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2019 USA Women's Sevens

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2019 USA Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nationUnited States United States
Date5–6 October 2019
Cup
Champion United States
Runner-up Australia
Third New Zealand
Challenge
Winner England
Tournament details
Matches played32
2018

The 2019 USA Women's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that takes place at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado between the 5-6 October 2019. It was the seventh time that the USA Women's Sevens have been held as an World Series event and was the first tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

In the cup final, the United States won their first USA Women's Sevens since the tournament became a World Series event as they defeated Australia 26–7 in the final. New Zealand came home in third place after defeating France 31–14 while England won the Challenge Trophy over Japan.

Background

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The 2019 USA Women's Sevens is the first round of eight tournaments for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the seventh since the tournament became a part of the World Series.[1] During the off-season, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics continued in the continental with England qualifying through to the Olympic Games as Great Britain with a 19-0 victory over Russia. France joined Russia in qualifying for the repcharge event.[2]

Format

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The twelve teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each with each team playing their other three opponents in their pool once. Points are awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top two third place teams also compete in the Cup. The remaining four teams will compete in the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

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Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven teams being core teams to the Sevens Series. The twelfth team, Japan was invited to the tournament.[3]

Pool stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 116 19 +97 9
 Russia 3 2 0 1 79 62 +17 7
 England 3 1 0 2 43 88 −45 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 21 90 −69 3
5 October 2019
11:21
England 22–38 Russia
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
11:43
New Zealand 40–7 Japan
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
14:05
England 21–14 Japan
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
14:27
New Zealand 40–12 Russia
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
17:05
Russia 29–0 Japan
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
17:33
New Zealand 36–0 England
Infinity Park, Glendale

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 90 26 +64 9
 United States 3 2 0 1 86 31 +55 7
 Ireland 3 1 0 2 42 90 −48 5
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 12 93 −81 3
5 October 2019
10:37
France 28–7 Ireland
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
10:59
United States 27–0 Brazil
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
13:21
France 38–5 Brazil
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
13:43
United States 45–7 Ireland
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
16:05
Ireland 28–7 Brazil
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
16:35
United States 14–24 France
Infinity Park, Glendale

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 2 1 0 92 38 +54 8
 Canada 3 2 1 0 76 47 +29 8
 Spain 3 1 0 2 48 71 −23 5
 Fiji 3 0 0 3 35 95 −60 3
5 October 2019
9:53
Australia 31–5 Spain
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
10:15
Canada 31–7 Fiji
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
12:37
Australia 35–7 Fiji
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
12:59
Canada 19–14 Spain
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
15:21
Spain 29–21 Fiji
Infinity Park, Glendale

5 October 2019
15:43
Canada 26–26 Australia
Infinity Park, Glendale

Knockout stage

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Challenge Trophy

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Semi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
      
 
6 October 2019 – 11:39 – Infinity Park
 
 
 England34
 
6 October 2019 – 15:37 – Infinity Park
 
 Brazil14
 
 England36
 
6 October 2019 – 12:01 – Infinity Park
 
 Japan14
 
 Fiji19
 
 
 Japan21
 

Fifth place

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 October 2019 – 13:17 – Infinity Park
 
 
 Spain24
 
6 October 2019 – 16:01 – Infinity Park
 
 Russia19
 
 Spain12
 
6 October 2019 – 13:39 – Infinity Park
 
 Canada7
 
 Canada40
 
 
 Ireland14
 

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
6 October 2019 – 10:11 – Infinity Park
 
 
 France26
 
6 October 2019 – 14:01 – Infinity Park
 
 Spain7
 
 France0
 
6 October 2019 – 10:33 – Infinity Park
 
 Australia40
 
 Australia38
 
6 October 2019 – 16:58 – Infinity Park
 
 Russia0
 
 Australia7
 
6 October 2019 – 10:55 – Infinity Park
 
 United States26
 
 United States29
 
6 October 2019 – 14:23 – Infinity Park
 
 Canada26
 
 United States19
 
6 October 2019 – 11:17 – Infinity Park
 
 New Zealand17 Third place
 
 New Zealand36
 
6 October 2019 – 16:28 – Infinity Park
 
 Ireland10
 
 France14
 
 
 New Zealand31
 

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 16
4  France 14
5  Spain 12
6  Canada 10
Place  Team Points
7  Russia 8
8  Ireland 6
9  England 4
10  Japan 3
11  Fiji 2
12  Brazil 1

Source: World Rugby

Players

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Scoring leaders

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Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1 Australia Emma Tonegato 9
2 Australia Charlotte Caslick 7
3 Australia Ellia Green 6
New Zealand Kelly Brazier 6
New Zealand Michaela Blyde 6
New Zealand Stacey Waaka 6

Source: World Rugby Archived 2019-10-07 at the Wayback Machine

Points scored
Rank Player Points
1 Australia Emma Tonegato 45
2 Australia Ellia Green 40
Canada Ghislaine Landry 40
4 New Zealand Kelly Brazier 38
5 United States Alev Kelter 36


Source: World Rugby Archived 2019-06-24 at the Wayback Machine

Dream Team

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The following seven players were selected for the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[4]

Backs Forwards

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020". World Rugby. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. ^ "England secure Great Britain's place at Tokyo 2020". World Rugby. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Pools and match schedule announced for HSBC USA Women's Sevens". World Rugby. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ "HSBC Dream Team". twitter.com/WorldRugby7s. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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Women's Sevens Series VIII
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2019 USA Women's Sevens Succeeded by
USA Women's Sevens
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