List of women's rugby sevens competitions

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Rugby Union Sevens - a short form of the sport of rugby union - was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.

However, although the first Women's international rugby union 15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first 7-a-side internationals were played, when the Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time.

Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.

The following is a list of all women's international tournaments that have been traced since 1997, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with links to result details, where known. If two tournaments are run concurrently the apparently more senior will be listed first.

Some tournaments include both club and national teams, and these are only included where the majority of teams are International. Occasionally what are effectively national teams play unofficially under an assumed name - these games are also noted where this is known.

The summary section looks at each region in turn and attempts to draw some conclusions about the relative strengths of the participants. This is a little flawed due to the absence of some results and information as well as the inclusion of non-international teams to make up the numbers but should give the best guess available.

Contents

[edit] 1997

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] 1998

No tournaments

[edit] 1999

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] 2000

[edit] Asian Championship

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] Jamaica vs Cayman Islands

[edit] 2001

[edit] Asian Championship

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] 2002

[edit] Whangarei Tournament


[edit] Asian Championship

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] 2003

[edit] Lomai Tournament[5]

[edit] Whangerei Tournament

  •  United States are known to have gone on to this tournament before Hong Kong.

[edit] Asian Tournament

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] European Tournament

[edit] South Pacific Games

  • Plans were afoot for a women's sevens tournament but it required six teams. It is not thought that this was achieved.[7]

[edit] 2004

[edit] CAR North Tournament

  • At Tunisia, 5–7 March 2004
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors:  Malta,  Tunisia and others

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] South America Tournament

[edit] Asian Tournament

[edit] Training Tournament (Central Europe)

[edit] 2005

[edit] CAR North Tournament

  • At Tunisia
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors: Unknown

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] Asian Tournament

[edit] European Qualification Tournament

[edit] FIRA Women's European Championship

[edit] CAR African Sevens

  • Venue/Date: Kampala, 5–6 November 2005

Cancelled for financial reasons

[edit] Training Tournament (Central Europe)

[edit] NAWIRA Tournament

[edit] South America Tournament

[edit] Rugby Valentin International Tournament

[edit] 2006

[edit] USA Tournament

[edit] Asian Championship

[edit] CAR North Tournament

  • At Tunisia
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors: Unknown

[edit] CAR South Tournament

  • At Uganda
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors: Unknown

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] Emerging European Nations

  • Venue: Hungary
  • No results published

[edit] FIRA-AER European Championship - Division A

[edit] FIRA-AER European Championship - Division B

[edit] CAR African Championship

[edit] Friendly Games

  • Date/Venue: 24–25 July 2006, Grossmugl, Austria. (Source Austria Union)
  • The only information is that teams from Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bavaria, and Mugl took part in a men's and women's tournament.

[edit] NAWIRA Tournament

[edit] 2007

[edit] South America Tournament

[edit] USA Tournament

[edit] CAR North Tournament

[edit] CAR South Tournament

  • At Uganda
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors: Unknown

[edit] T-EN Tournament

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] Asian Championship

[edit] Emerging European Nations

[edit] FIRA-AER European Championship - Division B

[edit] FIRA-AER European Championship - Division A

[edit] FIRA-AER European Championship - Top 10

[edit] CAR African Championship

[edit] T-EN League

[edit] South East Asia Sevens[9]

[edit] Borneo Sevens[10]

[edit] NAWIRA Tournament

[edit] Pacific Tournament

[edit] Dubai Tournament

[edit] South East Asia Games[11]

  • Thailand 52-0 Cambodia
  • Laos 0-36 Singapore
  • Thailand 14-12 Singapore
  • Cambodia 0-20 Laos
  • Cambodia 0-29 Singapore
  • Thailand 52-0 Laos

[edit] Classification Stages

Semi Finals

  • Thailand 43-0 Cambodia
  • Singapore 27-0 Laos
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Thailand 3 0 0 118 12
Singapore 2 0 1 77 14
Laos 1 0 2 20 88
Cambodia 0 0 3 0 101

3rd/4th Match (Bronze Medal)

  • Cambodia 0-15 Laos

Final (Gold and Silver medal)

  • Thailand 19-5 Singapore

[edit] 2008

[edit] South American Tournament and World Cup Qualifier

[edit] USA Sevens

[edit] Emerging European Nations

Venue: Austria, 21–24 March 2008 Winner:  Finland = Participants:  Austria,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Czech Republic,  Finland,  Hungary,  Luxembourg,  Poland,  Serbia

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] World Cup Pre-Qualifier (Europe)

[edit] Amsterdam Sevens 2008

[edit] One Off Match - London IRB (Men's) Sevens 2008

[12]

[edit] World Cup Pre-Qualifier (Europe)

[edit] Home Nations Cup 2008

At: Edinburgh[13] 1 June 2008.

  • Winner:  England
  • Only the results of games involving England were published.

