2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

The 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acted not only as a qualifier for the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, but also for seeding purposes for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens for five of the teams.^[1] The tournament was played on 5–6 April 2018 with pool stage matches played at So Kon Po Rec Ground with knock-out stage matches played at the Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong alongside the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens for men.

2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nation	Hong Kong
Date	5–6 April 2018
Cup
Champion	China
Runner-up	South Africa
Tournament details
Matches played	25
← 2017 2019 →

Continental qualifying

Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify. Teams in bold also qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Continental Sevens Championship	Dates	Venue(s)	Berths	Qualified
2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series	3 June– 16 July 2017	Malemort, Kazan	3	Wales  Belgium  Poland
2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens	16–17 September 2017	Monastir	2	South Africa  Kenya
2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series	23 September– 14 October 2017	Incheon, Colombo	3	China  Kazakhstan  Hong Kong
2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship	10–11 November 2017	Suva	1	Papua New Guinea
2017 Torneo Valentín Martinez (Sudamérica)	10–11 November 2017	Montevideo	2	Brazil  Argentina
2017 RAN Women's Sevens	25–26 November 2017	Mexico City	1	Mexico
Total			12

Format

12 teams, split into three groups of four. The group winners, runners up and the two best third ranked teams will enter the knockout stage. The overall winner will gain a spot on the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens series.

Pool Stage

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:^[2]

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool X

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenya	3	3	0	0	81	17	+64	9
South Africa	3	2	0	1	69	41	+28	7
Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	49	48	+1	5
Mexico	3	0	0	3	5	98	–93	3

5 April 2018	Kenya	17–5	Papua New Guinea	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
10:30	Try: Chajira 7'c Nziwa 11'm Olando 12'c Con: Owino (2/3) 7', 12'		Try: Lagona 8'm Con: Lagona (0/1) Cards: Abau 10' to 12'	Referee: Ashleigh Murray

5 April 2018	South Africa	31–0	Mexico	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
10:52	Try: Mpupha 1'm Roos 3'm, 5'c Mali 10'c Jordaan 13'c Con: Stadler (2/2) 5', 13' Roos (1/3) 10' Cards: Mali 14' to 14' Ndawonde 14' to 14'		Cards: Carrillo 10' to 12'	Referee: Katherine Ritchie

5 April 2018	Kenya	40–0	Mexico	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
13:04	Try: Okelo 4'c Masinde 6'c, 12'c Chajira 7'c, 14'm Nziwa 8'c Con: Nziwa (1/1) 4' Owino (4/4) 6', 7', 9', 13' Okulu (0/1)			Referee: Lauren Jenner

5 April 2018	South Africa	26–17	Papua New Guinea	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
13:26	Try: Simmers 3'c Mpupha 9'c Roos 11'm Mali 13'c Con: Jordaan (3/4) 4', 10', 13'		Try: Lagona 1'm Rama 7'm Biyama 14'c Con: Lavai (1/1)14' Lagona (0/2) Cards: Lagona 3' to 5'	Referee: Maddy Putz

5 April 2018	Papua New Guinea	27–5	Mexico	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
15:38	Try: Griffins 2'm Rama 6'm Lagona 7'm, 8'm Kaore 14'c Con: Lagona (1/4) 14' Gittins (0/1) Cards: Sampson 5' to 7'		Try: Angulo 13'm Con: Gonzalez (0/1)	Referee: Tyler Miller

5 April 2018	South Africa	12–24	Kenya	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
16:00	Try: Webb 4'm Grain 14'c Con: Jordaan (1/1) 14' Mpupha (0/1)		Try: Omondi 2'm, 10'c Okelo 6'c, 12'm Con: Nziwa (1/1) 6' Owino (1/3) 11'	Referee: Emily Hsieh

Pool Y

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	0	64	19	+45	9
Brazil	3	2	0	1	65	41	+24	7
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	24	69	–45	5
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	29	53	–24	3

5 April 2018	China	14–7	Kazakhstan	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
11:14	Try: Gao 5'c Liu 14' Con: Yu (2/2) 5', 14'		Try: Tkacheva 7'c Con: Baktybayeva (1/1) 7'	Referee: Lauren Jenner

5 April 2018	Brazil	38–0	Hong Kong	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
11:36	Try: B Silva 3'c, 10'c L Silva 7'm Muhlbauer 8'c Zanellato 12'm, 14'c Con: Kochhann (4/6) 4', 8', 10', 14'			Referee: Maddy Putz

5 April 2018	China	19–7	Hong Kong	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
13:48	Try: Chen 2'c Yang 3'm Liu 8'c Con: Yang (1/2) 2' Chen 8' Cards: Sun 14' to 14'		Try: Nam 14'c Con: Chan (1/1) 14'	Referee: Tyler Miller

5 April 2018	Brazil	22–10	Kazakhstan	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
14:10	Try: B Silva 7'm Araujo 9'c, 12'm Zanellato 14'm Con: Kochhan (1/4) 9' Cards: Araujo 4' to 6'		Try: Proskurina 4'm Tkacheva 6'm Con: Baktybayeva (0/2)	Referee: Emily Hsieh

5 April 2018	Kazakhstan	12–17	Hong Kong	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
16:22	Try: Tkacheva 3'c, 5'm Con: Baktybayeva (1/2) 4' Cards: Korotkih 1' to 3' Proskurina 14' to !4'		Try: Nam 1'm Olson-Thorne 7'm Poon 8'c Con: Tjosvold (1/3) 8'	Referee: Katherine Ritchie

