15 | Scotland |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 15:14
| Scotland | 14–19 | Samoa |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 18:10
| New Zealand | 17–7 | United States |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Knockout stage
#### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Kenya | 12 | | | |
| Kenya | 12 | 30 March 2014 – 13:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 13:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Scotland | 26 | 30 March 2014 – 13:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 13:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Scotland | 26 | Kenya | 12 | |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Kenya | 12 | |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | Spain | 7 | |
| Argentina | 7 | Spain | 7 | |
| Argentina | 7 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 17:05 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 17:05 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Spain | 5 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 17:05 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 17:05 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Spain | 5 | | | | Kenya | 17 |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Kenya | 17 |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Portugal | 10 |
| Samoa | 33 | | | | Portugal | 10 |
| Samoa | 33 | 30 March 2014 – 14:02 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 14:02 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | 30 March 2014 – 14:02 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 14:02 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | Sri Lanka | 19 | | | |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Sri Lanka | 19 | | | |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | Portugal | 24 | |
| France | 19 | Portugal | 24 | |
| Portugal | 14 | | | |

#### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Kenya | 12 | | | |
| Kenya | 12 | 30 March 2014 – 14:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 14:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Scotland | 26 | 30 March 2014 – 14:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 14:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Scotland | 26 | Scotland | 24 | |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Scotland | 24 | |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | Argentina | 12 | |
| Argentina | 7 | Argentina | 12 | |
| Argentina | 7 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Spain | 5 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Spain | 5 | | | | Scotland | 31 |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Scotland | 31 |
| 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | France | 5 |
| Samoa | 33 | | | | France | 5 |
| Samoa | 33 | 30 March 2014 – 14:46 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 14:46 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | 30 March 2014 – 14:46 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 14:46 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | Samoa | 5 | | | |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Samoa | 5 | | | |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | France | 38 | |
| France | 19 | France | 38 | |
| Portugal | 14 | | | |

#### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 17 | | | |
| Fiji | 17 | 30 March 2014 – 15:08 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 15:08 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| United States | 5 | 30 March 2014 – 15:08 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 15:08 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| United States | 5 | United States | 19 | |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | | United States | 19 | |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | South Africa | 24 | |
| England | 14 | South Africa | 24 | |
| England | 14 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 17:55 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 17:55 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| South Africa | 7 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 17:55 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 17:55 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| South Africa | 7 | | | | South Africa | 19 |
| 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | South Africa | 19 |
| 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Wales | 14 |
| New Zealand | 28 | | | | Wales | 14 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 30 March 2014 – 15:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 15:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 5 | 30 March 2014 – 15:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 15:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 5 | Wales | 31 | | | |
| 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Wales | 31 | | | |
| 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | Canada | 14 | |
| Australia | 14 | Canada | 14 | |
| Canada | 12 | | | |

#### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 17 | | | |
| Fiji | 17 | 30 March 2014 – 15:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 15:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| United States | 5 | 30 March 2014 – 15:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 15:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| United States | 5 | Fiji | 10 | |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Fiji | 10 | |
| 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 11:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | England | 17 | |
| England | 14 | England | 17 | |
| England | 14 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| South Africa | 7 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| South Africa | 7 | | | | England | 7 |
| 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | England | 7 |
| 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 12:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | New Zealand | 26 |
| New Zealand | 28 | | | | New Zealand | 26 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 30 March 2014 – 16:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 16:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 5 | 30 March 2014 – 16:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 16:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 5 | New Zealand | 19 | | | |
| 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | | New Zealand | 19 | | | |
| 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 12:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | Australia | 7 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 14 | Australia | 7 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 14 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 18:25 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 18:25 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Canada | 12 | | | | 30 March 2014 – 18:25 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March 2014 – 18:25 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Canada | 12 | | | | Fiji | 21 |
| | | | | | Australia | 12 |

## World Series Qualifier

The draw was made on 23 March.
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 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 24 | +58 | 9 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 7 |
| Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 5 |
| Barbados | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 123 | −108 | 3 |
* 28 March 2014 15:28
| Russia | 19–17 | Chile |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 15:50
| Zimbabwe | 49–5 | Barbados |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 17:40
| Russia | 45–10 | Barbados |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 18:02
| Zimbabwe | 19–14 | Chile |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 09:44
| Chile | 29–0 | Barbados |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 10:50
| Russia | 5–14 | Zimbabwe |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool F

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 14 | +62 | 9 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 7 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 5 |
| American Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 83 | −59 | 3 |
* 28 March 2014 14:44
| Hong Kong | 19–7 | Tunisia |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 15:06
| Italy | 31–12 | American Samoa |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 16:56
| Hong Kong | 38–7 | American Samoa |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 17:18
| Italy | 17–12 | Tunisia |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 09:22
| Tunisia | 14–5 | American Samoa |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 10:28
| Hong Kong | 19–0 | Italy |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool G

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7 | +84 | 9 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 7 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 90 | −78 | 3 |
* 28 March 2014 14:00
| Japan | 24–0 | Uruguay |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 14:22
| Cook Islands | 21–7 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 16:12
| Japan | 41–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 28 March 2014 16:24
| Cook Islands | 5–31 | Uruguay |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 09:00
| Uruguay | 28–5 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 29 March 2014 10:06
| Japan | 26–7 | Cook Islands |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Ranking matches

| Qualifier Quarterfinals | Qualifier Quarterfinals | Qualifier Semifinals | Qualifier Semifinals | | Qualifier Final | Qualifier Final |
| 29 March 2014 – 16:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2014 – 16:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Japan | 38 | | | |
| Japan | 38 | 30 March – 12:56 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March – 12:56 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Tunisia | 7 | 30 March – 12:56 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March – 12:56 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Tunisia | 7 | Japan | 19 | |
| 29 March 2014 – 17:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2014 – 17:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Japan | 19 | |
| 29 March 2014 – 17:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2014 – 17:04 – Hong Kong Stadium | Russia | 14 | |
| Russia | 21 | Russia | 14 | |
| Russia | 21 | | | | 30 March – 16:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March – 16:36 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Uruguay | 14 | | | | 30 March – 16:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March – 16:36 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Uruguay | 14 | | | | Japan | 26 |
| 29 March 2014 – 17:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2014 – 17:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Japan | 26 |
| 29 March 2014 – 17:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2014 – 17:26 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Italy | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | | | | Italy | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 30 March – 13:18 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March – 13:18 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Italy | 17 | 30 March – 13:18 – Hong Kong Stadium | 30 March – 13:18 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Italy | 17 | Italy | 12 | | | |
| 29 March 2014 – 17:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2014 – 17:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Italy | 12 | | | |
| 29 March 2014 – 17:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | 29 March 2014 – 17:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | Hong Kong | 0 | |
| Hong Kong | 10 | Hong Kong | 0 | |
| Chile | 7 | | | |