2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy.[1] The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.[2]

The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2017–18 series were:[3]

One additional core team qualified through winning the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens:[4]

•  Japan

There were five tournaments in 2017–18:[5]

2017–18 Itinerary

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	30 November – 1 December 2017	Australia
Australia	Sydney Football Stadium	Sydney	26–28 January 2018 [6]	Australia
Japan	Mikuni World Stadium	Kitakyushu	21–22 April 2018	New Zealand
Canada	Westhills Stadium	Langford	12–13 May 2018	New Zealand
France	Stade Jean-Bouin	Paris	8–10 June 2018	New Zealand

Official standings for the 2017–18 series:

2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VI
Pos	Event  Team	Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris	Points total
1	Australia	20	20	16	18	18	92
2	New Zealand	12	18	20	20	20	90
3	France	10	12	18	14	14	68
4	Canada	14	16	2	12	16	60
5	United States	18	6	4	16	12	56
6	Russia	16	14	12	1	3	46
7	Spain	8	10	14	3	8	43
8	England	6	4	8	8	6	32
9	Fiji	2	3	10	6	10	31
10	Ireland	4	8	3	10	4	29
11	Japan	1	2	1	4	2	10
12	China	–	–	6	–	–	6
13	South Africa	3	–	–	–	–	3
14	Brazil	–	–	–	2	–	2
15	Wales	–	–	–	–	1	1
16	Papua New Guinea	–	1	–	–	–	1

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour	Core team in 2017–18 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series
Yellow	Not a core team

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017–18 series, by team:

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
Australia	2	2	1	–	5
New Zealand	3	1	–	–	4
United States	–	1	1	–	2
France	–	1	–	2	3
Canada	–	–	2	1	3
Russia	–	–	1	1	2
Spain	–	–	–	1	1
Totals	5	5	5	5	20

• 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)