2019 South Africa Women's Sevens

2019 South Africa Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nation	South Africa
Date	13–15 December 2019
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Australia
Third	Canada
Tournament details
Matches played	28
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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

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.

• Australia
• Brazil
• Canada
• England
• Fiji
• France
• Ireland
• New Zealand
• Russia
• South Africa
• Spain
• United States

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	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

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13 December 2019

New Zealand	40–0	South Africa

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

Russia	31–12	South Africa

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

New Zealand	12–10	Fiji

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

Fiji	25–5	South Africa

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

New Zealand	12–0	Russia

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool B

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

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13 December 2019

Canada	32–0	Brazil

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

France	45–0	Brazil

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

Canada	28–7	Spain

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

Spain	29–14	Brazil

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

Canada	12–14	France

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Pool C

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

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13 December 2019

United States	38–12	Ireland

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

Australia	29–0	Ireland

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

United States	21–7	England

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

England	36–7	Ireland

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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14 December 2019

United States	14–19	Australia

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Placement matches

Eleventh place

15 December 2019	Brazil	7–26	Ireland	Cape Town Stadium

Ninth place

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

Knockout stage

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
	France	31
					15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
	Russia	0
					France	19
	15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
					Australia	24
	Australia	38
									15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
	Fiji	7
									Australia	7
	15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
									New Zealand	17
	Canada	15
					15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
	United States	14
					Canada	5
	15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
					New Zealand	15			Third place
	New Zealand	26
									15 December 2019 – Cape Town Stadium
	England	21
									France	17
									Canada (a.e.t.)	22

Matches

Quarter-finals 15 December 2019 France 31–0 Russia Cape Town Stadium   15 December 2019 Australia 38–0 Fiji Cape Town Stadium   15 December 2019 Canada 15–14 United States Cape Town Stadium   15 December 2019 New Zealand 26–21 England Cape Town Stadium   Semi-finals 15 December 2019 France 19–24 Australia Cape Town Stadium   15 December 2019 Canada 5–15 New Zealand Cape Town Stadium   3rd place 15 December 2019 France 17–22 (a.e.t.) Canada Cape Town Stadium   Cup Final 15 December 2019 Australia 7–17 New Zealand Cape Town Stadium

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	20
	Australia	18
	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

• World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2019 South Africa Sevens

External links

• World Rugby info