2019 South Africa Women's Sevens Explained

Series:Women's Sevens Series VIII
Countries: South Africa
Date:13–15 December 2019
Matches:28
Nextseason:2020

The 2019 South Africa Women's Sevens was a tournament held at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa from 13–15 December 2019. It will be the first edition of the South Africa Women's Sevens and will also be the third tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

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/Plate 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

Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for this tournament is .

Pool stage

Pool A

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31025062-12 5
30031798-81 3

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Pool B

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32017221517
31024878-305
300314106-923

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Pool C

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32017338357
31024360-175
300319103-843

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Placement matches

Ninth place

Knockout stage

Cup

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
20
18
16
414
512
610
PlaceTeamPoints
78
86
94
103
112
121
Source: World Rugby

See also

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