2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens

The 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens is a tournament to be held at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand from 25-26 January 2020. It will be the first edition of the New Zealand Women's Sevens for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and will also be the fourth tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nation New Zealand
Date25-26 January 2020
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Canada
Third France
Tournament details
Matches played28
Tries scored157 (average 5.607 per match)
Top point scorer Michaela Blyde &
Stacey Fluhler
(45 pts each)
Top try scorer Michaela Blyde &
Stacey Fluhler
(9 tries each)
2021 →

Format

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool and the best second-placed team advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match. The other teams from each group were paired off for the lower classification matches.

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  China.

Pool stage

Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 New Zealand 330011835+839 Advance to semifinals
 England 31025766-95 5th-place playoff
 Fiji 31025974-155 7th-place playoff
 China 31022483-595 9th-place playoff

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Australia 33008340+439 Advance to semifinals
 United States 32016738+297 5th-place playoff
 Russia 31024873-255 7th-place playoff
 Brazil 30033582-473 11th-place playoff

Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Canada 33008031+499 Advance to semifinals
 France 32019535+507 Advance to semifinals
 Spain 31022673-475 9th-place playoff
 Ireland 30032173-523 11th-place playoff

Placement matches

Eleventh place

Ninth place

Seventh place

Fifth place

Knockout stage

Cup
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Australia19
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Canada28
 
 Canada7
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 New Zealand24
 
 New Zealand19
 
 
 France7
 
Third place
 
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Australia14
 
 
 France19


See also

References
    Women's Sevens Series VIII
    Preceded by
    2019 South Africa Women's Sevens    		 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens Succeeded by
    2020 Sydney Women's Sevens
    New Zealand Women's Sevens
    Preceded by
    2019 New Zealand Women's Sevens    		 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens Succeeded by
    2021 New  Zealand Women's Sevens
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