2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

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2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nationHong Kong Hong Kong
Date5–6 April 2018
Cup
Champion China
Runner-up South Africa
Tournament details
Matches played25
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The 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acted not only as a qualifier for the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, but also for seeding purposes for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens for five of the teams.[1] The tournament was played on 5–6 April 2018 with pool stage matches played at So Kon Po Rec Ground with knock-out stage matches played at the Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong alongside the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens for men.

Continental qualifying

Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify. Teams in bold also qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Continental Sevens Championship Dates Venue(s) Berths Qualified
2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series 3 June–
16 July 2017		 France Malemort,
Russia Kazan		 3  Wales
 Belgium
 Poland
2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens 16–17 September 2017 Tunisia Monastir 2  South Africa
 Kenya
2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series 23 September–
14 October 2017
Colombo
 3  China
 Kazakhstan
 Hong Kong
2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship 10–11 November 2017 Fiji Suva 1  Papua New Guinea
2017 Torneo Valentín Martinez (Sudamérica) 10–11 November 2017 Uruguay Montevideo 2  Brazil
 Argentina
2017 RAN Women's Sevens 25–26
November 2017		 Mexico Mexico City 1  Mexico
Total 12

Format

12 teams, split into three groups of four. The group winners, runners up and the two best third ranked teams will enter the knockout stage. The overall winner will gain a spot on the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens series.

Pool Stage

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool X

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 3 3 0 0 81 17 +64 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 69 41 +28 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 49 48 +1 5
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 5 98 –93 3
5 April 2018 Kenya  17–5  Papua New Guinea So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
10:30 Try: Chajira 7'c
Nziwa 11'm
Olando 12'c
Con: Owino (2/3) 7', 12'
 Try: Lagona 8'm
Con: Lagona (0/1)
Cards: Abau yellow card 10' to 12' 		Referee: South Africa Ashleigh Murray
5 April 2018 South Africa  31–0  Mexico So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
10:52 Try: Mpupha 1'm
Roos 3'm, 5'c
Mali 10'c
Jordaan 13'c
Con: Stadler (2/2) 5', 13'
Roos (1/3) 10'
Cards: Mali yellow card 14' to 14'
Ndawonde yellow card 14' to 14' 		Cards: Carrillo yellow card 10' to 12' Referee: England Katherine Ritchie
5 April 2018 Kenya  40–0  Mexico So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
13:04 Try: Okelo 4'c
Masinde 6'c, 12'c
Chajira 7'c, 14'm
Nziwa 8'c
Con: Nziwa (1/1) 4'
Owino (4/4) 6', 7', 9', 13'
Okulu (0/1)
 Referee: New Zealand Lauren Jenner
5 April 2018 South Africa  26–17  Papua New Guinea So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
13:26 Try: Simmers 3'c
Mpupha 9'c
Roos 11'm
Mali 13'c
Con: Jordaan (3/4) 4', 10', 13'
 Try: Lagona 1'm
Rama 7'm
Biyama 14'c
Con: Lavai (1/1)14'
Lagona (0/2)
Cards: Lagona yellow card 3' to 5' 		Referee: Australia Maddy Putz
5 April 2018 Papua New Guinea  27–5  Mexico So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
15:38 Try: Griffins 2'm
Rama 6'm
Lagona 7'm, 8'm
Kaore 14'c
Con: Lagona (1/4) 14'
Gittins (0/1)
Cards: Sampson yellow card 5' to 7' 		Try: Angulo 13'm
Con: Gonzalez (0/1)
 Referee: Australia Tyler Miller
5 April 2018 South Africa  12–24  Kenya So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
16:00 Try: Webb 4'm
Grain 14'c
Con: Jordaan (1/1) 14'
Mpupha (0/1)
 Try: Omondi 2'm, 10'c
Okelo 6'c, 12'm
Con: Nziwa (1/1) 6'
Owino (1/3) 11'
 Referee: United States Emily Hsieh

