The 2013 China Women's Sevens was the first edition of the China Women's Sevens tournament, and the third of four tournaments in the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series. New Zealand won the final, defeating England by 19–5.[1][2][3]
| 2013 China Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series I | |
| Host nation |  China |
| Date | 30–31 March 2013 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  England |
| Third |  United States |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  Ireland |
| Runner-up |  Netherlands |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Japan |
| Runner-up | China |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
2014 → | |
Format edit
Teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets along with the top two third place teams. The rest of the teams go to the Bowl bracket
Teams edit
A total of twelve teams competed, the six "core" teams and six invited teams.
Core Teams
Pool Stage edit
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 5 | +97 | 9 |
| Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 6 |
 Brazil |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 6 |
 Tunisia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 124 | −124 | 3 |
Pool B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 20 | +85 | 9 |
 Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 7 |
| Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 5 |
| Japan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 111 | −101 | 3 |
Pool C edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 15 | +60 | 9 |
| United States |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 7 |
| China |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 5 |
 Fiji |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 54 | −34 | 3 |
Knockout stage edit
Bowl edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||
| China | 57 | |||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||
| Tunisia | 0 | |||||
| China | 10 | |||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||
| Fiji | 5 | |||||
| Japan | 12 | |||||
| 11th Place | ||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||
| Fiji | 19 | |||||
| Tunisia | 0 | |||||
Plate edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||
| Netherlands | 22 | |||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||
| Netherlands | 10 | |||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||
| Ireland | 14 | |||||
| Ireland | 15 | |||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||
| 7th Place | ||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||
Cup edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 31 | |||||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 5 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||||||
| United States | 17 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||||||
| England | 5 | |||||||||
| England | 19 | |||||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 12 | |||||||||
| England | 19 | |||||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 March – Guangzhou University | ||||||||||
| Canada | 33 | |||||||||
| United States | 5 | |||||||||
| Canada | 17 | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Womens World Series I, Guangzhou, China. 3/30/2013 - 3/31/2013". Rugby 7. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand women win China Sevens". RNZ. 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "New Zealand win China Sevens". www.world.rugby. 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2024-02-28.