2018 Hong Kong Sevens

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.^[1]

2018 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation	Hong Kong
Date	6–8 April 2018
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	Kenya
Third	South Africa
Challenge
Winner	France
Qualifier
Winner	Japan
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Most points	Amenoni Nasilasila (60)
Most tries	Carlin Isles (7) Muller du Plessis (7) Selvyn Davids (7)
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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.^[2]

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Kenya
•  New Zealand
•  Russia
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  South Africa
•  Spain
•  United States
•  Wales
•  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:^[3]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	117	33	+84	9
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	62	67	–5	7
Samoa	3	1	0	2	52	69	–17	5
Russia	3	0	0	3	38	100	–62	3

6 April 2018	New Zealand	36–5	Russia	Hong Kong Stadium
20:18	Try: Nicole 1'm Ravouvou 2'm, 7'c Rokolosoa 8'c Ng Shiu 9'm Te Tamaki 12'c Con: Rokolosoa (2/2) 7', 12' Khan (1/4) 8'		Try: Ovchinnikov 14'm Con: Ianiushkin (0/1)	Referee: Damián Schneider

6 April 2018	Fiji	31–12	Samoa	Hong Kong Stadium
20:43	Try: Sau 0'm Nasoko 1'c Ravouvou 6'c Nasilasila 9'c Kunatani 14'c Con: Ravouvou (1/3) 6' Nasilasila (2/2) 10', 14'		Try: Ale 8'c Iosefo 13' Con: Tupou (1/1) 9' Mealoi (0/1)	Referee: Sam Grove-White

7 April 2018	New Zealand	19–12	Samoa	Hong Kong Stadium
13:32	Try: Ravouvou 3'c Te Temaki 9'c Masirewa 12'm Con: Khan (2/3) 4', 9'		Try: Iosefo 5'c, 8'm Con: Alosio (1/2) 5' Cards: Mealoi  13'	Referee: Damon Murphy

7 April 2018	Fiji	36–14	Russia	Hong Kong Stadium
13:54	Try: Katonibau 0'c, 4'c Kunatani 1'm, 5'm, 9'c Vakurunabili 11'm Con: Nasilasila (3/6) 0', 4', 10' Cards: Kunavula 6' to 8'		Try: Zhivatov 7'c Lazarenko 14'c Con: Ianiushkin (1/1) 7' Gostyuzhev (1/1) 14'	Referee: Damián Schneider

7 April 2018	Russia	19–28	Samoa	Hong Kong Stadium
17:32	Try: Sozonov 0'c Davydov 4'c Zhivatov 9'm Con: Sukhin (2/2) 1', 4' Ianiushkin (0/1)		Try: Iosefo 6'c Alosio 7'c Afamasaga 11'c Tupou 14'c Con: Alosio (1/1) 6' Paulo (1/1) 7' Tupou (1/1) 11' Leilual (1/1) 14'	Referee: Matthew Rodden

7 April 2018	Fiji	50–7	New Zealand	Hong Kong Stadium
17:54	Try: Ravouvou 1'c Nasoko 2'm Sau 8'c, 10'm Vakurunabili 8'c Nasilasila 11'c Naduva 12'c, 14'm Con: Ravouvou (2/3) 1', 8', 9' Nasilasila (2/4) 11', 12'		Try: Nicole 3'c Con: Rokolisoa (1/1) 3'	Referee: Richard Haughton

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenya	3	2	0	1	85	38	+47	7
Spain	3	2	0	1	34	50	–16	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	56	64	–8	5
Australia	3	1	0	2	54	77	–23	5

6 April 2018	Australia	12–17	Spain	Hong Kong Stadium
19:32	Try: Figg 4'c Clunnies-Ross 7'm Con: Goddard (1/2)		Try: Villanueva 1'c I Martín 8'm, 14'm Con: Hernandez (1/2) 2' Genua (0/1)	Referee: Richard Kelly

