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, organized by the IRB annual series of tournaments for women's national teams in the

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. In October 2012 the IRB announced that the season would consist of four tournaments - in

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- played from November 2012 to May 2013. The Dubai tournament was held in conjunction with the

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for men, while the others were separate competitions. The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, with six core teams participating in all tournaments of the series and the other teams identified by elimination or rankings within the IRB's six regions.

Itinerary

The competition

As with the male competition, series winner was the team that scored the most points awarded for winning various places in each event throughout the season. Each of the twelve team competition accumulate, six of which (, , , , , ) is a series of regular participants (''core teams''), while others might be identified through regional qualifying.

Points schedule

The season championship will be determined by points earned in each tournament. The scoring system, similar to that used in the men's IRB Sevens, was announced shortly before the season kicked off. *Cup Winner - 20 *Cup Runner Up - 18 *3rd Place - 16 *Cup Semi Finalist - 14 *Plate Winner - 12 *Plate Runner Up - 10 *Winner 7th/8th play-off - 8 *Loser 7th/8th play-off - 6 *Bowl Winner - 4 *Bowl Runner Up - 3 *Winner 11th/12th play-off - 2 *Loser 11th/12th play-off - 1

Rankings

Final standings for the 2012–13 series: Notes:

* These standings did not qualify teams for women's rugby sevens World Series II. Quarterfinalists from

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gained core team status for 2013–14.

Season

Round 1: Dubai

Round 2: United States

Round 3: China

Round 4: Netherlands

References

External links

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