South Africa Women's Sevens
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]
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 2019 |
Champions
| Year | Venue | Cup final | Placings | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |||
| 2019 | Cape Town Stadium |  New Zealand |
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 France |
 United States | |
References
- 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.
- 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.
- "Boost for Cape Town Sevens". SA Rugby Mag. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.
- "Rugby Sevens: Women's series expanded ahead of next season". CNN International. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019.
- "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.
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