North America and Caribbean Women's Sevens Championship

Americas North Women's 7s

Sport	Rugby sevens
Founded	2005
Countries	8 (in 2013)
Most recent champion(s)	United States (2015)

The North America and Caribbean Women's Sevens, now also known as the Americas North Women's Sevens, is the regional championship for women's international rugby sevens in North America and the Caribbean. The tournament is held over two days, typically on a weekend in November. It is sanctioned and sponsored by Rugby Americas North, which is the rugby union governing body for the region.

Rugby sevens — also known as 7-a-side, or 7s — is a short form of the sport of rugby union that was first played in 1883. The first (men's) internationals took place in 1973. As women's rugby union developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.

However, although the first women's international rugby union 15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first women's international 7s tournaments were played, when the 1997 Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time. Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship competitions. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.

The first official regional 7s championship for international women's teams from North America and the Caribbean was held in Barbados in 2005. The tournament was run by NAWIRA, the North America and West Indies Rugby Association, which was the predecessor of NACRA. The regional 7s championships have periodically served as pre-qualifying competitions for the Rugby 7s World Cup, or other sevens tournaments.

The following are details of all regional women's international championships played in North America and the Caribbean, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with all result details, where known (included are the NACRA Women's Sevens and other official regional championships, e.g. NAWIRA Women's Sevens tournaments).

Honours

Year	Location	Winner	Refs
NAWIRA Women's 7s
2005	Garrison Savannah, Barbados	United States
2006	Garrison Savannah, Barbados	USA Development Eagles
2007	Nassau, Bahamas	Canada
2008	Nassau, Bahamas	United States
NACRA Women's 7s
2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Guyana
2010	Georgetown, Guyana	Guyana
2011	Garrison Savannah Racetrack, Barbados	Maple Leafs
2012	Twin Elm Rugby Park, Canada	Canada
2013	Truman Bodden Sports Complex, Cayman Islands	Maple Leafs	^[1]
2014	Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
2015	Cary, North Carolina, United States	United States

NAWIRA Tournament 2005

Venue/Date: 19–20 November 2005, Barbados Summarised POOL A

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
USA	6	0	250	5
Trinidad and Tobago	5	1	127	56
Jamaica	4	2	119	59
Guyana	3	3	61	70
St Vincent	2	4	62	105
St Lucia	1	5	22	129
Barbados	0	6	10	227

Guyana 12-10 St Vincent
St Lucia 15-5 Barbados
Jamaica 17-0 St Vincent
USA 36-0 Trinidad and Tobago
Guyana 29-0 Barbados
St Vincent 10-7 St Lucia
Jamaica 10-0 Guyana

Trinidad and Tobago 46-0 Barbados
USA 46-0 St Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago 19-10 Jamaica
USA 38-0 Guyana
Jamaica 29-0 St Lucia
St Vincent 37-5 Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago 12-5 Guyana

USA 38-0 St Vincent
Jamaica 48-0 Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago 24-0 St Lucia
USA 52-0 Barbados
Guyana 15-0 St Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago 26-5 St Vincent
USA 40-5 Jamaica

Special Exhibition Match

USA 29-0 West Indies

NAWIRA Tournament 2006

Date/Venue: 11–12 November 2006, Garrison Savannah, Barbados. (Source NAWIRA)

Participants: Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Vincent

Day 1 Match Schedule

USA Development Eagles 22-0 Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago 14-5 Guyana
Barbados 0-41 USA Development Eagles
Barbados 0-34 Jamaica
USA Development 19-0 Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago 25-0 Saint Lucia
Barbados 0-34 Guyana
USA Development Eagles 41-0 Saint Lucia

Day 2 Match Schedule

Guyana 0-0 Jamaica
Barbados 0-42 Trinidad & Tobago
Jamaica 34-0 Saint Lucia
USA Development Eagles 24-0 Trinidad & Tobago
Barbados 5-25 Saint Lucia
Guyana 36-0 Saint Lucia
Jamaica 26-5 Trinidad & Tobago

There were no extra classification games

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
USA Development Eagle	5	0	0	147	0
Jamaica	3	1	1	94	27
Trinidad & Tobago	3	0	2	80	55
Guyana	2	1	2	41	67
St Lucia	1	0	4	25	141
Barbados	0	0	5	5	176

NAWIRA Tournament 2007

Date/Venue: 17–18 November 2007, at Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas.