6 April 2018	Kenya	33–10	Canada	Hong Kong Stadium
19:54	Try: Oliech 3' Amonde 6'c Injera 10'c Ambaka 12'c Oyoo 14'c Con: Oliech (2/3) 6', 10' Agero (2/2) 12', 14' Cards: Oyoo 8' to 10'		Try: Braid 2'm Kay 8'm Con: Hirayama (0/2)	Referee: Jordan Way

7 April 2018	Australia	14–34	Canada	Hong Kong Stadium
12:48	Try: Skelton 11'c Miller 12'c Con: Goddard (2/2) 11', 13' Cards: Figg 2' to 4'		Try: Jones 3'm, 7'm Douglas 7'c Braid 8'm Douglas 9'c Moonlight 14'm Con: Hirayama (2/5) 7', 10' Braid (0/1)	Referee: Richard Haughton

7 April 2018	Kenya	26–0	Spain	Hong Kong Stadium
13:10	Try: Ambaka 2'c, 5'c Injera 6'm Oluoch 9'c Con: Oliech (3/4) 3', 5', 9'		Cards: Pearce 10' to 12'	Referee: Mike O'Brien

7 April 2018	Spain	17–12	Canada	Hong Kong Stadium
16:48	Try: Carrion 3'm Sainz-Trapaga 5' Pla 13' Con: Hernandez (1/3) 5'		Try: Kay 0'm, 7'c Con: Hirayama (1/1) 7' Cards: Moonlight 14' to 14'	Referee: Jordan Way

7 April 2018	Kenya	26–28	Australia	Hong Kong Stadium
17:10	Try: Minjire 5'c Agero 7'c Odhiambo 12'm Amonde 13'c Con: Agero (3/3) 5', 7', 14' Oliech (0/1) Cards: Oluoch 7' to 9' Oyoo  12'		Try: Skelton 0'c Pietsch 1' Miller 8'c, 12'c Con: Goddard (3/3) 0', 1', 9' Clunnies-Ross (1/1) 11'	Referee: James Doleman

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	109	32	+77	9
Scotland	3	2	0	1	100	57	+43	7
England	3	1	0	2	81	62	+19	5
South Korea	3	0	0	3	14	153	–139	3

6 April 2018	England	19–22	Scotland	Hong Kong Stadium
18:48	Try: Howard 5'm Olowofela 9'c Sirker 13'c Con: Edwards (2/3) 9', 14'		Try: Horne 4'c, 7'm Farndale 12'm Jones 14' Con: Lowe (1/3) 5'	Referee: Damon Murphy

6 April 2018	South Africa	45–0	South Korea	Hong Kong Stadium
19:10	Try: Z Davids 1'c Oosthuizen 2'm, 5'c du Plessis 4'c Bezuidenhout 8'm Ndhlovu 11'c Mafuma 13'c Con: Human (3/4) 1', 4', 6' S Davids (1/2) 11' Smith (1/1) 14'			Referee: Tevita Rokovereni

7 April 2018	England	47–7	South Korea	Hong Kong Stadium
12:00	Try: Howard 0'c Olowofela 2'c Wilson 5'c Davis 7'c Davis 10'c Kerr 13'c Glover 14'm Con: Edwards (6/7) 0', 3', 5', 7', 11', 13'		Try: Jang 8'c Con: Lee (1/1) 8'	Referee: Tevita Rokovereni

7 April 2018	South Africa	31–17	Scotland	Hong Kong Stadium
12:22	Try: Z Davids 1'c Gans 4'c du Plessis 10'm Labuschagne 11'c S Davids 12'm Con: Human (2/2) 1', 4' S Davids (1/3) 12'		Try: Graham 5'm Horne 7'm Bryce 14'c Con: Horne (1/1) 14' Jackson (0/2)	Referee: Richard Kelly

7 April 2018	Scotland	61–7	South Korea	Hong Kong Stadium
16:00	Try: McFarland 0'c, 3'c Farndale 4'c, 6'c Jackson 7'm, 13'c Horne 10'c Fagerson 12'c Jones 14'c Con: Jackson (6/6) 0', 4', 5', 12', 14', 14' Horne (2/3) 6', 10'c		Try: Kim 2' Con: Lee (1/1) 3'	Referee: Nori Hashimoto

