2019 USA Women's Sevens

The 2019 USA Women's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that takes place at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado between the 5-6 October 2019. It was the seventh time that the USA Women's Sevens have been held as an World Series event and was the first tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

2019 USA Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nation	United States
Date	5–6 October 2019
Cup
Champion	United States
Runner-up	Australia
Third	New Zealand
Tournament details
Matches played	32
← 2018

In the cup final, the United States won their first USA Women's Sevens since the tournament became a World Series event as they defeated Australia 26–7 in the final. New Zealand came home in third place after defeating France 31–14 while England won the Challenge Trophy over Japan.

Background

The 2019 USA Women's Sevens is the first round of eight tournaments for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the seventh since the tournament became a part of the World Series.^[1] During the off-season, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics continued in the continental with England qualifying through to the Olympic Games as Great Britain with a 19-0 victory over Russia. France joined Russia in qualifying for the repcharge event.^[2]

Format

The twelve teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each with each team playing their other three opponents in their pool once. Points are awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top two third place teams also compete in the Cup. The remaining four teams will compete in the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven teams being core teams to the Sevens Series. The twelfth team, Japan was invited to the tournament.^[3]

•  Australia
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Ireland
•  Japan
•  New Zealand
•  Russia
•  Spain
•  United States

Pool stage

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

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	116	19	+97	9
Russia	3	2	0	1	79	62	+17	7
England	3	1	0	2	43	88	−45	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	21	90	−69	3

5 October 2019 11:21

England	22–38	Russia

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 11:43

New Zealand	40–7	Japan

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 14:05

England	21–14	Japan

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 14:27

New Zealand	40–12	Russia

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 17:05

Russia	29–0	Japan

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 17:33

New Zealand	36–0	England

Infinity Park, Glendale

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	90	26	+64	9
United States	3	2	0	1	86	31	+55	7
Ireland	3	1	0	2	42	90	−48	5
Brazil	3	0	0	3	12	93	−81	3

5 October 2019 10:37

France	28–7	Ireland

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 10:59

United States	27–0	Brazil

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 13:21

France	38–5	Brazil

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 13:43

United States	45–7	Ireland

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 16:05

Ireland	28–7	Brazil

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 16:35

United States	14–24	France

Infinity Park, Glendale

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	92	38	+54	8
Canada	3	2	1	0	76	47	+29	8
Spain	3	1	0	2	48	71	−23	5
Fiji	3	0	0	3	35	95	−60	3

5 October 2019 9:53

Australia	31–5	Spain

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 10:15

Canada	31–7	Fiji

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 12:37

Australia	35–7	Fiji

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 12:59

Canada	19–14	Spain

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 15:21

Spain	29–21	Fiji

Infinity Park, Glendale

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5 October 2019 15:43

Canada	26–26	Australia

Infinity Park, Glendale

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

	Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	6 October 2019 – 11:39 – Infinity Park
	England	34
					6 October 2019 – 15:37 – Infinity Park
	Brazil	14
					England	36
	6 October 2019 – 12:01 – Infinity Park
					Japan	14
	Fiji	19
	Japan	21

Matches
Semi-finals 6 October 2019 England  34–14  Brazil Infinity Park, Glendale   11:39 6 October 2019 Fiji  19–21  Japan Infinity Park, Glendale   12:01 Challenge Trophy Final 6 October 2019 England  36–14  Japan Infinity Park, Glendale   15:37

Fifth place

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 October 2019 – 13:17 – Infinity Park
	Spain	24
					6 October 2019 – 16:01 – Infinity Park
	Russia	19
					Spain	12
	6 October 2019 – 13:39 – Infinity Park
					Canada	7
	Canada	40
	Ireland	14

Matches
Semi-finals 6 October 2019 Spain  24–19  Russia Infinity Park, Glendale   13:17 6 October 2019 Canada  40–14  Ireland Infinity Park, Glendale   13:39 Fifth place 6 October 2019 Spain  12–7  Canada Infinity Park, Glendale   16:01

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	6 October 2019 – 10:11 – Infinity Park
	France	26
					6 October 2019 – 14:01 – Infinity Park
	Spain	7
					France	0
	6 October 2019 – 10:33 – Infinity Park
					Australia	40
	Australia	38
									6 October 2019 – 16:58 – Infinity Park
	Russia	0
									Australia	7
	6 October 2019 – 10:55 – Infinity Park
									United States	26
	United States	29
					6 October 2019 – 14:23 – Infinity Park
	Canada	26
					United States	19
	6 October 2019 – 11:17 – Infinity Park
					New Zealand	17			Third place
	New Zealand	36
									6 October 2019 – 16:28 – Infinity Park
	Ireland	10
									France	14
									New Zealand	31

Matches

Quarter-finals 6 October 2019 France  26–7  Spain Infinity Park, Glendale   10:11 6 October 2019 Australia  38–0  Russia Infinity Park, Glendale   10:33 6 October 2019 Canada  29–26  United States Infinity Park, Glendale   10:55 6 October 2019 New Zealand  36–10  Ireland Infinity Park, Glendale   11:17 Semi-finals 6 October 2019 France  0–40  Australia Infinity Park, Glendale   14:01 Report 6 October 2019 United States  19–17  New Zealand Infinity Park, Glendale   14:23 Report 3rd place 6 October 2019 France  14–31  New Zealand Infinity Park, Glendale   16:28 Report Cup Final 6 October 2019 Australia  7–26  United States Infinity Park, Glendale   16:58 Report

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	United States	20
	Australia	18
	New Zealand	16
4	France	14
5	Spain	12
6	Canada	10
7	Russia	8
8	Ireland	6
9	England	4
10	Japan	3
11	Fiji	2
12	Brazil	1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Further information: 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads

Scoring leaders

Tries scored

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Emma Tonegato	9
2	Charlotte Caslick	7
3	Ellia Green	6
	Kelly Brazier	6
	Michaela Blyde	6
	Stacey Waaka	6

Source: World Rugby Archived 2019-10-07 at the Wayback Machine

Points scored

Rank	Player	Points
1	Emma Tonegato	45
2	Ellia Green	40
	Ghislaine Landry	40
4	Kelly Brazier	38
5	Alev Kelter	36

Source: World Rugby Archived 2019-06-24 at the Wayback Machine

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected for the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:^[4]

Backs	Forwards
Charlotte Caslick Kristi Kirshe Kelly Brazier Emma Tonegato	Cheta Emba Chloé Pelle Stacey Waaka

See also

• World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)
• World Rugby