The women's tournament in the

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alongside the men's tournament in which the teams competed for the Women's Rugby Sevens World Cup.

Format

Unlike previous editions, the tournament was played for the first time in a

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only format. * Teams in the Championship Cup competed for the Women's Rugby Sevens World Cup trophy and bronze medals. * Losing teams in the Championship Cup Quarter-finals competed for 5th Place. * Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (first round) competed for the Challenge Trophy and 13th Place. * All teams played four matches.

Teams

Squads

Draw

The sixteen teams were seeded as follows: * The ten core teams of the

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were seeded according to their accumulated scores from the former series alongside the

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. * Through becoming a 2017–18 core team, Japan was seeded 11th. * The remaining five were determined through the teams' ranking performance in the

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Match officials

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announced a panel of nine match officials for the women's tournament. *

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Tournament

13th Place

Challenge Trophy

5th Place

Championship Cup

Tournament placings

Player scoring

Source
World Rugby

References

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