2019 Japan Women's Sevens Explained
The 2019 Japan Women's Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the third edition of the Japan Women's Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 20–21 April 2019 at Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu.
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 played in the tournament along with one invitational team, 2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series winner Japan:[1]
Pool stage
All times in Japan Standard Time
Pool A
width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 36 | +59 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 46 | +21 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 71 | –16 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 104 | –64 | 3 | |
Pool B
width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 50 | +35 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 22 | +75 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 88 | –35 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 120 | –75 | 3 | |
Pool C
width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 24 | +65 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 58 | +15 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 56 | –13 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 97 | –67 | 3 | |
[2]
Knockout stage
Cup
Tournament placings
Place | Team | Points |
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| | 20 |
| | 18 |
| | 16 |
4 | | 14 |
5 | | 12 |
6 | | 10 |
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Place | Team | Points |
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7 | | 8 |
8 | | 6 |
9 | | 4 |
10 | | 3 |
11 | | 2 |
12 | | 1 |
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Source: World RugbyPlayers
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored |
Rank | Player | Tries |
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align=center | 1 | | align=center | 9 |
align=center rowspan=3 | 2 | | align=center rowspan=3 | 6 |
Bianca Farella |
Emma Tonegato |
align=center | 5 | 7 players | align=center rowspan=2 | 5 |
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+Points scored |
Rank | Player | Points |
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align=center | 1 | | align=center | 53 |
align=center | 2 | | align=center | 45 |
align=center | 3 | | align=center | 42 |
align=center | 4 | | align=center | 41 |
align=center rowspan=2 | 5 | | align=center rowspan=2 | 37 |
Tyla Nathan-Wong |
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Source:
World RugbySee also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Japan women complete clean sweep in series finale ARW7s. Asia Rugby. 14 October 2018. 18 February 2019.
- Web site: Pools and schedule announced for HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens 2019. World Rugby. 13 February 2019. 15 February 2019.