[edit] One Off Match - Zambia 2008

[edit] Madrid Sevens - 2008

[edit] FIRA AER Top 16 and World Cup Qualifier

[edit] International Tournament - Reunion 2008

  • At: Réunion 23 to 30 June
  • Mauritius were planned to take part but appear to have dropped out.

POOL A

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
South Africa 4 0 0 182 5
France 3 0 1 164 5
Madagascar 1 1 2 47 74
Reunion 1 1 2 36 116
Mayotte 0 0 4 0 219


[edit] Oceania World Cup Qualifier

[edit] T-EN Central European Tournament

[edit] African World Cup Qualifier

[edit] Asian World Cup Qualifier

[edit] T-EN Central European Tournament

[edit] North America/Caribbean World Cup Qualifier

[edit] Friendly Sevens at Brno 2008

[edit] Japan Demonstration Game 2008

  • 22 November 2008, Japan. Not strictly an International, this was a game played amongst Japan squad members prior to the mens Japan USA XV aside match.
  • Reds 12-12 Whites

[edit] Asian Development Tournament

  • Laos, 26 to 29 November 2008
  • No scores published

[edit] Dubai Tournament

[edit] Nelson Mandela Bay Tournament 2008

[edit] FIRA Warm Up Tournament 2008[16]

  • Venue:Montpellier, France 20–21 December 2008
  • Group Game: France 12-0 Spain
  • Final: France 19-7 Spain

[edit] 2009

[edit] Rwanda Burundi Festival 2009

[edit] South American Tournament

[edit] USA Sevens

[edit] Malaga Sevens 2009

[edit] Minor Nations Training 2009

  • At London, 19–22 February 2009.
  • Finland (two teams) and Austria trained at London Wasps and this was followed by a tournament involving Finland, Finland 2, Austria, Wasps, Wasps 2 and Metropolitan Police.
  • Finland won all their games in a limited round robin (all teams played four games).
  • Participants:  Finland,  Finland 2,  Austria
  • Group Games: Austria 0-36 Finland
  • Group Games: Finland 2 5-17 Austria
  • Plate Final: Finland 2 17-5 Austria
  • Cup Final: Finland 38-0 Wasps 2

[edit] IRB Sevens World Cup

[edit] F-EN (Central European) Tournament

[edit] F-EN (Central European) League

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] Europe Emerging Nations

[edit] Asian Championship

[edit] CAR North West

[edit] FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division B

[edit] Roma Sevens 2009

[edit] Reunion Tournament 2009

At: Réunion 20 June 2009 Participants: Winners  France, runners up  Pretoria University, third  Réunion, unknown  Mayotte,  Madagascar

[edit] F-EN (Central Europe) Finals

[edit] FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division A

[edit] FIRA-AER European Tournament - Top 10

[edit] Banc ABC Tournament, Zimbabwe[18]

  • At Harare, Zimbabwe 12 September 2009
  • Zimbabwe  12-24  Zambia
  • Final placings are believed to have been 1st, Zambia, 2nd, Zimbabwe, 3rd, Zambia B, 4th, Zimbabwe B

[edit] Shanghai Sevens 2009[19]

  • At: Shanghai, China 12 and 13 September 2009
  • Participants:  China,  Guam
  • Results unknown

[edit] Pacific Mini Games

[edit] CAR African Tournament

  • Cancelled

[edit] Borneo Sevens 2009

  • At: Borneo. 31 October
  • Guam were mooted as a participant.
  • Thailand 39-0 India
  • Thailand 52-0 Malaysia
  • India 21-10 Malaysia

[edit] Bangkok Sevens 2009

  • At: Bangkok, Thailand 31 October. Thai club sides predominated.
  • Kazakhstan 20-14 Arabian Gulf

[edit] NACRA Caribbean Tournament

[edit] Dubai Tournament

  • At: Dubai, 4 December 2009. A tournament "for women’s teams who play rugby regularly at an international/county/provincial standard". The official status of some teams is unclear.
  • Participants: 12 teams, including five official national selections - Arabian Gulf,  France,  Georgia,  Kenya,  United States

[edit] East Asian Games 2009

Group Games

  • China 24-0 Japan
  • Guam 12-10 Hong Kong
  • Japan 50-0 Guam
  • China 44-0 Hong Kong
  • China 46-0 Guam
  • Japan 7-5 Hong Kong

Classification Stages

Semi Final

  • China 20-5 Hong Kong
  • Japan 19-5 Guam

Plate Final

  • Hong Kong 15-0 Guam

Final

  • China 34-12 Japan


[edit] European Emerging Nations

[edit] 2010

[edit] South American Games

[edit] USA Tournament

[edit] European Emerging Nations

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] Emerging Nations Camp

[edit] F-EN League

[edit] St Lucia v Guadeloupe

[edit] FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division A

[edit] FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division B

[edit] Amsterdam Sevens

[edit] CAR North West

[edit] Roma Sevens 2010

[edit] Carcassonne Sevens

  • Venue: Carcassonne, Italy. 19–20 June 2010.
  • There was only 3 national sides (Portugal, Georgia and Bulgaria) - but Portugal were on a much higher level. The teams agreed to form the Barbarians Filles between Bulgaria and Georgia to be able to play Portugal.
  •  Portugal 63-0  Bulgaria
  •  Portugal 46-7  Georgia
  • Final:  Portugal 66-0 Barbarians Fillies

