New Zealand Women's Sevens

New Zealand Women's Sevens

Recent tournament 2023 New Zealand Women's Sevens
Sport	Rugby sevens
Inaugural season	2019
Holders	New Zealand (2023)
Most titles	New Zealand (2 titles)

The New Zealand Women's Sevens was an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, hosted at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. ^[1] The tournament was one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and was hosted as part of a fully integrated women's and men's event. ^[2]

History

The inaugural event in 2019, promoted as the Women's Fast Four, ^[3] was an invitational competition held alongside the men's tournament on the world circuit, ^[4] with home team New Zealand defeating France in the final. ^{[5] [6]}

Champions

Year	Venue	Cup final			Placings			Ref
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Fifth
2019 (Fast 4)	Waikato Stadium	New Zealand	31–0	France	England	China	n/a	[6]
2020	Waikato Stadium	New Zealand	24–7	Canada	France	Australia	United States
World Series tournaments planned for Hamilton were cancelled in 2021  [7] and 2022, [8] due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023	Waikato Stadium	New Zealand	33–7	United States	Australia	Ireland	Great Britain

References

1. "Rugby sevens: Hamilton sevens to stage men and women". The New Zealand Herald. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
2. Navzi, Careem (13 March 2019). "Hong Kong Rugby Sevens to include women's event for first time from 2020 in revamped World Series". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
3. "Black Ferns Sevens to play 'Fast Four' in Hamilton". Newshub . 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
4. "Black Ferns Sevens to play Fast Four event in Hamilton". World Rugby . 28 August 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
5. Hunia, Ravinder (28 January 2019). "Black Ferns sevens reign supreme in Hamilton debut". Radio New Zealand . Retrieved 12 February 2019.
6. "Hamilton Sevens: Black Ferns sevens make history on New Zealand soil and reach final". Stuff. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
7. "2021 Hamilton, Sydney Sevens cancelled due to COVID-19". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
8. Ekin, Kim (3 September 2021). "Four stages of World Rugby Sevens Series cancelled in space of an hour". Rugby Pass. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.