The 2019 USA Women's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that takes place at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado 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 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
In the cup final, the United States won their first USA Women's Sevens since the tournament became a World Series event as they defeated Australia 26–7 in the final. New Zealand came home in third place after defeating France 31–14 while England won the Challenge Trophy over Japan.
Background The 2019 USA Women's Sevens is the first round of eight tournaments for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 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 England qualifying through to the Olympic Games as Great Britain with a 19-0 victory over Russia. France 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 Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts330011619+97932017962+17731024388−45530032190−693
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009026+64932018631+55731024290−48530031293−813
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32109238+54832107647+29831024871−23530033595−603
Knockout stage Challenge Trophy
MatchesSemi-finals
Challenge Trophy Final
Fifth place
MatchesSemi-finals
Fifth place
Cup
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
3rd place
Cup Final
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 18 16 4 14 5 12 6 10 7 8 8 6 9 4 10 3 11 2 12 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 9 2 7 3 6 6 6 6 Source: World Rugby
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 45 2 40 40 4 38 5 36 Source: World Rugby
Dream Team The following seven players were selected for the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
Backs Forwards
See also World Rugby Sevens Series (for men) World Rugby
References
External links Tournament site World Rugby info