2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VII
Host nation	Hong Kong
Date	4–5 April 2019
Cup
Champion	Brazil
Runner-up	Scotland
Tournament details
Matches played	25
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acts as a qualifier for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.^[1] The tournament was played on 4 April 2019 with pool stage matches played at So Kon Po Recreation Ground with knock-out stage matches played at the Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong alongside the 2019 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.

Continental Sevens Championship	Dates	Venue(s)	Berths	Qualified
2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series	3 June– 16 July 2018	Malemort, Kazan	3	Scotland Belgium Poland
2018 Africa Women's Sevens	16–17 September 2018	Gaborone	2	Kenya Uganda
2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series	23 September– 14 October 2018	Colombo	3	Hong Kong Kazakhstan Japan
2018 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship	10–11 November 2018	Suva	1	Papua New Guinea
2018 Torneo Valentín Martinez (Sudamérica)	10–11 November 2018	Montevideo	2	Brazil Argentina
2018 RAN Women's Sevens	25–26 November 2018	Saint James	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 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Pool Stage

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	116	19	+97	9
Scotland	3	2	1	88	44	+44	7
Belgium	3	1	2	46	66	–20	5
Mexico	3	0	3	5	126	–121	3

4 April 2019
10:00

Belgium	12–31	Scotland
Try: Nairac 7'c Blondiau 8'm Con: D'Haeseleir (1/2) 7'		Try: Smith (2) 0'm, 6'c Sergeant 3'c Lloyd (2) 10'c, 11'm Con: Nelson (3/5) 3', 7', 10'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)

4 April 2019
10:22

Japan	54–0	Mexico
Try: Nakamura (2) 1'c, 14'm Bogidraumainadave 3'c Okuroda 6'c Kurogi 7'c Tsutsumi 8'c Suzuki (2) 9'c, 11'c Con: Okuroda (7/8) 2', 4', 6', 7', 8', 10', 11'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

4 April 2019
12:34

Belgium	34–0	Mexico
Try: De Donder 5'm Lalli (2) 6'm, 8'm Nairac 12'c Pierson (2) 13'c, 14'm Con: D'Haeseleir (2/3) 12', 13' Stévins (0/3)

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Shanda Mosher-Gallant (Canada)

4 April 2019
12:56

Japan	27–19	Scotland
Try: Hirano 4'm Bogidraumainadave 5'm Tsutsumi 9'm, 13'm Matsuda 11'c Con: Okuroda (1/5) 12'		Try: Smith 1'c Lloyd 8'c Evans 14' Con: Nelson (2/2) 2', 9'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

4 April 2019
15:08

Scotland	38–5	Mexico
Try: Lloyd (3) 1'c, 5'c, 9'm Evans 3'm Gaffney 7'c Grieve 11'c Con: Nelson (2/3) 2', 5' Sergeant (2/3) 8', 12'		Try: Salomon 7'm Con: Rodriguez (0/1)

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)

4 April 2019
15:30

Japan	35–0	Belgium
Try: Bogidraumainadave 2'c Matsuda 4'c Suzuki (2) 8'c, 10'c Hirano 12'c Con: Okuroda (2/2) 2', 4' Hirano (3/3) 9', 10', 13'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenya	3	3	0	80	15	+65	9
Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	64	34	+30	7
Hong Kong	3	1	2	45	63	–18	5
Uganda	3	0	3	5	82	–77	3

4 April 2019
10:44

Papua New Guinea	22–14	Hong Kong
Try: Rama 1'm Lavai 3'c Lagona 5'm Biyama 7'm Con: Lavai (1/4) 3'		Try: Chong 9'c Kwong 12'c Con: S. Chan (2/2) 9', 12

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

4 April 2019
11:06

Okulu 10'm
Con: Okulu (2/4) 4', 8'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Shanda Mosher-Gallant (Canada)

4 April 2019
13:18

Papua New Guinea	32–0	Uganda
Try: Lavai 0'm Lagona 5'm Rama 7'm Biyama 9'm Garesa 11'm Kaore 14'c Con: Lavai (1/1) 14' Lagona (0/5)

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

4 April 2019
13:40

Okulu (2/2) 10', 13'

Try: Lucas 6'm
Con: S. Chan (0/1)

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)

4 April 2019
15:52

Hong Kong	26–5	Uganda
Try: Chong 1'c Poon 3'm Penalty try 7' Li 9'c Con: Poon (2/3) 1', 10'		Try: Lekuru 12'm Con: Mudoola (0/1)

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Shanda Mosher-Gallant (Canada)

4 April 2019
16:14

Okulu (0/3)
Awuor Owino (0/1)

Try: Lagona 2'm
Kaore 7'm
Con: Lavai (0/2)

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	54	48	+6	9
Kazakhstan	3	1	2	39	38	+1	5
Argentina	3	1	2	60	62	–2	5
Poland	3	1	2	43	48	–5	5

4 April 2019
11:28

Argentina	12–17	Kazakhstan
Try: Gonzalez 6'c Moreno 9'm Con: Gonzalez (1/2) 7'		Try: Nurmatova 1'm Teryayeva 7'c Baktybayeva 14'm Con: Nurmatova (1/3) 8'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

