2014 Women's Sevens Series | |
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Hosts | Hong Kong China |
Date | 22–23 August & 18–19 October |
Nations | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | China |
Runners-up | Japan |
Third | Hong Kong |
← 2013 2015 (I) → |
The 2014 ARFU Women's Sevens Series is the 15th edition of Asia's continental sevens tournament for women. It was played over two legs hosted in Hong Kong and Beijing, China. China's earlier win in Hong Kong and their runners-up position in Beijing earned them the crow of Asian Sevens champions of 2014, with Japan as runners-up and Hong Kong in third place. [1] [2]
The first leg of the tournament was held from 22 to 23 August 2014 at Shek Kip Mei Park, Hong Kong.
Pool W
Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 5 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 5 |
Singapore | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 72 |
Philippines | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 96 |
Plate
Semi-finals | 5th-place final | |||||
Sri Lanka | 26 | |||||
Singapore | 10 | |||||
Sri Lanka | 19 | |||||
Thailand | 14 | |||||
Thailand | 49 | |||||
Philippines | 0 | |||||
7th Place | ||||||
Singapore | 28 | |||||
Philippines | 10 |
Cup
Semi-finals | Cup Final | |||||
Hong Kong | 10 | |||||
Japan | 5 | |||||
China | 38 | |||||
Hong Kong | 7 | |||||
China | 19 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 12 | |||||
3rd Place | ||||||
Japan | 19 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 5 |
The second and last leg was held from 18 to 19 October 2014 at Beijing, China
Pool W
Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 7 |
China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 12 |
Thailand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 68 |
Philippines | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 129 |
Pool X
Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 12 |
Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 26 |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 60 |
Singapore | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 83 |
Plate
Semi-finals | 5th-place final | |||||
Thailand | 22 | |||||
Singapore | 0 | |||||
Thailand | 25 | |||||
Sri Lanka | 5 | |||||
Sri Lanka | 42 | |||||
Philippines | 0 | |||||
7th Place | ||||||
Singapore | 24 | |||||
Philippines | 12 |
Cup
Semi-finals | Cup Final | |||||
Japan | 17 | |||||
Hong Kong | 0 | |||||
Japan | 24 | |||||
China | 19 | |||||
China | 17 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 14 | |||||
3rd Place | ||||||
Hong Kong | 14 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 12 |
# | Teams |
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China | |
Japan | |
Hong Kong | |
4. | Kazakhstan |
5. | Thailand |
6. | Sri Lanka |
7. | Singapore |
8. | Philippines |
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