Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

2018 Women's Commonwealth Rugby Sevens Tournament

View of the Robina Stadium, where the Rugby Sevens tournament took place.
Tournament details
Host	Australia
Venue	Robina Stadium
Date	13–15 April 2018
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	England
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
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The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was the first time that women's teams had participated in this event. The venue for the competition was Robina Stadium.

Background

Pool stage

Wales qualified on 9 July 2017 after placing fifth at the 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series.

The pools were confirmed on 2 February 2018, scheduling was announced on 23 February 2018.

Participating Nations

Event	Date	Location	Teams	Qualified
Host Nation	11 November 2011	Basseterre, Saint Kitts	1	Australia
2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series	1 Dec 2016 – 25 June 2017	Various	4	New Zealand Canada Fiji England
2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens	16 – 17 September 2017	Monastir, Tunisia	2	South Africa Kenya
2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series	17 June – 9 July 2017	Various	1	Wales
Total			8

Pool stage

In pool play, each team plays one match against the other three teams in the group.

The top two teams in each pool advance to the semi-finals and the remaining teams advance to the lower classification matches (for places 5 to 8).

Knockout stage

Lower classification round

	Classification Semi-finals				Match for 5th Place
	15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
	Fiji	40
					15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
	South Africa	12
					Fiji	40
	15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
					Kenya	5
	Kenya	14
	Wales	12
					Match for 7th Place
					15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
					South Africa	14
					Wales	19

Matches
Classification semi-finals 15 April 2018 Fiji 40–12 South Africa Gold Coast   9:31 15 April 2018 Kenya 14–12 Wales Gold Coast   9:53 Match for 7th Place 15 April 2018 South Africa 14–19 Wales Gold Coast   12:27 Match for 5th Place 15 April 2018 Fiji 40–5 Kenya Gold Coast   12:49

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
	Australia	33
					15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
	Canada	7
					Australia	12
	15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
					New Zealand (e)	17
	New Zealand	26
	England	5
					Bronze medal match
					15 April 2018 – Robina Stadium
					Canada	19
					England	24

Matches
Semi-finals 15 April 2018 Australia 33–7 Canada Gold Coast   10:59 15 April 2018 New Zealand 26–5 England Gold Coast   11:21 Bronze medal match 15 April 2018 Canada 19–24 England Gold Coast   13:55 Gold medal match 15 April 2018 Australia 12–17 (a.e.t.) New Zealand Gold Coast   14:42