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2019 South Africa Women's Sevens

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2019 South Africa Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nationSouth Africa South Africa
Date13–15 December 2019
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Third Canada
Tournament details
Matches played28
2020

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.

Format

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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

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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

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Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 64 10 54 9
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 73 36 37 7
 Russia 3 1 0 2 50 62 -12 5
 South Africa 3 0 0 3 17 98 -81 3
13 December 2019
Russia 19–38 Fiji
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town



14 December 2019
New Zealand 12–10 Fiji
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

14 December 2019
Fiji 25–5 South Africa
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 95 24 71 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 72 21 51 7
 Spain 3 1 0 2 48 78 -30 5
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 14 106 -92 3
13 December 2019
France 36–12 Spain
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

13 December 2019
Canada 32–0 Brazil
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

14 December 2019
France 45–0 Brazil
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

14 December 2019
Canada 28–7 Spain
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

14 December 2019
Spain 29–14 Brazil
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

14 December 2019
Canada 12–14 France
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 80 14 66 9
 United States 3 2 0 1 73 38 35 7
 England 3 1 0 2 43 60 -17 5
 Ireland 3 0 0 3 19 103 -84 3
13 December 2019
Australia 32–0 England
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town


14 December 2019
Australia 29–0 Ireland
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town


14 December 2019
England 36–7 Ireland
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Placement matches

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Eleventh place

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15 December 2019 Brazil  7–26  Ireland Cape Town Stadium  

Ninth place

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15 December 2019 Spain  19–7  South Africa Cape Town Stadium  

Knockout stage

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Cup

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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
 
 
 Canada (a.e.t.)22
 


Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 16
4  France 14
5  United States 12
6  Fiji 10
Place  Team Points
7  England 8
8  Russia 6
9  Spain 4
10  South Africa 3
11  Ireland 2
12  Brazil 1

Source: World Rugby

See also

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References

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