List of women's rugby sevens competitions

Rugby sevens – a short form of the sport of rugby union – was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.

However, although the first Women's international rugby union 15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first 7-a-side internationals were played, when the Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time.

Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016. In 2011/12 the IRB organised three official women's challenges tournaments in Dubai, Hong Kong and London. After the success of these events an annual IRB Women's Sevens World Series was launched from the start of the 2012/13 season.

The following is a list of all women's international tournaments that have been traced since 1997, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with links to result details, where known. If two tournaments are run concurrently the apparently more senior will be listed first.

Some tournaments include both club and national teams, and these are only included where the majority of teams are International. Occasionally what are effectively national teams play unofficially under an assumed name – these games are also noted where this is known.

The summary section looks at each region in turn and attempts to draw some conclusions about the relative strengths of the participants. This is a little flawed due to the absence of some results and information as well as the inclusion of non-international teams to make up the numbers but should give the best guess available.

• 15–16 March 1997
• Winners:  New Zealand Wild Ducks
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Australia,  Canada,  England,  Fiji,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Netherlands,  New Zealand Wild Ducks,  Scotland,  Singapore,  United States

• December 1998
• Trinidad & Tobago 12–29 St. Vincent & the Grenadines^[1]

YC&AC Invitational Womens Sevens Tournament

March 28nd 1998

Winners New Zealand

Competitors: Japan1 Japan 2, New Zealand, World Invitational team,

• 22–24 March 1999
• Winners:  New Zealand Wild Ducks
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Australia,  China,  England,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  New Zealand Wild Ducks,  Russia,  Samoa,  Singapore,  United States
• YC&AC International Womens Sevens Tournament March 28th 1999 Winners New Zealand Competitors: Japan 1, Japan 2, New Zealand, World Invitational team, USA, Samoa

• 22–24 March 2000. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
• Winners: Kazakhstan
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Singapore,  Thailand

• 22–24 March 2000
• Winners:  New Zealand
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Australia,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Samoa,  Singapore,  Thailand,  United States,  Wales

YC&AC International Womens Sevens Tournament

April 1th 2000

Winners New Zealand

Competitors: Japan, New Zealand, World Invitational team, USA

• Date unknown
• Winners:  Cayman Islands, two matches to nil. Scores unknown.^[2]

• 28–30 March 2001. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
• Winners:  Kazakhstan
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  China,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Singapore,  Thailand

• 28–30 March 2001
• Winners:  New Zealand
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Australia,  England,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Samoa,  Singapore,  Sweden,  Thailand,  United States

YC&AC International Womens Sevens Tournament

April 7th 2001

Winners New Zealand

Competitors: Japan, New Zealand, World Invitational team, USA

• Venue/Date: Whangārei, New Zealand, 17 February 2002 (Source NZ Rugby, USA Rugby^[3])

• 21–22 March 2002. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
• Winners:  Kazakhstan
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  China,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Thailand

• 21–22 March 2002
• Winner:  Aotearoa Maori
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  China,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Aotearoa Maori,  Thailand,  United States

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•  Fiji^[7] 7–0  United States
•  Fiji 0–21  United States

•  United States are known to have gone on to this tournament before Hong Kong.

• At Hong Kong, 27 March 2003
• Winners:  Kazakhstan
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  China,  Kazakhstan,  Thailand,  Singapore,  Hong Kong,  Hong Kong Barbarians,  Kyrgyzstan,  Sri Lanka;  Uzbekistan

• 27–28 March 2003
• Winners:  Aotearoa Maori
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  England,  Fiji,  Hong Kong,  Kazakhstan,  Aotearoa Maori,  Thailand,  United States

• At Lunel, France, 24 May 2003
• Winners:  Spain
• Competitors:  Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Czech Republic,  France,  Norway,  Portugal,  Spain,  Sweden,   Switzerland

• Plans were afoot for a women's sevens tournament but it required six teams. It is not thought that this was achieved.^[8]

• At Tunisia, 5–7 March 2004
• Winners: Unknown
• Competitors:  Malta,  Tunisia and others

• At Hong Kong, March 2004
• Competitors:  Australia,  China,  Hong Kong,  Kazakhstan,  Aotearoa Maori,  Singapore,  Sri Lanka,  Thailand,  United States
• Winner:  Aotearoa Maori

• At: Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 20–21 April 2004
• Competitors:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile,  Colombia,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Uruguay,  Venezuela
• Winner:  Brazil

• At:Unknown. May 2004^[9]
• Rwanda 5–0 Burundi

• At Almaty, Kazakhstan, 15–16 May 2004
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Hong Kong,  Kazakhstan,  Kazakhstan 2,  Kyrgyzstan,  Singapore,  Thailand,  Uzbekistan
• Winner:  Kazakhstan

