Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Summary

Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, also known as Glasgow2014 Games, was the fifth time in the competition's history that the event took place. The tournament's preliminaries took place on 26 July, with the classification matches, quarterfinals, semifinals and medal matches the following day.[1] The venue for the competition was Ibrox Stadium. South Africa beat the reigning champions New Zealand in the final on 27 July, beating their opponents 17-12. It was the first time that New Zealand had been beaten in any game since the inception of rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games in 1998, ending their 30 match win streak and marking the first time any other nation had won the competition.

Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Podium
Host nation Scotland
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Australia
Plate
Winner England
Runner-up Wales
Bowl
Winner Canada
Runner-up Cook Islands
Shield
Winner Sri Lanka
Runner-up Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament details
Matches played45
2010
2018

171,000 people attended the two-day competition, a record for the sport.[2]

Participating nations edit

 
Ibrox hosting the Rugby Sevens tournament of the 2014 Commonwealth Games

The full pools and fixtures for the event were announced on 18 February 2014.[3][4]

Continent Teams
Asia   Malaysia
  Sri Lanka
Americas   Canada
Caribbean   Trinidad and Tobago[5]
  Barbados
Europe   England
  Scotland (Hosts)
  Wales
Africa   Kenya
  South Africa
  Uganda
Oceania   Australia
  Cook Islands
  New Zealand
  Papua New Guinea
  Samoa

Nigeria were originally announced as one of the sixteen teams, but shortly after the team was withdrawn from the rugby competition and replaced by Barbados.[6]

Pools and format edit

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

  New Zealand
  Canada
  Scotland
  Barbados

  South Africa
  Kenya
  Cook Islands
  Trinidad and Tobago

  Samoa
  Wales
  Papua New Guinea
  Malaysia

  Australia
  England
  Sri Lanka
  Uganda

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four nations, with each nation playing their other pool opponents once, every nation playing three times during the group stages. Nations were awarded 3 points for a win, 2 for a draw and one point for a loss, the top two nations of every pool advance to the quarterfinals of the medal competition. The winners of each pool then faced the runners up of a different pool in the quarterfinals in a straight single-elimination knockout competition. The winners moved on to the semifinals, with the winners then moving onto the final, and the losers of the semifinals contesting a play off for the bronze medal.

Points System

The points system was the same one used in most sevens competitions, including the IRB Sevens World Series:

  • 3 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 point for losing

Pool stage edit

The round robin stage was played on 26 July 2014. All teams played three matches, with the top two in each pool qualifying for the medal competition, and the bottom two qualifying to the bowl competition.[7][8]

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 115 14 +101 9 Medal competition
  Scotland 3 2 0 1 91 22 +69 7
  Canada 3 1 0 2 73 65 +8 5 Bowl competition
  Barbados 3 0 0 3 5 183 −178 3
Source:[citation needed]
26 July 2014
10:32
New Zealand  39–0  Canada
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
12:50
Canada  68–5  Barbados
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:56
New Zealand  17–14  Scotland
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:02
Scotland  56–0  Barbados
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
20:20
New Zealand  59–0  Barbados
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
21:04
Canada  5–21  Scotland
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 106 0 +106 9 Medal competition
  Kenya 3 2 0 1 63 25 +38 7
  Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 33 88 −55 5 Bowl competition
  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 15 104 −89 3
Source:[citation needed]
26 July 2014
11:16
Kenya  28–0  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
12:22
South Africa  36–0  Trinidad and Tobago
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
14:40
Cook Islands  33–10  Trinidad and Tobago
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:30
South Africa  50–0  Cook Islands
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:52
Kenya  35–5  Trinidad and Tobago
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
22:10
South Africa  20–0  Kenya
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
  Samoa 3 3 0 0 106 26 +80 9 Medal competition
  Wales 3 2 0 1 93 26 +67 7
  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 57 69 −12 5 Bowl competition
  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 7 142 −135 3
Source:[citation needed]
26 July 2014
11:38
Samoa  33–14  Papua New Guinea
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
12:00
Wales  52–0  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
14:18
Papua New Guinea  36–7  Malaysia
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:46
Wales  29–7  Papua New Guinea
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:08
Samoa  54–0  Malaysia
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
21:26
Samoa  19–12  Wales
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
  Australia 3 3 0 0 120 19 +101 9 Medal competition
  England 3 2 0 1 104 15 +89 7
  Uganda 3 1 0 2 22 97 −75 5 Bowl competition
  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 21 136 −115 3
Source:[citation needed]
26 July 2014
10:54
Australia  62–7  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:12
Australia  43–5  Uganda
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:34
England  57–0  Sri Lanka
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:24
England  40–0  Uganda
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
20:42
Sri Lanka  14–17  Uganda
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
21:48
England  7–15  Australia
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Knockout stage edit

