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2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

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2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens
Series X
Hosts
Date2 December 2022 – 14 May 2023
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runners-up Australia
Third United States
Series details
Top try scorer Maddison Levi (58 tries)
Top point scorer Maddison Levi (286 pts)

The 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the tenth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. New Zealand won the series at the last event in Toulouse, taking out six of the seven events on the tour to claim their seventh World Series title [1] with Australia and the United States placing second and third, respectively. The series doubled as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Sevens, so those three teams along with host country France, who finished fourth in the series, and Ireland, who finished fifth, all gained direct qualifying berths for the women's tournament held in Paris in 2024.[2]

Core teams

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The core teams qualified to participate in all tournaments for 2022–23 were:[3]

Japan was promoted to core team status by winning the 2022 Challenger Series.[4] A combined Great Britain team replaced England as a core team for the series.[5]

Tour venues

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The schedule for the series was:[6]

2022–23 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Dubai The Sevens Dubai 2–3 December 2022  Australia
South Africa DHL Stadium Cape Town 9–11 December 2022  New Zealand
New Zealand FMG Stadium Waikato Hamilton 21–22 January 2023  New Zealand
Australia Allianz Stadium Sydney 27–29 January 2023  New Zealand
Canada BC Place Vancouver 3–5 March 2023  New Zealand
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 31 March – 2 April 2023  New Zealand
France Stade Ernest-Wallon Toulouse 12–14 May 2023  New Zealand

Standings

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The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens – Women's Series X
 
Pos
Event 
Team

Dubai

Cape Town

Ham­ilton

Syd­ney

Van­cou­ver

Hong Kong

Tou­louse
Total
points
 
1  New Zealand 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 138
2  Australia 20 18 16 12 18 18 16 118
3  United States 16 16 18 16 16 8 18 108
4  France 14 12 8 18 14 12 14 92
5  Ireland 10 14 14 14 6 6 10 74
6  Fiji 12 8 6 10 12 14 6  68[a]
7 United Kingdom Great Britain 6 10 12 8 8 16 8  68[a]
8  Japan 3 2 10 6 4 3 12 40
9  Canada 4 6 2 4 10 10 3 39
10  Spain 8 3 4 2 3 4 4 28
11  Brazil 1 4 3 3 2 2 1 16
12  China 2 2
13  Papua New Guinea 1 1 2
14  Poland 2 2
15  South Africa 1 1
16  Hong Kong 1 1
17  Colombia 1 1

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour Core team in 2022–23 and qualified as a core team for 2023–24
Yellow Not a core team
Qualified as one of the four highest-placed eligible teams in the 2022–23 World Women's Sevens Series[2]
Automatically qualified (host country France)
Notes
  1. ^ a b Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against in all matches: Fiji +51, Great Britain –36.[7]

Placings summary

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Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2022–23 series, by team:

Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Fourth Total
 New Zealand 6 1 7
 Australia 1 3 2 6
 United States 2 4 6
 France 1 3 4
United Kingdom Great Britain 1 1
 Ireland 3 3
 Fiji 1 1

Player statistics

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Scoring

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Performance

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Updated: 14 May 2023

Tournaments

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Dubai

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Australia 26–19  New Zealand  United States (Bronze)
 France
5th place  Fiji 28–12  Ireland  Spain (7th)
 Great Britain
9th place  Canada 15–10  Japan  China (11th)
 Brazil

Cape Town

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 31–14  Australia  United States (Bronze)
 Ireland
5th place  France 36–28 United Kingdom Great Britain  Fiji (7th)
 Canada
9th place  Brazil 17–5  Spain  Japan (11th)
 South Africa

Hamilton

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 33–7  United States  Australia (Bronze)
 Ireland
5th place United Kingdom Great Britain 14–10  Japan  France (7th)
 Fiji
9th place  Spain 17–12  Brazil  Canada (11th)
 Papua New Guinea

Sydney

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 35–0  France  United States (Bronze)
 Ireland
5th place  Australia 36–12  Fiji United Kingdom Great Britain (7th)
 Japan
9th place  Canada 24–21  Brazil  Spain (11th)
 Papua New Guinea

Vancouver

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 19–12  Australia  United States (Bronze)
 France
5th place  Fiji 22–17  Canada United Kingdom Great Britain (7th)
 Ireland
9th place  Japan 17–10  Spain  Brazil (11th)
 Colombia

Hong Kong

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 26–17  Australia United Kingdom Great Britain (Bronze)
 Fiji
5th place  France 22–12  Canada  United States (7th)
 Ireland
9th place  Spain 26–17  Japan  Brazil (11th)
 Hong Kong

Toulouse

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 19–14  United States  Australia (Bronze)
 France
5th place  Japan 14–0  Ireland United Kingdom Great Britain (7th)
 Fiji
9th place  Spain 15–14  Canada  Poland (11th)
 Brazil

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Biudole, Noa (13 May 2023). "Black Fern 7s claim series title in Toulouse". Fiji Live.
  2. ^ a b "How to qualify for rugby at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Team GB Rugby Sevens to enter HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023". Rugby Asia 24/7. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Japan women and Uruguay men win promotion". Go Sports. 15 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Great Britain sevens: Nations combine for 2023 World Sevens Series". British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022.
  6. ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 schedule confirmed". Rugby Asia 24/7. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022.
  7. ^ DHL Highlights HSBC France Sevens Day 3 (Television production). World Rugby. 14 May 2023. Event occurs at 7:50.
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