Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games information
Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Podium
Host nation
Scotland
Cup
Champion
South Africa
Runner-up
New Zealand
Third
Australia
Plate
Winner
England
Runner-up
Wales
Bowl
Winner
Canada
Runner-up
Cook Islands
Shield
Winner
Sri Lanka
Runner-up
Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament details
Matches played
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Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, also known as Glasgow2014 Games, was the fifth time in the competition's history that the event took place. The tournament's preliminaries took place on 26 July, with the classification matches, quarterfinals, semifinals and medal matches the following day.[1] The venue for the competition was Ibrox Stadium. South Africa beat the reigning champions New Zealand in the final on 27 July, beating their opponents 17-12. It was the first time that New Zealand had been beaten in any game since the inception of rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games in 1998, ending their 30 match win streak and marking the first time any other nation had won the competition.
171,000 people attended the two-day competition, a record for the sport.[2]
^"SPORTS SCHEDULE – RUGBY SEVENS" (PDF). Glasgow 2014. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
^"BBC Sport - the Commonwealth Games - special because they're unique". Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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