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] The full pools and fixtures for the event were announced on 18 February 2014.

[6] New Zealand Canada Scotland Barbados South Africa Kenya Cook Islands Trinidad and Tobago Samoa Wales Papua New Guinea Malaysia Australia England Sri Lanka Uganda The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four nations, with each nation playing their other pool opponents once, every nation playing three times during the group stages.

Points System The points system was the same one used in most sevens competitions, including the IRB Sevens World Series: The round robin stage was played on 26 July 2014.