2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament
The women's tournament in the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held at AT&T Park in San Francisco alongside the men's tournament in which the teams competed for the Women’s Rugby Sevens World Cup.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue | AT&T Park |
| Dates | 20 – 21 July |
| No. of nations | 16 |
Champions  |  New Zealand |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Tries scored | 199 (average 6.22 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Michaela Blyde (45) |
| Most tries | Michaela Blyde (9) |
Format
Unlike previous editions, the tournament was played for the first time in a knock-out only format.
- Teams in the Championship Cup competed for the Women’s Rugby Sevens World Cup trophy and Bronze Medals.
- Losing teams in the Championship Cup Quarter-finals competed for 5th Place.
- Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (first round) competed for the Challenge Trophy and 13th Place.
- All teams played four matches.
Teams
| Africa | North America | South America | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic qualification | |||||
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 Spain |
New Zealand | |||
| 2016–17 World Series | |||||
 France Russia |
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| Regional Qualifiers | |||||
 South Africa |
 Mexico |
 Brazil |
 China Japan |
 England Ireland |
 Papua New Guinea |
Squads
Draw
The sixteen teams were seeded as follows:[1]
- The ten core teams of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series were seeded according to their accumulated scores from the former series alongside the 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens and 2018 Sydney Women's Sevens.
- Through becoming a 2017–18 core team, Japan was seeded 11th.
- The remaining five were determined through the teams' ranking performance in the 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens.
| 2017–18 Core Team Seeding | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Event Team |
2016–17 |  Dubai |
Sydney |
Points total | |||||||
| 1 | New Zealand |
116 | 12 | 18 | 146 | |||||||
| 2 | Australia |
100 | 20 | 20 | 140 | |||||||
| 3 | Canada |
98 | 14 | 16 | 128 | |||||||
| 4 | Russia |
66 | 16 | 14 | 96 | |||||||
| 5 | United States |
62 | 18 | 6 | 86 | |||||||
| 6 | France |
60 | 10 | 12 | 82 | |||||||
| 7 | Fiji |
66 | 2 | 3 | 71 | |||||||
| 8 | England |
37 | 6 | 4 | 47 | |||||||
| 9 | Ireland |
34 | 4 | 8 | 46 | |||||||
| 10 | Spain |
19 | 8 | 10 | 37 | |||||||
| 11 | Japan |
New core team | ||||||||||
| 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens seeding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Round | Record |
| 12 | China |
Winner | 6–0 |
| 13 | South Africa |
Final | 4–2 |
| 14 | Brazil |
Quarterfinal | 2–2 |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea |
Quarterfinal | 1–3 |
| 16 | Mexico |
Pool stage | 0–3 |
Match officials
World Rugby announced a panel of nine match officials for the women's tournament.[2]
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Tournament
13th Place
| Semi-finals | 13th Place Final | |||||
| 21 July 2018 – 11:28 – AT&T Park | ||||||
| Mexico (16) | 0 | |||||
| 21 July 2018 – 18:02 – AT&T Park | ||||||
| South Africa (13) | 34 | |||||
| South Africa (13) | 0 | |||||
| 21 July 2018 – 11:50 – AT&T Park | ||||||
| Brazil (14) | 22 | |||||
| Brazil (14) | 15 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea (15) | 12 | |||||
| 15th Place | ||||||
| 21 July 2018 – 17:40 – AT&T Park | ||||||
| Mexico (16) | 0 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea (15) | 32 | |||||
| Matches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semi-finals
15th Place
13th Place Final
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Challenge Trophy
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | ||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 16:02 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||
| England (8) | 59 | |||||||||
| 21 July 2018 – 12:12 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||
| Mexico (16) | 0 | |||||||||
| England (8) | 38 | |||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 17:08 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||
| China (12) | 0 | |||||||||
| China (12) | 29 | |||||||||
| 21 July 2018 – 18:46 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||
| South Africa (13) | 5 | |||||||||
| England (8) | 31 | |||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 16:46 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||
| Japan (11) | 5 | |||||||||
| Japan (11) | 19 | |||||||||
| 21 July 2018 – 12:34 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||
| Brazil (14) | 14 | |||||||||
| Japan (11) | 15 | |||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 16:24 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||
| Fiji (7) | 14 | 11th Place | ||||||||
| Fiji (7) | 43 | |||||||||
| 21 July 2018 – 18:24 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea (15) | 0 | |||||||||
| China (12) | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji (7) | 38 | |||||||||
| Matches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
11th Place
Challenge Trophy Final
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5th Place
| Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
| 21 July 2018 – 12:56 – AT&T Park | ||||||
| Ireland (9) | 20 | |||||
| 21 July 2018 – 19:30 – AT&T Park | ||||||
| Russia (4) | 15 | |||||
| Ireland (9) | 7 | |||||
| 21 July 2018 – 13:18 – AT&T Park | ||||||
| Spain (10) | 12 | |||||
| Canada (3) | 14 | |||||
| Spain (10) | 26 | |||||
| 7th Place | ||||||
| 21 July 2018 – 19:08 – AT&T Park | ||||||
| Russia (4) | 10 | |||||
| Canada (3) | 22 | |||||
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Semi-finals
7th Place
5th Place Final
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Championship Cup
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Championship Cup Final | |||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 12:12 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| England (8) | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 17:30 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| Ireland (9) | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Ireland (9) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 11:50 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| New Zealand (1) | 45 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand (1) | 57 | |||||||||||||
| 21 July 2018 – 13:40 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico (16) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand (1) | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 12:34 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| United States (5) | 21 | |||||||||||||
| United States (5) | 38 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 18:36 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| China (12) | 7 | |||||||||||||
| United States (5) | 33 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 10:44 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| Russia (4) | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Russia (4) | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 21 July 2018 – 20:14 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa (13) | 14 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand (1) | 29 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 10:22 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| France (6) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| France (6) | 33 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 18:14 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| Japan (11) | 7 | |||||||||||||
| France (6) | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 11:06 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| Canada (3) | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Canada (3) | 43 | |||||||||||||
| 21 July 2018 – 14:02 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil (14) | 19 | |||||||||||||
| France (6) | 19 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 10:00 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| Australia (2) | 12 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||||||
| Fiji (7) | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 17:52 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 19:52 – AT&T Park | |||||||||||||
| Spain (10) | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Spain (10) | 0 | United States (5) | 14 | |||||||||||
| 20 July 2018 – 11:28 – AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||
| Australia (2) | 34 | Australia (2) | 24 | |||||||||||
| Australia (2) | 34 | |||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea (15) | 5 | |||||||||||||
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Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Championship Cup Final
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| 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens Women's Winners |
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New Zealand 2nd title |
Tournament placings
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
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New Zealand |
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France |
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Australia |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Ireland |
| 7 | Canada |
| 8 | Russia |
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 9 | England |
| 10 | Japan |
| 11 | Fiji |
| 12 | China |
| 13 | Brazil |
| 14 | South Africa |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea |
| 16 | Mexico |
Player scoring
| Rank | Player | Tries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michaela Blyde | 9 |
| 2 | Naya Tapper | 7 |
| 3 | Evania Pelite | 6 |
| Portia Woodman | ||
| 5 | Raijieli Daveua | 5 |
| Ellia Green | ||
| Bianca Silva |
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michaela Blyde | 47 |
| 2 | Tyla Nathan-Wong | 37 |
| 3 | Holly Aitchison | 36 |
| 4 | Naya Tapper | 35 |
| 5 | Ghislaine Landry | 31 |
Source: World Rugby
References
- "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification explained". World Rugby. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- "Match officials announced for landmark Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018" (Press release). World Rugby. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 - Tournament schedules". rwcsevens.com. World Rugby. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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