2014 World Club 7s explained

Countries: England
Date:16-17 August 2014
Champions1: Buenos Aires
Runnersup1: Auckland Blues
Champions2: Cardiff Blues
Runnersup2: Blue Bulls
Champions4: Seattle
Runnersup4: Harlequins
Matches:34
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason: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. The tournament was won by Buenos Aires.

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

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Auckland New Zealand
Vodacom Blue Bulls South Africa
Buenos Aires Argentina
Cardiff Blues
DHL Western Province South Africa
Gloucester Rugby
Harlequins
Kuban Krasnodar
New York United States
Enisei-STM
Seattle United States
Waratahs Australia

Pool Stage

Pool A

TeamsPldWDLPFPADiffPts
DHL Western Province32109969308
RC Enisei32018364197
New York3111675986
Harlequins30033895-573
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Pool B

TeamsPldWDLPFPADiffPts
Buenos Aires33009231619
Vodacom Blue Bulls3201676167
Cardiff Blues31027662145
Gloucester Rugby300329110-813
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Pool C

TeamsPldWDLPFPADiffPts
Auckland33007439359
Kuban Krasnodar32016045157
Seattle3102505005
NSW Waratahs30034595-503
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Knock-out Competition

Shield (Places 9-12)

Shield Final

Plate Competition (Places 5-8)

Plate Final

Cup Competition

Cup Final

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