2014 Japan Sevens

IRB Sevens XV
Host nation|  Japan
Date| 22–23 March 2014
Cup
Champion|  Fiji
Runner-up|  South Africa
Third|  England
Plate
Winner|  Australia
Runner-up|  United States
Bowl
Winner|  Wales
Runner-up|  Scotland
Shield
Winner|  Argentina
Runner-up|  Samoa
Tournament details
Matches played| 45
Tries scored| 267 (average 5.93 per match)
Most points|  Samisoni Viriviri (45)
Most tries|  Samisoni Viriviri (9)

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The 2014 Japan Sevens was the continuation of the annual sporting event which was held on 22–23 March 2014.[1] It was the third edition of the tournament and the sixth stop of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

## Format

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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

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The 16 participating teams are:

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Japan
* Kenya

* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Wales

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Sevens Festival

## Pool Stage

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The draw was made on 20 February 2014.

Key to colours in group tables

| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool A

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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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

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Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

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22 March 2014
11:50

Canada | 40–5|  Portugal

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22 March 2014
14:46

New Zealand | 40–7|  Portugal

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22 March 2014
15:08

Canada | 17–17|  Wales

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22 March 2014
18:58

Wales | 29–7|  Portugal

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22 March 2014
19:20

New Zealand | 22–17|  Canada

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| Report[7]|
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### Pool B

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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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

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Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

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22 March 2014
12:34

Argentina | 14–14|  Japan

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22 March 2014
15:30

Argentina | 7–24|  Kenya

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Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

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22 March 2014
15:52

South Africa | 33–5|  Japan

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Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

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22 March 2014
19:42

Kenya | 12–7|  Japan

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| Report[12]|
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

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22 March 2014
20:04

South Africa | 28–12|  Argentina

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| Report[13]|
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### Pool C

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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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

Fiji | 22–19|  France

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22 March 2014
10:22

Samoa | 17–24|  United States

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22 March 2014
13:18

Fiji | 19–19|  United States

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22 March 2014
13:40

Samoa | 28–14|  France

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22 March 2014
17:30

France | 22–12|  United States

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22 March 2014
17:52

Fiji | 33–7|  Samoa

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| Report[19]|
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### Pool D

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 21 | +68 | 9
Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 50 | +25 | 7
Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 67 | –24 | 5
Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 81 | –69 | 3

22 March 2014
10:44

England | 36–0|  Scotland

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Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

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22 March 2014
11:06

Australia | 28–7|  Spain

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22 March 2014
14:02

England | 29–0|  Spain

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22 March 2014
14:24

Australia | 26–19|  Scotland

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22 March 2014
18:14

Scotland | 24–5|  Spain

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22 March 2014
18:36

England | 24–21|  Australia

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| Report[25]|
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## Knockout stage

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### Shield

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

## References

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1. ^ "HSBC Sevens World Series 2013/14 dates set". irbsevens.com. 2012-05-17. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013.
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## External links

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* Official Website

* v
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Japan Sevens

Men's events|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002–11
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015

Women's events|

* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

* v
* t
* e

2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series

2013–14 events|

* 2013 Gold Coast Sevens
* 2013 Dubai Sevens
* 2013 South Africa Sevens
* 2014 USA Sevens
* 2014 Wellington Sevens
* 2014 Japan Sevens
* 2014 Hong Kong Sevens
* 2014 Scotland Sevens
* 2014 London Sevens

Core teams|

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Wales

Other teams|

* Hong Kong
* Japan
* Russia
* Tonga
* Uruguay
* Zimbabwe

* IRB
* Sevens World Series

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