2020 Sydney Women's Sevens

2020 Sydney Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Host nationAustralia Australia
Date1–2 February 2020
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Canada
Third Australia
Tournament details
Matches played28
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The 2020 Sydney Women's Sevens was the fifth tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the Australian Women's Sevens. It was held over the first weekend of February 2020 at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney and was run alongside the men's tournament.

In the final, New Zealand claimed their fourth tournament victory in a row as they defeated Canada 33–7.[1]

Format

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool and the best second-placed team advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match. The other teams from each group were paired off for the lower classification matches.

Teams

There were twelve national women's teams in the tournament, the eleven core teams for the series plus Japan as the invited side.

Pool stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 76 24 +52 9 Advance to semifinals
 England 3 2 0 1 71 31 +40 7 5th-place playoff
 Russia 3 1 0 2 26 67 -41 5 7th-place playoff
 Japan 3 0 0 3 17 68 -51 3 9th-place playoff
1 February 2020
England 33–0 Russia
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
1 February 2020
New Zealand 28–0 Japan
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
1 February 2020
England 26–5 Japan
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
1 February 2020
New Zealand 22–12 Russia
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
2 February 2020
Russia 14–12 Japan
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
2 February 2020
New Zealand 26–12 England
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Canada 3 3 0 0 74 31 +43 9 Advance to semifinals
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 64 34 +30 7 5th-place playoff
 United States 3 1 0 2 55 59 -4 5 7th-place playoff
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 29 98 -69 3 11th-place playoff
1 February 2020
United States 14–19 Fiji
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
1 February 2020
Canada 33–10 Brazil
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
1 February 2020
United States 34–19 Brazil
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
1 February 2020
Canada 20–14 Fiji
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
2 February 2020
Fiji 31–0 Brazil
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
2 February 2020
Canada 21–7 United States
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Australia 3 3 0 0 81 10 +71 9 Advance to semifinals
 France 3 2 0 1 92 35 +57 7 Advance to semifinals
 Spain 3 1 0 2 31 80 -49 5 9th-place playoff
 Ireland 3 0 0 3 19 98 -79 3 11th-place playoff
1 February 2020
Australia 33–0 Spain
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
1 February 2020
France 40–14 Ireland
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
1 February 2020
Australia 34–0 Ireland
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
1 February 2020
France 42–7 Spain
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
2 February 2020
Spain 24–5 Ireland
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
2 February 2020
Australia 14–10 France
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney

Placement matches

Eleventh place

2 February Brazil  7–20  Ireland Bankwest Stadium, Sydney  
14:08

Ninth place

2 February Spain  17–33  Japan Bankwest Stadium, Sydney  
14:30

Seventh place

2 February United States  15–19  Russia Bankwest Stadium, Sydney  
14:52

Fifth place

2 February England  5–17  Fiji Bankwest Stadium, Sydney  
15:14

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 February 2020 – 15:36 – Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
 
 
 Canada34
 
2 February 2020 – 20:36 – Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
 
 Australia0
 
 Canada7
 
2 February 2020 – 15:58 – Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
 
 New Zealand33
 
 New Zealand24
 
 
 France7
 
Third place
 
 
2 February 2020 – 19:37 – Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
 
 
 Australia12
 
 
 France10

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 16
4  France 14
5  Fiji 12
6  England 10
Place  Team Points
7  Russia 8
8  United States 6
9  Japan 4
10  Spain 3
11  Ireland 2
12  Brazil 1

Source: World Rugby

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand women's sevens team win Sydney title as men eliminated". Stuff. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
Women's Sevens Series VIII
Preceded by 2020 Sydney Women's Sevens Succeeded by
None (last event)
Australian Women's Sevens
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