2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

For the men's competition, see 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series.
2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Host nations  United Arab Emirates
 Brazil
 United States
 Canada
 France
Date 3 Dec 2015 – 29 May 2016
Final positions
Series details
2016–17 →

The 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series will be the fourth edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (formerly the IRB Women's Sevens World Series), an annual series of tournaments organised by World Rugby for women's national teams in rugby sevens. Unlike the previous tournament, the 2015-16 event will not double as an Olympic qualifier. The tour serves as a companion to the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series.

Whereas the 2014-15 women's series comprised six events, there will be only five events in 2015–16 with the overall winner of the series determined by points gained from the standings across the five events. Twelve teams will compete at each event; eleven of these will be "core" teams, with a twelfth team being invited to participate in particular events (similar to previous women's series as well as the men's counterpart).

For the second time, the women's series held a core team qualifying tournament, similar to that held in the men's HSBC Sevens World Series.[1] This year, the qualifying event was held at University College Dublin, in Ireland, and resulted in Japan and hosts Ireland qualifying as core teams for the main 2015-16 tournament.[2]

The competition

Eleven "core teams" will participate in all series events for the 2015–16 series, the same number as the previous season. The top nine finishers in the 2014–15 series were granted core team status for 2014–15:

Two additional core teams were determined in a qualifying tournament:

Events

2015–16 Itinerary
Leg Venue Dates Winner
Dubai The Sevens, Dubai 3–4 December 2015  Australia
Brazil Arena Barueri, São Paulo 20–21 February 2016  Australia
United States Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, Georgia (Atlanta) 8–9 April 2016  Australia
Canada Westhills Stadium, Langford, British Columbia (Victoria) 16–17 April 2016  England
France Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand 28–29 May 2016

Qualifying tournament

The core team qualifying tournament was held at University College Dublin in Ireland on 22–23 August 2015.[3]

The qualifier began with a single round-robin pool stage, with teams divided into three four-team pools. The top two teams from each pool, plus the top two third-place finishers, advanced to a knockout stage. The two finalists (the semifinal winners) qualified as core teams for 2015–16.

  1.  Japan (qualified)
  2.  Ireland (qualified)
  3.  South Africa
  4.  Netherlands
  5.  Brazil
  6.  Hong Kong
  1.  Wales
  2.  China
  3.  Kenya
  4.  Colombia
  5.  Samoa
  6.  Mexico

Points schedule

The season championship will be determined by points earned in each tournament. The scoring system is the same used in the previous year's series.

Table

Legend
Qualified as a 2016–17 core team
Relegated from World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Not a core team
2015–16 Standings
Pos. Nation United Arab Emirates
UAE		 Brazil
Brazil		 United States
USA		 Canada
Canada		 France
France		 Total
1  Australia 20 20 20 16 – 76
2  New Zealand 12 16 18 18 – 64
3  England 16 8 16 20 – 60
4  Canada 10 18 14 12 – 54
5  France 14 12 8 14 – 48
6  Russia 18 4 10 6 – 38
7  United States 2 14 12 8 – 36
8  Fiji 8 10 6 4 – 28
9  Spain 6 2 2 10 – 20
10  Brazil 3 6 – 3 – 12
11  Japan 4 3 3 1 – 11
12  Ireland 1 1 4 2 – 8
13  Colombia – – 1 – – 1

Tournaments

Dubai

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Australia 31–12  Russia  England (3rd)
 France
Plate  New Zealand 24–19  Canada  Fiji (7th)
 Spain
Bowl  Japan 13–0  Brazil  United States (11th)
 Ireland

Brazil

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Australia 29–0  Canada  New Zealand (3rd)
 United States
Plate  France 15–7  Fiji  England (7th)
 Brazil
Bowl  Russia 38–12  Japan  Spain (11th)
 Ireland

United States

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Australia 24–19  New Zealand  England (3rd)
 Canada
Plate  United States 19–7  Russia  France (7th)
 Fiji
Bowl  Ireland 26–15  Japan  Spain (11th)
 Colombia

Canada

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  England 31–14  New Zealand  Australia (3rd)
 France
Plate  Canada 21–5  Spain  United States (7th)
 Russia
Bowl  Fiji 24–7  Brazil  Ireland (11th)
 Japan

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/news/78440
  2. ↑ http://www.worldrugby.org/news/85586
  3. ↑ Ireland And Japan Qualify For Women's Sevens Series - Ireland Rugby Football Union, 23 August 2015
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