The 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the seventh edition of the
global circuit for women's national
rugby sevens teams, organised by
World Rugby
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rug ...
. There were six tournament events scheduled on the 2018–19 circuit with twelve teams competing in each tournament. The series also, for the second time, doubled as an
Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
qualifier.
The series was won by who won four tour events on their way to claiming their fifth World Series title.
Format
Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy. The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.
Teams
The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2018–19 series were:
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
One additional core team qualified through winning the
2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
The 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acted not only as a qualifier for the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, but also for seeding purposes for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens for five of the teams. The tournament was played on 5–6 April ...
:
*
The twelfth team in each tournament is allocated based on performance in the respective continental competitions within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.
Tour venues
There were six tournaments in 2018–19:
Standings
Official standings for the 2018–19 series:
Source: World Rugby
/small>
:
Placings summary
Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2018–19 series, by team:
Tournaments
Glendale
Dubai
Sydney
Kitakyushu
Langford
Biarritz
Players
Scoring leaders
Updated
16 June 2019
Awards
Updated
16 June 2019
See also
* 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 20th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The World Rugby Sevens Series, Sevens Seri ...
(for men)
* 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
The 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acts as a qualifier for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 4 April 2019 with pool stage matches played at So Kon Po Recreation Ground with knock-out stage matches played ...
*
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:World Rugby
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
2018 rugby sevens competitions
2019 rugby sevens competitions
2018 in women's rugby union
2019 in women's rugby union
World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World ...