The 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens was a tournament at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand from 25-26 January 2020. It was the first edition of the New Zealand Women's Sevens for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
| 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series VIII | |
| Host nation |  New Zealand |
| Date | 25-26 January 2020 |
| Cup | |
| Champion | New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  Canada |
| Third |  France |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Tries scored | 157 (average 5.61 per match) |
| Most points | Michaela Blyde & Stacey Fluhler (45 pts each) |
| Most tries | Michaela Blyde & Stacey Fluhler (9 tries each) |
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Format
editThe teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool and the best second-placed team advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match. The other teams from each group were paired off for the lower classification matches.
Teams
editTwelve teams competed in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for the tournament was 
China.
Pool stage
editPool A
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 35 | +83 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
 England
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 66 | -9 | 5 | 5th-place playoff |
 Fiji
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 74 | -15 | 5 | 7th-place playoff |
| China
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 83 | -59 | 5 | 9th-place playoff |
Pool B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 40 | +43 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
 United States
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 7 | 5th-place playoff |
 Russia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 73 | -25 | 5 | 7th-place playoff |
 Brazil
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 82 | -47 | 3 | 11th-place playoff |
Pool C
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 31 | +49 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| France
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 35 | +50 | 7 | Advance to semifinals |
 Spain
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 73 | -47 | 5 | 9th-place playoff |
 Ireland
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 73 | -52 | 3 | 11th-place playoff |
Placement matches
editEleventh place
edit| Brazil
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19–26 | Ireland
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Ninth place
edit| Spain
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0–31 | China
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Seventh place
edit| Fiji
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21–26 | Russia
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Fifth place
edit| United States
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45–5 | England
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Knockout stage
editCup
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | ||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||
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| Canada | 28 | |||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||
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| New Zealand | 24 | |||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||
| France | 7 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | ||||||
| Australia | 14 | |||||
| France | 19 | |||||
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Semi-finals
Cup Final
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