Canada defeated Wales 35-19 to win the Bowl Championship at the Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday.
Canada built a 28-0 first half lead over the Welsh in front of 40,000 fans, with tries coming from debutant Thyssen de Goede, Chauncey O'Toole, Ciaran Hearn and Phil Mack, who also converted all four scores.
Wales, who was upset earlier in the tournament by hosts Hong Kong, looked visibly shaken by the time the half-time hooter sounded.
In the second half a spirited Welsh side got on the board, but Canada kept responding with more pressure getting its lone second half try from an excellent effort by Conor Trainor.
Wales got a final try from Ifan Evans, but it was too little too late.
"It brought back memories of Scotland in the World Cup," said Mack, the Canadian captain who had fifteen points from five conversions and a try. "We said last night that we need to relax and have a bit of fun out there, and that seemed to really make a difference."
This will be the last Sevens event until for Canada until the London and Edinburgh events in May, but Mack says he wants to build off this success.
"We have got to build up this core of good players and I think we are doing that," Mack added.
Samoa, meanwhile, came from behind to beat New Zealand 24-21 and win the Hong Kong Sevens, taking the lead in the IRB Sevens World Series with two tournaments left in the season.
Samoa's third straight title, which came at the biggest event of the year, gave it 30 points and an overall 124 points in the standings. New Zealand, an eight-time world series champion, dropped to second with 121 points.
Kurt Baker, who scored four tries in New Zealand's semifinal victory over Fiji, crossed twice in the first four minutes to help the Kiwis race to a 14-0 lead. Samoa responded with two tries, but missed a conversion, leaving it trailing 12-14 at the half.
Then Mikaele Pesamino scored two consecutive tries and Lolo Lui made one conversion to put Samoa ahead 24-14. The Samoans held on to that lead for most of the second half with tenacious defence, making a late try and conversion by New Zealand meaningless.
Samoa coach Stephen Betham said composure was key to their victory, "just keeping ourselves in the game and knowing that the game isn't over until the final whistle."
"When we got those two tries (in the first half), we knew we had a chance," he said. "We just made too many mistakes in the end. We started particularly well, then made too many mistakes, had some real opportunities. It wasn't to be, really," New Zealand coach Gordon Tietjens said.
Earlier Sunday, Samoa beat the United States 24-7 in the quarter-finals and edged England 28-24 in the semi-finals.
Australia defeated South Africa 12-5 in the plate final, earning 16 points under new tournament rules that diverted the losing quarter-finalists into the plate competition. As a losing plate finalist, South Africa gets 10 points.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge was among the trophy presenters, attending the Hong Kong Sevens after the sport was given Olympic status in October. Sevens will debut at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
- with files from The Associated Press.