2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens

2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nation	New Zealand
Date	25-26 January 2020
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Canada
Third	France
Tournament details
Matches played	28
Tries scored	157 (average 5.61 per match)
Most points	Michaela Blyde & Stacey Fluhler (45 pts each)
Most tries	Michaela Blyde & Stacey Fluhler (9 tries each)
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The 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens was a tournament at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand from 25-26 January 2020. It was the first edition of the New Zealand Women's Sevens for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Format

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool and the best second-placed team advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match. The other teams from each group were paired off for the lower classification matches.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for the tournament was China.

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

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	118	35	+83	9	Advance to semifinals
England	3	1	0	2	57	66	-9	5	5th-place playoff
Fiji	3	1	0	2	59	74	-15	5	7th-place playoff
China	3	1	0	2	24	83	-59	5	9th-place playoff

25 January 2020

Fiji	26–19	England

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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25 January 2020

New Zealand	40–7	China

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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25 January 2020

Fiji	12–17	China

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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25 January 2020

New Zealand	40–7	England

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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26 January 2020

China	0–31	England

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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26 January 2020

New Zealand	38–21	Fiji

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Australia	3	3	0	0	83	40	+43	9	Advance to semifinals
United States	3	2	0	1	67	38	+29	7	5th-place playoff
Russia	3	1	0	2	48	73	-25	5	7th-place playoff
Brazil	3	0	0	3	35	82	-47	3	11th-place playoff

25 January 2020

United States	19–12	Russia

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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25 January 2020

Australia	24–14	Brazil

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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25 January 2020

United States	34–7	Brazil

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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25 January 2020

Australia	40–12	Russia

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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26 January 2020

Russia	24–14	Brazil

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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26 January 2020

Australia	19–14	United States

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	3	0	0	80	31	+49	9	Advance to semifinals
France	3	2	0	1	85	35	+50	7	Advance to semifinals
Spain	3	1	0	2	26	73	-47	5	9th-place playoff
Ireland	3	0	0	3	21	73	-52	3	11th-place playoff

25 January 2020

France	31–7	Spain

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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25 January 2020

Canada	24–7	Ireland

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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25 January 2020

France	35–7	Ireland

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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25 January 2020

Canada	35–5	Spain

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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26 January 2020

Spain	14–7	Ireland

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

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26 January 2020

France	19–21	Canada

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Placement matches

Eleventh place

	Brazil	19–26	Ireland

Ninth place

	Spain	0–31	China

Seventh place

	Fiji	21–26	Russia

Fifth place

	United States	45–5	England

Knockout stage

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
	Australia	19
					26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
	Canada	28
					Canada	7
	26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
					New Zealand	24
	New Zealand	19
	France	7
					Third place
					26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
					Australia	14
					France	19

Matches
Semi-finals Australia 19–28 Canada   New Zealand 19–7 France   3rd place Australia 14–19 France   Cup Final Canada 7–24 New Zealand

See also

• World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2020 New Zealand Sevens

External links

• World Rugby info