This is the qualifications of the

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aimed at selecting women's Rugby sevens national teams that appeared in the finals in

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. A total of 52 nations took part in the qualifying process.

General

The tournament is organized by

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to be held on 20–22 July 2018, with sixteen teams in attendance. Automatic qualification is extended the semi-finalists of the previous World Cup (of which host

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is one). Four other bids were determined by placement in the

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, with the remainder decided in each of the six regions' respective tournaments.

Qualified teams

Qualifying

Africa

The tournament was held 16–17 September 2017 in

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, with

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beating

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17–12 to obtain the one allotted Africa slot for the World Cup.

Americas North

The qualifying Tournament, which is also

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, took place at the

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, 25–26 November 2017. With Mexico having the best record, it will make its first World Cup appearance.

South America

The 2017 Torneo Valentín Martínez served as the South American qualifier, with the winner heading to the World Cup. It was held at Carrasco Polo Club in Montevideo,

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on November 10-11. The format was a round robin tournament. All matches in Uruguay Standard Time ( UTC−03:00)

Asia

From 23–24 September and 14–15 October, eight teams competed in Incheon and

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for two world cup slots.

Europe

Twelve teams competed at the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix at 17–18 June 2017 in Malemort,

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, then 8–9 July in

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Oceania

Eight teams competed in Suva, Fiji on 10-11 November 2017, with Australia, Fiji and New Zealand already qualified. Papua New Guinea, as the highest-ranked team not yet qualified, was eligible.

References

External links

Official website
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