2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Women

none The qualification process of women's teams for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Automatic qualification was extended to the host and the four semifinalists of the previous edition of the tournament. The remaining spots were contested in each of the six regions' respective tournaments. Qualified teams Africa North America and the West Indies South America Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualificationRSAUSARUS (host)AUSNZL Regional QualifiersTUNCANBRACHNJPNENGFRAIRENEDESPFIJ Africa 2012 CAR Women's Sevens Seven teams competed in Rabat on 29-30 September for an open spot in the World Cup, since South Africa was already automatically qualified from their semifinal placement in the 2009 World Cup Sevens. Tunisia edged out Kenya at the final to reach eligibility.http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2063732.html#tunisia+women+qualify+rwc+sevens+2013 Tunisia women qualify for RWC Sevens 2013 rwcsevens.com 29 September 2012 3 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20121025115133/http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2063732.html#tunisia+women+qualify+rwc+sevens+2013 25 October 2012 Pool stage Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|KEN |3||3||0||0||77||5||+72||9 |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|TUN |3||2||0||1||73||7||+66||7 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|ZAM |3||1||0||2||5||72||–67||5 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|MAR |3||0||0||3||0||71||–71||3 |} Matches 29 September 2012 TUN 36–0 ZAM Rabat 29 September 2012 KEN 34–0 MAR Rabat 29 September 2012 KEN 36–0 ZAM Rabat 29 September 2012 TUN 32–0 MAR Rabat 29 September 2012 MAR 0–5 ZAM Rabat 29 September 2012 TUN 5–7 KEN Rabat Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|UGA |2||2||0||0||34||5||+29||6 |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|SEN |2||1||0||1||7||27||-20||4 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|ZIM |2||0||0||2||10||19||-9||2 |} Matches 29 September 2012 SEN 7–5 ZIM Rabat 29 September 2012 UGA 12–5 ZIM Rabat 29 September 2012 UGA 22–0 SEN Rabat Knockout round Plate {{Round4|RD2=Plate Final |30 September 2012 |MAR|0|ZIM|5 |30 September 2012 |ZAM|Bye|| |30 September 2012 |ZIM|14|ZAM|10 }}CupCup/Qualifier Final 30 September 2012 KEN 7 SEN 0 30 September 2012 TUN 19 UGA 5 30 September 2012 KEN 10 TUN 14 30 September 2012 SEN 5 UGA 12 North America/Caribbean 2012 NACRA Women's Sevens On 25–26 August 2012, there was a tournament held in Twin Elm Rugby Park in Ottawa amongst five teams for one qualification bid, with the United States already qualified by making the semifinals of the 2009 Rugby World Cup women's tournament. It consisted of a round-robin tournament, with a playoff among the four highest-finishing teams, from which hosts Canada emerged winners.http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2063407.html#canadas+women+book+place+rwc+sevens Canada's women book place at RWC Sevens rwcsevens.com 27 August 2012 3 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20130618022543/http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2063407.html#canadas+women+book+place+rwc+sevens 18 June 2013 Pool stage {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|CAN |4||4||0||0||196||0||+196||12|-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|JAM |4||3||0||1||60||52||+8||10|-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|TTO |4||2||0||2||68||70||–2||8|-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|MEX |4||1||0||3||46||111||–65||6|- |align=left|CAY |4||0||0||4||0||137||–137||4|} Matches 25 August 2012 CAN 62–0 MEX Ottawa 25 August 2012 JAM 17–0 CAY Ottawa 25 August 2012 CAN 50–0 CAY Ottawa 25 August 2012 JAM 19–7 TTO Ottawa 25 August 2012 CAN 45–0 JAM Ottawa 25 August 2012 TTO 25–12 MEX Ottawa 25 August 2012 CAN 39–0 TTO Ottawa 25 August 2012 MEX 35–0 CAY Ottawa 25 August 2012 JAM 24–0 MEX Ottawa 25 August 2012 TTO 36–0 CAY Ottawa