2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens

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2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nationNew Zealand New Zealand
Date25-26 January 2020
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Canada
Third France
Tournament details
Matches played28
Tries scored157 (average 5.61 per match)
Most points Michaela Blyde &
Stacey Fluhler
(45 pts each)
Most tries Michaela Blyde &
Stacey Fluhler
(9 tries each)
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The 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens was a tournament at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand from 25-26 January 2020. It was the first edition of the New Zealand Women's Sevens for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Format[]

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool and the best second-placed team advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match. The other teams from each group were paired off for the lower classification matches.

Teams[]

Twelve teams competed in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for the tournament was  China.

Pool stage[]

Pool A[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 118 35 +83 9 Advance to semifinals
 England 3 1 0 2 57 66 -9 5 5th-place playoff
 Fiji 3 1 0 2 59 74 -15 5 7th-place playoff
 China 3 1 0 2 24 83 -59 5 9th-place playoff
25 January 2020
Fiji  26–19  England
25 January 2020
New Zealand  40–7  China
25 January 2020
Fiji  12–17  China
25 January 2020
New Zealand  40–7  England
26 January 2020
China  0–31  England
26 January 2020
New Zealand  38–21  Fiji

Pool B[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Australia 3 3 0 0 83 40 +43 9 Advance to semifinals
 United States 3 2 0 1 67 38 +29 7 5th-place playoff
 Russia 3 1 0 2 48 73 -25 5 7th-place playoff
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 35 82 -47 3 11th-place playoff
25 January 2020
United States  19–12  Russia
25 January 2020
Australia  24–14  Brazil
25 January 2020
United States  34–7  Brazil
25 January 2020
Australia  40–12  Russia
26 January 2020
Russia  24–14  Brazil
26 January 2020
Australia  19–14  United States

Pool C[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Canada 3 3 0 0 80 31 +49 9 Advance to semifinals
 France 3 2 0 1 95 35 +50 7 Advance to semifinals
 Spain 3 1 0 2 26 73 -47 5 9th-place playoff
 Ireland 3 0 0 3 21 73 -52 3 11th-place playoff
25 January 2020
France  31–7  Spain
25 January 2020
Canada  24–7  Ireland
25 January 2020
France  35–7  Ireland
25 January 2020
Canada  35–5  Spain
26 January 2020
Spain  14–7  Ireland
26 January 2020
France  19–21  Canada

Placement matches[]

Eleventh place[]

Brazil  19–26  Ireland  

Ninth place[]

Spain  0–31  China  

Seventh place[]

Fiji  21–26  Russia  

Fifth place[]

United States  45–5  England  

Knockout stage[]

Cup[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Australia19
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Canada28
 
 Canada7
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 New Zealand24
 
 New Zealand19
 
 
 France7
 
Third place
 
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Australia14
 
 
 France19


See also[]

References[]

External links[]

Women's Sevens Series VIII
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New Zealand Women's Sevens
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