2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series
| 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series | |
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| Host nations |
 Australia United Arab Emirates South Africa United States New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Scotland England
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| Date | 12 October 2013 – 11 May 2014 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
New Zealand
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| Runners-up |
South Africa
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| Third |
 Fiji
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← 2012–13
2014–15 →
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The 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 15th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides. The IRB Sevens World Series has been run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000.
For each season, there are 15 "core teams" that receive guaranteed berths in all events for that season's series. 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. All 15 core teams from the 2012–13 season retained their core team status. The 2013–14 core teams were:
On 9 October 2013, the IRB announced significant changes to the promotion/relegation process.
First, only one promotion place was available for the 2014–15 series. 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. The bottom-placed core team at the end of the season will now be automatically relegated, with no opportunity to retain core status.
The remaining three core teams for 2013–14 were determined in a two-stage qualifying process:
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