Knockout round 26 August 2012 CAN 42 MEX 0 26 August 2012 JAM 5 TTO 22 26 August 2012 CAN 46 TTO 0 South America 2013 CONSUR Women's Sevens The last qualifying tournament was held on 23−24 February 2013 in Rio de Janeiro for the sole remaining World Cup slot. Eight teams participated, with Brazil winning the tournament to qualify for the second time.http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2065509.html#brazil+women+claim+final+place+rwc+sevens Brazil women claim final place at RWC Sevens rwcsevens.com 25 February 2013 3 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20130429205926/http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2065509.html#brazil+women+claim+final+place+rwc+sevens 29 April 2013 Pool PlayPool A{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|BRA |3||3||0||0||103||12||+91|| |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|ARG |3||2||0||1||83||36||+47|| |- |align=left|CHI |3||1||0||2||50||53||–3|| |- |align=left|PER |3||0||0||3||10||145||–135|| |} Matches 23 February 2013 BRA 55−0 PER 23 February 2013 ARG 19−12 CHI 23 February 2013 BRA 24−12 ARG 23 February 2013 CHI 38−10 PER 23 February 2013 BRA 24−0 CHI 23 February 2013 ARG 52−0 PER Pool B{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|URU |3||3||0||0||64||5||+59||9|-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|VEN |3||1||1||1||44||29||+15||6|- |align=left|COL |3||1||1||1||32||25||+7||6|- |align=left|PAR |3||0||0||3||0||81||–81||3|} Matches 23 February 2013 COL 22−0 PAR 23 February 2013 URU 19−5 VEN 23 February 2013 COL 10−10 VEN 23 February 2013 URU 30−0 PAR 23 February 2013 URU 15−0 COL 23 February 2013 VEN 29−0 PAR PlayoffsPlateSeventh Place 24 February 2013 CHI 31 PAR 0 24 February 2013 PER 0 COL 19 24 February 2013 CHI 5 COL 19 24 February 2013 PAR 12 PER 15CupFinal/Qualifier 24 February 2013 BRA 34 VEN 0 24 February 2013 ARG 17 URU 7 24 February 2013 BRA 27 ARG 14 24 February 2013 VEN 5 URU 17 Asia 2012 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship On 6–7 October 2012, ten Asian teams and Oceania third place team Fiji met in Pune, India for a qualification tournament with three bids at stake. Fiji qualified to the World Cup as champions, with China and Japan also rounding out the remainder of the bids.http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2063815.html#fiji+china+japan+qualify+rwc+sevens Fiji, China and Japan qualify for RWC Sevens rwcsevens.com 7 October 2012 2 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20121008035554/http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2063815.html#fiji+china+japan+qualify+rwc+sevens 8 October 2012 Pool stagePool A{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|JPN |2||2||0||0||68||5||+63||6|- |align=left|HKG |2||1||0||1||41||19||+22||4|- |align=left|IND |2||0||0||2||0||85||–85||2|} Matches 6 October 2012 HKG 36–0 IND Pune 6 October 2012 JPN 49–0 IND Pune 6 October 2012 JPN 19–5 HKG PunePool B{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|FIJ |3||3||0||0||130||14||+116||9|- |align=left|TPE |3||2||0||1||78||43||+35||7|- |align=left|SRI |3||1||0||2||57||70||–13||5|- |align=left|KOR |3||0||0||3||0||138||–138||3|} Matches 6 October 2012 TPE 45–0 KOR Pune 6 October 2012 FIJ 44–7 SRI Pune 6 October 2012 TPE 26–7 SRI Pune 6 October 2012 FIJ 50–0 KOR Pune 6 October 2012 KOR 0–43 SRI Pune 6 October 2012 FIJ 36–7 TPE PunePool C{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|CHN |3||3||0||0||119||0||+119||9|- |align=left|THA |3||2||0||1||76||48||+28||7|- |align=left|PHI |3||1||0||2||47||67||–20||5|- |align=left|MAS |3||0||0||3||7||134||–127||3|} Matches 6 October 2012 THA 45–0 MAS Pune 6 October 2012 CHN 29–0 PHI Pune 6 October 2012 THA 31–7 PHI Pune 6 October 2012 CHN 49–0 MAS Pune 6 October 2012 MAS 7–40 PHI Pune 6 October 2012 CHN 41–0 THA PunePool D{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|KAZ |3||3||0||0||108||0||+108||9|- |align=left|SGP |3||2||0||1||39||46||–7||7|- |align=left|IRN |3||1||0||2||10||61||–51||5|- |align=left|UAE |3||0||0||3||20||70||–50||3|} Matches 