The 2021 Canada Women's Sevens was held as two "Fast Four" invitational
rugby sevens events on consecutive weekends in late September that year. The first was hosted at
BC Place
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province.
The venue is currently ...
in
Vancouver
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and the second at
Commonwealth Stadium
Commonwealth Stadium is an open-air, multipurpose stadium located in the McCauley neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It has a seating capacity of 56,302, making it the largest open-air stadium in Canada. Primarily used for Canadian fo ...
in
Edmonton
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. These tournaments, which featured four national women's teams, were played as the sixth season of the
Canada Women's Sevens
The Canada Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, and one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Canada joined in the third year of the Series. The tournament is hosted at Westhills Stadium in the Victoria ...
but were not part of the cancelled
2021 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. All official tournaments on the women's world circuit for the season were cancelled,
[ including the Canada Women's Sevens tournament for twelve teams originally planned for Langford during the spring,][ due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
]
Format
All national women's teams played four matches at each Fast Four event. Three matches within a round-robin format were followed by a final playoff match. The top two teams met in the gold medal match, with the bottom two playing for bronze. The women's final matches were played directly before the men's final to complete the second day of competition at the 2021 Canada Sevens tournaments.
Teams
The national women's teams competing at the Vancouver and Edmonton invitational Fast Four tournaments were:[
]
Vancouver
The first tournament was hosted at BC Place
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province.
The venue is currently ...
in Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
on 18–19 September 2021. Great Britain won the Fast Four event, defeating United States by 34–12 in the final.
All times in Pacific Daylight Time
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( UTC−07:00).
Key: Top seeded semifinalists are highlighted in green
Round robin
Playoffs
Tournament placings
Edmonton
The second tournament was hosted at Commonwealth Stadium
Commonwealth Stadium is an open-air, multipurpose stadium located in the McCauley neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It has a seating capacity of 56,302, making it the largest open-air stadium in Canada. Primarily used for Canadian fo ...
in Edmonton
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on 25–26 September. Great Britain won the Fast Four event, defeating United States by 22–5 in the final.
All times in Mountain Daylight Time
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( UTC−06:00).
Key: Top seeded semifinalists are highlighted in green
Round robin
Playoffs
Tournament placings
See also
*2021 Canada Sevens
The 2021 Canada Sevens was held as two rugby sevens tournaments on consecutive weekends in late September that year. The first was hosted at BC Place in Vancouver and the second at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. These events were played as t ...
(for men)
References
External links
Tournament page
World Rugby page for the Vancouver Fast Four event
World Rugby page for the Edmonton Fast Four event
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Canada Women's Sevens
The Canada Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, and one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Canada joined in the third year of the Series. The tournament is hosted at Westhills Stadium in the Victoria ...
Canada Women's Sevens
The Canada Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, and one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Canada joined in the third year of the Series. The tournament is hosted at Westhills Stadium in the Victoria ...
Canada Women's Sevens
The Canada Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, and one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Canada joined in the third year of the Series. The tournament is hosted at Westhills Stadium in the Victoria ...