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2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

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The IRB Women's Sevens World Series (2012/2013) was the inaugural edition of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, organized by the IRB annual series of tournaments for women's national teams in the Rugby Sevens.

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In October 2012 the IRB announced that the season would consist of four tournaments - in Dubai, Houston, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played from November 2012 to May 2013. The Dubai tournament was held in conjunction with the 2012 Dubai Sevens for men, while the others were separate competitions. The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, with six core teams participating in all tournaments of the series and the other teams identified by elimination or rankings within the IRB's six regions.[1]

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Itinerary

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The competition

As with the male competition, series winner was the team that scored the most points awarded for winning various places in each event throughout the season. Each of the twelve team competition accumulate, six of which (Australia, Canada, England, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States) is a series of regular participants (core teams), while others might be identified through regional qualifying.

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Points schedule

The season championship will be determined by points earned in each tournament. The scoring system, similar to that used in the men's IRB Sevens, was announced shortly before the season kicked off.

  • Cup Winner - 20
  • Cup Runner Up - 18
  • 3rd Place - 16
  • Cup Semi Finalist - 14
  • Plate Winner - 12
  • Plate Runner Up - 10
  • Winner 7th/8th play-off - 8
  • Loser 7th/8th play-off - 6
  • Bowl Winner - 4
  • Bowl Runner Up - 3
  • Winner 11th/12th play-off - 2
  • Loser 11th/12th play-off - 1

Rankings

Final standings for the 2012–13 series:

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Notes:

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Season

Round 1: Dubai

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 
 Australia14
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 New Zealand28
 
 New Zealand41
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 South Africa0
 
 South Africa19
 
 
 Spain17
 
Third place
 
 
1 December – Dubai
 
 
 Australia15
 
 
 Spain17

Round 2: United States

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 February – Houston
 
 
 England19
 
2 February – Houston
 
 New Zealand12
 
 England29
 
2 February – Houston
 
 United States12
 
 United States17
 
 
 Australia5
 
Third place
 
 
2 February – Houston
 
 
 New Zealand12
 
 
 Australia17

Round 3: China

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 March – Guangzhou
 
 
 England19
 
31 March – Guangzhou
 
 Canada0
 
 New Zealand19
 
31 March – Guangzhou
 
 England5
 
 New Zealand24
 
 
 United States12
 
Third place
 
 
31 March – Guangzhou
 
 
 United States5
 
 
 Canada17

Round 4: Netherlands

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 May – Amsterdam
 
 
 New Zealand24
 
18 May – Amsterdam
 
 Russia10
 
 New Zealand33
 
17 May – Amsterdam
 
 Canada24
 
 England7
 
 
 Canada12
 
Third place
 
 
18 May – Amsterdam
 
 
 Russia26
 
 
 England5
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