2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

the men's competition 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series May 2026 World RugbyWomen's Sevens Series IV 3 Dec 2015 – 29 May 2016 AUS NZL CAN Ghislaine Landry (158) NZL Portia Woodman (24) 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the fourth edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (formerly the IRB Women's Sevens World Series), an annual series of tournaments organised by World Rugby for women's national teams in rugby sevens. The tour was a companion to the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series for men. The series was won by AUS 1 who won three tour events on their way to claiming their first World Series title. The previous women's champions NZL 1 finished in second place ahead of CAN 1 and ENG 1. 3 The competition There were five tournament events in 2015–16. Twelve teams competed at each event; eleven being "core" teams, with a twelfth team invited to participate in particular events (similar to previous women's series as well as the men's counterpart). The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across the five events. For the second time, the women's series held a core team qualifying tournament, similar to that held in the men's HSBC Sevens World Series. http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/news/78440 Ireland to host Women's Sevens Series qualifier - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series The qualifying event was held at University College Dublin, in Ireland, and resulted in Japan and the hosts Ireland qualifying as core teams for the main 2015-16 tournament. http://www.worldrugby.org/news/85586 Japan and Ireland qualify for Women's Sevens Series World Rugby Teams Eleven "core teams" participated in all series events for the 2015–16 series, the same number as the previous season. The top nine finishers in the 2014–15 series were granted core team status for 2014–15: 15em AUS CAN ENG FJI FRA 15em NZL RUS ESP USA Two additional core teams were determined in a qualifying tournament: IRE JPN Events 2015–16 Itinerary Leg Venue Dates Winner Dubai The Sevens, Dubai 3–4 December 2015 AUS Brazil Arena Barueri, São Paulo 20–21 February 2016 AUS United States Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, Georgia (Atlanta) 8–9 April 2016 AUS Canada Westhills Stadium, Langford, British Columbia (Victoria) 16–17 April 2016 ENG France Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand 28–29 May 2016 CAN Qualifying tournament The core team qualifying tournament was held at the UCD Bowl on 22–23 August 2015.http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/35322.php#.WrfsxIjwbIU Ireland And Japan Qualify For Women's Sevens Series www.irishrugby.ie 25 March 2018 23 August 2015 The qualifier began with a single round-robin pool stage, with teams divided into three four-team pools. The top two teams from each pool, plus the top two third-place finishers, advanced to a knockout stage. The two finalists (the semifinal winners) qualified as core teams for 2015–16. 15em JPN (qualified) IRE (qualified) ZAF NLD BRA HKG 15em WAL CHN KEN COL SAM MEX Points schedule The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. The scoring system is the same used in the previous year's series. Cup winner (1st place): 20 points Cup runner-up (2nd place): 18 points Cup third-place play-off winner (3rd place): 16 points Cup semi-finalist (4th place): 14 points Plate winner (5th place): 12 points Plate runner-up (6th place): 10 points Plate third-place play-off winner (7th place): 8 points Plate semi-finalist (8th place): 6 points Bowl winner (9th place): 4 points Bowl runner-up (10th place): 3 points Bowl third-place play-off winner (11th place): 2 points Bowl semi-finalist (12th place): 1 point In the event of a tournament being abandoned, no series points are allocated. If two or more teams are level on series points at the end of the season, the following tiebreakers are used to determine placement: Overall difference in points scored and allowed during the season. Total try count during the season. If neither of the above produces a winner, the teams are considered tied. Source: World Rugby Standings Final standings for the 2015–16 series: + 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens – Series IV Pos. Team Event  UAEDubai BRASão Paulo USAAtlanta CANLangford FRAClaremont Pointstotal PointsdifferenceAUS 20 20 20 16 18 94484NZL 12 16 18 18 16 80428CAN 10 18 14 12 20 742694ENG 16 8 16 20 14 742605FRA 14 12 8 14 12 601356USA 2 14 12 8 10 46–137RUS 18 4 10 6 4 42–488FIJ 8 10 6 4 6 34–1259ESP 6 2 2 10 8 28–26410BRA 3 6 – 3 – 12–24711JPN 4 3 3 1 1 12–39212IRE 1 1 4 2 3 11–25713KEN – – – – 2 2–9314COL – – 1 – – 1–137 Source: World Rugby {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers |- |bgcolor=ccffcc|Green |Qualified as a core team for women's rugby sevens 2016–17 |- |No colour |Did not directly qualify for women's rugby sevens 2016–17 |} Tournaments Dubai 2015 Dubai Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupAUS31–12RUSENG (3rd)FRAPlateNZL24–19CANFIJ (7th)ESPBowlJPN13–0BRAUSA (11th)IRE Brazil 2016 São Paulo Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupAUS29–0CANNZL (3rd)USAPlateFRA15–7FIJENG (7th)BRABowlRUS38–12JPNESP (11th)IRE United States 2016 USA Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupAUS24–19NZLENG (3rd)CANPlateUSA19–7RUSFRA (7th)FIJBowlIRE26–15JPNESP (11th)COL Canada 2016 Canada Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupENG31–14NZLAUS (3rd)FRAPlateCAN21–5ESPUSA (7th)RUSBowlFIJ24–7BRAIRE (11th)JPN France 2016 France Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupCAN29–19AUSNZL (3rd)ENGPlateFRA22–19USAESP (7th)FIJBowlRUS24–5IREKEN (11th)JPN References 29 May 2016 Australian women's side secure rugby sevens world series title The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/australian-womens-side-secure-rugby-sevens-world-series-title-20160529-gp6s3v.html 30 May 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160530220601/http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/australian-womens-side-secure-rugby-sevens-world-series-title-20160529-gp6s3v.html 30 May 2016 dmy 2016 2015/16 Series Standings World Rugby 30 May 2016 http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/standings live https://web.archive.org/web/20160530063156/http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/standings 30 May 2016 dmy 2016 Women's Sevens Series tournament rules World Rugby 30 May 2016 http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/series-info/tournament-rules dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160613175247/http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/series-info/tournament-rules 13 June 2016 dmy 2015 Category:2016 rugby sevens competitions Category:2015 rugby sevens competitions Category:2016 in women's rugby union Category:2015 in women's rugby union