2013 Hong Kong Sevens
# 2013 Hong Kong Sevens

The 2013 Hong Kong Sevens was the 38th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the sixth tournament of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. It was hosted by its long-time home, Hong Kong Stadium.

Fiji won the title by defeating Wales 26–19 in the final.

## Format

The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.

Building on the changes made for the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens, in which two separate 12-team competitions were contested, the International Rugby Board (IRB) expanded the event to a total of 28 teams, again divided into two competitions.

The main draw consisted of 16 teams—the same number that were involved in all regular series events. The contestants were the 15 core teams guaranteed of places in each series event, plus Hong Kong, which qualified as winner of the 2012 HSBC Asian Sevens Series. These teams competed in Pools A, B, C, and D. The winners and runners-up from each pool in the main draw qualified for the Cup quarterfinals. The losers of these quarterfinals competed in the Plate semifinals. The remaining 8 teams competed in the Bowl quarterfinals, with the losers of these matches competing in the Shield semifinals.

The second competition was the newly instituted World Series Pre-Qualifier. It featured 12 teams, specifically two qualifiers from each of IRB's six regional sevens competitions. These teams played in Pools E, F, and G. The top two teams from each pool, plus the top two third-place teams, advanced to the knockout stage. The four quarterfinal winners advanced, along with Hong Kong, to the World Series Core Team Qualifier at the 2013 London Sevens.

## Teams

28 teams participated:

## Main draw

The draw was made on February 21.

Key to colours in group tables :

* Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinal

### Pool stage

**Pool A**

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 7 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 5 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 5 |

* 22 March 2013 18:12

| Wales | 19 − 14 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 22 March 2013 21:16

| South Africa | 0 − 21 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 11:12

| Wales | 19 − 14 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 13:46

| South Africa | 12 − 21 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 17:26

| Argentina | 5 − 12 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 20:00

| South Africa | 31 − 0 | Wales |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium

**Pool B**

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 31 | +57 | 9 |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 3 |

* 22 March 2013 17:50

| United States | 14 − 17 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 22 March 2013 20:54

| New Zealand | 33 − 12 | France |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 10:50

| United States | 19 − 21 | France |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 13:24

| New Zealand | 31 − 7 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 17:04

| France | 17 − 19 | Kenya |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 19:38

| New Zealand | 24 − 12 | United States |
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* Hong Kong Stadium

**Pool C**

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 7 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 6 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 6 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 5 |

* 22 March 2013 17:28

| Scotland | 21 − 27 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 22 March 2013 20:32

| Samoa | 28 − 7 | England |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 10:28

| Scotland | 14 − 5 | England |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 13:02

| Samoa | 10 − 14 | Portugal |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 16:42

| England | 22 − 7 | Portugal |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 19:16

| Samoa | 12 − 12 | Scotland |
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* Hong Kong Stadium

**Pool D**

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 17 | +67 | 9 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 7 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 67 | −20 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 78 | −52 | 3 |

* 22 March 2013 17:06

| Fiji | 36 − 0 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 22 March 2013 20:10

| Canada | 31 − 7 | Spain |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 10:06

| Fiji | 22 − 12 | Spain |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 12:40

| Canada | 14 − 12 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 16:20

| Spain | 28 − 14 | Hong Kong |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 18:54

| Fiji | 26 − 5 | Canada |
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* Hong Kong Stadium

