2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Women

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

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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

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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

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Legend
Qualified to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Already qualified

Africa

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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

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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

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

Asia

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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

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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

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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

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  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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