2020 Sydney Women's Sevens

2020 Sydney Women's Sevens
2020 Sydney Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nation	Australia
Date	1–2 February 2020
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Canada
Third	Australia
Tournament details
Matches played	28
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The 2020 Sydney Women's Sevens was the fifth tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the Australian Women's Sevens. It was held over the first weekend of February 2020 at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney and was run alongside the men's tournament.

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.

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
New Zealand	3	3	0	76	24	+52	9	Advance to semifinals
England	3	2	1	71	47	+24	7	5th-place playoff
Russia	3	1	2	26	67	-41	5	7th-place playoff
Japan	3	0	3	17	68	-51	3	9th-place playoff

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	3	0	74	31	+43	9	Advance to semifinals
Fiji	3	2	1	64	34	+30	7	5th-place playoff
United States	3	1	2	55	59	-4	5	7th-place playoff
Brazil	3	0	3	29	98	-69	3	11th-place playoff

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Australia	3	3	0	81	10	+71	9	Advance to semifinals
France	3	2	1	92	35	+47	7	Advance to semifinals
Spain	3	1	2	31	80	-49	5	9th-place playoff
Ireland	3	0	3	19	98	-79	3	11th-place playoff

Placement matches

Eleventh place

2 February	Brazil	7–20	Ireland	Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
14:08

Ninth place

2 February	Spain	17–33	Japan	Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
14:30

Seventh place

2 February	United States	15–19	Russia	Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
14:52

Fifth place

2 February	England	5–17	Fiji	Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
15:14

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

2 February 2020 – 15:36 – Bankwest Stadium, Sydney

Canada	34
		2 February 2020 – 20:36 – Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
Australia	0
		Canada	7
2 February 2020 – 15:58 – Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
		New Zealand	33
New Zealand	24

France	7
		Third place

		2 February 2020 – 19:37 – Bankwest Stadium, Sydney

		Australia	12

		France	10

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	20
	Canada	18
	Australia	16
4	France	14
5	Fiji	12
6	England	10

Place	Team	Points
7	Russia	8
8	United States	6
9	Japan	4
10	Spain	3
11	Ireland	2
12	Brazil	1

Source: World Rugby

References

^ "New Zealand women's sevens team win Sydney title as men eliminated". Stuff. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

External links

Women's Sevens Series VIII
Preceded by 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens	2020 Sydney Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
Australian Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens	2020 Sydney Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2021 Sydney Women's Sevens

[1] "New Zealand women's sevens team win Sydney title as men eliminated". Stuff. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

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v t e 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Tournaments	Glendale Dubai Cape Town Hamilton Sydney
Core teams	Australia Brazil Canada England Fiji France Ireland New Zealand Russia Spain United States
Invited teams	Japan China South Africa
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