2019 USA Women's Sevens

The 2019 USA Women's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that takes place at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado between the 5-6 October 2019. It was the seventh time that the USA Women's Sevens have been held as an World Series event and was the first tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

2019 USA Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nation	United States
Date	5–6 October 2019
Cup
Champion	United States
Runner-up	Australia
Third	New Zealand
Challenge
Winner	England
Tournament details
Matches played	32
← 2018

In the cup final, the United States won their first USA Women's Sevens since the tournament became a World Series event as they defeated Australia 26–7 in the final. New Zealand came home in third place after defeating France 31–14 while England won the Challenge Trophy over Japan.

Background

The 2019 USA Women's Sevens is the first round of eight tournaments for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the seventh since the tournament became a part of the World Series.[1] During the off-season, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics continued in the continental with England qualifying through to the Olympic Games as Great Britain with a 19-0 victory over Russia. France joined Russia in qualifying for the repcharge event.[2]

Format

The twelve teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each with each team playing their other three opponents in their pool once. Points are awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top two third place teams also compete in the Cup. The remaining four teams will compete in the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven teams being core teams to the Sevens Series. The twelfth team, Japan was invited to the tournament.[3]

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	116	19	+97	9
Russia	3	2	0	1	79	62	+17	7
England	3	1	0	2	43	88	−45	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	21	90	−69	3

5 October 2019
11:21

England	22–38	Russia

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
11:43

New Zealand	40–7	Japan

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
14:05

England	21–14	Japan

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
14:27

New Zealand	40–12	Russia

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
17:05

Russia	29–0	Japan

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
17:33

New Zealand	36–0	England

Infinity Park, Glendale

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	90	26	+64	9
United States	3	2	0	1	86	31	+55	7
Ireland	3	1	0	2	42	90	−48	5
Brazil	3	0	0	3	12	93	−81	3

5 October 2019
10:37

France	28–7	Ireland

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
10:59

United States	27–0	Brazil

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
13:21

France	38–5	Brazil

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
13:43

United States	45–7	Ireland

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
16:05

Ireland	28–7	Brazil

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
16:35

United States	14–24	France

Infinity Park, Glendale

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	92	38	+54	8
Canada	3	2	1	0	76	47	+29	8
Spain	3	1	0	2	48	71	−23	5
Fiji	3	0	0	3	35	95	−60	3

5 October 2019
9:53

Australia	31–5	Spain

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
10:15

Canada	31–7	Fiji

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
12:37

Australia	35–7	Fiji

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
12:59

Canada	19–14	Spain

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
15:21

Spain	29–21	Fiji

Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
15:43

Canada	26–26	Australia

Infinity Park, Glendale

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

	Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final

	6 October 2019 – 11:39 – Infinity Park

	England	34
					6 October 2019 – 15:37 – Infinity Park
	Brazil	14
					England	36
	6 October 2019 – 12:01 – Infinity Park
					Japan	14
	Fiji	19

	Japan	21

Matches

Semi-finals

6 October 2019	England	34–14	Brazil	Infinity Park, Glendale
11:39

6 October 2019	Fiji	19–21	Japan	Infinity Park, Glendale
12:01

Challenge Trophy Final

6 October 2019	England	36–14	Japan	Infinity Park, Glendale
15:37

Fifth place

	Semi-finals				Final

	6 October 2019 – 13:17 – Infinity Park

	Spain	24
					6 October 2019 – 16:01 – Infinity Park
	Russia	19
					Spain	12
	6 October 2019 – 13:39 – Infinity Park
					Canada	7
	Canada	40

	Ireland	14

Matches

Semi-finals

6 October 2019	Spain	24–19	Russia	Infinity Park, Glendale
13:17

6 October 2019	Canada	40–14	Ireland	Infinity Park, Glendale
13:39

Fifth place

6 October 2019	Spain	12–7	Canada	Infinity Park, Glendale
16:01

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final

	6 October 2019 – 10:11 – Infinity Park

	France	26
					6 October 2019 – 14:01 – Infinity Park
	Spain	7
					France	0
	6 October 2019 – 10:33 – Infinity Park
					Australia	40
	Australia	38
									6 October 2019 – 16:58 – Infinity Park
	Russia	0
									Australia	7
	6 October 2019 – 10:55 – Infinity Park
									United States	26
	United States	29
					6 October 2019 – 14:23 – Infinity Park
	Canada	26
					United States	19
	6 October 2019 – 11:17 – Infinity Park
					New Zealand	17			Third place
	New Zealand	36
									6 October 2019 – 16:28 – Infinity Park
	Ireland	10
									France	14

									New Zealand	31

Matches

Quarter-finals

6 October 2019	France	26–7	Spain	Infinity Park, Glendale
10:11

6 October 2019	Australia	38–0	Russia	Infinity Park, Glendale
10:33

6 October 2019	Canada	29–26	United States	Infinity Park, Glendale
10:55

6 October 2019	New Zealand	36–10	Ireland	Infinity Park, Glendale
11:17

Semi-finals

6 October 2019	France	0–40	Australia	Infinity Park, Glendale
14:01		Report

6 October 2019	United States	19–17	New Zealand	Infinity Park, Glendale
14:23		Report

3rd place

6 October 2019	France	14–31	New Zealand	Infinity Park, Glendale
16:28		Report

Cup Final

6 October 2019	Australia	7–26	United States	Infinity Park, Glendale
16:58		Report

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	United States	20
	Australia	18
	New Zealand	16
4	France	14
5	Spain	12
6	Canada	10

Place	Team	Points
7	Russia	8
8	Ireland	6
9	England	4
10	Japan	3
11	Fiji	2
12	Brazil	1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
Rank	Player	Tries
1	Emma Tonegato	9
2	Charlotte Caslick	7
3	Ellia Green	6
	Kelly Brazier	6
	Michaela Blyde	6
	Stacey Waaka	6

Source: World Rugby

Points scored
Rank	Player	Points
1	Emma Tonegato	45
2	Ellia Green	40
2	Ghislaine Landry	40
4	Kelly Brazier	38
5	Alev Kelter	36

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected for the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[4]

Backs	Forwards
Charlotte Caslick Kristi Kirshe Kelly Brazier Emma Tonegato	Cheta Emba Chloé Pelle Stacey Waaka

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See also

World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)
World Rugby

References

"Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020". World Rugby. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
"England secure Great Britain's place at Tokyo 2020". World Rugby. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
"Pools and match schedule announced for HSBC USA Women's Sevens". World Rugby. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
"HSBC Dream Team". twitter.com/WorldRugby7s. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

External links

Women's Sevens Series VIII
Preceded by None (first event)	2019 USA Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2019 Dubai Women's Sevens
USA Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2018 USA Women's Sevens	2019 USA Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2020 USA Women's Sevens

USA Sevens
Men's events	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Women's events	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Venues	Home Depot Center/Dignity Health Sports Park BBVA Compass Stadium Fifth Third Bank Stadium Infinity Park Petco Park

2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Tournaments	Glendale Dubai Cape Town Hamilton Sydney
Core teams	Australia Brazil Canada England Fiji France Ireland New Zealand Russia Spain United States
Invited teams	Japan China South Africa
0Related articles	2019–20 World Series core qualification 2020 World Challenger Series
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Squads

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