The IRB Sevens World Series has been run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000.

These teams were either placed in the top 12 of the standings before the 2013 London Sevens, or qualified during the World Series Core Team Qualifier held as part of the London Sevens.

Also, the World Series Pre-Qualifier, which was a 12-team tournament contested as part of the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens, was folded into the Core Team Qualifier, which involved 12 teams and was entirely contested at the Hong Kong Sevens.

[2] The remaining three core teams for 2013–14 were determined in a two-stage qualifying process:[3] The final standings after completion of the nine tournaments of the series are shown in the table below.

A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team competed in a tournament but did not gain any points.