[edit] FIRA-AER European Tournament - Top 10

[edit] Asian Championship

[edit] NACRA Sevens Championship

[edit] Cortina Sevens

[edit] Castle Sevens

[edit] Friendly Cup (Coupe de l'Amitié)

Pool 1 positions

  1. Ukraine I
  2. Romania
  3. Lithiania
  4. Lviv regional team

Pool 2 positions

  1. Moldova
  2. Hungary
  3. Poland
  4. Ukraine II

Hungarian results:

  • Hungary 46-0 Poland
  • Moldova 29-0 Hungary
  • Ukraine II 0-41 Hungary
  • Romania 17-5 Hungary

[edit] Asia Pacific Sevens

[edit] BancABC Sevens

[edit] Singapore Sevens

Group A

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Japan 2 0 0 41 7
Hong Kong 1 0 1  ?  ?
India 0 0 2  ?  ?

Play-offs

Group B

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Singapore 2 0 0 87 0
Malaysia 1 0 1  ?  ?
Indonesia 0 0 2  ?  ?

Semi finals

Final

[edit] Asian Games

[edit] Malta v Tunisia[25]

[edit] F-EN League

[edit] Dubai Sevens[26]

  • At: Dubai, 2–3 December 2010. A tournament "for women’s teams who play rugby regularly at an international/county/provincial standard". The official status of some teams is unclear.
  • Participants: 16 teams, including three official national selections and one team that was, in effect, the national side but not an "official" team:  Brazil,  France,  Almaty-Kazakhstan,  Kenya

[edit] 2011

[edit] South American Championship

[edit] USA Tournament

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

[edit] CAR North

[edit] F-EN League

[edit] Emerging Nations Camp

[edit] St Lucia v Guadeloupe

  • At Corinth Playing Field, St Lucia[27]
  • St.Lucia 28-10 Guadeloupe
  • St.Lucia 40-0 Guadeloupe

[edit] F-EN League

  • At: Vienna, May 19, 2011
  • Competitors:  Austria,  Hungary
  • Winner: Not known

[edit] Amsterdam Sevens

[edit] Portugal v Brazil

  • Venue: National Stadium, Lisbon, 25 May 2011
  • Portugal 24-5 Brazil

[edit] Roma Sevens

[edit] ScrumQueens.com Elite Sevens

  • Venue: Richmond, London. 4 June 2011
  • Winner: Wooden Spoon
  • Participants:  England,  Sweden, and club and invitational teams

Pool A

  • England 33-5 Pink Baa-Baas
  • England 35-0 Saracens
  • England 0-22 Wooden Spoons

Pool B

  • Sweden 19-10 Worcester
  • Richmond 5-10 Sweden
  • Akuma Dragons 5-19 Sweden

Semi-final

  • England 27-0 Sweden

Final

  • England 7-14 Wooden Spoons


[edit] FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division 3

[edit] La Réunion Sevens[28]

Pool A

  • France 45-0 Réunion
  • Tukkies 41-0 New Caledonia
  • France 24-7 New Caledonia
  • Tukkies 36-0 Réunion
  • New Caledonia 26-17 Réunion
  • France 7-24 Tukkies

Pool B

  • Uganda 67-0 Mayotte
  • Marine 5-0 Madagascar
  • Uganda 17-7 Madagascar
  • Marine 34-0 Mayotte
  • Madagascar 55-0 Mayotte
  • Uganda 38-0 Marine

Plate semi-finals

  • New Caledonia 47-0 Mayotte
  • Madagascar 30-0 Réunion

Plate final

  • Madagascar 62-7 New Caledonia

Semi-finals

  • Tukkies 14-0 Marine
  • France 17-14 Uganda

Final

  • Tukkies 12-10 France


[edit] FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division 2

[edit] FIRA-AER Tournament 2010 - Top 12

[edit] Prague Sevens

  • Venue: Prague, 13–14 August 2011
  • Winner: Eccose Feminin (Int)
  • Participants: Eccose Feminin (Int), RK Petrovice (CZ),  Czech Republic,  Austria, Lazybugs (CZ)

Only international fixture: Czech Republic  7-31  Austria

[edit] Shanghai Sevens

Pool

  • China 24-0 Hong Kong
  • Kazakhstan 31-10 Thailand
  • China 26-7 Thailand


  • Kazakhstan 17-5 Hong Kong
  • China 31-10 Kazakhstan
  • Thailand 24-5 Hong Kong

