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On October 4, 2012, the International Rugby Board, now known as
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 ...
, announced the launch of a circuit now known as the
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successor to the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup held ...
, the women's counterpart to the
World Rugby Sevens Series The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...
for men. The inaugural 2012–13 season featured four events, with the USA Women's Sevens taking place at
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as the second event in February 2013. The following are details of all official regional women's international championship played in the USA since the first tournament in 2006, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with all result details, where known.


Rugby sevens background

Rugby sevens - a short form of the sport of
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- was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As
women's rugby union Women's rugby union is a full contact team sport based on running with the ball in hand. The same laws are used in men's rugby union with the same sized pitch and same equipment. Rugby was originally a men's sport, and women's rugby has become p ...
developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world. However, although the first
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15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first
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tournaments were played, when the
Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens () is an rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competition, the Hong Kong Sevens is currently the s ...
included a women's tournament for the first time. Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with 2009's inaugural women's tournament for the Rugby World Cup Sevens, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.


Results

Summary of results in the United States leg of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series:


USA Tournament 2006

Venue: Los Angeles, USA ''(Source USA Rugby)'' *USA 5-0 Canada Note: Believed to be as an exhibition match. It is also possible that the teams played a second time, before the final of the men's competition.


USA Tournament 2007

''Played at San Diego, USA, on 9 and 10 February 2007'' ''(Source USA Rugby)'' Known Participants: USA A, USA B, Canada A, Canada B, China *China bt Canada A *Canada B bt China *USA A bt China *USA B bt China Final *Canada B bt USA A *China 4th


USA Sevens 2008

Venue/Date: San Diego, 9–10 February 2008 *Initially Kazakhstan, China, New Zealand and Australia were expected


Pool 1

Canada, USA A, Canada Collegiate


Pool 2

USA, Canada A, South Africa *Plus exhibition match USA vs South Africa Group stages Although in groups of three, four teams played three games whilst the two A teams only played 2 each. The results are presented as one table. *Canada A 5-21 South Africa *Canada Collegiate 0-15 USA A *USA 21-7 South Africa *Canada 29-5 Canada Collegiate *USA 24-0 Canada A *Canada 26-10 USA A *Canada 19-10 South Africa *USA 15-0 Canada Collegiate


Classification Matches

5th Place *Canada Collegiate 10-24 South Africa 3rd Place *USA A 12-20 Canada A Final *USA 19-5 Canada Exhibition Match *USA 17-12 South Africa


USA Sevens 2009

Venue/Date: 9 February 2009.
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(alongside the IRB event). *This tournament is ostensibly a World Cup warm up. There are 7 teams (including USA 2) and rather than playing in groups, each team plays three opponents and they are then all assessed to decide the classification participants. *The teams (in "seed" order)are England, NZ Maori, Canada, USA, USA 2, China, Japan *The subsequent classification games place Japan above China but the Chinese results are better against tougher opponents, as is the points for and points difference. Japan also appear to have played four games.


Group Games

POOL A
*England 36-0 Japan *Canada 17-5 USA 2 *USA 21-0 China *NZ Maori 36-0 Japan *England 15-7 USA 2 *Canada 26-5 China *USA 45-0 Japan *NZ Maori 22-12 Canada *USA 2 15-5 Japan *England 19-0 USA *NZ Maori 14-12 China


Classification Games

5th 6th Play Off *USA 2 17-7 Japan Semi Final 1st vs 4th *England 29-0 Canada Semi Final 2nd vs 3rd *USA 12-0 New Zealand Final *England 17-12 USA (sudden death, 12-12 at full time)


USA Sevens 2010

Venue/Date: 12 February 2009.
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(alongside the IRB event).
POOL A *USA White 19-12 China *France 29-12 USA Blue *USA White 29-12 Germany *Canada University 14-0 France *China 24-19 Germany *Canada University 17-10 USA Blue *USA White 17-7 Canada University *France 29-0 Germany *China 36-0 USA Blue


5th/6th place

*USA Blue 38-12 Germany


Semi-finals

*Semifinal: USA White 17-7 Canada National University *Semifinal: China 26-14 France


3rd/4th place

*Canada University 31-0 France


Final

*USA White 0-10 China


USA Sevens 2011

Date/Venue: February 11–13, 2011.
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*Australia, Brazil and Kenya were originally expected, and Kenya only withdrew a week before due to visa problems, being replaced by the Hawaiian Select. Tyrolian Select - from th
Women Rugby Club, Innsburck
- had originally intended to take part in the club event
The final was broadcast on NBC in North America
POOL A *USA 43-0 Tyrolian Select *Canada 12-10 Netherlands *USA 15-21 Netherlands *Canada 66-0 Tyrolian Select *USA 7-5 Canada *Netherlands 89-0 Tyrolian Select 5th to 8th Place *USA 17-5 Hawaii Select *Maple Leafs 52-0 Tyrolian Select 7th Place *Hawaii Select 34-0 Tyrolian Select 5th Place *USA 26-7 Maple Leafs
POOL B *France 21-7 Maple Leafs *Spain 26-7 Hawaii Select *France 36-0 Hawaii Select *Spain 20-5 Maple Leafs *France 12-14 Spain *Hawaii Select 0-26 Maple Leafs Semi Finals *Spain 0-15 Canada *Netherlands 17-7 France 3rd Place *Spain 12-15 France Final *Canada 17-12 Netherlands


USA Sevens 2012

* Chile and "Adler Sevens" (German development team) also took part in the Women's Elite Sevens. Adler beat Chile 22-5 on the way to winning the tournament.http://www.rugbymag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3447%3Aadler-7s-wins-lvis-womens-elite&catid=72%3Aclub-sevens&Itemid=98 Date/Venue: February 10–12, 2012.
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POOL A *Netherlands 12-5 Stars & Stripes *Canada 26-0 Brazil *Netherlands 36-0 Brazil *Canada 26-7 Stars & Stripes *Brazil 5-36 Stars & Stripes *Canada 28-0 Netherlands 5th to 8th Place *Maple Leafs 5-12 Brazil *Stars & Stripes 14-5 Japan 7th Place *Maple Leafs 27-14 Japan 5th Place *Brazil 21-19 Stars & Stripes
POOL B *France 14-5 Maple Leafs *USA 17-5 Japan *France 19-0 Japan *USA 22-7 Maple Leafs *Japan 0-22 Maple Leafs *USA 19-12 France Semi Finals *Canada 21-12 France *USA 17-5 Netherlands 3rd Place *Netherlands 12-17 France Final *USA 5-14 Canada


Women's Sevens World Series (USA)

*Venue:
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1–2 February 2013 Group A * 50-0 * 17-7 * 14-35 * 48-0 * 38-5 * 7-5 Group B * 0-27 * 12-12 * 19-22 * 0-31 * 0-41 * 24-14 Plate Semi Finals (5th-8th) *Netherlands 19-5 Canada *Russia 20-0 South Africa 7th/8th Match *Canada 33-0 South Africa Plate final: 5th/6th Match *Netherlands 10-29 Russia Group C * 31-12 * 27-0 * 22-0 * 24-5 * 12-17 * 15-10 Bowl Semi Finals (9th-12th) *Japan 12-7 Trinidad *Brazil 25-5 Argentina 11th/12th Match *Trinidad 5-25 Argentina Bowl final:9th/10th Match *Japan 7-12 Brazil Quarter-finals (1st-8th) * England 19-14 Netherlands * USA 15-7 Russia * Canada 10-12 New Zealand * Australia 17-12 South Africa (AET) Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th) *England 19-12 New Zealand *United States 17-5 Australia 3rd/4th place *New Zealand 12-17 Australia Cup Final: 1st/2nd place *England 29-12 United States


