South Africa Women's Sevens

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South Africa Women's Sevens
Sport Rugby sevens
Inaugural season2019
Number of teams12
HoldersFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Most titlesFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (3 times)

The South Africa Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament announced by World Rugby as one of the stops on the world circuit, [1] with the inaugural competition held in December 2019. [2] [3] The women's event is hosted at Cape Town Stadium as part of an integrated tournament alongside the existing men's event. [3] [4] Most destinations on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series are geographically paired for travel reasons, with South Africa hosting the second tournament of the season following the series opener at Dubai. [5]

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Champions

Year Venue Cup finalPlacingsRefs
WinnerScoreRunner-upThirdFourthFifth
2019 Cape Town Stadium Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		17–7Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of France.svg
France 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States
World Series tournaments planned for Cape Town were cancelled in 2020  [6] and 2021, [7] due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 Cape Town StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		31–14Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		IRFU flag.svg
Ireland 		Flag of France.svg
France
2023 Cape Town StadiumFlag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		29–26Flag of France.svg
France 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
2024 Cape Town StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		26–12Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of France.svg
France 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ray, Craig (13 March 2019). "Women's Sevens World Series coming to Cape Town". The Times . Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Breakfast, Sivewe (18 July 2019). "Cape Town Sevens dates confirmed: Women's event added to extended 2019 tournament". The South African. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Boost for Cape Town Sevens". SA Rugby Mag. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rugby Sevens: Women's series expanded ahead of next season". CNN International. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "World Rugby announces new-look men's and women's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-23". World Rugby. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Plans revised for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021". World Rugby. 29 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "World Rugby cancels Sevens events in Cape Town and Singapore". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
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