2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
Host nations	United Arab Emirates United States China Netherlands
Date	30 Nov 2012 – 18 May 2013
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	England
Series details
Top point scorer	Portia Woodman (105 points)
Top try scorer	Portia Woodman (21 tries)
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IRB Women's Sevens World Series (2012/2013) is 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 that the season will consist of four tournaments - in Dubai, Houston, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played in the from November 2012 to May 2013. Only the first one will be held in conjunction will be the 2012 Dubai Sevens with the men, while the others will be a separate competition. The number of teams in each of the events set at twelve, six of which participates in all competitions of the season, while others might be identified by elimination or rankings of the six regions reporting to the IRB .

2012–13 Itinerary
Leg	Venue	Date	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens, Dubai	30 Nov–1 Dec 2012	New Zealand
United States	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston	1–2 February 2013	England
China	Guangzhou University City Stadium, Guangzhou	30–31 March 2013	New Zealand
Netherlands	NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam	17–18 May 2013	New Zealand

The competition

As in the case of male competition series winner will be the team that the entire season will score the most points awarded for winning various places in each event. Each of the twelve team competition accumulate, six of which (Australia, Canada, England, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States) is a series of regular participants (core teams), while others might be identified through regional qualifying.

Points schedule

The season championship will be determined by points earned in each tournament. The scoring system, similar to that used in the men's IRB Sevens, was announced shortly before the season kicked off.

• Cup Winner - 20
• Cup Runner Up - 18
• 3rd Place - 16
• Cup Semi Finalist - 14
• Plate Winner - 12
• Plate Runner Up - 10
• Winner 7th/8th play-off - 8
• Loser 7th/8th play-off - 6
• Bowl Winner - 4
• Bowl Runner Up - 3
• Winner 11th/12th play-off - 2
• Loser 11th/12th play-off - 1

Rankings

POS	Team					Total
1	New Zealand	20	14	20	20	74
2	England	8	20	18	14	60
3	Canada	10	8	16	18	52
4	United States	4	18	14	12	48
5	Australia	14	16	8	8	46
6	Russia	12	12	0	16	40
7	Netherlands	6	10	10	4	30
8	South Africa	18	6	0	3	27
9	Spain	16	0	0	10	26
10	Brazil	1	4	6	1	12
	Ireland	0	0	12	0	12
12	France	3	0	0	6	9
13	China	2	0	3	2	7
	Japan	0	3	4	0	7
15	Argentina	0	2	0	0	2
	Fiji	0	0	2	0	2
17	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	0	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	0	1

Season

Round 1: Dubai

Main article: 2012 Dubai Women's Sevens

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 December – Dubai
	Australia	14
	New Zealand	28
					1 December – Dubai
					New Zealand	41
					South Africa	0
					Third place
	1 December – Dubai			1 December – Dubai
	South Africa	19		Australia	15
	Spain	17			Spain	17

Round 2: United States

Main article: 2013 USA Women's Sevens

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 February – Houston
	England	19
	New Zealand	12
					2 February – Houston
					England	29
					United States	12
					Third place
	2 February – Houston			2 February – Houston
	United States	17		New Zealand	12
	Australia	5			Australia	17

Round 3: China

Main article: 2013 China Women's Sevens

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 March – Guangzhou
	England	19
	Canada	0
					31 March – Guangzhou
					New Zealand	19
					England	5
					Third place
	31 March – Guangzhou			31 March – Guangzhou
	New Zealand	24		United States	5
	United States	12			Canada	17

Round 4: Netherlands

Main article: 2013 Netherlands Women's Sevens

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 May – Amsterdam
	New Zealand	24
	Russia	10
					18 May – Amsterdam
					New Zealand	33
					Canada	24
					Third place
	17 May – Amsterdam			18 May – Amsterdam
	England	7		Russia	26
	Canada	12			England	5

External links

• Official website