2019 South Africa Women's Sevens
The 2019 South Africa Women's Sevens was a tournament held at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa from 13–15 December 2019. It will be the first edition of the South Africa Women's Sevens and will also be the third tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
| 2019 South Africa Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series VIII | |
| Host nation |  South Africa |
| Date | 13–15 December 2019 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Third | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 28 |
2020 → | |
Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.
Teams
Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for this tournament is South Africa.
Pool stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 54 | 9 |
 Fiji |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 36 | 39 | 7 |
 Russia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 62 | -12 | 5 |
| South Africa |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 98 | -81 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 24 | 71 | 9 |
| Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 21 | 51 | 7 |
 Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 78 | -30 | 5 |
 Brazil |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 106 | -92 | 3 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 14 | 66 | 9 |
 United States |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 26 | 47 | 5 |
 England |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 60 | -17 | 5 |
 Ireland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 103 | -96 | 3 |
Placement matches
Knockout stage
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
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| France | 31 | |||||||||
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| Russia | 0 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| Australia | 38 | |||||||||
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| Fiji | 7 | |||||||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||||||
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| New Zealand | 17 | |||||||||
| Canada | 15 | |||||||||
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| United States | 14 | |||||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
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| New Zealand | 15 | Third place | ||||||||
| New Zealand | 26 | |||||||||
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| England | 21 | |||||||||
| France | 17 | |||||||||
| Canada | 22 | |||||||||
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Quarter-finals
3rd place
Cup Final
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Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
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New Zealand | 20 |
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Australia | 18 |
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Canada | 16 |
| 4 | France | 14 |
| 5 | United States | 12 |
| 6 | Fiji | 10 |
Source: World Rugby