The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens was the 43rd edition of the
Hong Kong Sevens
The Hong Kong Sevens ( zh, t=香港國際七人欖球賽, link=no) is a rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competiti ...
tournament, and the seventh tournament of the
2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The performance from this tournament determined the first fourteen seedings of the
2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament alongside
the past year's series and the previous six event of the 2017–18 season.
Fiji won the tournament, defeating Kenya 24–12 in the final. Fiji were dominant throughout the tournament, including a 50–7 thrashing of New Zealand during pool play.
In the World Series Qualifier tournament, Ireland were the dominant team during pool play, but Japan beat Ireland 12–7 in the semifinal, and went on to beat Germany 19–14 in the final to qualify for the 2018-19 World Series as a core team.
Main draw
Teams
The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams and one invited team, South Korea.
Format
As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team. The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. 3, 2 or 1 points for a win, draw or loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Challenge trophy brackets.
Pool stage
All times in
Hong Kong Time
Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT; ) is the time in Hong Kong, observed at UTC+08:00 all year round. The Hong Kong Observatory is the official timekeeper of the Hong Kong Time. It is indicated as Asia/Hong_Kong in the IANA time zone database ...
(
UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Knockout stage
13th place
Challenge Trophy
5th place
Cup
Tournament placings
Source
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Players
Scoring leaders
Source
World Rugby
Dream team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament dream team at the conclusion of the tournament:
World Series qualifier
Continental qualifying
Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify. For the 2018 edition, Europe has been given a third spot, whereas North America was given a single spot. The other continents remain with two spots each.
Format
The qualifying tournament features twelve teams divided into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top eight teams (the top two from each group, plus the two best third-place finishers) qualify to the quarterfinals of the knockout round. The winner of the knockout round will be given core status in the 2018–19 World Series.
Pool stage
All times in
Hong Kong Time
Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT; ) is the time in Hong Kong, observed at UTC+08:00 all year round. The Hong Kong Observatory is the official timekeeper of the Hong Kong Time. It is indicated as Asia/Hong_Kong in the IANA time zone database ...
(
UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Third place tiebreaker
Knockout stage
Overall record
See also
*
2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
*
2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament
References
External links
Tournament Page
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Hong Kong Sevens
The Hong Kong Sevens ( zh, t=香港國際七人欖球賽, link=no) is a rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competiti ...