2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series explained

2013–14 World Rugby Sevens
Series:	Series XV
Countries:
Date:	12 October 2013 – 11 May 2014
Prevseason:	2012–13
Nextseason:	2014–15

The 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 15th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides. The IRB Sevens World Series has been run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. New Zealand emerged as champions, defeating South Africa.

Itinerary

- bgcolor="#efefef"	+ 2013–14 Itinerary^[1]	- bgcolor="#efefef" ! width=5%	Leg ! width=14%	Venue ! width=8%	Date ! width=5%	Winner	-			12–13 October 2013
		29–30 November 2013
		7–8 December 2013
		24–26 January 2014
		7–8 February 2014
		22–23 March 2014
		28–30 March 2014
		3–4 May 2014
		10–11 May 2014

Core teams

For each season, there are 15 "core teams" that receive guaranteed berths in all events for that season's series. These teams were either placed in the top 12 of the standings before the 2013 London Sevens, or qualified during the World Series Core Team Qualifier held as part of the London Sevens. All 15 core teams from the 2012–13 season retained their core team status. The 2013–14 core teams were:

Changes to core team qualifying

On 9 October 2013, the IRB announced significant changes to the promotion/relegation process.

First, only one promotion place was available for the 2014–15 series. Also, the World Series Pre-Qualifier, which was a 12-team tournament contested as part of the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens, was folded into the Core Team Qualifier, which involved 12 teams and was entirely contested at the Hong Kong Sevens. The bottom-placed core team at the end of the season will now be automatically relegated, with no opportunity to retain core status.^[2]

The remaining three core teams for 2013–14 were determined in a two-stage qualifying process:^[3]

• The first stage was a World Series Qualifier held as part of the Hong Kong Sevens. Two qualifiers from each of the IRB's six regions competed. The 12 teams were drawn into pools, with the top eight teams advancing to a quarterfinal round. The winners of the four quarterfinal matches advanced to the final qualifying stage.
• The final qualifying stage, the World Series Core Team Qualifier, was held as part of the London Sevens. The qualifying teams were joined by the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series, plus the bottom three core teams following the Scotland Sevens. The qualifying tournament was conducted with a pool stage followed by knockout play, with the two finalists and the winner of the third-place match becoming core teams for the following season.

Standings

The final standings after completion of the nine tournaments of the series are shown in the table below.

The points awarded to teams at each tournament, as well as the overall season totals, are shown. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team competed in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.

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Gold Coast	Dubai	Port Elizabeth	Las Vegas	Wellington	Tokyo	Hong Kong	Glasgow	London	Points total
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1		22	17	19	19	22	15	22	22	22	180
2		15	19	22	22	19	19	13	10	13	152
3		13	22	13	8	17	22	17	17	15	144
4		17	15	8	13	15	17	19	13	17	134
5		19	8	7	12	13	13	15	10	19	116
6		7	5	2	17	12	10	10	19	8	90
7		12	10	10	7	8	10	3	12	12	84
8		10	5	17	15	10	2	5	5	10	79
9		5	13	15	10	10	3	5	7	7	75
10		8	3	12	10	5	5	7	8	10	68
11		10	12	5	5	5	8	12	3	5	65
12		5	10	3	5	7	7	8	15	1	61
13		3	1	5	3	3	12	10	1	3	41
14		2	7	10	1	1	1	2	1	1	26
bgcolor=ffcccc	15	bgcolor=ffcccc align=left		1	2	1	2	2	1	1	5	5	20
bgcolor=ffffcc	16	bgcolor=ffffcc align=left		–	–	–	–	–	5	–	2	2	9
17	bgcolor=ffffcc align=left		1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2
bgcolor=ffffcc rowspan=4	18	bgcolor=ffffcc align=left		–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
bgcolor=ffffcc align=left		–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
bgcolor=ffffcc align=left		–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
bgcolor=ffffcc align=left		–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1

Source: ^[4]

Legend
Qualification for the 2014–15 World Sevens Series
No colour	Core team in 2013–14 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2014–15 World Rugby Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2013–14 Series
Yellow	Invited team

Player statistics

Points scored

- bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;";	Points scored^[5]
Pos.	Player	width=20%	Points
1		358
2		260
3		258
4		246
5		229
6		204
7		202
8		200
9		190
10		169

Tries scored

- bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;";	Tries scored^[6]
Pos.	Player	width=20%	Tries
1		52
2		33
3		32
4		30
4	align=left		30
6		29
6		29
8		28
8		28
10		27
10		27

Tournaments

Gold Coast

See main article: 2013 Gold Coast Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		40–19		(Third)
Plate		36–0
Bowl		19–14
Shield		22–0

Dubai

See main article: 2013 Dubai Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		29–17		(Third)
Plate		21–5
Bowl		17–12
Shield		28–17

South Africa

See main article: 2013 South Africa Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		17–14		(Third)
Plate		45–19
Bowl		28–19
Shield		19–12

United States

See main article: 2014 USA Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		14–7		(Third)
Plate		26–24
Bowl		35–0
Shield		31–0

Wellington

See main article: 2014 Wellington Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		21–0		(Third)
Plate		12–10
Bowl		24–14
Shield		28–12

Japan

See main article: 2014 Japan Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		33–26		(Third)
Plate		17–12
Bowl		28–21
Shield		26–0

Hong Kong

See main article: 2014 Hong Kong Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		26–7		(Third)
Plate		19–14
Bowl		31–5
Shield		17–10

Scotland

See main article: 2014 Scotland Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		54–7		(Third)
Plate		26–5
Bowl		20–14
Shield		29–12

London

See main article: 2014 London Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		52–33		(Third)
Plate		38–14
Bowl		31–19
Shield		36–12

References

1. Web site: 17 May 2013 . HSBC Sevens World Series 2013/14 dates set . https://web.archive.org/web/20130805124145/http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1270/season=2012/news/newsid=2066873.html . 5 August 2013 . usurped . irbsevens.com.
2. Web site: One up one down for HSBC Sevens World Series . World Rugby . https://web.archive.org/web/20211015052326/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/33659?lang=en . 15 October 2021 . 9 October 2013.
3. Web site: Pools for Hong Kong Sevens . World Rugby . https://web.archive.org/web/20220113224833/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/32665?lang=en . 13 January 2022 . 21 February 2013.
4. Web site: HSBC Sevens World Series Standings . International Rugby Board . 13 October 2013 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626020405/http://irbsevens.com/standings.html . 26 June 2014 .
5. Web site: IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Points . International Rugby Board . 2014-05-20 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20101123093916/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/pointdetails.html . 2010-11-23 .
6. Web site: IRB Sevens World Series 2013/14 Statistics: Season Player Tries . International Rugby Board . 2014-05-05 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121011532/http://www.irbsevens.com/statistics/triesdetails.html . 2010-11-21 .