2014 World Club 7s

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2014 World Club 7s
Host nation Flag of England.svg England
Date16-17 August 2014
Cup
Champion Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires
Runner-up Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland Blues
Third Flag of Russia.svg Kuban Krasnodar
Plate
Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff Blues
Runner-up Flag of South Africa.svg Blue Bulls
Shield
Winner Flag of the United States.svg Seattle
Runner-up Flag of England.svg Harlequins
Tournament details
Matches played34
2013
2015

The 2014 World Club 7s was the second World Club 7s tournament, a rugby sevens competition organised by Premiership Rugby. It was hosted at Twickenham Stadium on 16 and 17 August 2014. [1] The tournament was won by Buenos Aires. [2]

Contents

Format

11 teams have been invited, and one has qualified for the competition through the 2014 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series contested by English and Welsh clubs.

The 12 teams are split into 3 pools of 4 teams, and each team will play all the others in their pool once on day one. Matches will be played according to International Rugby Board Laws of the Game - 7s Variations, and based on the result, teams will receive league points.

Following the completion of the pool stage, teams will be seeded based on league points and position in their respective pools. The top two teams from each pool, and the two best third place teams, will contest the cup competition. The remaining four teams will contest the shield competition.

These competitions take place on day two as knock-out competitions, with the winners progressing to the next stage at each round. However, the losers of the cup quarter-finals will instead drop down to contest a plate knock-out competition.

Teams

TeamNation
Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Vodacom Blue Bulls Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Cardiff Blues Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
DHL Western Province Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Gloucester Rugby Flag of England.svg  England
Harlequins Flag of England.svg  England
Kuban Krasnodar Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
New YorkFlag of the United States.svg  USA
Enisei-STM Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
SeattleFlag of the United States.svg  USA
Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Pool Stage

Pool A

TeamsPldWDLPFPADiffPts
Flag of South Africa.svg DHL Western Province32109969308
Flag of Russia.svg RC Enisei32018364197
Flag of the United States.svg New York3111675986
Flag of England.svg Harlequins30033895-573
16 August 2014
11:30
RC Enisei Flag of Russia.svg 26 - 17 Flag of the United States.svg New York
16 August 2014
11:53
Harlequins Flag of England.svg 19 - 38 Flag of South Africa.svg DHL Western Province

16 August 2014
14:15
RC Enisei Flag of Russia.svg 33 - 12 Flag of England.svg Harlequins
16 August 2014
14:38
New York Flag of the United States.svg 26 - 26 Flag of South Africa.svg DHL Western Province

16 August 2014
16:37
RC Enisei Flag of Russia.svg 24 - 35 Flag of South Africa.svg DHL Western Province
16 August 2014
17:00
New York Flag of the United States.svg 24 - 7 Flag of England.svg Harlequins

Pool B

TeamsPldWDLPFPADiffPts
Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires33009231619
Flag of South Africa.svg Vodacom Blue Bulls3201676167
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff Blues31027662145
Flag of England.svg Gloucester Rugby300329110-813
16 August 2014
12:16
Gloucester Rugby Flag of England.svg 14 - 36 Flag of South Africa.svg Vodacom Blue Bulls
16 August 2014
12:39
Cardiff Blues Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg 14 - 33 Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires

16 August 2014
15:05
Gloucester Flag of England.svg 5 - 41 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff Blues
16 August 2014
15:28
Vodacom Blue Bulls Flag of South Africa.svg 7 - 26 Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires

16 August 2014
17:23
Gloucester Flag of England.svg 10 - 33 Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires
16 August 2014
17:46
Vodacom Blue Bulls Flag of South Africa.svg 24 - 21 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff Blues

Pool C

TeamsPldWDLPFPADiffPts
Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland33007439359
Flag of Russia.svg Kuban Krasnodar32016045157
Flag of the United States.svg Seattle3102505005
Flag of Australia (converted).svg NSW Waratahs30034595-503
16 August 2014
13:02
Kuban Krasnodar Flag of Russia.svg 15 - 21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland
16 August 2014
13:25
NSW Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14 - 33 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle

16 August 2014
15:51
Kuban Krasnodar Flag of Russia.svg 28 - 19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg NSW Waratahs
16 August 2014
16:14
Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg 19 - 12 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle

16 August 2014
18:09
Kuban Krasnodar Flag of Russia.svg 17 - 5 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle
16 August 2014
18:32
Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg 34 - 12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg NSW Waratahs

Knock-out Competition

Shield (Places 9-12)

Shield Semi-finals

17 August 2014
11:30
NSW Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg 19 - 26 Flag of England.svg Harlequins
(Shield SF 1)
17 August 2014
11:52
Seattle Flag of the United States.svg 22 - 12 Flag of England.svg Gloucester
(Shield SF 2)

Eleventh/Twelfth Place play-off

17 August 2014
13:47
NSW Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg 17 - 22 Flag of England.svg Gloucester

Shield Final

17 August 2014
14:10
Harlequins Flag of England.svg 14 - 28 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle

Cup Quarter-finals

17 August 2014
12:15
Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg 7 - 5 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff Blues
(QF 1)
17 August 2014
12:38
RC Enisei Flag of Russia.svg 12 - 19 Flag of Russia.svg Kuban Krasnodar
(QF 2)
17 August 2014
13:01
Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg 36 - 5 Flag of the United States.svg New York
(QF 3)
17 August 2014
13:24
DHL Western Province Flag of South Africa.svg 22 - 12 Flag of South Africa.svg Vodacom Blue Bulls
(QF 4)

Plate Competition (Places 5-8)

Plate Semi-finals

17 August 2014
14:56
Cardiff Blues Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg 35 - 5 Flag of Russia.svg RC Enisei
(Plate SF 1)
17 August 2014
15:19
New York Flag of the United States.svg 14 - 31 Flag of South Africa.svg Vodacom Blue Bulls
(Plate SF 2)

Seventh/Eighth Place play-off

17 August 2014
16:28
RC Enisei Flag of Russia.svg 7 - 34 Flag of the United States.svg New York

Plate Final

17 August 2014
16:51
Cardiff Blues Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg 28 - 12 Flag of South Africa.svg Vodacom Blue Bulls

Cup Competition

Cup Semi-finals

17 August 2014
15:42
Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg 35 - 12 Flag of Russia.svg Kuban Krasnodar
(Cup SF 1)
17 August 2014
16:05
Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg 19 - 14 Flag of South Africa.svg DHL Western Province
(Cup SF 2)

Third Place play-off

17 August 2014
17:14
Kuban Krasnodar Flag of Russia.svg 22 - 19 Flag of South Africa.svg DHL Western Province

Cup Final

17 August 2014
17:37
Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg 26 - 22 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland

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