USA Sevens 2013

*Venue:
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8–9 February 2013 Pool A *USA Stars 36-0 Argentina *Maple Leafs Black 14-0 Laia Parkside *USA Stars 14-0 Laia Parkside *Maple Leafs Black 40-0 Argentina *USA Stars 0-17 Maple Leafs Black *Argentina 14-0 Laia Parkside Pool B *Maple Leafs Red 38-0 Beavers International Elite *Trinidad & Tobago 7-25 Emperor's Atlantis *Maple Leafs Red 29-5 Emperor's Atlantis *Trinidad & Tobago 5-12 Beavers International Elite *Maple Leafs Red 55-0 Trinidad & Tobago *Emperor's Atlantis 12-7 Beavers International Elite Plate Semi Finals (5th-8th) * 7th/8th Match * Plate final: 5th/6th Match * Group C *Japan 29-0 Combined Services *USA Stripes 29-0 Dog River Howlers *Japan 19-7 Dog River Howlers *USA Stripes 26-0 Combined Services *Japan 14-33 USA Stripes *Combined Services 7-12 Dog River Howlers Bowl Semi Finals (9th-12th) *Combined Services v Laia Parkside *Argentina v Trinidad & Tobago 11th/12th Match * Bowl final:9th/10th Match * Quarter-finals (1st-8th) *Maple Leafs Red bt Dog River Howlers *USA Stars lost to Japan *USA Stripes v Beavers International *Maple Leafs Black bt Emperors Atlantis Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th) *Maple Leafs Red bt Japan *USA Stripes lost to Maple Leafs Black 3rd/4th place *Japan v USA Stripes Cup Final: 1st/2nd place *Maple Leafs Red 19-0 Maple Leafs Black


Women's Sevens World Series (USA) 2014

*Venue:
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, 15–16 February 2014 Group A *Australia 31-0 China *Canada 31-0 United States *Australia 17-0 United States *Canada 47-0 China *United States 41-0 China *Australia 7-12 Canada Group B *New Zealand 21-0 Netherlands *England 22-0 Ireland *New Zealand 36-7 Ireland *England 19-12 Netherlands *Ireland 12-10 Netherlands *New Zealand 14-5 England Plate Semi Finals (5th-8th) *United States 19-5 England *Spain 24-0 Japan 7th/8th Match *England 19-12 Japan Plate final: 5th/6th Match *United States 22-0 Spain Group C *Russia 29-0 Japan *Spain 19-5 Brazil *Russia 42-5 Brazil *Spain 7-12 Japan *Brazil 7-21 Japan *Russia 19-14 Spain Bowl Semi Finals (9th-12th) *Ireland 7-26 China *Netherlands 17-10 Brazil 11th/12th Match *Ireland 5-20 Brazil Bowl final:9th/10th Match *China 0-33 Netherlands Quarter-finals (1st-8th) *Canada 26-12 USA *Australia 17-12 (AET) England *Russia 29-0 Spain *New Zealand 42-0 Japan Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th) *Canada 17-7 Australia *Russia 7-24 New Zealand 3rd/4th place *Australia 22-12 Russia Cup Final: 1st/2nd place *Canada 0-36 New Zealand


Women's Sevens World Series (USA) 2015

*Venue:
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14–15 February 2015 Group A *New Zealand 17-12 Russia *United States 36-5 South Africa *New Zealand 52-0 South Africa *United States 19-12 Russia *New Zealand 57-0 United States *Russia 43-0 South Africa Group C *Canada 28-0 Brazil *England 33-7 China *Canada 31-14 China *England 24-0 Brazil *Canada 10-26 England *Brazil 17-7 China Plate Semi Finals (5th-8th) *Brazil 0-43 France *Australia 24-12 England 7th/8th Match *Brazil 10-31 England Plate final: 5th/6th Match *France 17-26 Australia Group B *Australia 36-0 Fiji *France 36-0 Spain *Australia 24-7 Spain *France 12-10 Fiji *Australia 19-7 France *Fiji 14-19 Spain Bowl Semi Finals (9th-12th) *Spain 24-0 South Africa *Fiji 24-0 China 11th/12th Match *South Africa 7-26 China Bowl final:9th/10th Match *Spain - Fiji Quarter-finals (1st-8th) *New Zealand 36-0 Brazil *Canada 24-12 France *Australia 5-10 United States *England 0-24 Russia Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th) *New Zealand 24-22 Canada *United States 19-14 Russia 3rd/4th place *Canada 28-17 Russia Cup Final: 1st/2nd place *New Zealand 50-12 United States


World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (USA) 2016


World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (USA) 2017


World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (USA) 2018

USA Rugby did not host an event in the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, although it hosted the corresponding event in that season's men's Sevens Series. It chose to focus its resources on hosting the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens for both sexes in
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. The USA Women's Sevens returned for the 2018–19 series, but it moved from March to October, becoming the season opener. Also, the tournament moved to a new site—
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World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (USA) 2019


See also

*
USA Sevens The USA Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held annually during March in the United States. The USA Sevens is the largest annual rugby competition in North America, drawing over 60,000 fans, and is broadcast live in the United States by ESPN. ...


References

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