2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
| World Rugby Women's Sevens Series V | |
|---|---|
| Host nations |
 United Arab Emirates Australia United States Japan Canada France |
| Date | 1 Dec 2016 – 25 June 2017 |
| Final positions | |
| Series details | |
|
← 2015–16 | |
The 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series is the fifth edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (formerly the IRB Women's Sevens World Series), an annual series of tournaments organised by World Rugby for women's national teams in rugby sevens. The tour is a companion to the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series for men.
The competition
There are six tournament events in 2016–17.[1][2] Twelve teams compete at each event; eleven being "core" teams, with a twelfth team invited to participate in particular events (similar to previous women's series as well as the men's counterpart). The overall winner of the series is determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.[3]
Teams
Eleven "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2016–17 series, the same number as the previous season. The top nine finishers in the previous series were granted core team status:[4]
Two additional core teams qualified for the 2016–17 series:[4]
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Brazil – ninth place (highest finisher not already qualified) at the 2016 Olympic Games -
Ireland – third place (highest finisher not already qualified) at the 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament
The twelfth team at each tournament in the 2016–17 series is invited at the discretion of World Rugby.[4]
Events
| 2016–17 Itinerary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leg | Venue | Dates | Winner |
| Dubai | The Sevens, Dubai | 1–2 December 2016 |  New Zealand |
| Australia | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 3–4 February 2017 | |
| United States | Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada | 3–5 March 2017 | |
| Japan | Honjō Athletic Stadium, Kitakyushu | 22–23 April 2017 | |
| Canada | Westhills Stadium, Langford, British Columbia (Victoria) | 27–28 May 2017 | |
| France | Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand | 24–25 June 2017 | |
Standings
Progress standings for the 2016–17 series:
| Women's Rugby Sevens World Series V | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Event Team |
Dubai |
Sydney |
Las Vegas |
Kitakyushu |
Langford |
Clermont |
Points total | ||||
| 1 | New Zealand |
20 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | ||||
| 2 | Australia |
18 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | ||||
| 3 |  Russia |
16 | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | ||||
| 4 |  England |
14 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | ||||
| 5 |  Fiji |
12 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Canada |
10 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | ||||
| 7 | France |
8 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | ||||
| 8 |  South Africa |
6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | ||||
| 9 | Ireland |
4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||||
| 10 |  Spain |
3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||||
| 11 | United States |
2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||||
| 12 | Brazil |
1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||
Source:
Legend Qualify as a core team for Series VI and the 2018 Rugby World Cup 7s Qualify as a core team for Series VI The remainder do not directly qualify for Series VI
Tournaments
Dubai
The first event of the season saw New Zealand take revenge of the Olympic final loss by defeating Australia in the Cup final. The opening day of the fifth season saw the three medalists from the Olympic Games going unbeaten in the pool stage of the competition. [5] In the quarter finals stage, Russia failure to qualify to the Olympics was momentum as they eliminated bronze medalists Canada. The final was a repeat of the Olympic final with Australia battling throughout the final but tries to Portia Woodman and Rebekah Cordero-Tufuga gave New Zealand the gold medal and took the lead in the series. The plate competition was won by Fiji while Ireland won the first Challenge Trophy which replaced the Bowl competition.[6]
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | New Zealand |
17–5 | Australia |
Russia (3rd) England |
| Plate | Fiji |
17–14 | Canada |
France (7th) South Africa |
| Challenge |  Ireland |
14–12 | Spain |
United States (11th) Brazil |
See also
- 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)
References
- ↑ "HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series to kick-off in Dubai". Seven Days. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Las Vegas to host Women's Sevens Series round in 2017". World Rugby. 29 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Women's Sevens Series tournament rules". World Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Series Qualifying". World Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016.
- ↑ "Olympic medallists unbeaten after day one in Dubai". 1 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ↑ "New Zealand claim top prize in Dubai". 2 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.