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]
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]
| 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 | |
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