2018 USA Women's Sevens
The 2018 USA Women's Sevens was the first tournament of the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was played on 20–21 October 2018 at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado, the first time the USA Women's Sevens was held at the venue.[1]
| 2018 USA Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series VII | |
| Host nation |  United States |
| Date | 20–21 October 2018 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up | United States |
| Third | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  Spain |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Tries scored | 218 (average 6.412 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Portia Woodman (50) |
| Top try scorer | Portia Woodman (10) |
← 2017 2019 → | |
Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also competed in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group played-off for the Challenge Trophy.
Teams
Eleven core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Mexico:
Pool stage
All times in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00)
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 15 | +101 | 9 |
 Russia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 26 | +81 | 7 |
| Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 74 | −23 | 5 |
 Mexico |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 157 | −157 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 19 | +89 | 9 |
 England |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 7 |
| United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 5 |
 China |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 104 | −71 | 3 |
Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
| Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 11:58 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Spain | 46 | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 15:26 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||
| Spain | 20 | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 12:20 – Infinity Park | ||||||
 Fiji | 14 | |||||
| China | 14 | |||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 15:04 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||
| China | 47 | |||||
| Matches |
|---|
|
Semi-finals Eleventh place Challenge Trophy Final |
Fifth place
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 13:36 – Infinity Park | ||||||
 Ireland | 21 | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 16:42 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Russia | 10 | |||||
| Ireland | 19 | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 13:58 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Australia | 21 | |||||
| England | 12 | |||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 16:20 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||
| England | 14 | |||||
| Matches |
|---|
|
Semi-finals Seventh place Fifth place |
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 10:30 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 34 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 14:20 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 28 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 10:52 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Canada | 19 | |||||||||
| Canada | 21 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 17:30 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 33 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 11:14 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| United States | 7 | |||||||||
| England | 7 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 14:42 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
 France | 22 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 11:36 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| United States | 21 | Bronze Final | ||||||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 17:04 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| United States | 26 | |||||||||
| Canada | 28 | |||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| Matches |
|---|
|
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze Final Cup Final |
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
 |
New Zealand | 20 |
 |
United States | 18 |
 |
Canada | 16 |
| 4 | France | 14 |
| 5 | Australia | 12 |
| 6 | Ireland | 10 |
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Tries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portia Woodman | 10 |
| 2 | Ilona Maher | 7 |
| Kristina Seredina | ||
| 4 | Alena Mikhaltsova | 6 |
| Michaela Blyde |
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portia Woodman | 50 |
| 2 | Emma Sykes | 45 |
| 3 | Ghislaine Landry | 43 |
| 4 | Tyla Nathan-Wong | 42 |
| 5 | Lucy Mulhall | 38 |
Source: World Rugby
References
- "Schedule and pools announced for HSBC USA Women's Sevens 2018 in Glendale". World Rugby. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- "Glendale Fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 16 October 2018.