Participants: USA Developing Eagles, Canada Development, Guyana, and Jamaica. Trinidad & Tobago were a late withdrawal. (Source NAWIRA) Summarised

Matches

Day 1 Match Schedule

USA Dev Eagles 12-0 Jamaica
USA Dev Eagles 7-5 Guyana
Canada 22-0 Jamaica
Guyana 10-24 Canada
Guyana 0-10 Jamaica
USA Dev Eagles 7-17 Canada

Day 2 Match Schedule

Canada 21-0 Jamaica
USA Dev Eagles 24-0 Guyana
USA Dev Eagles 12-0 Jamaica
Guyana 0-38 Canada
USA Dev Eagles 15-19 Canada
Guyana 0-12 Jamaica

There were no extra classification games

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Canada	6	0	141	32
USA Dev Eagles	4	2	77	41
Jamaica	2	4	22	67
Guyana	0	6	15	115

NAWIRA World Cup Qualifier 2008

Venue/Date: Nassau, Bahamas, 25–26 October 2008. World Cup qualifiers, two to qualify for Dubai.

Originally there were three groups of three but due to the very late withdrawal of St Vincent and the Grenadines it became two groups of four.

Group Stages

POOL A

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
USA	3	0	142	0
Trinidad & Tobago	2	1	41	52
Guyana	1	2	41	57
Bermuda	0	3	7	122

USA 45-0 Bermuda
Trinidad & Tobago 5-0 Guyana
Guyana 41-7 Bermuda
USA 52-0 Trinidad & Tobago
USA 45-0 Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago 36-0 Bermuda

POOL B

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Canada	3	0	139	0
Jamaica	2	1	87	29
Barbados	1	2	10	101
Cayman Islands	0	3	5	111

Jamaica 39-0 Barbados
Canada 53-0 Cayman Islands
Jamaica 48-0 Cayman Islands
Canada 57-0 Barbados
Canada 29-0 Jamaica
Barbados 10-5 Cayman Islands

Classification Stages

Quarter Finals

USA 67-0 Cayman Islands
Jamaica 0-12 Guyana
Barbados 0-34 Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda 0-34 Canada

Bowl Semi Finals

Jamaica 34-0 Cayman Islands
Barbados 10-10 Bermuda (Bermuda score SD try)

Shield Final (7th)

Cayman Islands 10-5 Barbados

Bowl Final (5th)

Jamaica 53-0 Bermuda

Cup Semi Finals

USA 59-0 Guyana
Canada 41-0 Trinidad & Tobago

Plate Final (3rd)

Guyana 15-5 Trinidad & Tobago

Cup Final (1st)

USA 14-14 Canada (Canada score SD try)

NACRA Tournament 2009

Date/Venue: November 14–15, Mexico City, Mexico. Guyana, St Lucia, Cayman, Mexico and Bahamas took part.^[2]

Day 1 Match Schedule

Mexico 12-5 Cayman Islands
Guyana 17-10 Saint Lucia
Guyana 24-0 Cayman Islands
Saint Lucia 22-0 Bahamas
Mexico 5-12 Saint Lucia
Guyana 45-0 Bahamas
Mexico 12-17 Bahamas
Saint Lucia 15-0 Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands 22-12 Bahamas
Mexico 5-33 Guyana

Day 2 Match Schedule

Mexico 12-12 Saint Lucia
Guyana 47-0 Bahamas
Mexico 0-27 Guyana
Cayman Islands 10-5 Bahamas
Mexico 27-7 Bahamas
Saint Lucia 19-5 Cayman Islands
Saint Lucia v Bahamas (not played)
Guyana 26-0 Cayman Islands
Mexico 19-12 Cayman Islands
Guyana 19-0 Saint Lucia

There were no extra classification games

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Guyana	8	0	0	250	15
St Lucia	4	1	2	90	58
Mexico	3	1	4	102	136
Cayman Islands	2	0	6	56	122
Bahamas	1	0	6	41	194

NACRA Sevens Championship 2010

26–27 July 2010, at Georgetown, Guyana^[3]

Pool stage

Cayman 7-10 Mexico
Trinidad & Tobago 5-5 Jamaica
Guyana 46-0 Mexico
Cayman 0-36 Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago 27-0 St Lucia
Guyana 0-0 Jamaica
Cayman 0-12 St Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago 31-7 Mexico
Guyana 10-0 St Lucia
Guyana 46-0 Cayman
St Lucia 10-0 Mexico
Cayman 0-43 Trinidad & Tobago
Mexico 12- 19 Jamaica
Guyana 12-0 Trinidad & Tobago
St Lucia 0 15 Jamaica

Seedings After Round Robin Tournament:

1st Seed, Guyana, 14 pts
2nd Seed, Jamaica, 13 pts
3rd Seed, Trinidad & Tobago, 12 pts
4th Seed, St Lucia, 9 pts
5th Seed, Mexico, 7 pts
6th Seed, Cayman, 5 pts

