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World Rugby Women's Sevens Series I | |
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Hosts | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Date | 30 Nov 2012 – 18 May 2013 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Series details | |
Top try scorer | ![]() (21 tries) |
Top point scorer | ![]() (105 points) |
2013–14 → |
The IRB Women's Sevens World Series (2012/2013) was 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 would consist of four tournaments - in Dubai, Houston, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played from November 2012 to May 2013. The Dubai tournament was held in conjunction with the 2012 Dubai Sevens for men, while the others were separate competitions. The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, with six core teams participating in all tournaments of the series and the other teams identified by elimination or rankings within the IRB's six regions. [1]
2012–13 Itinerary | |||
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Leg | Venue | Date | Winner |
Dubai | The Sevens, Dubai | 30 Nov–1 Dec 2012 | ![]() |
United States | BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston | 1–2 February 2013 | ![]() |
China | Guangzhou University Town Stadium, Guangzhou | 30–31 March 2013 | ![]() |
Netherlands | NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam | 17–18 May 2013 | ![]() |
As with the male competition, series winner was the team that scored the most points awarded for winning various places in each event throughout the season. 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.
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.
Final standings for the 2012–13 series:
Women's Rugby Sevens World Series I | ||||||||||||
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Pos. | Event Team | ![]() Dubai | ![]() Houston | ![]() Guangzhou | ![]() Amsterdam | Points total | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 20 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 74 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 8 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 60 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 10 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 52 | ||||||
4 | ![]() | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 48 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | 14 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 46 | ||||||
6 | ![]() | 12 | 12 | – | 16 | 40 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | 6 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 30 | ||||||
8 | ![]() | 18 | 6 | – | 3 | 27 | ||||||
9 | ![]() | 16 | – | – | 10 | 26 | ||||||
10 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
11 | ![]() | – | – | 12 | – | 12 | ||||||
12 | ![]() | 3 | – | – | 6 | 9 | ||||||
13 | ![]() | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
14 | ![]() | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||
15 | ![]() | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||||||
16 | ![]() | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||
17 | ![]() | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||||||
18 | ![]() | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Notes:
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
1 December – Dubai | ||||||
![]() | 14 | |||||
1 December – Dubai | ||||||
![]() | 28 | |||||
![]() | 41 | |||||
1 December – Dubai | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 19 | |||||
![]() | 17 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
1 December – Dubai | ||||||
![]() | 15 | |||||
![]() | 17 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
2 February – Houston | ||||||
![]() | 19 | |||||
2 February – Houston | ||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||
![]() | 29 | |||||
2 February – Houston | ||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||
![]() | 17 | |||||
![]() | 5 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
2 February – Houston | ||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||
![]() | 17 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
31 March – Guangzhou | ||||||
![]() | 19 | |||||
31 March – Guangzhou | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 19 | |||||
31 March – Guangzhou | ||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||
![]() | 24 | |||||
![]() | 12 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
31 March – Guangzhou | ||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||
![]() | 17 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
17 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
![]() | 24 | |||||
18 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||
![]() | 33 | |||||
17 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
![]() | 24 | |||||
![]() | 7 | |||||
![]() | 12 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
18 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
![]() | 26 | |||||
![]() | 5 |
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