The 2013 China Women's Sevens was the first edition of the
China Women's Sevens tournament, and the third of four tournaments in the
2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
The IRB Women's Sevens World Series (2012/2013) was the inaugural edition of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, organized by the IRB annual series of tournaments for women's national teams in the Rugby Sevens.
In October 2012 the IRB announced ...
. New Zealand won the final, defeating England by 19–5.
Format
Teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets along with the top two third place teams. The rest of the teams go to the Bowl bracket
Teams
A total of twelve teams competed, the six "core" teams and six invited teams.
Core Teams
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Invited Teams
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Pool Stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Knockout stage
Bowl
Plate
Cup
References
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2012–13
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2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
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2013 in women's rugby union
2013 rugby sevens competitions
2013 in Asian rugby union