Japan Women's Sevens

Not to be confused with Japan women's national rugby sevens team.

The Japan Women's Sevens was an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, it was previously hosted in Kitakyushu as one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. ^[1] Japan joined for the fifth edition of the series. The tournament was played at the Mikuni World Stadium.

Champions

Year	Venue	Cup final			Placings			Refs
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Challenge Trophy
2015	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Japan	22–0	Kazakhstan	Hong Kong	China		[2]
2017	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu	New Zealand	17–14	Canada	Australia	Fiji	Ireland	[3]
2018	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu	New Zealand	24–12	France	Australia	Spain	United States	[4]
2019	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu	Canada	7–5	England	United States	France	Fiji	[5] [6]

Key:
 Blue border on the left indicates tournaments included in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

See also

• Japan Sevens (men's tournament)

References

1. "HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series to kick-off in Dubai". Seven Days. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
2. Coil, Doug (29 November 2015). "Japan Wins Asia Women's Rugby Sevens Qualifier". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
3. "New Zealand leave it late to claim gold in Japan". Asia Rugby. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
4. Freeman, Rich (22 April 2018). "Rugby: New Zealand win women's 7s in Japan". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
5. "Rugby: Canada win Kitakyushu 7s as Japan finish winless". Kyodo News+. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
6. Awad, Brandi (21 April 2019). "Team Canada wins women's rugby sevens title in Japan". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 18 June 2024.