2018–19 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. The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.

The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2018–19 series were:

One additional core team qualified through winning the 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens:

•  China

The twelfth team in each tournament is allocated based on performance in the respective continental competitions within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.

There were six tournaments in 2018–19:

2018–19 Itinerary

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
United States	Infinity Park	Glendale (Denver)	20–21 October 2018	New Zealand
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	29–30 November 2018	New Zealand
Australia	Spotless Stadium	Sydney	1–3 February 2019	New Zealand
Japan	Mikuni World Stadium	Kitakyushu	20–21 April 2019	Canada
Canada	Westhills Stadium	Langford (Victoria)	11–12 May 2019	New Zealand
France	Parc des Sports Aguiléra	Biarritz	15–16 June 2019	United States

Official standings for the 2018–19 series:

2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VII
Pos	Event  Team	Glendale	Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Biarritz	Points total
1	New Zealand	20	20	20	12	20	18	110
2	United States	18	14	16	16	16	20	100
3	Canada	16	18	12	20	12	16	94
4	Australia	12	16	18	10	18	12	86
5	France	14	8	10	14	14	10	70
6	England [GB 1]	6	10	3	18	10	3	50
7	Russia	8	12	8	6	8	6	48
8	Ireland	10	6	14	8	2	1	41
9	Spain	4	3	6	3	6	14	36
10	Fiji	3	2	4	4	4	4	21
11	China	2	4	2	2	3	8	21
12	Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	2	2
13	Japan	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
14	Kenya	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
15	Brazil	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
16	Papua New Guinea	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
17	Mexico	1	–	–	–	–	–	1

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour	Core team in 2018–19 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2018–19 series
Yellow	Invitational team
Qualified to the 2020 Olympic Sevens as one of the four highest placed eligible teams from the 2018–19 series.[1]

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2018–19 series, by team:

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
United States	1	1	3	1	6
New Zealand	4	1	–	–	5
Canada	1	1	2	–	4
Australia	–	2	1	–	3
France	–	–	–	3	3
England	–	1	–	–	1
Ireland	–	–	–	1	1
Spain	–	–	–	1	1
Totals	6	6	6	6	24

• 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)
• 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
• Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification