2018 Canada Women's Sevens

2018 Canada Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nation Canada
Date 12–13 May 2018
Cup
Champion  New Zealand
Runner-up  Australia
Third  United States
Challenge Trophy
Winner  Japan
Tournament details
Matches played 34
Tries scored 209 (average 6.147 per match)
Top point scorer Alev Kelter (52)
Top try scorer Bianca Farella (8)
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The 2018 Canada Women's Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the Canada Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 12–13 May 2018 at Westhills Stadium in Langford, British Columbia.

Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Brazil[1]:

Pool stage

All times in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00)

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3300857+789
 Fiji 32017840+387
 England 31024563–185
 Brazil 300331129–983

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 330010026+749
 United States 32018243+397
 Japan 31023868–305
 Russia 300321104–833

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33009636+609
 Canada 32015049+17
 Ireland 31024350–75
 Spain 30032074–543

[2]

Knockout Stage

Challenge Trophy

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May 2018 – 10:48 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 [[Japan women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Japan]]31
 
13 May 2018 – 14:16 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Brazil21
 
 [[Japan women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Japan]]26
 
13 May 2018 – 11:10 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Spain21
 
 [[Spain women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Spain]]14
 
 
 Russia7
 
Third place
 
 
13 May 2018 – 13:54 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 [[Brazil women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Brazil]]24 (a.e.t.)
 
 
 Russia19

5th Place

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May 2018 – 12:26 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 [[Ireland women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Ireland]]19
 
13 May 2018 – 15:32 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Fiji7
 
 Ireland12
 
13 May 2018 – 12:48 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 [[Canada women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Canada]]29
 
 [[Canada women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Canada]]35
 
 
 England12
 
Seventh Place
 
 
13 May 2018 – 15:10 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 Fiji24
 
 
 [[England women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|England]]29

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 May 2018 – 9:20 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 
 [[France women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|France]]27
 
13 May 2018 – 13:10 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Ireland0
 
 France12
 
13 May 2018 – 9:42 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 [[Australia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Australia]]17
(a.e.t.)
 
 [[Australia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Australia]]21
 
13 May 2018 – 16:20 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Fiji5
 
 Australia0
 
13 May 2018 – 10:04 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]46
 
 [[United States women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|United States]]28
 
13 May 2018 – 13:32 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 Canada26
 
 United States10
 
13 May 2018 – 10:26 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]33 Third place
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]17
 
13 May 2018 – 15:54 – Westhills Stadium, Langford
 
 England12
 
 France5
 
 
 [[United States women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|United States]]21
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Australia18
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  United States16
4  France14
5  Canada12
6  Ireland10
Place  Team Points
7  England8
8  Fiji6
9  Japan4
10  Spain3
11  Brazil2
12  Russia1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1Canada Bianca Farella8
2Australia Emma Tonegato7
Michaela Blyde
New Zealand Portia Woodman
5United States Alev Kelter6
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Alev Kelter52
2 Bianca Farella40
Montserrat Amedee
4 Ghislaine Landry38
Luisa Tisolo

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

ForwardsBacks
Ireland Stacey Flood
Australia Evania Pelite
New Zealand Portia Woodman
Canada Charity Williams
Fiji Luisa Tisolo
New Zealand Michaela Blyde
France Montserrat Amedee

References

  1. "Pools confirmed for HSBC Canada Women's Sevens". World Rugby. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. "2018 Langford Sevens fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. "Dream Team: Seven stars shone in Langford". World Rugby. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

See Also

Tournament Page

Women's Sevens Series VI
Preceded by
2018 Japan Women's Sevens
2018 Canada Women's Sevens Succeeded by
2018 France Women's Sevens
Canada Women's Sevens
Preceded by
2017 Canada Women's Sevens
2018 Canada Women's Sevens Succeeded by
2019 Canada Women's Sevens
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