2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Women
This is the qualifications of the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament aimed at selecting women's Rugby sevens national teams that appeared in the finals in San Francisco. A total of 52 nations took part in the qualifying process.
General
The tournament is organized by World Rugby to be held on 20–22 July 2018, with sixteen teams in attendance. Automatic qualification is extended the semi-finalists of the previous World Cup (of which host United States is one). Four other bids were determined by placement in the 2016-17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, with the remainder decided in each of the six regions' respective tournaments.[1]
Qualified teams
| Africa | North America | South America | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic qualification | |||||
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 Spain |
 New Zealand | |||
| 2016–17 World Series | |||||
 France Russia |
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| Regional Qualifiers | |||||
 South Africa |
 Mexico |
 Brazil |
 China Japan |
 England Ireland |
 Papua New Guinea |
Qualifying
| Legend |
|---|
| Qualified to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Already qualified |
Africa
The tournament was held 16–17 September 2017 in Monastir, Tunisia,[2] with South Africa beating Kenya 17–12 to obtain the one allotted Africa slot for the World Cup.
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | South Africa |
 |  Kenya |
 |  Tunisia |
| 4 |  Uganda |
| 5 |  Madagascar |
| 6 |  Senegal |
| 7 |  Zimbabwe |
| 8 |  Morocco |
Americas North
The qualifying Tournament, which is also Rugby Americas North Women's Sevens, took place at the Campo Marte in Mexico City, 25–26 November 2017.[3] With Mexico having the best record, it will make its first World Cup appearance.
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| Mexico |
|  French Guiana |
|  Jamaica |
| 4 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| 5 |  Guyana |
| 6 |  Dominican Republic |
| 7 |  Bermuda |
South America
The 2017 Torneo Valentín Martínez served as the South American qualifier, with the winner heading to the World Cup. It was held at Carrasco Polo Club in Montevideo, Uruguay on November 10-11.[4]
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 17 | +223 | 18 |
|  Argentina |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 197 | 32 | +167 | 16 |
|  Peru |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 104 | −29 | 14 |
| 4 |  Paraguay |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 89 | +42 | 12 |
| 5 |  Uruguay |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 118 | −56 | 10 |
| 6 |  Chile |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 200 | −169 | 8 |
| 7 |  Costa Rica |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 188 | −178 | 6 |
The format was a round robin tournament. All matches in Uruguay Standard Time (UTC−03:00)[5]
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Asia
From 23–24 September and 14–15 October, eight teams competed in Incheon and Colombo for two world cup slots.[6]
| Rank | Team | Korea | Sri Lanka | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| China | 10 | 10 | 20 |
|  Kazakhstan | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 |  Hong Kong | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 |  Thailand | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 |  Sri Lanka | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 |  Singapore | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Europe
Twelve teams competed at the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix at 17–18 June 2017 in Malemort, France, then 8–9 July in Kazan, Russia.[7]
| Rank | Team | Malemort | Kazan | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| Ireland | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| France | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | England | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wales | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Spain | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 |  Poland | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 9 |  Italy | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 |  Portugal | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 |  Sweden | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 |  Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Oceania
Eight teams competed in Suva, Fiji on 10-11 November 2017, with Australia, Fiji and New Zealand already qualified.[8] Papua New Guinea, as the highest-ranked team not yet qualified, was eligible.
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| New Zealand |
| Australia |
| Fiji |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea |
| 5 |  Cook Islands Samoa |
| 7 |  Tahiti Tonga |
References
- "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 Qualification Process". rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- http://www.rugbyafrique.com/schedule/
- "Mexico City to Host 2017 Rugby Americas North Sevens Tournament - Rugby Americas North". rugbyamericasnorth.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- El pasaje femenino a RWC 7s 2018 en juego en Montevideo Archived 2017-07-07 at the Wayback Machine - Sudamérica Rugby, 6 July 2017
- "#SudaméricaRugby7s: Fixture del Seven Femenino" (in Spanish). Sudamérica Rugby. 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- "Calendar 2017". asiarugby.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "Women's Grand Prix offers England and Ireland potential lifeline". World Rugby. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "Top teams for Oceania 7s championship". Fiji Times. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.