The South Africa Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament announced by World Rugby as one of the stops on the world circuit,[1] with the inaugural competition held in December 2019.[2][3] The women's event is hosted at Cape Town Stadium as part of an integrated tournament alongside the existing men's event.[3][4] Most destinations on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series are geographically paired for travel reasons, with South Africa hosting the second tournament of the season following the series opener at Dubai.[5]
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 2019 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Holders |  New Zealand |
| Most titles | New Zealand (3 times) |
Champions
edit| Year | Venue | Cup final | Placings | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |||
| 2019 | Cape Town Stadium |  New Zealand |
17–7 |  Australia |
 Canada |
 France |
 United States | |
| World Series tournaments planned for Cape Town were cancelled in 2020 [6] and 2021,[7] due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||
| 2022 | Cape Town Stadium | New Zealand |
31–14 | Australia |
United States |
 Ireland |
France |
|
| 2023 | Cape Town Stadium | Australia |
29–26 | France |
New Zealand |
United States |
 Fiji |
|
| 2024 | Cape Town Stadium | New Zealand |
26–12 | United States |
France |
Australia |
Canada |
|
See also
edit- South Africa Sevens (for men's teams)
References
edit- ^ Ray, Craig (13 March 2019). "Women's Sevens World Series coming to Cape Town". The Times. Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019.
- ^ Breakfast, Sivewe (18 July 2019). "Cape Town Sevens dates confirmed: Women's event added to extended 2019 tournament". The South African. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Boost for Cape Town Sevens". SA Rugby Mag. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens: Women's series expanded ahead of next season". CNN International. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019.
- ^ "World Rugby announces new-look men's and women's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-23". World Rugby. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Plans revised for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021". World Rugby. 29 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020.
- ^ "World Rugby cancels Sevens events in Cape Town and Singapore". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
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