The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens was the 43rd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens 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 (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Knockout stage
13th place
MatchesSemi-finals
13th place final
Challenge Trophy
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Challenge Trophy final
5th place
MatchesSemi-finals
5th place final
Cup
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Final
Cup final
Tournament placings PlaceTeam Points 22 19 174 155 136 127 10 10
PlaceTeamPoints9 810 711 5 513 314 215 1 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Carlin Isles 7 Muller du Plessis 7 Selvyn Davids 7 4 Amenoni Nasilasila 6 5 George Horne 5
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Amenoni Nasilasila 60 2 Selvyn Davids 55 3 Carlin Isles 35 Muller du Plessis 35 5 Gastón Revol 34
Source: World Rugby
Dream team The following seven players were selected to the tournament dream team at the conclusion of the tournament:
Forwards Backs Kalione Nasoko Oscar Ouma Semi Kunatani Willy Ambaka Selvyn Davids Eroni Sau Amenoni Nasilasila
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.
Continental sevens championship Dates Venue(s) Berths Qualified 2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series 3 June–16 July 2017 Moscow, Łódź, Clermont-Ferrand Exeter 3 2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series 1 September–14 October 2017 Hong Kong, Incheon, Colombo 2 2017 Africa Cup Sevens 6–7 October 2017 Kampala 2 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship 10–11 November 2017 Suva 2 2017 RAN Sevens 25–26 November 2017 Mexico City 1 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens 6–14 January 2018 Punta del Este, Viña del Mar 2 Total 12
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 (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Third place tiebreaker
Knockout stage
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final – World Series qualifier
Overall record Pos Team Pts Dif 1 Japan 5–1 +38 2 Germany 5–1 +79 3 Ireland 4–1 +126 4 Chile 3–2 +36 5 Uruguay 2–2 +12 6 Uganda 2–2 –20 7 Hong Kong 1–3 –10 8 Zimbabwe 1–3 –49
See also 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament
References
External links Tournament Page