2019_USA_Women's_Sevens
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.
| 2019 USA Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series VIII | |
| Host nation |  United States |
| Date | 5–6 October 2019 |
| Cup | |
| Champion | United States |
| Runner-up |  Australia |
| Third |  New Zealand |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  England |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 32 |
← 2018 | |
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.
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]
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.
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]
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
| 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 |
Pool B
| 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 |
Pool C
| 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 |
Challenge Trophy
| Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | |||||
| 6 October 2019 – 11:39 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| England | 34 | |||||
| 6 October 2019 – 15:37 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Brazil | 14 | |||||
| England | 36 | |||||
| 6 October 2019 – 12:01 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||
| Fiji | 19 | |||||
| Japan | 21 | |||||
| Matches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semi-finals
Challenge Trophy Final
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Fifth place
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 October 2019 – 13:17 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Spain | 24 | |||||
| 6 October 2019 – 16:01 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Russia | 19 | |||||
| Spain | 12 | |||||
| 6 October 2019 – 13:39 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||
| Canada | 40 | |||||
| Ireland | 14 | |||||
| Matches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semi-finals
Fifth place
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Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 6 October 2019 – 10:11 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| France | 26 | |||||||||
| 6 October 2019 – 14:01 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 October 2019 – 10:33 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Australia | 40 | |||||||||
| Australia | 38 | |||||||||
| 6 October 2019 – 16:58 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Russia | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||||||
| 6 October 2019 – 10:55 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| United States | 26 | |||||||||
| United States | 29 | |||||||||
| 6 October 2019 – 14:23 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Canada | 26 | |||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| 6 October 2019 – 11:17 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 17 | Third place | ||||||||
| New Zealand | 36 | |||||||||
| 6 October 2019 – 16:28 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 10 | |||||||||
| France | 14 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 31 | |||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
3rd place
Cup Final
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| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
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United States | 20 |
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Australia | 18 |
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New Zealand | 16 |
| 4 | France | 14 |
| 5 | Spain | 12 |
| 6 | Canada | 10 |
Source: World Rugby
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Tries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma Tonegato | 9 |
| 2 | Charlotte Caslick | 7 |
| 3 | Ellia Green | 6 |
| Kelly Brazier | 6 | |
| Michaela Blyde | 6 | |
| Stacey Waaka | 6 |
Source: World Rugby Archived 2019-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma Tonegato | 45 |
| 2 | Ellia Green | 40 |
| Ghislaine Landry | 40 | |
| 4 | Kelly Brazier | 38 |
| 5 | Alev Kelter | 36 |
Source: World Rugby Archived 2019-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
Dream Team
The following seven players were selected for the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[4]
| Backs | Forwards |
|---|---|
- World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)
- World Rugby
- "Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020". World Rugby. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "England secure Great Britain's place at Tokyo 2020". World Rugby. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "Pools and match schedule announced for HSBC USA Women's Sevens". World Rugby. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- "HSBC Dream Team". twitter.com/WorldRugby7s. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
| Women's Sevens Series VIII | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by None (first event) |
2019 USA Women's Sevens | Succeeded by |
| USA Women's Sevens | ||
| Preceded by | 2019 USA Women's Sevens | Succeeded by 2020 USA Women's Sevens |