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Japan women's national rugby sevens team

Japan women's national rugby sevens team

Rugby team

For the men's team, see Japan national rugby sevens team.

The Japan women's national rugby sevens team has competed in competitions such as the Hong Kong Women's Sevens.

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Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

In 2012-13 they played two World Series tournaments, resulting 13th in China. In the 2013–14 season they resulted 7th at São Paulo and 8th at Atlanta. They were not invited to any World Series tournament in 2014–15. Japan played the full 2015–16 World Series, with a best result of 9th at the Dubai Sevens, and finished 11th in the overall standings.

Japan qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics after winning the 2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships.[1] The team won over Kenya but lost twice to Brazil, finishing 10th in the tournament. In 2021, the Sakura's lost all of their five games and finished last at the 2020 Olympics.[2]

Tournament history

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Women's Sevens Series

Japan qualified for the 2017-18 World Rugby Women's Sevens by defeating South Africa in the finals of the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens.[3]

Summer Olympics

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Rugby World Cup Sevens

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World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Results

  1. 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
  2. 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
  3. 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  4. 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  5. 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  6. 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  7. 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  8. 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  9. 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  10. 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  11. 2023–24 SVNS

Players

Current squad

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Olympic squads

References

  1. [1]
    "Sakura Sevens qualify for Rio Olympics". JRFU.org. 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Tokyo 2020 Rugby Sevens Results: How did the Asian Teams do?". RugbyAsia247. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  3. [3]
    worldrugby.org. "Japan secure core place on women's series". Retrieved 2017-04-07.
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