### Knockout stage

**Shield**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 March – 10:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 10:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Argentina | 5 | | | |
| Argentina | 5 | 24 March – 13:54 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 13:54 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 24 March – 13:54 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 13:54 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Hong Kong | 7 | Argentina | 12 | |
| 24 March – 10:45 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 10:45 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Argentina | 12 | |
| 24 March – 10:45 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 10:45 – Hong Kong Stadium | Scotland | 7 | |
| Scotland | 12 | Scotland | 7 | |
| Scotland | 12 | | | | 24 March – 17:15 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 17:15 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| United States | 21 | | | | 24 March – 17:15 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 17:15 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| United States | 21 | | | | Argentina | 14 |
| 24 March – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Argentina | 14 |
| 24 March – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | France | 19 |
| Spain | 14 | | | | France | 19 |
| Spain | 14 | 24 March – 14:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 14:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 28 | 24 March – 14:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 14:16 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 28 | Spain | 0 | | | |
| 24 March – 11:27 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:27 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Spain | 0 | | | |
| 24 March – 11:27 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:27 – Hong Kong Stadium | France | 28 | |
| France | 7 | France | 28 | |
| England | 42 | | | |

**Bowl**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 March – 10:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 10:24 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Argentina | 5 | | | |
| Argentina | 5 | 24 March – 14:38 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 14:38 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 24 March – 14:38 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 14:38 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Hong Kong | 7 | Hong Kong | 20 | |
| 24 March – 10:45 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 10:45 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Hong Kong | 20 | |
| 24 March – 10:45 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 10:45 – Hong Kong Stadium | United States | 12 | |
| Scotland | 12 | United States | 12 | |
| Scotland | 12 | | | | 24 March – 17:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 17:40 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| United States | 21 | | | | 24 March – 17:40 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 17:40 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| United States | 21 | | | | Hong Kong | 7 |
| 24 March – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Hong Kong | 7 |
| 24 March – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | England | 42 |
| Spain | 14 | | | | England | 42 |
| Spain | 14 | 24 March – 15:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 15:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 28 | 24 March – 15:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 15:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 28 | South Africa | 14 | | | |
| 24 March – 11:27 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:27 – Hong Kong Stadium | | South Africa | 14 | | | |
| 24 March – 11:27 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:27 – Hong Kong Stadium | England | 26 | |
| France | 7 | England | 26 | |
| England | 42 | | | |

**Plate**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 March – 11:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 28 | | | |
| Wales | 28 | 24 March – 15:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 15:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Canada | 14 | 24 March – 15:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 15:22 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Canada | 14 | Canada | 19 | |
| 24 March – 12:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Canada | 19 | |
| 24 March – 12:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | Portugal | 14 | |
| Portugal | 12 | Portugal | 14 | |
| Portugal | 12 | | | | 24 March – 18:05 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 18:05 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Kenya | 15 | | | | 24 March – 18:05 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 18:05 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Kenya | 15 | | | | Canada | 7 |
| 24 March – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Canada | 7 |
| 24 March – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Samoa | 12 |
| Fiji | 29 | | | | Samoa | 12 |
| Fiji | 29 | 24 March – 15:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 15:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 5 | 24 March – 15:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 15:44 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 5 | Australia | 5 | | | |
| 24 March – 12:51 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:51 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Australia | 5 | | | |
| 24 March – 12:51 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:51 – Hong Kong Stadium | Samoa | 12 | |
| New Zealand | 21 | Samoa | 12 | |
| Samoa | 14 | | | |

**Cup**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 March – 11:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 11:48 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 28 | | | |
| Wales | 28 | 24 March – 16:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 16:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Canada | 14 | 24 March – 16:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 16:06 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Canada | 14 | Wales | 19 | |
| 24 March – 12:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Wales | 19 | |
| 24 March – 12:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:09 – Hong Kong Stadium | Kenya | 0 | |
| Portugal | 12 | Kenya | 0 | |
| Portugal | 12 | | | | 24 March – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Kenya | 15 | | | | 24 March – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Kenya | 15 | | | | Wales | 19 |
| 24 March – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Wales | 19 |
| 24 March – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| Fiji | 29 | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| Fiji | 29 | 24 March – 16:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 16:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 5 | 24 March – 16:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 16:28 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 5 | Fiji | 33 | | | |
| 24 March – 12:51 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:51 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Fiji | 33 | | | |
| 24 March – 12:51 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 12:51 – Hong Kong Stadium | New Zealand | 14 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 21 | New Zealand | 14 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 21 | | | | 24 March – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Samoa | 14 | | | | 24 March – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Samoa | 14 | | | | Kenya | 5 |
| | | | | | New Zealand | 36 |

