2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens

2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nationNew Zealand New Zealand
Date25-26 January 2020
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Canada
Third France
Tournament details
Matches played28
Tries scored157 (average 5.61 per match)
Most points Michaela Blyde &
Stacey Fluhler
(45 pts each)
Most tries Michaela Blyde &
Stacey Fluhler
(9 tries each)
2023 →

The 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens was a tournament at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand from 25-26 January 2020. It was the first edition of the New Zealand Women's Sevens for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.


Format

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The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool and the best second-placed team advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match. The other teams from each group were paired off for the lower classification matches.

Teams

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Twelve teams competed in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for the tournament was  China.

Pool stage

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 118 35 +83 9 Advance to semifinals
 England 3 1 0 2 57 66 -9 5 5th-place playoff
 Fiji 3 1 0 2 59 74 -15 5 7th-place playoff
 China 3 1 0 2 24 83 -59 5 9th-place playoff
25 January 2020
Fiji 26–19 England
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25 January 2020
New Zealand 40–7 China
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25 January 2020
Fiji 12–17 China
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25 January 2020
New Zealand 40–7 England
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
26 January 2020
China 0–31 England
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
26 January 2020
New Zealand 38–21 Fiji
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Australia 3 3 0 0 83 40 +43 9 Advance to semifinals
 United States 3 2 0 1 67 38 +29 7 5th-place playoff
 Russia 3 1 0 2 48 73 -25 5 7th-place playoff
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 35 82 -47 3 11th-place playoff
25 January 2020
United States 19–12 Russia
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25 January 2020
Australia 24–14 Brazil
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25 January 2020
United States 34–7 Brazil
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25 January 2020
Australia 40–12 Russia
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
26 January 2020
Russia 24–14 Brazil
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
26 January 2020
Australia 19–14 United States
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Canada 3 3 0 0 80 31 +49 9 Advance to semifinals
 France 3 2 0 1 85 35 +50 7 Advance to semifinals
 Spain 3 1 0 2 26 73 -47 5 9th-place playoff
 Ireland 3 0 0 3 21 73 -52 3 11th-place playoff
25 January 2020
France 31–7 Spain
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25 January 2020
Canada 24–7 Ireland
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25 January 2020
France 35–7 Ireland
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
25 January 2020
Canada 35–5 Spain
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
26 January 2020
Spain 14–7 Ireland
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
26 January 2020
France 19–21 Canada
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Placement matches

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Eleventh place

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Brazil  19–26  Ireland  

Ninth place

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Spain  0–31  China  

Seventh place

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Fiji  21–26  Russia  

Fifth place

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United States  45–5  England  

Knockout stage

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Cup

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Australia19
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 Canada28
 
 Canada7
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 New Zealand24
 
 New Zealand19
 
 
 France7
 
Third place
 
 
26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium
 
 
 Australia14
 
 
 France19


See also

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References

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Women's Sevens Series VIII
Preceded by 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens Succeeded by
New Zealand Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens Succeeded by
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