The 2014 New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament known as the Bayleys National Sevens was hosted in Rotorua, New Zealand, on the 11 and 12 January 2014. Matches were played at the Rotorua International Stadium. Sixteen men's and ten women's provincial teams qualified to compete in the annual national tournament following three regional tournaments (Southern, Central and Northern regions) in November and December.

Format Teams from the 26 Provincial Unions had to qualify to attend the National Event in Rotorua. The teams were divided into pools of four teams, and they played a round-robin within each pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.

Teams The qualification series started at Fraser Park in Timaru on the 23 November 2013 for the Southern region. Then the Central region qualification was played on 7 December 2013 at the Massey University Rugby Institute in Palmerston North. The series finished in Hamilton at Waikato Stadium on 14 December 2013 for the Northern region qualification.

Southern region

Central region

Northern region

Pool stage The first round, or pool stage, saw 16 men's teams divided into four pools of four teams. Each pool was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams were awarded three points for a win, two for a draw and one for a defeat.

The teams finishing in the top two of each pool advanced to the cup quarterfinals.

Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts32106234+28832015948+11731116453+11630032777–503

Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts33007628+48932018536+49731025281–29530032490–663

Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts33006538+27932015631+25731025770–13530034079–393

Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts32016751+16732014845+3732015558–3730034359–163

Knockout stage Shield

Bowl

Plate

Cup

References

External links Official site NZ Sevens Magazine