The qualification process of women's teams for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Automatic qualification was extended to the host and the four semifinalists of the previous cup's tournament. The remaining spots were contested in each of the six regions' respective tournaments.
| Africa | North America and the West Indies | South America | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic qualification | |||||
 South Africa |  United States |  Russia (host) |  Australia  New Zealand | ||
| Regional Qualifiers | |||||
 Tunisia |  Canada |  Brazil |  China  Japan |  England  France  Ireland  Netherlands  Spain |  Fiji |
Seven teams competed in Rabat on 29-30 September for an open spot in the World Cup, since South Africa was already automatically qualified from their semifinal placement in the 2009 World Cup Sevens. Tunisia edged out Kenya at the final to reach eligibility. [1]
Pool A
| Matches |
|---|
Pool B
| Matches |
|---|
Plate
| Semi-finals | Plate Final | |||||
| 30 September 2012 | ||||||
 Morocco | 0 | |||||
| 30 September 2012 | ||||||
 Zimbabwe | 5 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 14 | |||||
| 30 September 2012 | ||||||
 Zambia | 10 | |||||
| Zambia | Bye | |||||
Cup
| Semi-finals | Cup/Qualifier Final | |||||
| 30 September 2012 | ||||||
 Kenya | 7 | |||||
| 30 September 2012 | ||||||
 Senegal | 0 | |||||
| Kenya | 10 | |||||
| 30 September 2012 | ||||||
| Tunisia | 14 | |||||
| Tunisia | 19 | |||||
 Uganda | 5 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 30 September 2012 | ||||||
| Senegal | 5 | |||||
| Uganda | 12 | |||||
On 25–26 August 2012, there was a tournament held in Twin Elm Rugby Park in Ottawa amongst five teams for one qualification bid, with the United States already qualified by making the semifinals of the 2009 Rugby World Cup women's tournament. It consisted of a round-robin tournament, with a playoff among the four highest-finishing teams, from which hosts Canada emerged winners. [2]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 0 | +196 | 12 |
 Jamaica | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 10 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 70 | –2 | 8 |
 Mexico | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 111 | –65 | 6 |
 Cayman Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 137 | –137 | 4 |
| Matches |
|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 26 August 2012 | ||||||
| Canada | 42 | |||||
| 26 August 2012 | ||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||
| Canada | 46 | |||||
| 26 August 2012 | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | |||||
| Jamaica | 5 | |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 22 | |||||
| 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifier | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Brazil |
| Date | 23−24 February |
| Cup | |
| Champion | Brazil |
| Runner-up |  Argentina |
| Third |  Uruguay |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 20 |
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The last qualifying tournament was held on 23−24 February 2013 in Rio de Janeiro for the sole remaining World Cup slot. Eight teams participated, with Brazil winning the tournament to qualify for the second time. [3]
Pool A
| Matches |
|---|
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 5 | +59 | 9 |
 Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 6 |
 Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 6 |
 Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 81 | –81 | 3 |
| Matches |
|---|
Plate
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 24 February 2013 | ||||||
 Chile | 31 | |||||
| 24 February 2013 | ||||||
| Paraguay | 0 | |||||
| Chile | 5 | |||||
| 24 February 2013 | ||||||
| Colombia | 19 | |||||
 Peru | 0 | |||||
| Colombia | 19 | |||||
| Seventh Place | ||||||
| 24 February 2013 | ||||||
| Paraguay | 12 | |||||
| Peru | 15 | |||||
Cup
| Semi-finals | Final/Qualifier | |||||
| 24 February 2013 | ||||||
| Brazil | 34 | |||||
| 24 February 2013 | ||||||
| Venezuela | 0 | |||||
| Brazil | 27 | |||||
| 24 February 2013 | ||||||
| Argentina | 14 | |||||
| Argentina | 17 | |||||
| Uruguay | 7 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 24 February 2013 | ||||||
| Venezuela | 5 | |||||
| Uruguay | 17 | |||||
On 6–7 October 2012, ten Asian teams and Oceania third place team Fiji met in Pune, India for a qualification tournament with three bids at stake. Fiji qualified to the World Cup as champions, with China and Japan also rounding out the remainder of the bids. [4]
Pool A
| Matches |
|---|
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 14 | +116 | 9 |
 Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 7 |
 Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 70 | –13 | 5 |
 South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 138 | –138 | 3 |
| Matches |
|---|
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | +119 | 9 |
 Thailand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 48 | +28 | 7 |
 Philippines | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 67 | –20 | 5 |
 Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 134 | –127 | 3 |
| Matches |
|---|
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | +108 | 9 |
 Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 46 | –7 | 7 |
 Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 61 | –51 | 5 |
 United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 70 | –50 | 3 |
| Matches |
|---|
Shield
| Semi-finals | Shield | |||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 12 | |||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 17 | |||||
| United Arab Emirates | 24 | |||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||
| South Korea | BYE | |||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Bowl | Final | ||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
 India | 5 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||||||
| India | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 33 | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 20 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 7 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 22 | |||||||||
| Philippines | BYE | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 24 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Iran | 5 | Eleventh Place | ||||||||
| Iran | 29 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 7 | |||||||||
| India | 12 | |||||||||
| Iran | 17 | |||||||||
Plate
| Semi-finals | Plate | |||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||
| Thailand | 17 | |||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||
| Singapore | 12 | |||||
| Thailand | 7 | |||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||
 Hong Kong | 19 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 27 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||
| Seventh Place | ||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||
| Singapore | 12 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | |||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 5 | |||||||||
| Japan | 7 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 31 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 47 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Singapore | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 15 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| China | 0 | |||||||||
| China | 31 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||
| China | 17 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 12 | Third Place/Qualifier | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 34 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan | 17 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 7 | |||||||||
From 30 June – 1 July, the second leg of the Women's Sevens Grand Prix was held in Moscow among the twelve Grand Prix national teams in addition to the top four teams from prior lower-division tournaments. With Russia being host and therefore automatically eligible for the World Cup, five open bids were contested. [5]
| Legend |
|---|
| Qualified to 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Already qualified |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | England |
 | Spain |
 | Russia |
| 4 | France |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Ireland |
| 7 |  Ukraine |
| 8 |  Germany |
| 9 |  Portugal |
| 10 |  Scotland |
| 11 |  Wales |
| 12 |  Italy |
| 13 |  Sweden |
| 14 |  Moldova |
| 15 |  Switzerland |
| 16 |  Croatia |
8 women's teams met in Lautoka, Fiji for a 3–4 August tournament. With Australia and New Zealand already qualified for the World Cup, the other highest placing country gets to compete in 2012's Asian championship to contest the bid against a prospective Asia 3. With Fiji beating Papua New Guinea for the third place spot, they were invited to the Asian qualification tournament in Pune, India. [6]
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 7 | +106 | 9 |
 Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 7 |
 Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 51 | –5 | 5 |
 Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 87 | –63 | 3 |
| Matches |
|---|
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 7 | +93 | 9 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 26 | +62 | 7 |
 Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 99 | –84 | 5 |
 Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 78 | –71 | 3 |
| Matches |
|---|
Plate
| Semi-finals | Plate | |||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||
| Cook Islands | 5 | |||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||
| Samoa | 17 | |||||
| Samoa | 17 | |||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||
| Tonga | 12 | |||||
| Tonga | 40 | |||||
| Solomon Islands | 5 | |||||
| 7th Place | ||||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||
| Cook Islands | 41 | |||||
| Solomon Islands | 0 | |||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| Australia | 22 | |||||||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 5 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 15 | |||||||||
| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 35 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | |||||||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 19 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 36 | |||||||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | Qualifier vs. Asia 3 | ||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 52 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | |||||||||
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