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This is the qualifications of the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament aimed at selecting women's Rugby sevens national teams that appeared in the finals in San Francisco. A total of 52 nations took part in the qualifying process.

General

The tournament is organized by World Rugby to be held on 20–22 July 2018, with sixteen teams in attendance. Automatic qualification is extended the semi-finalists of the previous World Cup (of which host United States is one). Four other bids were determined by placement in the 2016-17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, with the remainder decided in each of the six regions' respective tournaments.^[1]

Qualified teams

Africa	North America	South America	Asia	Europe	Oceania
Automatic qualification
	Canada United States			Spain	New Zealand
2016–17 World Series
				France Russia	Australia Fiji
Regional Qualifiers
South Africa	Mexico	Brazil	China Japan	England Ireland	Papua New Guinea

Qualifying

Legend
Qualified to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Already qualified

Africa

The tournament was held 16–17 September 2017 in Monastir, Tunisia,^[2] with South Africa beating Kenya 17–12 to obtain the one allotted Africa slot for the World Cup.

Rank	Team
	South Africa
	Kenya
	Tunisia
4	Uganda
5	Madagascar
6	Senegal
7	Zimbabwe
8	Morocco

Americas North

The qualifying Tournament, which is also Rugby Americas North Women's Sevens, took place at the Campo Marte in Mexico City, 25–26 November 2017.^[3] With Mexico having the best record, it will make its first World Cup appearance.

Rank	Team
	Mexico
	French Guiana
	Jamaica
4	Trinidad and Tobago
5	Guyana
6	Dominican Republic
7	Bermuda

South America

The 2017 Torneo Valentín Martínez served as the South American qualifier, with the winner heading to the World Cup. It was held at Carrasco Polo Club in Montevideo, Uruguay on November 10-11.^[4]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
	Brazil	6	6	0	240	17	+223	18
	Argentina	6	5	1	197	32	+167	16
	Peru	6	4	2	75	104	−29	14
4	Paraguay	6	3	3	131	89	+42	12
5	Uruguay	6	2	4	62	118	−56	10
6	Chile	6	1	5	31	200	−169	8
7	Costa Rica	6	0	6	10	188	−178	6

Asia

From 23–24 September and 14–15 October, eight teams competed in Incheon and Colombo for two world cup slots.^[5]

Rank	Team	Korea	Sri Lanka	Points
	Japan	12	12	24
	China	10	10	20
	Kazakhstan	8	8	16
4	Hong Kong	7	5	12
5	Thailand	4	7	11
6	Sri Lanka	5	4	9
7	Singapore	2	2	4
8	South Korea	1	1	2

Europe

Twelve teams competed at the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix at 17–18 June 2017 in Malemort, France, then 8–9 July in Kazan, Russia.^[6]

Rank	Team	Malemort	Kazan	Points
	Russia	20	20	40
	Ireland	16	16	32
	France	18	14	32
4	England	14	18	32
5	Wales	10	12	22
6	Spain	12	3	15
7	Belgium	6	8	14
8	Poland	3	10	13
9	Italy	8	1	9
10	Portugal	2	6	8
11	Sweden	4	2	6
12	Netherlands	1	4	5

Oceania

Eight teams competed in Suva, Fiji on 10-11 November 2017, with Australia, Fiji and New Zealand already qualified.^[7] Papua New Guinea, as the highest-ranked team not yet qualified, was eligible.

Rank	Team
	New Zealand
	Australia
	Fiji
4	Papua New Guinea
5	Cook Islands Samoa
7	Tahiti Tonga

References

^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 Qualification Process". rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ "Schedule of the competitions 2017". 19 January 2017.
^ "Mexico City to Host 2017 Rugby Americas North Sevens Tournament - Rugby Americas North". rugbyamericasnorth.com. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ El pasaje femenino a RWC 7s 2018 en juego en Montevideo Archived 2017-07-07 at the Wayback Machine - Sudamérica Rugby, 6 July 2017
^ "Calendar 2017". asiarugby.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ "Women's Grand Prix offers England and Ireland potential lifeline". World Rugby. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ "Top teams for Oceania 7s championship". Fiji Times. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

External links

Official website Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 Qualification Process". rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[2] "Schedule of the competitions 2017". 19 January 2017.

[3] "Mexico City to Host 2017 Rugby Americas North Sevens Tournament - Rugby Americas North". rugbyamericasnorth.com. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[4] El pasaje femenino a RWC 7s 2018 en juego en Montevideo Archived 2017-07-07 at the Wayback Machine - Sudamérica Rugby, 6 July 2017

[5] "Calendar 2017". asiarugby.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[6] "Women's Grand Prix offers England and Ireland potential lifeline". World Rugby. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[7] "Top teams for Oceania 7s championship". Fiji Times. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

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