2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour explained

2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
Series:	Women's tour – Series III
Countries:
Date:	12 January–19 May 2024
Nations:	12
Nextseason:	2025

The 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series for women's rugby sevens teams was the third season of the second-tier World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series that allowed a promotion pathway to the top-level SVNS.

The women's challenger tour had 12 national teams competing and was played as three tournaments in Dubai, Montevideo and Kraków. The top four team gained entry to the 2024 Spain Sevens core team qualifier.^[1]

Teams

There were 12 women's national teams competing in the Challenger Series for 2024.

Date qualified	Means of qualification	Nation
18 June 2023	2023 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens
9 July 2023	2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series
20 August 2023	2023 RAN Women's Sevens
15 October 2023	2023 Africa Women's Sevens
	2023 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
12 November 2023	2023 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
Totals	6	12

Schedule

The official schedule for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series is:^[2]

2024 Itinerary

Leg	City	Stadium	Dates	Winner
1	Dubai	The Sevens Stadium	12–14 January
2	Montevideo	Estadio Charrúa	8–10 March
3	Kraków	Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana	18–19 May

Standings

2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's Series III

Pos		Dubai	Montevideo	Kraków	Total points
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1		20	20	20	60
2		16	18	12	46
3		12	16	16	44
4		10	12	18	40
5		18	6	14	38
6		14	14	8	36
7		8	10	4	22
8		6	3	10	19
9		3	8	2	13
10		2	4	6	12
11		4	1	3	8
12		1	2	1	4

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Green	Qualified for Core Team Qualifier

Dubai

The first event of the series took place at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^{[3] [4]}

Pool A

Team
	3	0	62	22	+40	0	9
	2	1	41	24	+17	0	6
	1	2	36	50	−14	0	3
	0	3	27	70	−43	1	1

World Rugby

Pool B

Team
	2	1	67	24	+43	1	7
	2	1	106	24	+82	1	7
	2	1	53	40	+13	0	6
	0	3	0	138	−138	0	0

World Rugby

Pool C

Team
	3	0	71	24	+47	0	9
	2	1	90	24	+66	1	7
	1	2	17	52	−35	0	3
	0	3	17	95	−78	0	0

World Rugby

5th to 8th playoffs

Fifth place Seventh place

Final placings

Place	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Montevideo

The second event of the series took place at Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[5]

Pool A

Team
	3	0	81	32	+49	9
	2	1	90	29	+61	6
	1	2	46	81	–35	3
	0	3	17	92	–75	0

Pool B

Team
	3	0	82	15	+67	9
	2	1	44	38	+6	6
	1	2	34	45	–11	3
	0	3	31	93	–62	0

Pool C

Team
	3	0	85	12	+73	9
	2	1	68	33	+35	6
	1	2	50	25	+25	4
	0	3	7	140	–133	0

5th to 8th playoffs

Fifth place Seventh place

Final placings

Place	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Kraków

The third event of the series will take place at Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana in Kraków, Poland.^[6]

Pool A

Team
	3	0	92	17	+75	9
	2	1	74	34	40	6
	1	2	48	72	-24	3
	0	3	12	103	-91	0

Pool B

Team
	3	0	85	32	+53	9
	2	1	55	53	+2	6
	1	2	61	74	–13	4
	0	3	41	83	–42	1

Pool C

Team
	2	1	98	40	+58	7
	2	1	79	24	+55	7
	2	1	50	48	+2	6
	0	3	7	122		0

5th to 8th playoffs

Fifth place Seventh place

Final placings

Place	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

External links

• World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger Series

Notes and References

1. Web site: worldrugby.org . World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 schedule announced . 2024-01-05 . www.world.rugby.
2. Web site: World Rugby Challenger Series . world.rugby . .
3. Web site: Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens . 2024-01-05 . Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens . en.
4. Web site: worldrugby.org . Sevens Challenger Series 2024 Dubai World Rugby . 2024-01-05 . www.world.rugby.
5. Web site: worldrugby.org . Montevideo welcomes World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger captains World Rugby . 2024-03-10 . www.world.rugby.
6. Web site: worldrugby.org . Pools drawn for final round of World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 World Rugby . 2024-04-17 . www.world.rugby.