2015 Japan Sevens

The 2015 Japan Sevens was held on 4–5 April 2015. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and the seventh instalment of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

2015 Japan Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI

Host nation	Japan
Date	4–5 April 2015
Cup
Champion	England
Runner-up	South Africa
Third	Fiji
Plate
Winner	New Zealand
Runner-up	Scotland
Bowl
Winner	United States
Runner-up	Australia
Shield
Winner	Portugal
Runner-up	Argentina
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Most tries	Carlin Isles
← 2014

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The 16 participating teams are:

Pool Stage

The draw was made on 29 March 2015.

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	87	43	+44	9
England	3	2	0	1	62	40	+22	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	48	34	+14	5
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	19	99	–80	3

4 April 2015
10:00

Fiji	19–10	Wales
	Report[1]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
10:22

England	33–0	Hong Kong
	Report[2]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
13:18

Fiji	35–14	Hong Kong
	Report[3]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
13:40

England	10–7	Wales
	Report[4]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
17:30

Fiji	33–19	England
	Report[5]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
17:52

Wales	31–5	Hong Kong
	Report[6]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	78	26	+52	7
Scotland	3	2	0	1	34	64	–30	7
Australia	3	1	0	2	43	43	0	5
Portugal	3	1	0	2	31	53	–22	5

4 April 2015
10:44

New Zealand	38–0	Scotland
	Report[7]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
11:06

Australia	10–12	Portugal
	Report[8]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
14:02

New Zealand	26–7	Portugal
	Report[9]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
14:24

Australia	14–17	Scotland
	Report[10]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
18:14

New Zealand	14–19	Australia
	Report[11]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
18:36

Scotland	17–12	Portugal
	Report[12]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	79	22	+57	9
Canada	3	1	0	2	47	61	–14	5
Kenya	3	1	0	2	37	57	–20	5
United States	3	1	0	2	42	65	–23	5

4 April 2015
11:28

South Africa	29–7	Canada
	Report[13]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
11:50

United States	5–27	Kenya
	Report[14]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
14:46

South Africa	26–0	Kenya
	Report[15]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
15:08

United States	22–14	Canada
	Report[16]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
18:58

South Africa	24–15	United States
	Report[17]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
19:20

Canada	26–10	Kenya
	Report[18]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Pool D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	53	40	+13	7
Japan	3	1	1	1	59	50	+9	6
Samoa	3	1	1	1	52	64	–12	6
Argentina	3	0	2	1	47	57	–10	5

4 April 2015
12:12

Samoa	14–12	France
	Report[19]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
12:34

Argentina	14–14	Japan
	Report[20]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
15:30

Samoa	12–26	Japan
	Report[21]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
15:52

Argentina	7–17	France
	Report[22]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
19:42

Samoa	26–26	Argentina
	Report[23]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

4 April 2015
20:04

France	24–19	Japan
	Report[24]

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Knockout stage

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	5 April 2015 – 09:52 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

	Wales	14
					5 April 2015 – 13:10 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Argentina	7
					Argentina	17
	5 April 2015 – 10:14 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
					Kenya	12
	Kenya	5
									5 April 2015 – 16:06 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Australia	14
									Argentina	7
	5 April 2015 – 10:36 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
									Portugal	12
	Samoa	21
					5 April 2015 – 13:32 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Hong Kong	0
					Hong Kong	17
	5 April 2015 – 10:58 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
					Portugal	19
	Portugal	0

	United States	39

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	5 April 2015 – 09:52 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

	Wales	14
					5 April 2015 – 13:54 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Argentina	7
					Wales	12
	5 April 2015 – 10:14 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
					Australia	17
	Kenya	5
									5 April 2015 – 16:35 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Australia	14
									Australia	12
	5 April 2015 – 10:36 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
									United States	17
	Samoa	21
					5 April 2015 – 14:16 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Hong Kong	0
					Samoa	5
	5 April 2015 – 10:58 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
					United States	22
	Portugal	0

	United States	39

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	5 April 2015 – 11:20 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

	Fiji	41
					5 April 2015 – 14:38 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Japan	5
					Japan	5
	5 April 2015 – 11:42 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
					Scotland	14
	South Africa	22
									5 April 2015 – 17:04 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Scotland	0
									Scotland	14
	5 April 2015 – 12:04 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
									New Zealand	21
	France	0
					5 April 2015 – 15:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	England	10
					France	12
	5 April 2015 – 12:26 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
					New Zealand	19
	New Zealand	15

	Canada	19

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	5 April 2015 – 11:20 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

	Fiji	41
					5 April 2015 – 15:22 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Japan	5
					Fiji	5
	5 April 2015 – 11:42 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
					South Africa	7
	South Africa	22
									5 April 2015 – 18:00 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Scotland	0
									South Africa	14
	5 April 2015 – 12:04 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
									England	21
	France	0
					5 April 2015 – 15:44 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	England	10
					England	14
	5 April 2015 – 12:26 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
					Canada	5			Third place
	New Zealand	15
									5 April 2015 – 17:36 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
	Canada	19
									Fiji	21

									Canada	19

Player scoring

Player	Tries
Carlin Isles	7
Sherwin Stowers	6
Josaia Raisuqe	5
Segundo Tuculet	5
(8 players tied)	4

Source: World Rugby

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