The women's rugby sevens tournament at the

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was the first time that women's teams had participated in this event. The venue for the competition was

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Background

Pool stage

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qualified on 9 July 2017 after placing fifth at the 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series. The pools were confirmed on 2 February 2018, scheduling was announced on 23 February 2018.

Participating Nations

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the Women’s Rugby sevens competition:

Pool stage

In pool play, each team plays one match against the other three teams in the group. The top two teams in each pool advance to the semi-finals and the remaining teams advance to the lower classification matches (for places 5 to 8).

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

Lower classification round

Medal round

References

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