Medal competition edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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  New Zealand19
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Kenya7
 
  New Zealand19
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Australia7
 
  Australia21
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Wales19
 
  New Zealand12
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  South Africa17
 
  Samoa15
 
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  England14
 
  Samoa7
 
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  South Africa35 Third place
 
  South Africa35
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Scotland12
 
  Australia24
 
 
  Samoa0
 

Quarter-finals edit

27 July 2014
12:06
New Zealand  19–7  Kenya
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
12:28
Australia  21–19  Wales
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
12:50
Samoa  15–14  England
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
13:12
South Africa  35–12  Scotland
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Semi-finals edit

27 July 2014
18:44
New Zealand  19–7  Australia
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
19:06
Samoa  7–35  South Africa
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bronze medal match edit

27 July 2014
21:15
Australia  24–0  Samoa
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Gold medal match edit

27 July 2014
21:37
New Zealand  12–17  South Africa
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland

Plate competition edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
  Kenya5
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Wales28
 
  Wales15
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  England17
 
  England15
 
 
  Scotland12
 

Semi-finals edit

27 July 2014
18:00
Kenya  5–28  Wales
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
18:22
England  15–12  Scotland
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Plate final edit

27 July 2014
20:38
Wales  15–17  England
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl competition edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
  Canada33
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Trinidad and Tobago0
 
  Canada32
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Uganda0
 
  Uganda35
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Malaysia0
 
  Canada50
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Cook Islands7
 
  Papua New Guinea17
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Sri Lanka12
 
  Papua New Guinea12
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Cook Islands24
 
  Cook Islands31
 
 
  Barbados7
 

Quarter-finals edit

27 July 2014
10:32
Canada  33–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
10:54
Uganda  35–0  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
11:16
Papua New Guinea  17–12  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
11:38
Cook Islands  31–7  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Semi-finals edit

27 July 2014
17:16
Canada  32–0  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
17:38
Papua New Guinea  12–24  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl final edit

27 July 2014
20:10
Canada  50–7  Cook Islands
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shield competition edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
 
  Trinidad and Tobago15
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Malaysia10
 
  Trinidad and Tobago7
 
27 July 2014 — Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
 
  Sri Lanka43
 
  Sri Lanka34
 
 
  Barbados0
 

Semi-finals edit

27 July 2014
13:34
Trinidad and Tobago  15–10  Malaysia
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

27 July 2014
13:56
Sri Lanka  34–0  Barbados
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Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shield final edit

27 July 2014
19:42
Trinidad and Tobago  7–43  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Medalists edit

Men's Gold Silver Bronze
  South Africa
  New Zealand
  Australia

References edit

  1. ^ "SPORTS SCHEDULE – RUGBY SEVENS" (PDF). Glasgow 2014. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. ^ "BBC Sport - the Commonwealth Games - special because they're unique". Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ glasgow2014.com (18 February 2014). "Rugby Sevens" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Sevens pools announced". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. ^ [irbsevens.com] (11 November 2013). "Asia and NACRA sides book places in Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ glasgow2014.com (14 February 2014). "Barbados replace Nigeria in Rugby Sevens competition". Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ glasgow2014.com. "Rugby Sevens Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ glasgow2014.com. "Glasgow 2014 - Rugby Sevens". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links edit

  • Commonwealth Games Rugby 7s Medal Winners
  • Official results book – Rugby Sevens