In the final, New Zealand claimed their fourth consecutive tournament victory in a row as they defeated Canada 33–7.[1]
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
There were twelve national women's teams in the tournament, the eleven core teams for the series plus Japan as the invited side.