• At Limoges, France, 21–22 May 2004
• Winners:  England
• Competitors:  Belgium,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Czech Republic,  England,  France,  Italy,  Lithuania,  Norway,  Poland,  Portugal,  Spain,  Sweden,   Switzerland

• At Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 26 June 2004
• Competitors:  Austria,  Croatia,  Hungary
• Hungary 36–5 Austria
• Other scores not recorded

• At Tunisia
• Winners: Unknown
• Competitors: Unknown

• At Hong Kong, March 2005
• Competitors:  Australia,  China,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Aotearoa Maori,  Singapore,  Thailand,  United States
• Winner:  Aotearoa Maori

• At Singapore, 15–16 April 2005
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  China,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Singapore,  Sri Lanka,  Thailand,  Uzbekistan
• Winner:  Kazakhstan

• At: Prague, 14–15 May 2005
• Winner:  Russia
• Participants:  Austria,  Bulgaria,  Czech Republic,  Germany,  Hungary,  Israel,  Lithuania,  Malta,  Norway,  Poland,  Russia

• At: Lunel, France, 25–26 June 2005
• Winner:  England
• Participants:  Belgium,  Croatia,  England,  France,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Portugal,  Spain,  Sweden,   Switzerland

• Venue/Date: Kampala, 5–6 November 2005

Cancelled for financial reasons

• Venue/Date: Hungary, 6 November 2005^[10]
• Hungary  24–10  Austria
• Austria  10–12  Croatia
• Hungary  played  Croatia

• At: Barbados, 19–20 November 2005
• Winner:  United States
• Participants:  Barbados,  Guyana,  Jamaica,  Saint Lucia,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,  Trinidad and Tobago,  United States

• At: São Paulo, Brazil, 19–20 November 2005
• Competitors:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile,  Colombia,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Uruguay,  Venezuela
• Winner:  Brazil

• At: Montevideo, Uruguay, date unknown
• Winner:  Brazil A
• Participants:  Argentina A,  Argentina B,  Brazil A,  Brazil B,  Chile,  Uruguay A,  Uruguay B

• Venue: Los Angeles
• Winner:  United States
• Participants:  Canada,  United States

• Venue/Date: Taskent, Uzbekistan, 15–16 May
• Winner:  China
• Participants: Arabian Gulf,  China,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Kyrgyzstan,  Singapore,  Thailand,  Uzbekistan

• At Tunisia
• Winners: Unknown
• Competitors: Unknown

• At Uganda
• Winners: Unknown
• Competitors: Unknown

• At Hong Kong, March 2006
• Competitors:  Australia,  China,  Guam,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Netherlands,  Aotearoa Maori,  Singapore,  Sri Lanka,  Thailand,  United States
• Winner:  Aotearoa Maori

• Venue: Hungary
• No results published

• Venue/Date: Limoges, France, 25–27 May 2006
• Winner:  Wales
• Participants:  Belgium,  Czech Republic,  England,  France,  Germany,  Ireland,  Italy,  Lithuania,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Portugal,  Russia,  Spain,  Sweden,   Switzerland,  Wales

• Venue: Limoges, France, 25–27 May 2006
• Winner:  Romania
• Participants:  Andorra,  Australia,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Bulgaria,  Hungary,  Israel,  Luxembourg,  Malta,  Poland,  Romania

• Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala, Uganda
• Winner:  Emerging South Africa
• Competitors:  Burundi,  Kenya,  Emerging South Africa,  Rwanda,  Uganda,  Uganda Select,  Zambia,  Zimbabwe

• Date/Venue: 24–25 July 2006, Grossmugl, Austria. (Source Austria Union)
• The only information is that teams from Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bavaria, and Mugl took part in a men's and women's tournament.

• Date/Venue: 11–12 November 2006, Garrison Savannah, Barbados. (Source NAWIRA)
• Winners: Jamaica
• Participants:  Barbados,  Jamaica,  Guyana,  Trinidad and Tobago,  Saint Lucia,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• At: Vina Del Mar, Chile, 12–13 January 2007
• Competitors:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile,  Chile Invitation,  Colombia,  Peru,  Uruguay,  Venezuela
• Winner:  Brazil

• At: San Diego, 9–10 February 2007
• Winner:  Canada B
• Participants:  Canada A,  Canada B,  China,  USA A,  USA B

• At Tunia
• Winners:  Tunisia
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Ivory Coast,  Tunisia,  Tunisian Universities,  Uganda

• At Uganda
• Winners: Unknown
• Competitors: Unknown

• Venue: Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 18 March 2007
• Winner:  Croatia
• Participants:  Austria,  Croatia,  Hungary

• At Hong Kong, March 2007
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Australia,  Canada,  China,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Aotearoa Maori,  Papua New Guinea,  Singapore,  Thailand,  United States
• Winner:  Aotearoa Maori