6 October 2012 SGP 20–0 IRN Pune 6 October 2012 KAZ 41–0 UAE Pune 6 October 2012 SGP 19–15 UAE Pune 6 October 2012 KAZ 36–0 IRN Pune 6 October 2012 IRN 10–5 UAE Pune 6 October 2012 KAZ 31–0 SGP Pune Knockout roundShieldShield 7 October 2012 MAS 12 UAE 17 7 October 2012 KOR BYE|| |7 October 2012 |UAE|24|KOR|0 }}Bowl{{Round8-with third|RD2=Bowl|Consol=Eleventh Place |7 October 2012 |IND|5|MAS|0 |7 October 2012 |SRI|20|UAE|10 |7 October 2012 |PHI|BYE 7 October 2012 IRN 29 KOR 7 7 October 2012 IND 0 SRI 33 7 October 2012 PHI 24 IRN 5 7 October 2012 SRI 7 PHI 22 7 October 2012 IND 12 IRN 17PlatePlate Seventh Place 7 October 2012 THA 17 SGP 12 7 October 2012 HKG 27 TPE 0 7 October 2012 THA 7 HKG 19 7 October 2012 SGP 12 TPE 5CupThird Place/Qualifier 7 October 2012 JPN 12 THA 5 7 October 2012 FIJ 47 SGP 0 7 October 2012 CHN 31 HKG 0 7 October 2012 KAZ 34 TPE 0 7 October 2012 JPN 7 HKG 31 7 October 2012 CHN 17 KAZ 12 7 October 2012 FIJ 15 CHN 0 7 October 2012 JPN 17 KAZ 7 Europe 2012 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series From 30 June – 1 July, the second leg of the Women's Sevens Grand Prix was held in Moscow among the twelve Grand Prix national teams in addition to the top four teams from prior lower-division tournaments. With Russia being host and therefore automatically eligible for the World Cup, five open bids were contested.http://www.rwcsevens.com/home/news/newsid=2063198.html#england+lead+euro+women+rwc+sevens+2013 England lead Euro women to RWC Sevens 2013 irb.com 2 July 2012 3 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20131008224352/http://www.rwcsevens.com/home/news/newsid=2063198.html#england+lead+euro+women+rwc+sevens+2013 8 October 2013 Legend Qualified to 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Already qualified RankTeam ENG ESP RUS 4 FRA 5 NED 6 IRE 7 UKR 8 GER 9 POR 10 SCO 11 WAL 12 ITA 13 SWE 14 MDA 15 SUI 16 CRO Oceania 8 women's teams met in Lautoka, Fiji for a 3–4 August tournament. With Australia and New Zealand already qualified for the World Cup, the other highest placing country gets to compete in 2012's Asian championship to contest the bid against a prospective Asia 3. With Fiji beating Papua New Guinea for the third place spot, they were invited to the Asian qualification tournament in Pune, India.http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2063275.html#fiji+march+nz+women+flex+muscles Fiji march on as NZ women flex muscles rwcsevens.com 4 August 2012 3 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20121009152434/http://www.rwcsevens.com/women/news/newsid=2063275.html#fiji+march+nz+women+flex+muscles 9 October 2012 Pool stagePool A{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|AUS |3||3||0||0||113||7||+106||9|- |align=left|PNG |3||2||0||1||62||39||+23||7|- |align=left|SAM |3||1||0||2||46||51||–5||5|- |align=left|SOL |3||0||0||3||24||87||–63||3|} Matches 3 August 2012 SAM 10–17 PNG Lautoka 3 August 2012 AUS 50–0 SOL Lautoka 3 August 2012 SAM 36–0 SOL Lautoka 3 August 2012 AUS 29–7 PNG Lautoka 3 August 2012 PNG 38–0 SOL Lautoka 3 August 2012 AUS 34–0 SAM LautokaPool B{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|NZL |3||3||0||0||100||7||+93||9|- |align=left|FIJ |3||2||0||1||88||26||+62||7|- |align=left|TON |3||1||0||2||15||99||–84||5|- |align=left|COK |3||0||0||3||7||78||–71||3|} Matches 3 August 2012 FIJ 36–7 COK Lautoka 3 August 2012 NZL 54–0 TON Lautoka 3 August 2012 FIJ 45–0 TON Lautoka 3 August 2012 NZL 27–0 COK Lautoka 3 August 2012 COK 0–15 TON Lautoka 3 August 2012 NZL 19–7 FIJ Lautoka Knockout roundPlatePlate 7th Place 4 August 2012 COK 5 SAM 17 4 August 2012 TON 40 SOL 5 4 August 2012 SAM 17 TON 12 4 August 2012 COK 41 SOL 0Cup''' Qualifier vs. Asia 3 4 August 2012 AUS 22 COK 0 4 August 2012 SAM 0 FIJ 15 4 August 2012 PNG 24 TON 19 4 August 2012 SOL 0 NZL 52 4 August 2012 AUS 26 FIJ 5 4 August 2012 NZL 36 PNG 0 4 August 2012 AUS 24 NZL 35 4 August 2012 FIJ 26 PNG 14 References 2013 Qualifying Category:2012 in women's rugby union Category:2012 rugby sevens competitions