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.[1] The tournament was won by Buenos Aires.[2]

2014 World Club 7s
Host nationEngland England
Date16-17 August 2014
Cup
ChampionArgentina Buenos Aires
Runner-upNew Zealand Auckland Blues
ThirdRussia Kuban Krasnodar
Plate
WinnerWales Cardiff Blues
Runner-upSouth Africa Blue Bulls
Shield
WinnerUnited States Seattle
Runner-upEngland Harlequins
Tournament details
Matches played34
2013
2015

Format

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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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Team Nation
Auckland   New Zealand
Vodacom Blue Bulls   South Africa
Buenos Aires   Argentina
Cardiff Blues   Wales
DHL Western Province   South Africa
Gloucester Rugby   England
Harlequins   England
Kuban Krasnodar   Russia
New York   USA
Enisei-STM   Russia
Seattle   USA
Waratahs   Australia

Pool Stage

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Pool A

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA Diff Pts
  DHL Western Province 3 2 1 0 99 69 30 8
  RC Enisei 3 2 0 1 83 64 19 7
  New York 3 1 1 1 67 59 8 6
  Harlequins 3 0 0 3 38 95 -57 3
16 August 2014
11:30
RC Enisei  26 - 17  New York
Twickenham Stadium, London
16 August 2014
11:53
Harlequins  19 - 38  DHL Western Province
Twickenham Stadium, London

16 August 2014
14:15
RC Enisei  33 - 12  Harlequins
Twickenham Stadium, London
16 August 2014
14:38
New York  26 - 26  DHL Western Province
Twickenham Stadium, London

16 August 2014
16:37
RC Enisei  24 - 35  DHL Western Province
Twickenham Stadium, London
16 August 2014
17:00
New York  24 - 7  Harlequins
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool B

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA Diff Pts
  Buenos Aires 3 3 0 0 92 31 61 9
  Vodacom Blue Bulls 3 2 0 1 67 61 6 7
  Cardiff Blues 3 1 0 2 76 62 14 5
  Gloucester Rugby 3 0 0 3 29 110 -81 3
16 August 2014
12:16
Gloucester Rugby  14 - 36  Vodacom Blue Bulls
Twickenham Stadium, London
16 August 2014
12:39
Cardiff Blues  14 - 33  Buenos Aires
Twickenham Stadium, London

16 August 2014
15:05
Gloucester  5 - 41  Cardiff Blues
Twickenham Stadium, London
16 August 2014
15:28
Vodacom Blue Bulls  7 - 26  Buenos Aires
Twickenham Stadium, London

16 August 2014
17:23
Gloucester  10 - 33  Buenos Aires
Twickenham Stadium, London
16 August 2014
17:46
Vodacom Blue Bulls  24 - 21  Cardiff Blues
Twickenham Stadium, London

Pool C

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA Diff Pts
  Auckland 3 3 0 0 74 39 35 9
  Kuban Krasnodar 3 2 0 1 60 45 15 7
  Seattle 3 1 0 2 50 50 0 5
  NSW Waratahs 3 0 0 3 45 95 -50 3
16 August 2014
13:02
Kuban Krasnodar  15 - 21  Auckland
Twickenham Stadium, London
16 August 2014
13:25
NSW Waratahs  14 - 33  Seattle
Twickenham Stadium, London

16 August 2014
15:51
Kuban Krasnodar  28 - 19  NSW Waratahs
Twickenham Stadium, London
16 August 2014
16:14
Auckland  19 - 12  Seattle
Twickenham Stadium, London

16 August 2014
18:09
Kuban Krasnodar  17 - 5  Seattle
Twickenham Stadium, London
16 August 2014
18:32
Auckland  34 - 12  NSW Waratahs
Twickenham Stadium, London

Knock-out Competition

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Shield (Places 9-12)

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Shield Semi-finals

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17 August 2014
11:30
NSW Waratahs  19 - 26  Harlequins
(Shield SF 1)
Twickenham Stadium, London
17 August 2014
11:52
Seattle  22 - 12  Gloucester
(Shield SF 2)
Twickenham Stadium, London

Eleventh/Twelfth Place play-off

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17 August 2014
13:47
NSW Waratahs  17 - 22  Gloucester
Twickenham Stadium, London

Shield Final

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17 August 2014
14:10
Harlequins  14 - 28  Seattle
Twickenham Stadium, London

Cup Quarter-finals

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17 August 2014
12:15
Buenos Aires  7 - 5  Cardiff Blues
(QF 1)
Twickenham Stadium, London
17 August 2014
12:38
RC Enisei  12 - 19  Kuban Krasnodar
(QF 2)
Twickenham Stadium, London
17 August 2014
13:01
Auckland  36 - 5  New York
(QF 3)
Twickenham Stadium, London
17 August 2014
13:24
DHL Western Province  22 - 12  Vodacom Blue Bulls
(QF 4)
Twickenham Stadium, London

Plate Competition (Places 5-8)

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Plate Semi-finals

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17 August 2014
14:56
Cardiff Blues  35 - 5  RC Enisei
(Plate SF 1)
Twickenham Stadium, London
17 August 2014
15:19
New York  14 - 31  Vodacom Blue Bulls
(Plate SF 2)
Twickenham Stadium, London

Seventh/Eighth Place play-off

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17 August 2014
16:28
RC Enisei  7 - 34  New York
Twickenham Stadium, London

Plate Final

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17 August 2014
16:51
Cardiff Blues  28 - 12  Vodacom Blue Bulls
Twickenham Stadium, London

Cup Competition

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Cup Semi-finals

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17 August 2014
15:42
Buenos Aires  35 - 12  Kuban Krasnodar
(Cup SF 1)
Twickenham Stadium, London
17 August 2014
16:05
Auckland  19 - 14  DHL Western Province
(Cup SF 2)
Twickenham Stadium, London

Third Place play-off

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17 August 2014
17:14
Kuban Krasnodar  22 - 19  DHL Western Province
Twickenham Stadium, London

Cup Final

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17 August 2014
17:37
Buenos Aires  26 - 22  Auckland
Twickenham Stadium, London

References

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  1. ^ "WC7s 2014 Draw" (PDF). Premiership Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF 1.7 MB) on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ^ Bailey, Chris (17 August 2014). "World Club 7s: Perfect Buenos Aires win final". Premiership Rugby. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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