2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

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World Rugby
Women's Sevens Series I
HostsFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Date30 Nov 2012 – 18 May 2013
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Runners-upFlag of England.svg  England
Series details
Top try scorer Flag of New Zealand.svg Portia Woodman
(21 tries)
Top point scorer Flag of New Zealand.svg Portia Woodman
(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.

Contents

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]

Itinerary

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

The competition

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.

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.

Rankings

Final standings for the 2012–13 series:

Women's Rugby Sevens
World Series I
 
Pos.
Event 
Team
Flag of Dubai.svg
Dubai
Flag of the United States.svg
Houston
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Guang­zhou
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Amster­dam
Points
total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2014202074
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  England 820181460
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 108161852
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 418141248
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14168846
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12121640
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 61010430
8Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 186327
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 161026
10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 146112
11IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1212
12Flag of France.svg  France 369
13Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2327
14Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 347
15Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 22
16Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 22
17Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 11
18Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 11

Notes:

Season

Round 1: Dubai

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14
 
1 December – Dubai
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 28
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 41
 
1 December – Dubai
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 19
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17
 
Third place
 
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17

Round 2: United States

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 February – Houston
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 19
 
2 February – Houston
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 12
 
Flag of England.svg  England 29
 
2 February – Houston
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5
 
Third place
 
 
2 February – Houston
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 12
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17

Round 3: China

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 March – Guangzhou
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 19
 
31 March – Guangzhou
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 19
 
31 March – Guangzhou
 
Flag of England.svg  England 5
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12
 
Third place
 
 
31 March – Guangzhou
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17

Round 4: Netherlands

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 May – Amsterdam
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24
 
18 May – Amsterdam
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 10
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 33
 
17 May – Amsterdam
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24
 
Flag of England.svg  England 7
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12
 
Third place
 
 
18 May – Amsterdam
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 5

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