Semi-finals

  • China 34-0 Hong Kong
  • Kazakhstan 7-0 Thailand

Third place

  • Thailand 14-10 Hong Kong

Final

  • China 19-10 Kazakhstan


[edit] Castle Sevens

Pool

  • Zambia A 14 - 12 Botswana
  • Zambia B 0 - 50 Zimbabwe
  • Zambia A 14 - 19 Zimbabwe


  • Botswana 29 - 0 Zambia B
  • Zambia A 50 - 0 Zambia B
  • Botswana lost to Zimbabwe

Final

  • Zambia A 12-7 Zimbabwe


[edit] Pacific Games

[edit] Piotrowice Nyskie International Rugby Festival

  • Venue: Piotrowice Nyskie, 3-4 September 2011
  • Final rankings:1st: Romania, 2nd:  Gdansk, 3rd:  Poland B,  Czech Republic,  Poland A,  Silesia.
  • Known results:
  • Czech Rep. 19-5 Poland A
  • Czech Rep. 7-17 Poland B
  • Czech Rep. 5-24 Romania
  • Czech Rep. 5-17 Gdansk
  • Friendly matches (outside tournament): Czech Rep. 21-5 Romania. Czech also beat Poland A and Poland B (scores unknown)

[edit] Asia Pacific Sevens

[edit] Asian Championship

[edit] Friendly Cup (Coupe de l'Amitié)

Only limited details available[29]:

  • Ukraine beat Moldova
  • Ukraine beat Poland
  • Ukraine Clubs 19-0 Hungary
  • Gallícia 5-10 Hungary
  • Ukraine 61-0 Hungary
  • Moldova 5-12 Hungary

[edit] CAR South

[edit] Torneo Internacional de Elche[30]

Pool

  • Spain 12-12 France
  • Netherlands 35-7 Portugal
  • Spain 12-10 Netherlands
  • France 21-7 Portugal
  • Netherlands 17-0 France
  • Spain 21-10 Portugal
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Spain 2 1 0 45 32
Netherlands 2 0 1 62 19
France 1 1 1 33 36
Portugal 0 0 3 34 77

3rd/4th

  • France 14-0 Portugal

Final

  • Spain 26-10 Netherlands


[edit] Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby 7s Tournament[31]

Pool matches

  • Singapore 21-0 Malaysia
  • Singapore 21-0 Singapore Barbarians
  • Singapore 41-0 Indonesia
  • Singapore Barbarians 22-0 Malaysia
  • Singapore Barbarians 17-0 Indonesia
  • Indonesia 0-0 Malaysia

Semi-Finals

  • Singapore 55-0 Indonesia
  • Singapore Barbarians 10-5 Malaysia (or 12-5?)

3rd Place (Plate)

  • Malaysia 7-5 Indonesia

Final

  • Singapore 33-0 Singapore Barbarians


[edit] Safaricom Sevens[32]

  • Kenya 24-0 Uganda B
  • Uganda 29-0 Kenya B
  • Kenya 41-5 Kenya B
  • Uganda 45-0 Uganda B
  • Uganda B 27-5 Kenya B
  • Kenya 10-10 Uganda

Final

  • Kenya 7-5 Uganda


[edit] NACRA Sevens Championship

[edit] IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup

[edit] Dubai Women's International Inivitational

[edit] 2012

[edit] Spain v Netherlands

  • Venue: Madrid, 17-18 January 2012
  • Six matches over two days, all won by Spain.
  • Known results: Spain 21-17 Netherlands; Spain 33-5 Netherlands; Spain 20-5 Netherlands

[edit] USA Tournament

[edit] South American Championship

[edit] Other international sevens events

Some national sides (especially from lower ranking nations) occasionally play in what would otherwise be club sevens tournaments, and this can occasionally result in "inter-nationals" if more than one nation is present. However, such tournaments rarely receive widespread coverage, and the status of the teams playing in such tournaments can be unclear. Examples of such tournaments include:

  • In 2003, Fiji used the Marist Tournament to select their squad for Hong Kong by splitting their squad into a Red and Blue team who went on to contest the final.
  • Arabian Gulf played against club and scratch teams from across the world at Dubai 2006. There was also a tournament at the same time featuring Kuwait and Sharjah but these are not included as neither has its own national union.
  • In 2006 and 2007 what is described as the "CORE OF THE NATIONAL SELECTIONS" of Hungary, Bosnia and Serbia competed at the Krusevac tournament in Serbia against various club sides from across Europe.
  • Canada appeared at the 2007 Amsterdam sevens.
  • Dubai Tournament (21 September 2007) included Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Sharjah. None of these have their own union.
  • Singapore Bucks (may be a club side or development) and Hong Kong Development competed at the Bangkok sevens 26 to 28 October 2007.
  • England are planning to use their National Sevens (Club tournament) as a preparation for the European Sevens.
  • Moldova played a tournament with three Romanian club sides, May 3, 2009 at Iasi, Romania.
  • Czech Republic and Germany appeared at Amsterdam 2009.

