The 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the sixth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. Five tournament events were scheduled on the 2017–18 circuit and twelve teams competed in each tournament.

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World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VI
Hosts	United Arab Emirates  Australia  Japan  Canada  France
Date	30 November 2017 – 10 June 2018
Nations	16 teams
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third	France
Series details
Top try scorer	Portia Woodman (215)
Top point scorer	Portia Woodman (43)
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Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy.^[1] The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.^[2]

The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2017–18 series were:^[3]

One additional core team qualified through winning the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens:^[4]

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There were five tournaments in 2017–18:^[5]

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2017–18 Itinerary

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	30 November – 1 December 2017	Australia
Australia	Sydney Football Stadium	Sydney	26–28 January 2018 [6]	Australia
Japan	Mikuni World Stadium	Kitakyushu	21–22 April 2018	New Zealand
Canada	Westhills Stadium	Langford	12–13 May 2018	New Zealand
France	Stade Jean-Bouin	Paris	8–10 June 2018	New Zealand

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Official standings for the 2017–18 series:

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2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VI
Pos	Event  Team	Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris	Points total
1	Australia	20	20	16	18	18	92
2	New Zealand	12	18	20	20	20	90
3	France	10	12	18	14	14	68
4	Canada	14	16	2	12	16	60
5	United States	18	6	4	16	12	56
6	Russia	16	14	12	1	3	46
7	Spain	8	10	14	3	8	43
8	England	6	4	8	8	6	32
9	Fiji	2	3	10	6	10	31
10	Ireland	4	8	3	10	4	29
11	Japan	1	2	1	4	2	10
12	China	–	–	6	–	–	6
13	South Africa	3	–	–	–	–	3
14	Brazil	–	–	–	2	–	2
15	Wales	–	–	–	–	1	1
16	Papua New Guinea	–	1	–	–	–	1

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Source: World Rugby

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017–18 series, by team:

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Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
Australia	2	2	1	–	5
New Zealand	3	1	–	–	4
United States	–	1	1	–	2
France	–	1	–	2	3
Canada	–	–	2	1	3
Russia	–	–	1	1	2
Spain	–	–	–	1	1
Totals	5	5	5	5	20

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• 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)