2019 USA Women's Sevens

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

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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

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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

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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

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Knockout stage[]

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
Semi-finals 6 October 2019 England  34–14  Brazil Infinity Park, Glendale   11:39 6 October 2019 Fiji  19–21  Japan Infinity Park, Glendale   12:01 Challenge Trophy Final 6 October 2019 England  36–14  Japan Infinity Park, Glendale   15:37

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
Semi-finals 6 October 2019 Spain  24–19  Russia Infinity Park, Glendale   13:17 6 October 2019 Canada  40–14  Ireland Infinity Park, Glendale   13:39 Fifth place 6 October 2019 Spain  12–7  Canada Infinity Park, Glendale   16:01

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

Matches

Quarter-finals 6 October 2019 France  26–7  Spain Infinity Park, Glendale   10:11 6 October 2019 Australia  38–0  Russia Infinity Park, Glendale   10:33 6 October 2019 Canada  29–26  United States Infinity Park, Glendale   10:55 6 October 2019 New Zealand  36–10  Ireland Infinity Park, Glendale   11:17 Semi-finals 6 October 2019 France  0–40  Australia Infinity Park, Glendale   14:01 Report 6 October 2019 United States  19–17  New Zealand Infinity Park, Glendale   14:23 Report 3rd place 6 October 2019 France  14–31  New Zealand Infinity Park, Glendale   16:28 Report Cup Final 6 October 2019 Australia  7–26  United States Infinity Park, Glendale   16:58 Report

Tournament placings[]

Source: World Rugby

Players[]

Scoring leaders[]

Dream Team[]

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

Backs	Forwards
Charlotte Caslick Kelly Brazier Emma Tonegato	Cheta Emba Chloé Pelle Stacey Waaka

See also[]

• World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)
• World Rugby

References[]

External links[]

• Tournament site
• World Rugby info

Women's Sevens Series VIII
Preceded by None (first event)	2019 USA Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2019 Dubai Women's Sevens
USA Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2018 USA Women's Sevens	2019 USA Women's Sevens	Succeeded by