[edit] Summary Analysis

See here for a summary of all women's sevens results, by nation, and current international rankings.

[edit] Hong Kong Sevens

  • 11 tournaments played since 1997.
  • 24 teams have taken part (10-New Zealand, USA, 8-Australia, Hong Kong, 7-Kazakhstan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, 6- Arabian Gulf, China, 4-Netherlands, 3-Samoa, England, Canada, 2-Sri Lanka, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, 1-France, Guam, Sweden, Russia, Wales, Macao, Hong Kong Barbarians (the last two as demonstration teams)). There have been more appearances but records are incomplete. It is likely that many of these would be from the Asian nations. It is also difficult to be clear in every year where the Asian and Hong Kong tournaments separate. Note: awaiting fuller confirmation for 2006.
  • New Zealand have won all 10 of the tournaments they have entered, USA won the other title.
Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Bowl Winners Group Winners Number of Games
1997 12 2 groups (2 x 6) New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Fiji, England, USA, Netherlands, Japan, Hong Kong, Scotland, Arabian Gulf, Singapore New Zealand Australia Netherlands New Zealand, USA 39
1999 11 4 groups (3x3, 1x2) New Zealand, England, USA, Australia, China, Singapore, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong, Samoa, Japan, Russia New Zealand Samoa New Zealand, USA, Australia, England 19
2000 12 2 groups (2x6) New Zealand, Hong Kong, Samoa, Wales, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, USA, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Netherlands, Kazakhstan New Zealand Kazakhstan Japan New Zealand, Australia 39
2001 10 2 groups (2x5) New Zealand, Samoa, Sweden, Japan, Kazakhstan, USA, England, Australia, Netherlands, Hong Kong New Zealand Australia Hong Kong New Zealand, USA 28
2002 8 2 groups (2 x 4) New Zealand, USA, Hong Kng, Arabian Gulf, Thailand, Kazakhstan, China, Japan New Zealand Kazakhstan Arabian Gulf New Zealand, USA 20
2003 8 2 groups (2x4, 1 made up solely of Asian qualifiers) New Zealand, USA, England, Fiji, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Arabian Gulf, Thailand New Zealand Kazakhstan Fiji (Shield - Arabian Gulf) New Zealand, Kazakhstan (Asian group) 24
2004 10 2 groups (2 x 4) New Zealand, USA, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia, China, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Japan (Macao, Hong Kong Barbarians) New Zealand Kazakhstan USA New Zealand, USA 35
2005 8 2 groups (2 x 4) New Zealand, Australia, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Thailand New Zealand USA China (Shield - Hong Kong) New Zealand, Australia 20
2006 Possibly 16 Unknown New Zealand, Australia, USA, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Guam, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka New Zealand USA (as 3rd) Netherlands (as 5th) Unknown Unknown
2007 12 4 groups (4x3) New Zealand, Australia, USA, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Papua New Guinea, Arabian Gulf New Zealand USA Kazakhstan (Shield - Thailand) New Zealand, USA, Australia, China 28
2008 12 4 groups (4x3) USA, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Papua New Guinea, Arabian Gulf, France, Netherlands USA France China USA, Canada, France, China 28
2009 10 2 groups (2x5) China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Arabian Gulf, Papua New Guinea, Tunisia, Guam, Australia

[edit] Regional Tournaments - Africa

  • 8 tournaments have been played. 4 have been in the north, 2 in the south, 1 for the whole of CAR and 1 World Cup Qualifier that was technically a south tournament.
  • In the north full details are only known for one tournament. The first three had Tunisia and French club side Montpellier as participants. The most recent saw Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Arabian Gulf, guests Uganda and Tunisian Universities competing with Tunisia winning.
  • In the south even less is known. Uganda have participated in both tournaments.
  • When the whole CAR met the regular nations of Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Burundi were joined by Emerging South Africa and a Uganda Select. Emerging South Africa won.
  • The last tournament was a World Cup Qualifier. It was technically a south tournament. Tunisia, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Uganda A all found the full South Africa team too strong. Madagascar and Ivory Coast were late withdrawals.
  • An African ranking is difficult due to the lack of data. However it would be reasonable to say 1, South Africa, 2, Uganda, 3=, Kenya, Tunisia.
Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Group Winners Number of Games
2004 North Unknown Unknown Tunisia, Montpellier Unknown Unknown
2005 North Unknown Unknown Tunisia, Montpellier Unknown Unknown
2006 North Unknown Unknown Tunisia, Montpellier Unknown Unknown
2006 South Unknown Unknown Uganda Unknown Unknown
2006 CAR 8 2 groups (2x4) South Africa Emerging, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Uganda Select, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Burundi South Africa Emerging Zambia South Africa Emerging, Uganda 18
2007 South Unknown Unknown Uganda Unknown Unknown
2007 North 5 1 group (1x5) Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Arabian Gulf, Uganda, Tunisian Universities Tunisia Tunisia 10
2008 South and WCQ 8 2 groups (2x4) Tunisia, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Uganda A (Ivory Coast and Madagascar late drop outs) South Africa Zambia Tunisia, South Africa 20

[edit] Regional Tournaments - Asia

6 Asian tournaments have been held (including the World Cup qualifier). As mentioned above there has been some overlap with the Hong Kong tournament in many years. Other sub-regional tournemtns are recorded as it is expected they will continue. Most of the teams have taken part in all the tournaments. In early years Kazakhstan were the leaders but they have been caught up with by China, Thailand and Japan (who missed a few tournaments). Singapore and Hong Kong are probably next.

Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Group Winners Number of Games
2000 6 2 groups (2 x 3) Japan, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong Kazakhstan Hong Kong, Kazakhstan 7
2001 7 1 group (1 x 4) with prelim round Japan, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong, China Kazakhstan China (KO won by Japan, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan) 13
2003 10 2 groups (2x5) Kazakhstan, Singapore, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong, China, Kyrgistan, HK Barbarians, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Singapore Kazakhstan, Hong Kong 30
2005 9 2 groups (1x5, 1x4) Kazakhstan, Singapore, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong, Japan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, China Kazakhstan China Kazakhstan, Singapore 25
2006 Unknown Unknown China Unknown Unknown Unknown
2007 9 2 groups (1x5, 1x4) Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Arabian Gulf (China may have withdrawn) Kazakhstan Thailand (Bowl - Hong Kong, Shield - Uzbekistan) Unknown Unknown
2007 South East 5 Unknown Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, South Korea (club side?) Thailand Laos Unknown Unknown
2007 South East Games 4 1 group (1x4) Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Thailand Laos (3rd) Thailand 10
2008 and WCQ 9 (11) 3 groups (3x3) Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, China, Arabian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, (2 HK Selects) Japan China (Bowl - Hong Kong) Kazakhstan, China, Thailand 19

[edit] Regional tournaments – Europe

Whilst Europe has a vast amount of tournament history, this in itself makes rankings quite difficult. The draw of a tournament can often have an impact on the placings and it is clear that whilst there are a number of top teams that many of the teams below are at a very similar level to each other - evidenced by the success of those teams in the Emerging competitions going on to do well at the next level.

The top level of Europe has seen a total of 23 teams compete in the five tournaments. Spain, France, Portugal and Sweden have played in all five. England, Netherlands and Italy have played in four, having missed only the first tournament. Of the teams playing in three, Switzerland and Belgium played in the first three but have now slipped away. Wales and Russia have played in the last three. The Czech Republic have uniquely played in every other tournament for a total of three. Of the teams with one or two appearances these have been mainly in the early days or in the years when there have been 16 teams in the top level.

England have the best record (X-1-2-2-1) with Spain (1-2-5-3-4), Netherlands (X-3-3-7-2) and France (2-5-6-1-5) following close behind. These four nations account for 13 of the 20 top-four positions. The other top-four positions have gone to Switzerland (3-10-15-X-X), Sweden (4-4-7-8-9), Wales (X-X-1-4-7), Russia (X-X-9-9-3) and Ireland (X-X-4-5-X). The other regular contenders are Portugal (5-7-8-10-10) and Italy (6-10-6-6).

When including the tournaments below the top level, an impressive 35 nations have competed in the various tiers of the European tournaments (as well as a some national seconds, combined teams and age teams). The tiering has helped those nations that were over-exposed to the top level in 2003 to attain their correct level. Czech Republic and Finland both managed to play in the 2008 Emerging before coming through qualifiers to reach the top-level tournament in 2008.

Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Shield Winners Group Winners Number of Games
2003 FIRA 10 2 Groups (2×5) Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Sweden, Croatia, Bulgaria Spain Portugal Czech Republic Spain, France 29
2005 Emerging 12 2 Groups (2×6) Austria, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Israel, Germany, Poland, Russia, Norway, Hungary, Malta, Czech Republic, Czech Republic II Russia Unknown Israel Unknown (probably Germany and Russia) Unknown
2005 FIRA 10 2 Groups (2×5) England, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Italy, Croatia England France Croatia England, Netherlands 29
2006 Emerging Unknown Unknown Hungary and probably similar to 2005 Unknown Unknown Unknown
2006 FIRA A 16 4 groups (4×4) England, Wales, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Czech Republic, Netherlands, France, Lithuania, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Russia, Norway Wales Spain Russia (Belgium won 13th) England, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland 48
2006 FIRA B 10 2 groups (2×5) Romania, Bulgaria, Israel, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Luxembourg, Andorra, Poland, Malta, Hungary, Austria Romania Israel Austria Andorra, Romania 29
2007 Emerging 8 Unknown Finland, Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Czech Republic/Poland II Finland Austria Unknown Unknown
2007 B 12 2 groups (2×6) Malta, Finland, Denmark, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Austria, Moldova, Israel, Luxembourg, Latvia, Barbarians (Slovakia and Georgia withdrew) Finland Denmark Serbia Austria, Malta 42
2007 A 12 2 groups (2×6) Switzerland, Belgium, France U-20, Romania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Germany, Andorra, Norway, Bulgaria, Poland France U20 Belgium Czech Republic France U20, Lithuania 42
2007 Top 10 10 2 groups (2×5) Spain, Wales, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, France, England, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden France Ireland Russia France, Spain 29
2008 Emerging 10 2 groups (2×5) Finland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Serbia, Luxembourg, Croatia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzogovina (Romania and Switzerland planned) Finland Croatia Finland, Poland 29
2008 WCQ 12 2 groups (2×6) Finland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania, Israel, Croatia, Austria, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzogovina Romania Latvia Serbia Romania, Finland 42
2008 WCQ 12 2 groups (2×6) Andorra, Moldova, Norway, Malta, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary Germany Malta Switzerland Germany, Moldova 42
2008 Home nations 3 1 group (1×3) England, Scotland, Wales England England 6
2008 Top 16 16 4 groups (4×4) Russia, France, Portugal, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Sweden, Andorra, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Wales, Finland, Romania, Israel, Moldova England France Sweden (Andorra) England, Spain, Russia, Italy 48

