The 2014 Hong Kong Sevens was the 39th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the seventh tournament of the 2013–2014 Sevens World Series. It took place at its long-time home, Hong Kong Stadium.
The Cup title was claimed by New Zealand, with South Africa, Scotland and Kenya respectively claiming the lower-level Plate, Bowl and Shield. Japan won the World Series Core Team Qualifier to earn promotion to "core" status for the 2014–15 series.
Format The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group entered the Bowl/Shield brackets.
Teams 28 teams were scheduled to participate—16 in the main draw, and 12 in the Core Team Qualifier.
Main draw
World Series core team qualifier
– International Rugby Board, 11 November 2013
– International Rugby Board, 5 October 2013
– International Rugby Board, 20 January 2014
Main draw The draw was made on 23 March.
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinal
Pool stage Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Knockout stage Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
World Series Qualifier The draw was made on 23 March.
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advance to the Qualifier quarterfinal
Pool stage Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Ranking matches
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