7 April 2018	South Africa	33–15	England	Hong Kong Stadium
16:26	Try: Gans 2'c, 14'c S Davids 7'c, 10'm Ndhlovu 14'c Con: Human (1/1) 3' S Davids (3/4) 7', 14', 14'		Try: Davis 0'm Wilson 4'm Edwards 8'm Con: Edwards (0/3)	Referee: Sam Grove-White

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	102	46	+56	8
Argentina	3	2	0	1	79	55	+24	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	34	85	–51	5
France	3	0	1	2	45	74	–29	4

6 April 2018	Argentina	31–10	Wales	Hong Kong Stadium
18:00	Try: Osadczuk 1'm Sabato 5'c, 8'c Etchart 7'm Schultz 14' Con: Revol (3/5) 5', 8', 14' Cards: Barbier 11' to 13'		Try: Williams 10'm Devine 11'm Con: Davies (0/2)	Referee: Richard Haughton

6 April 2018	United States	24–24	France	Hong Kong Stadium
18:24	Try: Niua 7'm Baker 12'c Isles 13'c, 14'm Con: Tomasin (2/3) 12', 13' Niua (0/1)		Try: Lakafia 1'm Dall'Igna 4'c Veredamu 8'c Bonnefond 10'm Con: Barraque (2/4) 4', 8' Cards: Bonnefond 14' to 14'	Referee: James Doleman

7 April 2018	Argentina	31–14	France	Hong Kong Stadium
11:14	Try: Osadczuk 2'c, 6'c Roura 4'm Sabato 8'c Schultz 12'm Con: Revol (2/3) 3', 6', 8' Bazan Velez (0/1)		Try: Bouhraoua 11'c Bonnefond 13'c Con: Riva (2/2) 11', 13' Cards: Veredamu 1' to 3'	Referee: Damon Murphy

7 April 2018	United States	47–5	Wales	Hong Kong Stadium
11:38	Try: Baker 3'c Iosefo 5'c Pinkelman 6'c Unufe 9'c Leuta 10'c Thompson 13'c Isles 14'm Con: Niua (2/2) 3', 7' Iosefo (2/2) 6', 9' Tomasin (2/3) 11', 14'		Try: Millard 2'm Con: Davies (0/1)	Referee: Sam Grove-White

7 April 2018	Wales	19–7	France	Hong Kong Stadium
15:16	Try: Flynn 2'c Williams 7'c Davies 8'm Con: Davies (2/3) 2', 7'		Try: Popelin 13' Con: Bouhraoua (1/1) 13'	Referee: Tevita Rokovereni

7 April 2018	United States	31–17	Argentina	Hong Kong Stadium
15:38	Try: Baker 1'c Barrett 3'm, 6'c, 8'm Iosefo 11'c Con: Niua (2/4) 1', 7' Tomasin (1/1) 11'		Try: Etchart 4'm Bazan Velez 12'm del Mestre 13'c Con: del Mestre (1/1) 13' Revol (0/1) Bazan Velez (0/1)	Referee: Richard Kelly

Knockout stage

13th place

	Semi-finals				13th place final
	8 April 2018 – 13:16 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Samoa	33
					8 April 2018 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
	England	10
					Samoa	5
	8 April 2018 – 13:43 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Wales	33
	Wales	49
	South Korea	5

Matches

Semi-finals 8 April 2018 Samoa  33–10  England Hong Kong Stadium   13:16 Try: Tuatagaloa 3'c, 7'c Alosio 4'c Fomai 8' Leilual 13'c Con: Alosio (1/1) 3' Mealoi (3/3) 4', 7', 8', 14' Try: Olowofela 10'm Kerr 12'm Con: Edwards (0/2) Referee: Matthew Rodden 8 April 2018 Wales  49–5  South Korea Hong Kong Stadium   13:43 Try: Jenkins 1'c Bagshaw 2'c, 7'c Lewis 6'c, 9'c Williams 13'c Treharne 14'c Con: Jones (7/7) 1', 3', 6', 7', 9', 13', 14' Try: Jang 4'm Con: Lee (0/1) Referee: Damián Schneider 13th place final 8 April 2018 Samoa  5–33  Wales Hong Kong Stadium   17:00 Try: Tuatagaloa 1'm Con: Mealoi (0/1) Try: Devine 5'c Bagshaw 7'm, 10'c Lewis 7'c Jenkins 14'c Con: Jones (2/3) 5', 7' Treharne (2/2) 11', 14' Referee: Damián Schneider