• At Doha, 27–28 April 2007
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Japan,  Singapore,  Hong Kong,  Kazakhstan,  Thailand,  Sri Lanka,  Uzbekistan
• Winner:  Kazakhstan

• Venue: Katowice, Poland
• Winner:  Finland
• Participants:  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Bulgaria,  Czech Republic,  Finland,  Poland, Austria/Czech II

• Venue: Zenica, Bosnia, 19–20 May 2007
• Winner:  Finland
• Participants:  Austria,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Denmark,  Finland,  Hungary,  Israel,  Latvia,  Luxembourg,  Malta,  Moldova,  Serbia

• Venue: Zagreb, Croatia, 26–27 May 2007
• Winner:  France U20
• Participants:  Andorra,  Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Czech Republic,  France U20;  Germany,  Lithuania,  Norway,  Poland,  Romania,   Switzerland

• Venue: Lunel, France, 2–3 June 2007
• Winner:  France
• Participants:  England,  France,  Ireland,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Portugal,  Russia,  Spain,  Sweden,  Wales

• Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala, Uganda
• Winner:  Emerging South Africa
• Competitors:  Burundi,  Kenya,  Emerging South Africa,  Rwanda,  Tunisia,  Uganda,  Uganda Select,  Zambia,  Zimbabwe

• Venue: Grossmugl, Austria, 23 June 2007
• Winner:  Croatia
• Participants:  Austria,  Croatia,  Hungary

• Venue: Singapore, 6 October 2007.
• Winner:  Thailand
• Participants:  Singapore,  Thailand,  South Korea,  Laos,  Cambodia

• Venue: Borneo, 2 and 3 November 2007.
• Results unknown
• Participants:  China,  Hong Kong,  New Zealand,  Guam,  Laos,  Cambodia.

• At: Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas, 17–18 November 2007
• Winner:  Canada
• Participants:  Canada,  Guyana,  Jamaica,  USA Development Eagles

• At: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
• Winner:  Fiji
• Participants:  Fiji,  Niue,  Papua New Guinea,  Samoa

• At: Dubai, 1–2 December 2007
• Participants:  Canada,  United States, plus club teams
• Results not published.

• Venue: Sursnaree, Thailand, 9–11 December 2007
• Winner:  Thailand

3rd/4th Match (bronze medal)

• Cambodia 0–15 Laos

Final (gold and silver medal)

• Thailand 19–5 Singapore

• At: Punta del Este, Uruguay, 18–19 January 2008
• Competitors:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile,  Colombia,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Uruguay,  Venezuela
• Winner:  Brazil

• At: San Diego, 9–10 February 2008
• Winner:  United States
• Participants:  Canada,  Canada A,  Canada Collegiate,  South Africa,  United States,  USA A

• Venue: Austria, 21–24 March 2008
• Winner:  Finland
• Participants:  Austria,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Czech Republic,  Finland,  Hungary,  Luxembourg,  Poland,  Serbia

• At: Hong Kong, 27–28 March 2008
• Competitors: Arabian Gulf,  Canada,  China,  Fiji,  France,  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Netherlands,  Singapore,  Thailand,  United States
• Winner:  United States

• Venue: Bosnia
• Winner:  Romania. Also qualified:  Finland,  Israel
• Participants:  Austria,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Finland,  Georgia,  Israel,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Romania,  Serbia,  Slovenia

• At: Amsterdam, 17–18 May 2008.
• Competitors:  Brazil,  Canada,  Czech Republic,  United States
• Winner:  Samurai St George's

• At: Twickenham 25 May 2008, (during men's IRB sevens).
•  England 14–10 New Zealand Aotearoa Maori 

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• Venue: Belgium, 30 – May 2008
• Winner:  Germany. Also qualified:  Andorra,  Moldova.  Czech Republic added as best fourth place (over Bulgaria), following withdrawal of Scotland.
• Participants:  Andorra,  Belgium,  Czech Republic,  Denmark,  Germany,  Hungary,  Luxembourg,  Malta,  Moldova,  Norway,  Poland,   Switzerland

At: Edinburgh^[15] 1 June 2008.

• Winner:  England
• Only the results of games involving England were published.
• Scotland  ??-??  Wales
• England  42–5  Wales
• Scotland  12–19  England
• England  31–10  Wales
• Scotland  ??-??  Wales
• Scotland  0–24  England

• At: Kitwe, Zambia, 31 May 2008.
• Zambia  36–0  Zimbabwe^[16]

• At: Madrid 7 June 2008^[17]
• Final Italy  17–10  Spain

• Venue: Limoges, France 14–15 June 2008
• Winner:  England
• Participants:  Andorra,  Czech Republic,  England,  Finland,  France,  Germany,  Israel,  Italy,  Moldova,  Netherlands,  Romania,