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between the 5-6 October 2019. It was the seventh time that the USA Women's Sevens have been held as an World Series event and was the first tournament of the

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. In the cup final, the

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won their first USA Women's Sevens since the tournament became a World Series event as they defeated Australia 26–7 in the final.

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came home in third place after defeating

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31–14 while

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won the Challenge Trophy over Japan.

Background

The 2019 USA Women's Sevens is the first round of eight tournaments for the

and the seventh since the tournament became a part of the World Series. During the off-season, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics continued in the continental with

qualifying through to the Olympic Games as Great Britain with a 19-0 victory over

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joined Russia in qualifying for the repcharge event.

Format

The twelve teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each with each team playing their other three opponents in their pool once. Points are awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top two third place teams also compete in the Cup. The remaining four teams will compete in the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven teams being core teams to the Sevens Series. The twelfth team, Japan was invited to the tournament.

Pool stage

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

Fifth place

Cup

Tournament placings

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Players

Scoring leaders

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Dream Team

The following seven players were selected for the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:

References

External links

Tournament site

World Rugby info
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Background

Format

Teams

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

Fifth place

Cup

Tournament placings

Players

Scoring leaders

Dream Team

See also

References

External links