The 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the eighth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby.

Only five of the originally scheduled eight tournaments were completed before the series was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand was awarded the series title at the end of June 2020, on account of it leading by 16 points over the second-placed Australia.

The events planned for Hong Kong, Langford and Paris were postponed, before eventually being cancelled.

Format Twelve nations competed at each event, drawn into three pools of four teams. The top-placed teams after the pool matches at each tournament played off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. The winner of the series was determined by the overall points standings gained across all events in the season.

Teams The eleven "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for 2019–20 were:

Brazil was promoted to core team status after winning the World Series qualifier held in Hong Kong in 2019, replacing China who were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed core team in 2018–19.

Tour venues The original itinerary for the 2019–20 women's circuit included three new legs to be played in Cape Town, Hamilton and Hong Kong, although only the first two were able to be played. The women's Tokyo Sevens was not included in the series due to the Olympic Sevens being scheduled there instead.

After all tournaments planned for the second quarter of 2020 were cancelled, the series was reduced from eight legs to five. All but one of the completed legs were combined sevens tournaments with their corresponding events from the men's World Series, with only the Glendale tournament hosted as a stand-alone women's event.

+ 2019–20 ItineraryLegStadiumCity DatesWinner United States Infinity Park Glendale (Denver) 5–6 October 2019 The Sevens Dubai5–7 December 2019 Cape Town Stadium Cape Town13–15 December 2019 Waikato Stadium Hamilton25–26 January 2020 Bankwest Stadium Sydney1–2 February 2020

The tournaments planned for Hong Kong (3–5 April 2020), Langford (2–3 May 2020) and Paris (30–31 May 2020), were ultimately cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Standings

Final standings for the 2018–19 series: + 2019–20 World Rugby Women's – Series VIII Pos. Glendale Dubai Cape Town Hamilton Sydney Pointstotal116 2020202096218 14 18 14 16 803 10 18 16 18 18 804 14 12 14 16 14 70520 16 12 12 6 666 8 10 6 8 8 407 2 8 10 6 12 388 4 4 8 10 10 369 12 6 4 3 3 2810 6 3 2 2 2 1511 3 1 — — 4 812 1 2 1 1 1 6 13 — — — 4 — 4 14 — — 3 — — 3 Source: World Rugby

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Placings summary Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2019–20 series, by team:

Team Gold Silver BronzeFourthTotal 4 – 1 – 5 1 – 1 – 2 – 3 1 – 4 – 2 1 2 5 – – 1 3 4 Totals 5 5 5 5 20

Tournaments Glendale

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup26–7 (Bronze)5th Place12–7Challenge Trophy36–14

Dubai*

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup17–14 (Bronze)9th Place26–21 -11th Place14-12 -

Cape Town*

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup17–7 (Bronze)9th Place19–7 -11th Place26-7 -

* 5th Place and Challenge Trophy not contested

Players

Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 31 2 26 3 21 4 18 5 18

Points scored Rank Player Points 1 171 2 170 3 164 4 155 5 139

Updated: 4 February 2020

Awards

+Impact player awards Tour Leg Player Points Glendale 63 Dubai 78 Cape Town 58 Hamilton 59 Sydney 56

+Total impact player pointsPlayer Total 1 163824101279 2 511816105242 3 48103084222 4 47161595220 5 73121580219 6 272310101217 7 26241190210 8 27172171191 9 5661873183 10 42101873181

Updated: 4 February 2020

See also 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series (for men) Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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