Semi-finals

Jamaica 7-12 Trinidad & Tobago
Guyana 21-0 St Lucia

5th place

Mexico 26-5 Cayman

3rd place

Jamaica 22-0 St Lucia

Final

Guyana 14-12 Trinidad & Tobago

NACRA Sevens Championship 2011

12–13 November 2011, at Bridgetown, Barbados^[3]

Pool A

Guyana 5-0 Mexico
St Lucia 7-19 USA South
Mexico 0-19 USA South
St Lucia 10-0 Barbados
Guyana 7-14 USA South
Mexico 5-0 Barbados
USA South 22-0 Barbados
Guyana 5-5 St Lucia
Guyana 39-0 Barbados
St Lucia 5-0 Mexico

Pool B

Trinidad & Tobago 50-0 St Vincent
Jamaica 15-0 Guadeloupe
Maple Leafs 52-0 Guadeloupe
Cayman 22-5 St Vincent
Trinidad & Tobago 12-0 Cayman
Jamaica 0-38 Maple Leafs
Trinidad & Tobago 5-26 Maple Leafs
Jamaica 17-0 Cayman
Jamaica 30-0 St Vincent
Trinidad & Tobago 34-0 Guadeloupe
Cayman 0-60 Maple Leafs
St Vincent 5-7 Guadeloupe

Pool A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
USA South	4	0	0	74	14
Guyana	2	1	1	56	19
St Lucia	2	1	1	27	24
Mexico	1	0	3	5	29
Barbados	0	0	4	0	76

Pool B

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Maple Leafs	4	0	176	5
Trinidad & Tobago	3	1	101	26
Jamaica	3	1	62	27
Cayman Islands	1	3	22	94
Gudaloupe	1	3	7	107
St Vincent	0	4	10	109

9th/11th Ranking Round-robin

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Guadeloupe	1	1	0	19	15
Barbados	1	0	1	22	14
St Vincent	0	1	1	5	17

9th-11th ranking round-robin

Barbados 12-0 St Vincent
Guadeloupe 5-5 St Vincent
Barbados 10-14 Guadeloupe

Cup Quarter Finals

USA South 31 - 0 Cayman Islands
Maple Leafs 26 - 0 Mexico
Jamaica 15 - 10 Guyana (in sudden death)
Trinidad & Tobago 5 - 0 St Lucia

Cup semi-finals

USA South 5-26 Jamaica
Maple Leafs 17-0 Trinidad & Tobago

Plate semi-finals

Cayman 5-10 Guyana
Mexico 5-10 St Lucia

7th/8th Place Playoff

Mexico 27-10 Cayman

Plate final(5th/6th)

Guyana 26-0 St Lucia

3rd/4th Playoff

Trinidad & Tobago 14-10 USA South

Final

Jamaica 0-38 Maple Leafs

NACRA World Cup Qualifier 2012

Venue/Date: Ottawa, Canada, 25–26 August 2012. World Cup qualifiers, winner to qualify for Dubai.

Originally six teams entered but the late withdrawal of Guyana resulted in a redraw and a single pool.

Pool Stages

Canada 62-0 Mexico
Jamaica 17-0 Cayman Islands
Canada 50-0 Cayman Islands
Jamaica 19-7 Trinidad & Tobago
Canada 45-0 Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago 25-12 Mexico
Canada 39-0 Trinidad & Tobago
Mexico 35-0 Cayman Islands
Jamaica 24-0 Mexico
Trinidad & Tobago 36-0 Cayman Islands

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Canada	4	0	196	0
Jamaica	3	1	60	52
Trinidad & Tobago	2	2	68	70
Mexico	1	3	46	111
Cayman Islands	0	4	0	137

Semi-finals

Trinidad & Tobago 22 - 5 Jamaica
Canada 42 - 0 Mexico

FINAL

Canada 46 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago

NACRA Championship 2013

Main article: 2013 NACRA Women's Sevens

NACRA Championship 2014

Main article: 2014 NACRA Women's Sevens

NACRA Championship 2015

Main article: 2015 NACRA Women's Sevens Championships

Notes

Women's national rugby union teams

Teams with World Cup appearances	Australia Canada England France Germany Ireland Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands New Zealand Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain Sweden United States Wales

Teams with no World Cup appearances	Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Burundi Cayman Islands China Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Guyana Hong Kong Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Laos Luxembourg Malaysia Norway Philippines Portugal Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Serbia Singapore Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Uzbekistan Zambia Zimbabwe

Defunct	USSR Great Britain

NACRA Sevens

Men	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Women	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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