Challenge Trophy

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy final
	8 April 2018 – 9:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Samoa	0
					8 April 2018 – 14:05 – Hong Kong Stadium
	France	38
					France	24
	8 April 2018 – 9:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Australia	12
	England	14
									8 April 2018 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Australia	17
									France	33
	8 April 2018 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
									Canada	7
	Wales	7
					8 April 2018 – 14:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Russia	15
					Russia	12
	8 April 2018 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Canada	19
	Canada	45
	South Korea	0

Matches

Quarter-finals 8 April 2018 Samoa  0–38  France Hong Kong Stadium   9:30 Try: Popelin 3'm Barraque 5'c Lakafia 7'c, 14'c Huyard 9'm Alerte 13'c Con: Popelin (1/1) 5' Barraque (3/5) 7', 14', 14' Referee: Tevita Rokovereni 8 April 2018 England  14–17  Australia Hong Kong Stadium   9:52 Try: Olowofela 1'c Edwards 7'c Con: Edwards (2/2) 2', 7' Try: Skelton 3'm Goddard 4'c Figg 14'm Con: Goddard (1/2) 5' Figg (0/1) Referee: Damián Schneider 8 April 2018 Wales  7–15  Russia Hong Kong Stadium   10:14 Try: Devine 7'c Con: Davies (1/1) 7' Try: Davydov 4' Sozonov 6'm Babaev 8'm Con: Sukhin (0/1) Solomyannyy (0/1) Referee: Mike O'Brien 8 April 2018 Canada  45–0  South Korea Hong Kong Stadium   10:36 Try: Douglas 2'c, 13'c Braid 5'c Jones 7'm Campbell 8'm, 14'c Kaay 11'c Con: Hirayama (5/7) 2', 5', 11', 13', 14' Cards: Braid 7' to 9' Referee: Nori Hashimoto Semi-finals 8 April 2018 France  24–12  Australia Hong Kong Stadium   14:05 Try: Veredamu 3'c, 10'c Dall'igna 6'm Alerte 13'm Con: Barraque (2/3) 4', 11' Try: Armstrong 1'c Pietsch 4'm Con: Goddard (1/2) 2' Referee: Nori Hashimoto 8 April 2018 Russia  12–19  Canada Hong Kong Stadium   14:30 Try: Babaev 2' Sozonov 7'c Con: Solomyannyy (1/1) 7' Gostyuzhev (0/1) Try: Douglas 5'm Kay 7'c Cejvanovic 13'c Con: Hirayama (2/3) 8', 13' Cards: Jones 10' to 12' Referee: James Doleman Challenge Trophy final 8 April 2018 France  33–7  Canada Hong Kong Stadium   17:30 Try: Lakafia 0'c Dall'igna 2'c Popelin 4'c Con: Barraque (1/1) 1' Riva (1/1) 2', 5' Cards: Mazoue 3' to 5' Try: Braid 6'c Con: Hirayama (1/1) 6' Referee: Tevita Rokovereni

5th place

	Semi-finals				5th place final
	8 April 2018 – 14:55 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Argentina	14
					8 April 2018 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Spain	12
					Argentina	14
	8 April 2018 – 15:17 – Hong Kong Stadium
					United States	12
	United States	19
	Scotland	15