Pool Y

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 China 3 3 0 0 64 19 +45 9
 Brazil 3 2 0 1 65 41 +24 7
 Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 24 69 –45 5
 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 29 53 –24 3
5 April 2018 China  14–7  Kazakhstan So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
11:14 Try: Gao 5'c
Liu 14'
Con: Yu (2/2) 5', 14'
 Try: Tkacheva 7'c
Con: Baktybayeva (1/1) 7'
 Referee: New Zealand Lauren Jenner
5 April 2018 Brazil  38–0  Hong Kong So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
11:36 Try: B Silva 3'c, 10'c
L Silva 7'm
Muhlbauer 8'c
Zanellato 12'm, 14'c
Con: Kochhann (4/6) 4', 8', 10', 14'
 Referee: Australia Maddy Putz
5 April 2018 China  19–7  Hong Kong So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
13:48 Try: Chen 2'c
Yang 3'm
Liu 8'c
Con: Yang (1/2) 2'
Chen 8'
Cards: Sun yellow card 14' to 14' 		Try: Nam 14'c
Con: Chan (1/1) 14'
 Referee: Australia Tyler Miller
5 April 2018 Brazil  22–10  Kazakhstan So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
14:10 Try: B Silva 7'm
Araujo 9'c, 12'm
Zanellato 14'm
Con: Kochhan (1/4) 9'
Cards: Araujo yellow card 4' to 6' 		Try: Proskurina 4'm
Tkacheva 6'm
Con: Baktybayeva (0/2)
 Referee: United States Emily Hsieh
5 April 2018 Kazakhstan  12–17  Hong Kong So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
16:22 Try: Tkacheva 3'c, 5'm
Con: Baktybayeva (1/2) 4'
Cards: Korotkih yellow card 1' to 3'
Proskurina yellow card 14' to !4' 		Try: Nam 1'm
Olson-Thorne 7'm
Poon 8'c
Con: Tjosvold (1/3) 8'
 Referee: England Katherine Ritchie
5 April 2018 Brazil  5–31  China So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
16:44 Try: Kochhann 3'c
Con: Kochhann (0/1)
 Try: Yang 1'c
Wang 4'c, 9'c
Yu 7'm
Chen 8'm
Con: Yu (3/5) 1', 5', 9'
 Referee: South Africa Ashleigh Murray

Pool Z

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Belgium 3 3 0 0 43 5 +38 9
 Wales 3 2 0 1 71 34 +37 7
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 26 64 –38 5
 Poland 3 0 0 3 22 59 –37 3
5 April 2018 Belgium  12–0  Argentina So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
11:58 Try: Blondiau 4'm
Rosier 13'c
Con: D'Haeseleir (1/2) 13'
 Referee: Australia Tyler Miller
5 April 2018 Wales  19–17  Poland So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
12:20 Try: Joyce 1'm, 3'c
Harries 9'c
Con: Snowsill (2/3) 4', 9'
 Try: Klichowska 4'c
Paszczyk 7'm, 13'm
Con: Jaszczyszyn (1/3) 5'
 Referee: United States Emily Hsieh
5 April 2018 Belgium  19–0  Poland So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
14:32 Try: Blondlau 4'c, 7'c, 10'm
Con: D'Haeseleir (2/3) 4', 7'
 Referee: England Katherine Ritchie
5 April 2018 Wales  47–5  Argentina So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
14:54 Try: Powell 6'c
Williams 7'
Joyce 8'c, 8'c, 13'c
Powell-Hughes 10'c
Snowsill 11'c
Con: Jones (3/3) 6', 9', 13'
Snowsill (3/3) 8', 11', 11'
 Try: Padellaro 1'm
Con: Gonzalez (0/1)
 Referee: South Africa Ashleigh Murray
5 April 2018 Argentina  21–5  Poland So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
17:06 Try: Gonzalez 2'c
Agullar 7'c
Pedrozo 9'c
Con: Gonzalez (3/3) 2', 7', 10'
 Try: Kowalczyk 14'm
Con: Paszczyk (0/1)
Cards: Paszczyk yellow card 11' to 13' 		Referee: New Zealand Lauren Jenner
5 April 2018 Wales  5–12  Belgium So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
17:28 Try: Joyce 11'm
Con: Snowsill (0/1)
 Try: Lalli 4'c
D'Haeseleir 14'm
Con: D'Haeseleir (1/2) 4'
 Referee: Australia Maddy Putz

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsWorld Series Qualifier Final
 
          
 
6 April 2017 – 10:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 China31
 
6 April 2017 – 14:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Papua New Guinea10
 
 China22
 
6 April 2017 – 10:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Belgium5
 
 Belgium17
 
6 April 2017 – 17:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Brazil12
 
 China31
 
6 April 2017 – 11:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa14
 
 Wales0
 
6 April 2017 – 14:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa26
 
 South Africa12 (a.e.t.)
 
6 April 2017 – 11:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya7
 
 Kenya17 (a.e.t.)
 
 
 Argentina12
 

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification explained". World Rugby. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Match Schedule". Hong Kong Sevens. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

External links

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