5 April 2018	Brazil	5–31	China	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
16:44	Try: Kochhann 3'c Con: Kochhann (0/1)		Try: Yang 1'c Wang 4'c, 9'c Yu 7'm Chen 8'm Con: Yu (3/5) 1', 5', 9'	Referee: Ashleigh Murray

Pool Z

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Belgium	3	3	0	0	43	5	+38	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	71	34	+37	7
Argentina	3	1	0	2	26	64	–38	5
Poland	3	0	0	3	22	59	–37	3

5 April 2018	Belgium	12–0	Argentina	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
11:58	Try: Blondiau 4'm Rosier 13'c Con: D'Haeseleir (1/2) 13'			Referee: Tyler Miller

5 April 2018	Wales	19–17	Poland	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
12:20	Try: Joyce 1'm, 3'c Harries 9'c Con: Snowsill (2/3) 4', 9'		Try: Klichowska 4'c Paszczyk 7'm, 13'm Con: Jaszczyszyn (1/3) 5'	Referee: Emily Hsieh

5 April 2018	Belgium	19–0	Poland	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
14:32	Try: Blondlau 4'c, 7'c, 10'm Con: D'Haeseleir (2/3) 4', 7'			Referee: Katherine Ritchie

5 April 2018	Wales	47–5	Argentina	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
14:54	Try: Powell 6'c Williams 7' Joyce 8'c, 8'c, 13'c Powell-Hughes 10'c Snowsill 11'c Con: Jones (3/3) 6', 9', 13' Snowsill (3/3) 8', 11', 11'		Try: Padellaro 1'm Con: Gonzalez (0/1)	Referee: Ashleigh Murray

5 April 2018	Argentina	21–5	Poland	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
17:06	Try: Gonzalez 2'c Agullar 7'c Pedrozo 9'c Con: Gonzalez (3/3) 2', 7', 10'		Try: Kowalczyk 14'm Con: Paszczyk (0/1) Cards: Paszczyk 11' to 13'	Referee: Lauren Jenner

5 April 2018	Wales	5–12	Belgium	So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong
17:28	Try: Joyce 11'm Con: Snowsill (0/1)		Try: Lalli 4'c D'Haeseleir 14'm Con: D'Haeseleir (1/2) 4'	Referee: Maddy Putz

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				World Series Qualifier Final
	6 April 2017 – 10:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
	China	31
					6 April 2017 – 14:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Papua New Guinea	10
					China	22
	6 April 2017 – 10:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Belgium	5
	Belgium	17
									6 April 2017 – 17:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
	Brazil	12
									China	31
	6 April 2017 – 11:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
									South Africa	14
	Wales	0
					6 April 2017 – 14:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
	South Africa	26
					South Africa	12 (a.e.t.)
	6 April 2017 – 11:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
					Kenya	7
	Kenya	17 (a.e.t.)
	Argentina	12

Matches

Quarter-finals 6 April 2018 China  31–10  Papua New Guinea Hong Kong Stadium   10:30 Try: Yu 1'm, 7'c, 8'c Xu 13'm Wang 14' Con: Yu (2/4) 7', 8' Chen 14' Try: Kaore 3'm Lagona 5'm Con: Lagona (0/2) Cards: Lagona 8' to 10' Laval 13' to 14' Referee: Maddy Putz 6 April 2018 Belgium  17–12  Brazil Hong Kong Stadium   10:52 Try: Stevins 2', 5'm Musch 14'c Con: D'Haeseleir (1/2) 14' Try: B Silva 3'c Muhlbauer 13'm Con: Cerullo (1/1) 4' Kochhann (0/1) Referee: Emily Hsieh 6 April 2018 Wales  0–26  South Africa Hong Kong Stadium   11:14 Con: Harries 9' to 11' Try: Pienaar 2'c Roos 6'm Jordaan 12'm Grain 14'c Con: Jordaan (2/3) 3', 7' Stadler 14' Referee: Lauren Jenner 6 April 2018 Kenya  17–12 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Hong Kong Stadium   11:36 Try: Omondi 7'm Okelo 8'c Nziwa 22' Con: Nziwa (1/2) 8' Try: Gonzalez 3'm, 11'c Con: Gonzalez (1/2) 12' Referee: Katherine Ritchie Semi-finals 6 April 2018  China 22–5  Belgium Hong Kong Stadium   14:12 Try: Yang 1'c Yu 2'm Chen 11'm Wang 12'c Con: Yu (1/4) 13' Try: Lalli 6' Con: D'Haeseleir (0/1) Referee: Ashleigh Murray 6 April 2018 South Africa  12–7 (a.e.t.)  Kenya Hong Kong Stadium   14:34 Try: Jordaan 11'c Ndawonde 17' Con: Jordaan (1/1) 11' Try: Okelo 13'c Con: Nziwa (1/1) 14' Cards: Mbogo 14' to 14' Referee: Tyler Miller World Series Qualifier Final 6 April 2018 China  31–14  South Africa Hong Kong Stadium   17:12 Try: Chen 5'c, 7'm, 9'c Yang 8'm Wang 13' Con: Yu (2/4) 6', 14' Chen (1/1) 9' Try: Mali 4'c Comley 11'c Con: Jordaan (2/2) 4', 11' Referee: Tyler Miller

See also

• 2018 Hong Kong Sevens
• 2017-18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament