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USA Women's Sevens

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Rugby Union Sevens - a short form of the sport of rugby union - was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking 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.

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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 Rugby Union Sevens tournaments were played, when the 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. 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.

On October 4, 2012, the IRB announced the launch of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, the women's counterpart to the IRB Sevens World Series for men. The inaugural 2012–13 season will feature four events, with the USA Women's Sevens taking place at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston as the second event in February 2013.

The following are details of all official regional women's international championship played in the USA since the first tournament in 2006, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with all result details, where known.

USA Tournament 2006

Venue: Los Angeles, USA (Source USA Rugby)

  • USA 5-0 Canada
  • Note: Believed to be as an exhibition match. It is also possible that the teams played a second time, before the final of the men's competition.

    USA Tournament 2007

    Played at San Diego, USA, on 9 and 10 February 2007 (Source USA Rugby)

    Known Participants: USA A, USA B, Canada A, Canada B, China

  • China bt Canada A
  • Canada B bt China
  • USA A bt China
  • USA B bt China
  • Final

  • Canada B bt USA A
  • China 4th
  • USA Sevens 2008

    Venue/Date: San Diego, 9–10 February 2008

  • Initially Kazakhstan, China, New Zealand and Australia were expected
  • Pool 1

    Canada, USA A, Canada Collegiate

    Pool 2

    USA, Canada A, South Africa

  • Plus exhibition match USA vs South Africa
  • Group stages Although in groups of three, four teams played three games whilst the two A teams only played 2 each. The results are presented as one table.

  • Canada A 5-21 South Africa
  • Canada Collegiate 0-15 USA A
  • USA 21-7 South Africa
  • Canada 29-5 Canada Collegiate
  • USA 24-0 Canada A
  • Canada 26-10 USA A
  • Canada 19-10 South Africa
  • USA 15-0 Canada Collegiate
  • Classification Matches

    5th Place

  • Canada Collegiate 10-24 South Africa
  • 3rd Place

  • USA A 12-20 Canada A
  • Final

  • USA 19-5 Canada
  • Exhibition Match

  • USA 17-12 South Africa
  • USA Sevens 2009

    Venue/Date: 9 February 2009. San Diego (alongside the IRB event).

  • This tournament is ostensibly a World Cup warm up. There are 7 teams (including USA 2) and rather than playing in groups, each team plays three opponents and they are then all assessed to decide the classification participants.
  • The teams (in "seed" order)are England, NZ Maori, Canada, USA, USA 2, China, Japan
  • The subsequent classification games place Japan above China but the Chinese results are better against tougher opponents, as is the points for and points difference. Japan also appear to have played four games.
  • Classification Games

    5th 6th Play Off

  • USA 2 17-7 Japan
  • Semi Final 1st vs 4th

  • England 29-0 Canada
  • Semi Final 2nd vs 3rd

  • USA 12-0 New Zealand
  • Final

  • England 17-12 USA (sudden death, 12-12 at full time)
  • USA Sevens 2010

    Venue/Date: 12 February 2009. Whitney, Nevada (alongside the IRB event).

    USA Sevens 2011

    Date/Venue: February 11–13, 2011. Whitney, Nevada

  • Australia, Brazil and Kenya were originally expected, and Kenya only withdrew a week before due to visa problems, being replaced by the Hawaiian Select. Tyrolian Select - from the Women Rugby Club, Innsburck - had originally intended to take part in the club event. The final was broadcast on NBC in North America.
  • USA Sevens 2012

  • Chile and "Adler Sevens" (German development team) also took part in the Women's Elite Sevens. Adler beat Chile 22-5 on the way to winning the tournament.
  • Date/Venue: February 10–12, 2012. Whitney, Nevada

    Women's Sevens World Series (USA)

  • Venue: Houston 1–2 February 2013
  • USA Sevens 2013

  • Venue: Whitney, Nevada 8–9 February 2013
  • Women's Sevens World Series (USA) 2014

  • Venue: Atlanta 15–16 February 2014
  • Women's Sevens World Series (USA) 2015

  • Venue: Atlanta 14–15 February 2015
  • References

    USA Women's Sevens Wikipedia