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For the men's competition, see 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series.

World Rugby
Women's Sevens Series V
Hosts United Arab Emirates
 Australia
 United States
 Japan
 Canada
 France
Date1 Dec 2016 – 25 June 2017

The 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the fifth edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (formerly the IRB Women's Sevens World Series), an annual series of tournaments organised by World Rugby for women's national teams in rugby sevens. The tour was a companion to the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series for men.

The competition

There were six tournament events in 2016–17.[1][2] Twelve teams competed at each event; eleven being "core" teams, with a twelfth team invited to participate in particular events (similar to previous women's series as well as the men's counterpart). The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.[3]

Teams

Eleven "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2016–17 series, the same number as the previous season. The top nine finishers in the previous series were granted core team status:[4]

Two additional core teams qualified for the 2016–17 series:[4]

The twelfth team at each tournament in the 2016–17 series was invited at the discretion of World Rugby.[4]

Events

2016–17 Itinerary
Leg Venue Dates Winner
Dubai The Sevens, Dubai 1–2 December 2016  New Zealand
Australia Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 3–4 February 2017  Canada
United States Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada (Las Vegas) 3–5 March 2017  New Zealand
Japan Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 22–23 April 2017

 New Zealand

Canada Westhills Stadium, Langford, British Columbia (Victoria) 27–28 May 2017
France Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand 24–25 June 2017

Standings

Final standings for the 2016–17 series:

Women's Rugby Sevens
World Series V
Pos
Event 
Team
Dubai
Sydney
Las Vegas
Kitakyushu
Langford
Clermont 		Points
total
1  New Zealand 20 16 20 20 – – 76
2  Australia 18 14 18 16 – – 66
3  Canada 10 20 16 18 – – 64
4  Fiji 12 12 12 14 – – 50
5  Russia 16 8 10 12 – – 46
6  United States 2 18 14 8 – – 42
7  France 8 10 8 6 – – 32
8  England 14 3 3 10 – – 30
9  Ireland 4 6 6 4 – – 20
10  Spain 3 2 4 3 – – 12
11  Brazil 1 4 2 2 – – 9
12  South Africa 6 – – – – – 6
13  Japan - - - 1 - - 1
14  Papua New Guinea – 1 – – – – 1
15  Argentina – – 1 – – – 1

Source:

Legend
Qualification for 2017–18 World Sevens Series
Green Qualified as a core team for Series VI
No colour The remainder do not directly qualify for Series VI
Qualification for 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Already confirmed for 2018 (host country United States and 2013 semifinalists)
Qualified as one of the four highest placed teams from Series V that have not already qualified.[5]

Tournaments

Dubai

Main article: 2016 Dubai Women's Sevens

The first event of the season saw New Zealand take revenge of the Olympic final loss by defeating Australia in the Cup final. The opening day of the fifth season saw the three medalists from the Olympic Games going unbeaten in the pool stage of the competition.[6] In the quarter finals stage, Russia failure to qualify to the Olympics was momentum as they eliminated bronze medalists Canada. The final was a repeat of the Olympic final with Australia battling throughout the final but tries to Portia Woodman and Rebekah Cordero-Tufuga gave New Zealand the gold medal and took the lead in the series. The plate competition was won by Fiji while Ireland won the first Challenge Trophy which replaced the Bowl competition.[7]

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 17–5  Australia  Russia (3rd)
 England
Plate  Fiji 17–14  Canada  France (7th)
 South Africa
Challenge  Ireland 14–12  Spain  United States (11th)
 Brazil

Sydney

Main article: 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens

The tour headed to Sydney for the first Australian Women's Sevens in the World Series.[8] On the opening day of competition only England didn't make it out of the group stage as they only won against Spain.[9] The quarter finals went to script with the hosts and New Zealand both going through to the semis. The big surprise came from the Americans as they made it to the cup final after they upset New Zealand in the Cup Semi Final. In the final, Canada would take out the Cup final, the plate going to Fiji for the second time in a row and Brazil winning the Challenge Trophy [10]

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Canada 21–17  United States  New Zealand (3rd)
 Australia
Plate  Fiji 31–12  France  Russia (7th)
 Ireland
Challenge  Brazil 17–12  England  Spain (11th)
 Papua New Guinea

Las Vegas

Main article: 2017 USA Women's Sevens

After a month break, the tour headed to Las Vegas for the first USA Women's Sevens tournament to be held in Las Vegas. On the opening day of competition, Canada and New Zealand each recorded a three from three in the pool stage. Also during the day Ghislaine Landry converting Moleschi try got her level with Portia Woodman as the all time leading point scorer in the series with 665.[11] The second day would see New Zealand take out the Cup after defeating Australia 28-5 after they didn't look in trouble throughout the Cup final. The bronze medal match would see Canada defeat the hosts in the battle of North America with a 31-7 scoreline.[12] The minor trophies saw Fiji take out the plate while Spain taking out the Challenge Trophy.

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 28–5  Australia  Canada (3rd)
 United States
Plate  Fiji 19–17  Russia  France (7th)
 Ireland
Challenge  Spain 10–0  England  Brazil (11th)
 Argentina

Kitakyushu

Main article: 2017 Japan Women's Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 17-14  Canada  Australia (3rd)
 Fiji
Plate  Russia 31-0  England  United States (7th)
 France
Challenge  Ireland 26-7  Spain  Brazil (11th)
 Japan

See also

References

  1. ^ "HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series to kick-off in Dubai". Seven Days. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Las Vegas to host Women's Sevens Series round in 2017". World Rugby. 29 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Women's Sevens Series tournament rules". World Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Series Qualifying". World Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification process. World Rugby.
  6. ^ "Olympic medallists unbeaten after day one in Dubai". 1 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  7. ^ "New Zealand claim top prize in Dubai". 2 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Walsh calls on Sevens to keep breaking new ground". 10 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Hosts unbeaten on day one in Sydney". 3 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Canada lift trophy on day of shocks in Sydney". 4 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Landry equals all-time record as Canada cruise into last eight". 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ^ "New Zealand take gold in USA Sevens". 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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