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Japan Women's Sevens

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The Japan Women's Sevens was an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, it was previously hosted in Kitakyushu as one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[1] Japan joined for the fifth edition of the series. The tournament was played at the Mikuni World Stadium.

Champions

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Year Venue Cup final Placings Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Third Fourth Challenge Trophy
2015 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Japan
22–0
Kazakhstan

Hong Kong

China
[2]
2017 Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
New Zealand
17–14
Canada

Australia

Fiji

Ireland
[3]
2018 Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
New Zealand
24–12
France

Australia

Spain

United States
[4]
2019 Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
Canada
7–5
England

United States

France

Fiji
[5][6]

Key:
 Blue border on the left indicates tournaments included in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series to kick-off in Dubai". Seven Days. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ Coil, Doug (29 November 2015). "Japan Wins Asia Women's Rugby Sevens Qualifier". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ "New Zealand leave it late to claim gold in Japan". Asia Rugby. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ Freeman, Rich (22 April 2018). "Rugby: New Zealand win women's 7s in Japan". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Rugby: Canada win Kitakyushu 7s as Japan finish winless". Kyodo News+. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  6. ^ Awad, Brandi (21 April 2019). "Team Canada wins women's rugby sevens title in Japan". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 18 June 2024.