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
Date13–15 December 2019
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Third Canada
Tournament details
Matches played28
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 33006410549
 Fiji 32017536397
 Russia 31025062-125
 South Africa 30031798-813
13 December 2019
Russia  19–38  Fiji

13 December 2019
New Zealand  40–0  South Africa

14 December 2019
Russia  31–12  South Africa

14 December 2019
New Zealand  12–10  Fiji

14 December 2019
Fiji  25–5  South Africa

14 December 2019
New Zealand  12–0  Russia

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 33009524719
 Canada 32017221517
 Spain 31024878-305
 Brazil 300314106-923
13 December 2019
France  36–12  Spain

13 December 2019
Canada  32–0  Brazil

14 December 2019
France  45–0  Brazil

14 December 2019
Canada  28–7  Spain

14 December 2019
Spain  29–14  Brazil

14 December 2019
Canada  12–14  France

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33008014669
 United States 32017326475
 England 31024360-175
 Ireland 30037103-963
13 December 2019
Australia  32–0  England

13 December 2019
United States  38–12  Ireland

14 December 2019
Australia  29–0  Ireland

14 December 2019
United States  21–7  England

14 December 2019
England  36–7  Ireland

14 December 2019
United States  14–19  Australia

Placement matches

Eleventh place

Ninth place

Knockout stage

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 France31
 
15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Russia0
 
 France19
 
15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Australia24
 
 Australia38
 
15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Fiji7
 
 Australia7
 
15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 New Zealand17
 
 Canada15
 
15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States14
 
 Canada5
 
15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 New Zealand15 Third place
 
 New Zealand26
 
15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
 
 England21
 
 France17
 
 
 Canada22
 


Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 New Zealand20
 Australia18
 Canada16
4  France14
5  United States12
6  Fiji10
Place  Team Points
7  England8
8  Russia6
9  Spain4
10  South Africa3
11  Ireland2
12  Brazil1

Source: World Rugby

See also

References

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