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2014 Gold Coast Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nation	Australia
Date	11–12 October 2014
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	Samoa
Third	England
Plate
Winner	New Zealand
Runner-up	Argentina
Bowl
Winner	United States
Runner-up	France
Shield
Winner	Canada
Runner-up	Kenya
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	249 (average 5.53 per match)
Most points	Osea Kolinisau (55)
Most tries	Samoa Taloa (8)
← 2013 Sydney 2016 →

The 2014 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2014-15 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 11–12 October 2014 at Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia, and was the twelfth completed edition of the Australian Sevens tournament.

Format

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

Participating teams and schedule were announced on 16 September 2014.

Match officials

The match officials for the 2014 Gold Coast Sevens are as follows:

• Mike Adamson (Scotland)
• Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
• Nick Briant (New Zealand)
• Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
• Anthony Moyes (Australia)
• Matt O'Brien (Australia)
• Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
• Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	123	24	99	9
Samoa	3	2	0	1	76	54	22	7
France	3	1	0	2	52	69	–17	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	28	132	–104	3

New Zealand	36–7	France
	Report

Samoa	40–14	Japan
	Report

New Zealand	59–0	Japan
	Report

Samoa	19–12	France
	Report

France	33–14	Japan
	Report

New Zealand	28–17	Samoa
	Report

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	112	12	100	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	72	38	34	7
Kenya	3	1	0	2	61	69	–8	5
American Samoa	3	0	0	3	0	126	–126	3

South Africa	19–12	Wales
	Report

Kenya	42–0	American Samoa
	Report

South Africa	48–0	American Samoa
	Report

Kenya	19–24	Wales
	Report

Wales	36–0	American Samoa
	Report

South Africa	45–0	Kenya
	Report

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	113	19	94	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	65	49	16	7
Scotland	3	0	1	2	42	85	–43	4
Portugal	3	0	1	2	21	88	–67	4

Fiji	40–7	Scotland
	Report

Australia	29–0	Portugal
	Report

Fiji	38–0	Portugal
	Report

Australia	24–14	Scotland
	Report

Scotland	21–21	Portugal
	Report

Fiji	35–12	Australia
	Report

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	61	43	18	9
England	3	2	0	1	52	40	12	7
United States	3	1	0	2	36	55	–19	5
Canada	3	0	0	3	39	50	–11	3

England	19–21	Argentina
	Report

Canada	15–17	United States
	Report

England	14–7	United States
	Report

Canada	12–14	Argentina
	Report

Argentina	26–12	United States
	Report

England	19–12	Canada
	Report

Knockout stage

Shield

	Bowl/Shield quarter-finals				Shield semi-finals				Shield final
	12 October 2014 – 09:20 – Cbus Super Stadium
	France	21
					12 October 2014 – 12:21 – Cbus Super Stadium
	Canada	19
					Canada	50
	12 October 2014 – 09:42 – Cbus Super Stadium
					American Samoa	0
	Scotland	24
									12 October 2014 – 15:47 – Cbus Super Stadium
	American Samoa	12
									Canada	40
	12 October 2014 – 10:04 – Cbus Super Stadium
									Kenya	7
	United States	26
					12 October 2014 – 12:43 – Cbus Super Stadium
	Japan	5
					Japan	15
	12 October 2014 – 10:26 – Cbus Super Stadium
					Kenya	17
	Kenya	17
	Portugal	19

Bowl

	Bowl/Shield quarter-finals				Bowl semi-finals				Bowl final
	12 October 2014 – 09:20 – Cbus Super Stadium
	France	21
					12 October 2014 – 13:05 – Cbus Super Stadium
	Canada	19
					France	26
	12 October 2014 – 09:42 – Cbus Super Stadium
					Scotland	0
	Scotland	24
									12 October 2014 – 16:17 – Cbus Super Stadium
	American Samoa	12
									France	15
	12 October 2014 – 10:04 – Cbus Super Stadium
									United States	31
	United States	26
					12 October 2014 – 13:27 – Cbus Super Stadium
	Japan	5
					United States	33
	12 October 2014 – 10:26 – Cbus Super Stadium
					Portugal	0
	Kenya	17
	Portugal	19

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Plate semi-finals				Plate final
	12 October 2014 – 10:48 – Cbus Super Stadium
	New Zealand	7
					12 October 2014 – 14:09 – Cbus Super Stadium
	England	31
					New Zealand	39
	12 October 2014 – 11:10 – Cbus Super Stadium
					Wales	5
	Fiji	31
									12 October 2014 – 16:47 – Cbus Super Stadium
	Wales	10
									New Zealand	36
	12 October 2014 – 11:32 – Cbus Super Stadium
									Argentina	21
	Argentina	21
					12 October 2014 – 14:31 – Cbus Super Stadium
	Samoa	24
					Argentina	21
	12 October 2014 – 11:54 – Cbus Super Stadium
					Australia	17
	South Africa	12
	Australia	10

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 October 2014 – 10:48 – Cbus Super Stadium
	New Zealand	7
					12 October 2014 – 14:53 – Cbus Super Stadium
	England	31
					England	7
	12 October 2014 – 11:10 – Cbus Super Stadium
					Fiji	48
	Fiji	31
									12 October 2014 – 17:49 – Cbus Super Stadium
	Wales	10
									Fiji	31
	12 October 2014 – 11:32 – Cbus Super Stadium
									Samoa	24
	Argentina	21
					12 October 2014 – 15:15 – Cbus Super Stadium
	Samoa	24
					Samoa	28
	12 October 2014 – 11:54 – Cbus Super Stadium
					South Africa	12			Third play-off
	South Africa	12
									12 October 2014 – 17:17 – Cbus Super Stadium
	Australia	10
									England	19
									South Africa	0

Scoring

Player	Tries
Samoa Toloa	8
Zack Test	7
Apisalome Waqatabu	7
Perry Baker	6
Santiago Cordero	6
Sam Dickson	6
Dan Norton	6

Source: IRB website

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External links

• Gold Coast Sevens Archived 27 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine

• Australian Sevens
• 2014–15 IRB Sevens World Series
• 2014 in Australian rugby union
• Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland