2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series is the eighth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby.
| World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VIII | |
|---|---|
| Hosts | |
| Date | 5 October 2019 – 2 February 2020 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
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| Series details | |
| Top point scorer | Alev Kelter (171) |
| Top try scorer | Stacey Fluhler (31) |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → | |
In March 2020, World Rugby postponed all remaining tournaments in the series due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1] The events in Langford and Paris were postponed provisionally until September,[2] preceding the Hong Kong event previously postponed until October.[3]
On 30 June, the remaining rounds of the series was cancelled which meant that New Zealand was awarded the title by 16 points over second place Australia.[4]
Format
Twelve nations competed at each event,[5] drawn into three pools of four teams.[6] The top-placed teams after the pool matches at each tournament played off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams.[7] The winner of the series was determined by the overall points standings gained across all events in the season.[8]
Teams
The eleven "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for 2019–20 are:
Brazil was promoted to core team status after winning the 2019–20 World Series qualifier held in Hong Kong,[9] replacing China who were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed core team in 2018–19.
Tour venues
Three new legs in South Africa, New Zealand, and Hong Kong were added to the women's circuit for 2019–20.[10][11] The Japan Women's Sevens was not part of the series as the Olympic Sevens was hosted in Tokyo in 2020, so there were to be eight women's events in the 2019–20 series.[12] All but two of these (the tournaments in Canada and the United States) were hosted as combined sevens events with their corresponding tournaments from the men's World Series.[13][14]
| Leg | Stadium | City | Dates | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Infinity Park | Glendale (Denver) | 5–6 October 2019 |  |
| Dubai | The Sevens | Dubai | 5–7 December 2019 | |
| South Africa | Cape Town Stadium | Cape Town | 13–15 December 2019 | |
| New Zealand | Waikato Stadium | Hamilton | 25–26 January 2020 | |
| Australia | Bankwest Stadium [15] | Sydney | 1–2 February 2020 | |
The Hong Kong event was originally scheduled to be played in April 2020 but was postponed due to health concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to October 2020.[3] In June 2020, the remaining three rounds of the tournament (Canada, France and Hong Kong) were cancelled due to the pandemic.[4]
Standings
Official standings for the 2019–20 series:
| 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VIII | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos |
Event Team |
Glendale |
 Dubai |
 Cape Town |
Hamilton |
Sydney |
Points total | |||||
| 1 | |
16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 96 | |||||
| 2 | |
18 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 80 | |||||
| 3 | |
10 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 80 | |||||
| 4 |  |
14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 70 | |||||
| 5 | |
20 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 66 | |||||
| 6 |  |
8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 40 | |||||
| 7 |  |
2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 38 | |||||
| 8 |  |
4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 36 | |||||
| 9 |  |
12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 28 | |||||
| 10 |  |
6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| 11 |  |
3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 8 | |||||
| 12 |  |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 13 |  |
– | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | |||||
| 14 | |
– | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | |||||
Source: World Rugby
Legend No colour Core team in 2019–20 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2020–21 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Pink Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2019–20 series Yellow Invitational team
Placings summary
Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2019–20 series, by team:
| Team |  |
 |
 |
Fourth | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 | – | 1 | – | 5 |
|
1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
|
– | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
|
– | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
|
– | – | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
Tournaments
Glendale
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | |
26–7 | |
|
| 5th Place | |
12–7 | |
|
| Challenge Trophy | |
36–14 | |
|
Dubai*
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | |
17–14 | |
|
| 9th Place | |
26–21 | |
- |
| 11th Place | |
14-12 | |
- |
Cape Town*
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | |
17–7 | |
|
| 9th Place | |
19–7 | |
- |
| 11th Place | |
26-7 | |
- |
* 5th Place and Challenge Trophy not contested
Players
Tries scored
| Rank | Player | Tries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 31 |
| 2 | | 26 |
| 3 | | 21 |
| 4 | | 18 |
| 5 | | 18 |
Points scored
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 171 |
| 2 | | 170 |
| 3 | | 164 |
| 4 | | 155 |
| 5 | | 139 |
Updated: 4 February 2020
Awards
| Tour Leg | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Glendale | | 63 |
| Dubai | | 78 |
| Cape Town | | 58 |
| Hamilton | ||
| Sydney | ||
| Hong Kong | ||
| Langford | ||
| Paris |
| Pos | Player | T | B | O | C | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
10 | 22 | 13 | 61 | 163 |
| 2 | |
29 | 15 | 8 | 69 | 159 |
| 3 | |
18 | 16 | 7 | 77 | 157 |
| 4 | |
34 | 12 | 7 | 59 | 143 |
| 5 | |
17 | 6 | 30 | 48 | 143 |
| 6 | |
44 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 139 |
| 7 | |
26 | 6 | 22 | 51 | 139 |
| 8 | |
21 | 15 | 7 | 53 | 133 |
| 9 | |
35 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 124 |
| 10 | |
24 | 10 | 4 | 60 | 122 |
Updated: 30 December 2019
See also
References
- "World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont". World Rugby. 20 March 2020.
- "Coronavirus: World Rugby forced into mass cancellations". The New Zealand Herald. 21 March 2020.
- "World Rugby Statement: Singapore and Hong Kong Sevens rescheduled". World.Rugby. 13 February 2020.
- "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World Rugby. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- Tournament Rules 2018, p. 2.
- Tournament Rules 2018, p. 3.
- Tournament Rules 2018, pp. 3–5.
- Tournament Rules 2018, pp. 2–3.
- "Brazil win Core Qualifiers in Hong Kong". Americas Rugby. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- Breakfast, Sivewe (18 July 2019). "Cape Town Sevens dates confirmed: Women's event added to extended 2019 tournament". The South African. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019.
- Navzi, Careem (13 March 2019). "Hong Kong Rugby Sevens to include women's event for first time from 2020 in revamped World Series". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- "HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series". world.rugby. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019.
- "World Rugby announces new-look men's and women's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-23". world.rugby. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
- "Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020". World.Rugby. 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019.
- "HSBC Sydney 7s heads to Bankwest Stadium". Rugby Australia. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019.
Sources
- "Terms of participation: HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series" (PDF). World Rugby. 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.