Matches

Semi-finals 8 April 2018 Argentina  14–12  Spain Hong Kong Stadium   14:55 Try: Etchart 7'c Revol 11'c Con: Revol (2/2) 7', 11' Try: Rodriguez 4'c Sainz-Trapaga 14'm Con: Genua (1/1) 4' Hernandez (0/1) Referee: Jordan Way 8 April 2018 United States  19–15  Scotland Hong Kong Stadium   15:17 Try: Leuta 2'm Isles 5'c Tomasin 10'c Con: Tomasin (2/2) 6', 10' Niua (0/1) Try: Graham 12'm McFarland 13'm Horne 14'm Con: Horne (0/3) Referee: Richard Haughton 5th place final 8 April 2018 Argentina  14–12  United States Hong Kong Stadium   18:00 Try: Osadczuk 2'c Alvarez 4'c Con: Revol (2/2) 2', 4' Cards: Schultz 13' to 14' Try: Isles 6'm, 12'c Con: Tomasin (1/2) 12' Referee: Jordan Way

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Cup final				Final
	8 April 2018 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Fiji	40
					8 April 2018 – 15:41 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Argentina	14
					Fiji	26
	8 April 2018 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
					South Africa	24
	South Africa	38
									8 April 2018 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Spain	5
									Fiji	24
	8 April 2018 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
									Kenya	12
	United States	7
					8 April 2018 – 16:03 – Hong Kong Stadium
	New Zealand	35
					New Zealand	12
	8 April 2018 – 12:07 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Kenya	21			Bronze Medal Match
	Kenya	19
									8 April 2018 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Scotland	12
									South Africa	24
									New Zealand	7

Matches

Quarter-finals 8 April 2018 Fiji  40–14  Argentina Hong Kong Stadium   10:58 Try: Nasagavesi 1'c Kunatani 3'c Ravouvou 6'm Tuwai 9'c Nasilasila 11'c Naduva 13' Con: Ravouvou (2/3) 1', 3' Nasilasila (2/2) 10', 12' Cards: Tuwai 7' to 9' Try: Barbier 8'c Revol 14'c Con: Revol (2/2) 8', 14' Referee: Richard Kelly 8 April 2018 South Africa  38–5  Spain Hong Kong Stadium   11:20 Try: du Plessis 1', 7'c, 8'm Human 5'c Penalty Try 11' S Davids 13'c Con: S Davids (1/1) 6' Human (1/2) 7' Smith (1/1) 13' Cards: Oosthuizen 3' to 5' Bezuidenhout 7' to 9' Try: Pla 4'm Con: Hernandez (0/1) Cards: Poggi 11' to 13' Referee: James Doleman 8 April 2018 United States  7–35  New Zealand Hong Kong Stadium   11:42 Try: Isles 12'c Con: Tomasin (1/1) 13' Try: Rokolisoa 1'c, 9'c Ravouvou 5'c Masirewa 6'c Rayasi 14'c Con: Khan (5/5) 1', 5', 7', 10', 14' Referee: Sam Grove-White 8 April 2018 Kenya  19–12  Scotland Hong Kong Stadium   12:07 Try: Ambaka 2'c Ouma 7'm Oluoch 14'c Con: Oliech (2/3) 3', 14' Try: Farndale 5'c, 8'm Con: Jackson (1/2) 5' Referee: Jordan Way Semi-finals 8 April 2018 Fiji  26–24  South Africa Hong Kong Stadium   15:41 Try: Nasoko 3'm Nasagavesi 8'c Nasilasila 10'c, 12'c Con: Nasilasila (3/3) 8', 10', 12' Ravouvou (0/1) Try: S Davids 0'c, 6'm, 7'c du Plessis 13'm Con: S Davids (2/4) 0', 7' Referee: Damon Murphy 8 April 2018 New Zealand  12–21  Kenya Hong Kong Stadium   16:03 Try: Nicole 0'c Nareki 14'm Con: Khan (1/2) 0' Try: Injera 2'c, 7'c Ambaka 13'c Con: Oliech (3/3) 2', 7', 13' Referee: Matthew Rodden Bronze medal match 8 April 2018 South Africa  29–7  New Zealand Hong Kong Stadium   18:30 Try: Gans 1'c, 5'm Human 6'm Z Davids 11'c du Plessis 14'm Con: S Davids (2/4) 1', 11' Smith (0/1) Try: Ng Shiu 7'c Con: Khan (1/1) 7' Referee: Sam Grove-White Cup final 8 April 2018 Fiji  24–12  Kenya Hong Kong Stadium   19:00 Try: Vakurunabili 1'm Sau 7'm Nasilasila 10'c Ravouvou 15'c Con: Nasilasila (2/4) 10', 15' Try: Odhiambo 11'm Ouma 19'c Con: Oliech (1/2) 20' Cards: Injera 6' to 8' Ambaka 7' to 9' Referee: Damon Murphy