[edit] Regional Tournaments - NAWIRA

The 4 tournaments in the region have been very different - USA took part in the first but not Canada, neither the second, both sent development teams to the next and then the addition of World Cup Qualifying saw both their full teams in the last. USA and Canada have dominated the region and Canada seem to be just ahead. Jamaica are the next best placed.

Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Group Winners Number of Games
2005 7 1 group (1x7), no classification USA, Trindad & Tobago, Jamaica, Guyana, St Vincent, St Lucia, Barbados USA USA 21
2006 6 Unknown Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Vincent Jamaica Unknown Unknown
2007 4 1 group (1x4, played twice) USA Developing, Canada Development, Jamaica, Guyana (Trindad and Tobago withdrew) Canada Development Canada Development 12
2008 and WCQ 8 2 groups (2x4) USA, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Bermuda, Canada, Jamaica, Barbados, Cayman Islands (St Vincent and Grenadines late drop out) Canada Jamaica USA, Canada 24

[edit] Regional Tournaments - Pacific

Sevens have been limited in the region although New Zealand have dominated the Hong Kong event. Australia have also been regulars at the latter with Fiji, Samoa and papua New Guinea also appearing. The first tournament was a true regional tournament but the addition of World Cup qualifying saw New Zealand and Australia join the next where they dominated. Australia beat New Zealand but the lack of tournaments make it difficult to assess their ranking. Fiji appear to be the next best.

Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Group Winners Number of Games
2007 4 1 group (1x4) Fiji, Samoa, Niue, Papua New Guinea Fiji Papua New Guinea Fiji 8
2008 WCQ 5 1 group (1x5) Australia, New Zealand, Niue, Fiji, Samoa Australia Australia 14

[edit] Regional Tournaments - South America

6 tournaments have been held to date (the fourth also being a World Cup qualifier). Of these seven participants have featured in all six with only Paraguay having missed one. Brazil have won all six tournaments, their strongest challengers being Venezuela and Argentina, and more recently[when?] Colombia. The overall placings (top four) have been Brazil 1-1-1-1-1-1, Venezuela 2-3-3-3-3-6, Argentina 4-2-4-2-2-4, Colombia 3-4-2-5-5-2, with Uruguay probably next best (4th in 2008 and 2009 and 3rd in 2010). Brazil are by far the top ranked side. The other placings tend to depend on the draw.

Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Group Winners Number of Games
2004 8 2 Groups (2x4) Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru Brazil Uruguay Brazil, Venezuela 20
2005 8 2 Groups (2x4) Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru Brazil Chile Brazil, Venezuela 20
2007 8 2 Groups (2x4) Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Chile Invitation Brazil Chile Brazil, Colombia 20
2008 8 2 Groups (2x4) Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay Brazil Colombia Brazil, Uruguay 20
2009 8 2 Groups (2x4) Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay Brazil Colombia Brazil, Argentina 20
2010 8 2 Groups (2x4) Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay Brazil Chile Brazil, Argentina 20

[edit] World Cup Tournament

One tournament has been held. The first saw a lot of teams meeting for the first time and some intriguing statistics. Of the four group winners only one (New Zealand) progressed to the cup semi finals. The eventual winner (Australia) lost a pool game resulting in second place in the group. Whilst the ranking of the teams in the tournament is one of fact and record there are some anomalies due to the knock out process. Some clarity over the world rankings can be drawn, as well as the relative strengths of the regions.

Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Bowl Winners Group Winners Number of Games
2009 16 4 groups (4 x 4) France, England, Spain, New Zealand, Australia, Uganda, USA, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Netherlands, Thailand, China, Japan, South Africa, Russia Australia England China France, England, Spain, New Zealand 41

[edit] Sources

The sources for each individual tournament entry are listed individually above. Most of the information has come from the websites of various nations which has also been contributed to by news reports. If only one source is listed then it should be considered the primary source. The listings are also checked by members of various rugby discussion fora.

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ Details of the Invitation team are not known
  4. ^ USA won another 2 matches that are not mentioned here (Final record W4, D1, L2)
  5. ^ (Source Fiji Rugby) Mainly a club tournament in Fiji, the Fiji team took the opportunity to help some of their players make the transition from touch to contact. The USA also played thus warranting inclusion in the main list. The tournament saw USA 3rd and Touchdown 1st. What leads to confusion is that an exhibition match was played with mostly Touchdown players bolstered by two from the runners up (QVSOB). This appears to be considered the national Fiji team. USA are then described as Champions although the last match appears to have had little to do with the tournament.
  6. ^ Although more properly this was actually the Fiji touch team playing contact.
  7. ^ (Source Fiji Union)
  8. ^ (Source Austria Union)
  9. ^ It appears that this was a regional tournament only rather than for the whole of Asia. There is also some doubt over the South Korean team and it is possible that this was a club side. (Source Peoples Daily)
  10. ^ (Source Sabah Union)
  11. ^ A round robin competition followed by semi finals and a final (and bronze medal match) was planned.(Source SEA Games) Summarised
  12. ^ Shown live on TV via the BBC interactive service, commentary by Nigel Starmer-Smith. Due to the coverage, a lot of information was recorded.
    Nation Squad
     New Zealand Aotearoa Maori Chanelle (?) Huddlestone, Selica Winiata, Tate (?), Baker, Anna Richards, Ngahuri Thomas, Blackledge, (Coach) Peter Joseph
     England Claire Allan (Saracens), Emma Layland (Richmond), Joanne Yapp (Worcester), Susan Day (c) (Wasps), Danielle Waterman (Clifton), Alice Richardson (Richmond), Heather Fisher (Wasps), Sarah Marsh (Wasps), Gemma Sharples (Worcester), (Coach) Simon Amor, (Assistant) Mike Friday (Trainer) Paul March

    [edit] Subs

    1st Half

    • NZ Blood sub - probably Mcgregor, came on for Richards

    2nd Half

    • NZ - McGregor for Richards, Unknown for Huddlestone
    • Eng - Sharples on for Unknown, Sarah Marsh on for Unknown

    [edit] Tries

    NZ kicked off

    1st Half

    • ENGLAND try - Layland, from 5m line out, converted by Richardson 7-0
    • NEW ZEALAND try - Winiata, long range attack, conversion missed by Richards 7-5

    2nd Half

    • NEW ZEALAND try - Thompson, open play led to a shortrange penalty, taken quickly, conversion missed by Winiata 7-10
    • ENGLAND try - Sharples, short KO by NZ resulted in FK, numerous players involved in long range attack, conversion by Richardson 14-10

    Referee: Bruce Robertson

  13. ^ This tournament was held at Edinburgh on the Murrayfied back pitches (whilst the finale of the IRB circuit was ongoing). (Sources SRU and RFUW)
  14. ^ (One source lists this as "a win by more than 45 points")
  15. ^ Whilst a club tournament, Italy and Spain also took part (a Portugal VII did not have official status). The two nations met in the final
  16. ^ Spain and France took part along with French Universities and French South Selection. All teams played each other (both national teams beating the two French extra teams) followed by a third place match and a final.
  17. ^ Amidst a number of mens and youth matches, Rwanda and Burundi are believed to have played a game of sevens.
  18. ^ This appears to have been part of a tournament including Zimbabwe and Zambia "A" teams. Invites may have gone to Namibia and Botswana.
  19. ^ A women's "showcase" was held during the first stop on the new Asian Seens circuit. Initially China, Japan, Hong Kong and Guam were expected to participate but this appeared to reduce to just China and Guam playing four games
  20. ^ [3]
  21. ^ [4]
  22. ^ The Pangolins are the main Zimbabwe women's sevens team
  23. ^ Match report
  24. ^ After sudden death extra time
  25. ^ [5]
  26. ^ http://www.dubairugby7s.com/teams-and-results/2010/2010fixtures.aspx?code=iw
  27. ^ [6]
  28. ^ [7]
  29. ^ http://www.mrgsz.hu/hirek/2011/10/03/magyar-sikerek-ukrajnaban
  30. ^ http://www.ferugby.com/index_n.php?maqueta=NTCA&id_noticia=3259&imagen_cab=img/tt_noticias.jpg
  31. ^ http://scc7s.macoocoo.com/ScheduleCompetitions.php
  32. ^ http://safarisevens.kenyarfu.com
  33. ^ This is the first official IRB women's sevens tournament apart from the World Cup Sevens, and was intended to become part of a full IRB International Women's Sevens Series starting with the 2012–13 season.
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