## World Series pre-qualifier

Key to colours in group tables :

* Teams that advanced to the Qualifier (Shield) quarterfinal

### Pool E

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tonga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 12 | +66 | 9 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 45 | +2 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 5 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 86 | −48 | 5 |

* 22 March 2013 16:44

| Uruguay | 24 − 12 | Chinese Taipei |
| - | - | - |

* Hong Kong Stadium
* 22 March 2013 19:18

| Tonga | 14 − 12 | Tunisia |
| - | - | - |

* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 09:44

| Uruguay | 5 − 12 | Tunisia |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 12:18

| Tonga | 38 − 0 | Chinese Taipei |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 15:58

| Tunisia | 24 − 26 | Chinese Taipei |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 18:32

| Tonga | 26 − 0 | Uruguay |
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* Hong Kong Stadium

### Pool F

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 17 | +69 | 9 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 6 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 6 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 101 | −79 | 3 |

* 22 March 2013 16:22

| Georgia | 27 − 17 | Jamaica |
| - | - | - |

* Hong Kong Stadium
* 22 March 2013 18:56

| Japan | 17 − 10 | Brazil |
| - | - | - |

* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 09:22

| Georgia | 19 − 19 | Brazil |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 11:56

| Japan | 43 − 0 | Jamaica |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 15:36

| Brazil | 31 − 5 | Jamaica |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 18:10

| Japan | 26 − 7 | Georgia |
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* Hong Kong Stadium

### Pool G

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 22 | +73 | 9 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 21 | +47 | 7 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 82 | −43 | 5 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 92 | −77 | 3 |

* 22 March 2013 16:00

| Zimbabwe | 27 − 0 | Mexico |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 22 March 2013 18:34

| Russia | 43 − 5 | Cook Islands |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 09:00

| Zimbabwe | 29 − 0 | Cook Islands |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 11:34

| Russia | 31 − 5 | Mexico |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 15:14

| Cook Islands | 34 − 10 | Mexico |
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* Hong Kong Stadium
* 23 March 2013 17:48

| Russia | 21 − 12 | Zimbabwe |
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* Hong Kong Stadium

### Ranking matches

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 March – 09:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 09:00 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 26 | | | |
| Russia | 26 | 24 March – 13:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 13:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Uruguay | 12 | 24 March – 13:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 13:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Uruguay | 12 | Russia | 5 | |
| 24 March – 09:21 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 09:21 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Russia | 5 | |
| 24 March – 09:21 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 09:21 – Hong Kong Stadium | Zimbabwe | 19 | |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | Zimbabwe | 19 | |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | | | | 24 March – 16:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 16:50 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Brazil | 7 | | | | 24 March – 16:50 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 16:50 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Brazil | 7 | | | | Zimbabwe | 22 |
| 24 March – 09:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 09:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Zimbabwe | 22 |
| 24 March – 09:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 09:42 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Tonga | 19 |
| Tonga | 12 | | | | Tonga | 19 |
| Tonga | 12 | 24 March – 13:33 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 13:33 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Tunisia | 5 | 24 March – 13:33 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 13:33 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Tunisia | 5 | Tonga | 19 | | | |
| 24 March – 10:03 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 10:03 – Hong Kong Stadium | | Tonga | 19 | | | |
| 24 March – 10:03 – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – 10:03 – Hong Kong Stadium | Georgia | 7 | |
| Japan | 0 | Georgia | 7 | |
| Georgia | 17 | | | |

By making it to the semifinals, Russia, Zimbabwe, Tonga, and Georgia have qualified for the Promotion tournament, along with Hong Kong and the bottom three core teams following the 2013 Scotland Sevens. The promotion tournament took place at the 2013 London Sevens.