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	Fiji	22
	Kenya	19
	South Africa	17
4	New Zealand	15
5	Argentina	13
6	United States	12
7	Scotland	10
	Spain	10

Place	Team	Points
9	France	8
10	Canada	7
11	Australia	5
	Russia	5
13	Wales	3
14	Samoa	2
15	England	1
	South Korea	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:^[4]

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[5]	3 June– 16 July 2017	Moscow, Łódź, Clermont-Ferrand Exeter	3	Ireland  Germany  Georgia[2]
2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series[6]	1 September– 14 October 2017	Hong Kong, Incheon, Colombo	2	Japan  Hong Kong
2017 Africa Cup Sevens[7]	6–7 October 2017	Kampala	2	Uganda  Zimbabwe
2017 Oceania Sevens Championship[8]	10–11 November 2017	Suva	2	Papua New Guinea  Cook Islands
2017 RAN Sevens[9]	25–26 November 2017	Mexico City	1	Jamaica
2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens[10]	6–14 January 2018	Punta del Este, Viña del Mar	2	Uruguay  Chile
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:^[3]

Pool E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chile	3	2	0	1	58	29	+29	7
Japan	3	2	0	1	60	39	+21	7
Uganda	3	2	0	1	50	44	+6	7
Georgia	3	0	0	3	25	81	–56	3

6 April 2018	Uganda	14–10	Chile	Hong Kong Stadium
12:42	Try: Wokorach 4'c Okia 9'c Con: Wokorach (1/1) 4', 9'		Try: De Vidts 1'm Urroz 7'm Con: Torrealba (0/2)	Referee: Jordan Way

6 April 2018	Japan	26–10	Georgia	Hong Kong Stadium
13:04	Try: Ozawa 2'c Seru 4'c Sakai 6'c Lisala 14'm Con: Sakai (3/3) 3', 4', 6' Hashino (0/1) Cards: Soejima 6' to 8'		Try: Aptsiauri 7'm, 10'm Con: Gogolashvili (0/2)	Referee: James Doleman

6 April 2018	Uganda	26–10	Georgia	Hong Kong Stadium
15:40	Try: Wokorach 6'c, 10'c, 12'c Okia 7'm Con: Magomu (3/3) 6', 11', 12' Wokorach (0/1)		Try: Spanderashvili 8'm Kveseladze 14'm Con: Svanidze (0/1) Gogoladze (0/1) Cards: Kveseladze 9' to 11'	Referee: Damián Schneider

6 April 2018	Japan	10–19	Chile	Hong Kong Stadium
16:02	Try: Goya 1'm Lilidamu 10'm Con: Sakai (0/2)		Try: Urroz 3'm De Vidts 7'c Torrealba 12'c Con: Torrealba (2/3) 7', 13'	Referee: Tevita Rokovereni

7 April 2018	Chile	29–5	Georgia	Hong Kong Stadium
9:44	Try: Fernandez 1'c, 8'c Silva 2'm De Vidts 6'm Westcott 13'm Con: Torrealba (2/5) 1', 8'		Try: Mchedlishvili 10'm Con: Gogolashvili (0/1)	Referee: Nori Hashimoto

7 April 2018	Japan	24–10	Uganda	Hong Kong Stadium
10:06	Try: Goya 1'c Naikabula 9'm Lilidamu 12'm Lisala 14'c Con: Sakai (2/4) 1', 14'		Try: Sebuliba 4'm Wokorach 6'm Con: Wokorach (0/1) Ofoyrwoth (0/1) Cards: Wokorach 10' to 12'	Referee: Jordan Way