4 April 2019
11:50

Brazil	14–12	Poland
Try: B. Silva 3'c Costa 12'c Con: Kocchann (2/2) 4', 12'		Try: Paszczyk 6'c Pamięta 9'm Con: Jaszczyszyn (1/2) 7'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

4 April 2019
14:02

Argentina	24–19	Poland
Try: Gonzalez 1'm Montero 4'c Moreno 5'm Pedrozo 13'c Con: Gonzalez (2/4) 4', 13'		Try: Witkowska 7'c Paszczyk 8'c Klichowska 11'm Con: Jaszczyszyn (2/3) 7', 8'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

4 April 2019
14:24

Brazil	14–12	Kazakhstan
Try: Zanellato 0'c B. Silva 10'c Con: Kocchann (2/2) 1', 10'		Try: Nurmatova 6'c Baktybayeva 14' Con: Nurmatova (1/2) 6'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Shanda Mosher-Gallant (Canada)

4 April 2019
16:36

Kazakhstan	10–12	Poland
Try: Yakovleva 10'm Bazyaruk 11'm Con: Nurmatova (0/2)		Try: Klichowska (2) 3'm, 13'c Con: Jaszczyszyn (1/2) 14'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

4 April 2019
16:58

Brazil	26–24	Argentina
Try: Zanellato (2) 1'm, 7'c Campos 4'c L. Silva 7'c Con: Kocchann (3/4) 5', 7', 8'		Try: Gonzalez 5'm Giraudo 9'c Montero 11'm Penalty try 14' Con: Gonzalez (1/3) 9'

So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

5 April 2019 – 10:00 – Hong Kong Stadium

Kenya	17
		5 April 2019 – 13:49 – Hong Kong Stadium
Argentina	15
		Kenya	5
5 April 2019 – 10:22 – Hong Kong Stadium
		Brazil	17
Brazil	21
				5 April 2019 – 16:54 – Hong Kong Stadium
Kazakhstan	5
				Brazil	28
5 April 2019 – 10:44 – Hong Kong Stadium
				Scotland	19
Scotland	36
		5 April 2019 – 14:11 – Hong Kong Stadium
Papua New Guinea	12
		Scotland	24
5 April 2019 – 11:06 – Hong Kong Stadium
		Japan	19
Japan	27

Hong Kong	7

Matches

Quarter-finals

5 April 2019
10:00

Owino (1/3) 11'

Try: Padellaro 3'm
Moreno 5'm
Pedrozo 8'm
Con: Gonzalez (0/3)

Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

5 April 2019
10:22

Brazil	21–5	Kazakhstan
Try: Kocchann 3'c Scatrut 5'c L. Silva 7'c Con: Kocchann (3/3) 3', 5', 7'		Try: Yakovleva 14'm Con: Nurmatova (0/1)

Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

5 April 2019
10:44

Scotland	36–12	Papua New Guinea
Try: Lloyd 0'c Nelson 3'm Thomson 7'c Gaffney 7'c Rollie (2) 10'm, 11'm Con: Nelson (3/6) 0', 7', 8'		Try: Lagona 5'c Alois 13'm Con: Lagona (1/2) 6'

Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Shanda Mosher-Gallant (Canada)

5 April 2019
11:06

Japan	27–7	Hong Kong
Try: Tsutsumi (2) 3'm, 5'm Hirano 7'm Kurogi 9'm Suzuki 12'c Con: Okuroda (1/5) 12'		Try: Chong 7'c Con: Poon (1/1) 8'

Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

Semi-finals

5 April 2019
13:49

Awino (0/1)

Try: B. Silva (2) 1'm, 6'm
Campos 8'c
Con: Kocchann (1/3) 9'

Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

5 April 2019
14:11

Scotland	24–19	Japan
Try: Gaffney 1'c Evans (2) 4'm, 8'c Rollie 10'c Con: Nelson (2/4) 8', 10'		Try: Bogidraumainadave 2'c, 7'm Suzuki 13'c Con: Okuroda (1/2) 3' Hirano (1/1) 13'

Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)

World Series Qualifier Final

5 April 2019
16:54

Brazil	28–19	Scotland
Try: Furtado 2'c B. Silva 5'c Costa 8'c L. Silva 10' Con: Kocchann (3/3) 3', 5', 9', 10'		Try: Thomson 0'm Evans 6'c Lloyd 7'c Con: Nelson (2/3) 6', 7'

Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)

References

^ "Hong Kong Out to Tackle Best". Fiji Sun. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

External links

Hong Kong Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens	2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

[1] "Hong Kong Out to Tackle Best". Fiji Sun. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[1]

v t e 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Tournaments	Glendale Dubai Sydney Kitakyushu Langford Biarritz
Core teams	Australia Canada China England Fiji France Ireland New Zealand Russia Spain United States
Other teams	Brazil Japan Kenya Mexico Papua New Guinea Scotland
Related articles	2018–19 World Series core qualification 2019–20 World Series core qualification 2020 Olympic Sevens qualification
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Squads

v t e Hong Kong Sevens
Men	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022
Women	1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023

Continental qualifying

Format

Pool Stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Knockout stage

See also

References

External links