2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
| World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VIII | |
|---|---|
| Hosts | |
| Date | 5 October 2019 – 2 February 2020 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| Third | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Series details | |
| Top try scorer | Stacey Fluhler (31) |
| Top point scorer | Alev Kelter (171) |
← 2018–19 | |
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The 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the eighth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. Only five of the originally scheduled eight tournaments were completed before the series was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] New Zealand was awarded the series title at the end of June 2020, on account of it leading by 16 points over the second-placed Australia.[2] The events planned for Hong Kong,[3] Langford and Paris were postponed,[4] before eventually being cancelled.[2]
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 were:
Brazil was promoted to core team status after winning the World Series qualifier held in Hong Kong in 2019,[9] replacing China who were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed core team in 2018–19.
Tour venues
The original itinerary for the 2019–20 women's circuit included three new legs to be played in Cape Town,[10] Hamilton and Hong Kong,[11] although only the first two were able to be played. The women's Tokyo Sevens was not included in the series due to the Olympic Sevens being scheduled there instead. After all tournaments planned for the second quarter of 2020 were cancelled, the series was reduced from eight legs to five. All but one of the completed legs were combined sevens tournaments with their corresponding events from the men's World Series,[12][13] with only the Glendale tournament hosted as a stand-alone women's event.[14]
| Leg | Stadium | City | Dates | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Infinity Park | Glendale (Denver) | 5–6 October 2019 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Dubai | The Sevens | Dubai | 5–7 December 2019 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
| South Africa | Cape Town Stadium | Cape Town | 13–15 December 2019 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
| New Zealand | Waikato Stadium | Hamilton | 25–26 January 2020 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
| Australia | Bankwest Stadium [15] | Sydney | 1–2 February 2020 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
The tournaments planned for Hong Kong (3–5 April 2020), Langford (2–3 May 2020) and Paris (30–31 May 2020),[16] were ultimately cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Standings
Official standings for the 2019–20 series:
Source: World Rugby
Legend No colour Core team in 2019–20 and re-qualified as a core team for the next World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Yellow Invitational team
Placings summary
Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2019–20 series, by team:
| Team | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver | 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze | Fourth | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 4 | – | 1 | – | 5 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | – | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
Tournaments
Glendale
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 26–7 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (Bronze) File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 5th Place | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 12–7 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland |
| Challenge Trophy | File:Flag of England.svg England | 36–14 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji |
Dubai*
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 17–14 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Bronze) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| 9th Place | File:Flag of England.svg England | 26–21 | File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland | - |
| 11th Place | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 14-12 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | - |
Cape Town*
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 17–7 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (Bronze) File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 9th Place | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 19–7 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | - |
| 11th Place | File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland | 26-7 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | - |
* 5th Place and Challenge Trophy not contested
Players
Tries scored
| Rank | Player | Tries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand Stacey Fluhler | 31 |
| 2 | Australia Ellia Green | 26 |
| 3 | United States Alev Kelter | 21 |
| 4 | Canada Bianca Farella | 18 |
| 5 | Australia Emma Tonegato | 18 |
Points scored
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Alev Kelter | 171 |
| 2 | Canada Ghislaine Landry | 170 |
| 3 | Australia Ellia Green | 164 |
| 4 | New Zealand Stacey Fluhler | 155 |
| 5 | New Zealand Tyla Nathan-Wong | 139 |
Updated: 4 February 2020
Awards
| Tour Leg | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Glendale | Australia Charlotte Caslick | 63 |
| Dubai | New Zealand Stacey Fluhler | 78 |
| Cape Town | France Séraphine Okemba | 58 |
| Hamilton | New Zealand Michaela Blyde | 59 |
| Sydney | France Shannon Izar | 56 |
| Pos | Player | T | B | O | C | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand Stacey Fluhler | 16 | 38 | 24 | 101 | 279 |
| 2 | Australia Emma Tonegato | 51 | 18 | 16 | 105 | 242 |
| 3 | France Coralie Bertrand | 48 | 10 | 30 | 84 | 222 |
| 4 | Canada Bianca Farella | 47 | 16 | 15 | 95 | 220 |
| 5 | New Zealand Kelly Brazier | 73 | 12 | 15 | 80 | 219 |
| 6 | United States Alev Kelter | 27 | 23 | 10 | 101 | 217 |
| 7 | Australia Ellia Green | 26 | 24 | 11 | 90 | 210 |
| 8 | Fiji Ana Maria Naimasi | 27 | 17 | 21 | 71 | 191 |
| 9 | France Camille Grassineau | 56 | 6 | 18 | 73 | 183 |
| 10 | Russia Baizat Khamidova | 42 | 10 | 18 | 73 | 181 |
Updated: 4 February 2020
See also
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Point differential: Australia +367, Canada +233.
- ↑ World Rugby announced that there would be no relegation from the 2019–20 core teams as the inaugural Challenger Series qualifying event for women's teams scheduled for March 2020 was not able to take place. Therefore, Brazil, who would have been relegated as the lowest placed core team, re-qualified as a core team for the next World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[2]
Citations
- ↑ "World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont". World Rugby. 20 March 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World Rugby. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ↑ "World Rugby Statement: Singapore and Hong Kong Sevens rescheduled". World.Rugby. 13 February 2020.
- ↑ "Coronavirus: World Rugby forced into mass cancellations". The New Zealand Herald. 21 March 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.
- ↑ "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 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series". world.rugby. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "HSBC Sydney 7s heads to Bankwest Stadium". Rugby Australia. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019.
- ↑ "Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020". World Rugby. 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019.
Sources
- "Terms of participation: HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series" (PDF). World Rugby. 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.