Pool F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	77	26	+51	9
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	52	50	+2	5
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	35	51	–16	5
Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	39	74	–35	5

6 April 2018	Germany	14–12	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium
13:26	Try: Himmer 4'c Dieckmann 6' Con: Heimpel (2/2) 5', 6'		Try: Yiu 1'm Hood 10'c Con: Rimene (1/2) 10'	Referee: Sam Grove-White

6 April 2018	Papua New Guinea	10–17	Zimbabwe	Hong Kong Stadium
13:48	Try: Vali 3'm Mocke 12'm Con: Guise (0/2) Cards: Mocke 0' to 2'		Try: Chibuwe 5'c Chitokwindo 8'm Hunduza 14'm Con: Rouse (1/2) 6' Mudariki (0/1)	Referee: Richard Kelly

6 April 2018	Germany	27–7	Zimbabwe	Hong Kong Stadium
16:28	Try: Dawe 6'm Lichtenberg 7'm Hohl 8'c Rox 12'm Himmer 14'm Con: Heimpel (2/3) 8' Himmer (0/2)		Try: Bryden 1'c Con: Rouse (1/1) 1' Cards: Tshamala 7' to 9'	Referee: Matthew Rodden

6 April 2018	Papua New Guinea	22–21	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium
16:50	Try: Vali 1'm Kalua 6'm Kapana 7'm Clement 14'c Con: Clement (1/1) 14' Guise (0/3) Cards: Mocke 3' to 5' Kalua 11' to 13'		Try: Yiu 5'c Lee 8'c Coverdale 12'c Con: Rimene (1/1) 6', 8', 13'	Referee: Mike O'Brien

7 April 2018	Hong Kong	19–14	Zimbabwe	Hong Kong Stadium
10:28	Try: Rimene 2'c Boucaut 3'm Coverdale 14'm Con: Rimene (1/2) 3' Webb (0/1) Cards: Neville 9' to 11'		Try: Nechironga 10'c Chitokwindo 12'c Con: Tambiwera (1/1) 10', 12'	Referee: James Doleman

7 April 2018	Papua New Guinea	7–36	Germany	Hong Kong Stadium
10:50	Try: Kapana 9'c Con: Guise (1/1) 9' Cards: Kalua 12' to 14'		Try: Dieckmann 1'm, 6'm, 7'c Brechenmacher 2'm Soteras-Merz 4'c Rix 14'c Con: Heimpel (3/6) 5', 7', 14'	Referee: Damián Schneider

Pool G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	3	3	0	0	103	5	+98	9
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	60	41	+19	7
Jamaica	3	1	0	2	26	67	–41	5
Cook Islands	3	0	0	3	24	100	–76	3

6 April 2018	Uruguay	22–5	Jamaica	Hong Kong Stadium
11:58	Try: Etcheverry 2'm, 4'm Della Corte 8'm Arata 14'c Con: Favaro (1/1) 14' Lijtenstein (0/3)		Try: Caven 12'm Con: Segree (0/1)	Referee: Mike O'Brien

6 April 2018	Ireland	41–5	Cook Islands	Hong Kong Stadium
12:20	Try: O'Brien 3'm, 10'c Fitzpatrick 4'c, 14'c Roche 6'm Kennedy 7'm, 8'm Con: Roche (1/5) 4' Dardis (2/2) 11', 14' Cards: Daly 12' to 14'		Try: Kiria 13'm Con: Napara (0/1)	Referee: Damon Murphy

6 April 2018	Uruguay	38–0	Cook Islands	Hong Kong Stadium
14:56	Try: Etcheverry 1'c, 11'c, 13'm Garcia 6'c Garcia 10'm Plottier 14'c Con: Etcheverry (2/2) 2', 7' Lijtenstein (2/4) Lijtenstein 12', 14'			Referee: Nori Hashimoto

6 April 2018	Ireland	26–0	Jamaica	Hong Kong Stadium
15:18	Try: O'Brien 1'c Kennedy 5'm McNulty 8'c Daly 12'c Con: Roche (3/4) 2', 9', 12'		Cards: Fessel 5' to 7'	Referee: Richard Haughton

7 April 2018	Jamaica	21–19	Cook Islands	Hong Kong Stadium
9:00	Try: Dixon 3'c Fessel 7'c Christie 12'c Con: Segree (1/1) 3' Eddie (2/2) 9', 12'		Try: Napara 2'm Leuta 6'c Paerau 10'c Con: Leuta (1/2) 7' Napara (1/1) 10' Cards: Willis 7' to 9'	Referee: Mike O'Brien

7 April 2018	Ireland	36–0	Uruguay	Hong Kong Stadium
9:22	Try: Fitzpatrick 4'm O'Brien 6'c Kennedy 8'm Keenan 11'm McNulty 12'c Daly 14'c Con: Rochie (1/3) 7' Dardis (2/3) 12', 14'		Cards: Puig 4' to 6'	Referee: Matthew Rodden

Third place tiebreaker

Pl	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Uganda	3	2	0	1	50	44	+6	7
2	Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	35	51	-16	5
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	26	67	-41	5

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final – World Series qualifier
	7 April 2018 – 18:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Germany	26
					8 April 2018 – 12:32 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Uganda	0
					Germany	19
	7 April 2018 – 18:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Chile	12
	Chile	24
									8 April 2018 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Hong Kong	12
									Germany	14
	7 April 2018 – 19:04 – Hong Kong Stadium
									Japan	19
	Japan	26
					8 April 2018 – 12:54 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Uruguay	19
					Japan	12
	7 April 2018 – 19:26 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Ireland	7
	Ireland	38
	Zimbabwe	5

Matches

Quarter-finals 7 April 2018 Germany  26–0  Uganda Hong Kong Stadium   18:18 Try: Fromm 1'm Lichtenberg 4'c Dieckmann 8'c, 14'c Con: Heimpel (3/4) 4', 9', 14' Referee: Tevita Rokovereni 7 April 2018 Chile  24–12  Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium   18:42 Try: De Vidts 2'm, 7'm Fernandez 8'c Metuaze 12'c Con: Torrealba (2/4) 8', 12' Try: Boucaut 5'c Denmark 14'm Con: Rimene (1/1) 6' Webb (0/1) Referee: Damon Murphy 7 April 2018 Japan  26–19  Uruguay Hong Kong Stadium   19:04 Try: Lisala 1'm Sakai 6'c Seru 8'c Lilidamu 9'c Con: Sakai (3/4) 7', 8', 9' Try: Arata 2'c Plottier 11'c Ardao 14' Con: Lijtenstein (1/1) 3' Etcheverry (1/1) 14' Referee: Richard Kelly 7 April 2018 Ireland  38–5  Zimbabwe Hong Kong Stadium   19:26 Try: O'Donnell 1'm Kennan 2'c Fitzpatrick 5'c Daly 7'c Kennedy 12'c Mollen 14'm Con: Roche (3/4) 3', 5', 7' Dardis (1/2) 12' Cards: Mollen 10' to 12' Try: Mudariki 9'm Con: Mudariki (0/1) Referee: Jordan Way Semi-finals 8 April 2018 Germany  19–12  Chile Hong Kong Stadium   12:32 Try: Fromm 2'm Himmer 9'c Dieckmann 12'c Con: Heimpel (2/3) 9', 13' Try: De Vidts 4'm Verschae 14'c Con: Torrealba (1/2) 14' Referee: Richard Haughton 8 April 2018 Japan  12–7  Ireland Hong Kong Stadium   12:54 Try: Hashino 8'c Soejima 14' Con: Sakai (1/1) 8' Try: Roche 13'c Con: Roche (1/1) 13' Referee: Damon Murphy Final – World Series qualifier 8 April 2018 Germany  14–19  Japan Hong Kong Stadium   16:30 Try: Dawe 3'm Himmer 7'c Con: Heimpel (2/2) 4', 8' Try: Lisala 1'm, 14'c Nakano 8'c Con: Sakai (2/3) 9', 14' Referee: Richard Kelly

Overall record

Pos	Team	Wn/Ls	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