2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

World RugbyWomen's Sevens Series II 28 Nov 2013 – 17 May 2014 NZL AUS AUS Emilee Cherry (195 points) AUS Emilee Cherry (33 tries) 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series was the second edition of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, organized by the IRB annual series of tournaments for women's national teams in rugby sevens. In August 2013, the IRB announced that the season would consist of six tournaments - in Dubai, the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia, São Paulo, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played from November 2013 to May 2014, with a sixth tournament to be announced later. However, the sixth tournament never materialized, and official literature referred to São Paulo as stop two of five. The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, nine of which participated in all competitions of the season, while others might be identified by elimination or rankings of the six regions reporting to the IRB .http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2068654.html#schedule+announced+201314+womens+series IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series International Rugby Board 22 August 2013 15 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000501/http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2068654.html#schedule+announced+201314+womens+series 2013-10-05 dead The competition As with the men's counterpart, the series winner was to be the team that collected the most points throughout the season, based on individual tournament finishes. The number of "core teams" that participate in all series events increased to nine for the 2013–14 series, up from six in the inaugural series. The eight quarterfinalists in the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens were granted core team status for 2013–14:http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2068654.html#schedule+announced+201314+womens+series Schedule announced for 2013/14 Women's Series International Rugby Board 22 August 2013 2 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000501/http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2068654.html#schedule+announced+201314+womens+series 2013-10-05 dead AUS CAN ENG IRE NZL RUS ESP USA In addition, the IRB announced that BRA 1 will be an invited core team for at least the 2013–14 series in an initiative to jump-start women's rugby development in the country, as Brazil was hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics. The remaining participants in each tournament were to be determined through regional qualifiers. Events 2013–14 Itinerary Leg Venue Date Winner Dubai The Sevens, Dubai 28–29 November 2013 AUS United States Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, Georgia (Atlanta) 15–16 February 2014 NZL Brazil Arena Barueri, São Paulo 21–22 February 2014 AUS China Guangzhou University Town Stadium, Guangzhou 5–6 April 2014 NZL Netherlands NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam 16–17 May 2014 NZL Points schedule The season championship will be determined by points earned in each tournament. The scoring system, similar to that used in the men's IRB Sevens, was announced shortly before the season kicked off. Cup Winner - 20 Cup Runner Up - 18 3rd Place - 16 Cup Semi Finalist - 14 Plate Winner - 12 Plate Runner Up - 10 Winner 7th/8th play-off - 8 Loser 7th/8th play-off - 6 Bowl Winner - 4 Bowl Runner Up - 3 Winner 11th/12th play-off - 2 Loser 11th/12th play-off - 1 Should teams finish equal on series points at the end of the season, the tiebreakers are the same as those in the men's series:http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/series-info/tournament-rules Women's Sevens Series Tournament Rules World Rugby 7 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160613175247/http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/series-info/tournament-rules 13 June 2016 dead Overall scoring differential in the season. Total try count in the season. If neither produces a winner, the teams are tied. Stadings Final standings for the 2013–14 series. + 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World – Series II Pos. Team Event  UAEDubai USAAtlanta BRASão Paulo CHNGuangzhou NEDAmsterdam PointstotalNZL182018202096AUS2016201818 92CAN1418161616 804ENG128141214 605RUS161410810586ESP10101281417USA8124212388FRA3––108 219FIJ4––14–1810BRA62316 1811JPN–68––1412NED–46–4 1413IRE21242 1114CHN–3–3–615RSA––––3 316ARG––1––117TUN1––––1 {| 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 World Series III |- |No colour |Did not directly qualify for women's rugby sevens World Series III |} Tournaments Dubai 2013 Dubai Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup AUS35-27 NZL RUS (Third) CANPlate ENG17-10 ESP USA (Seventh) BRABowl FIJ14-10 FRA IRE (Eleventh) TUN Atlanta 2014 USA Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup NZL36-0 CAN AUS (Third) RUSPlate USA22-0 ESP ENG (Seventh) JPNBowl NED33-0 CHN BRA (Eleventh) IRE São Paulo 2014 São Paulo Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup AUS24-12 NZL CAN (Third) ENGPlate ESP5-0 RUS JPN (Seventh) NEDBowl USA21-0 BRA IRE (Eleventh) ARG Guangzhou 2014 China Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup NZL26-12 AUS CAN (Third) FIJPlate ENG19-0 FRA ESP (Seventh) RUSBowl IRE17-7 CHN USA (Eleventh) BRA Amsterdam 2014 Netherlands Women's Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup NZL29-12 AUS CAN (Third) ENGPlate USA27-12 RUS FRA (Seventh) BRABowl NED29-7 RSA IRE (Eleventh) ESP References External links http://wsws.irb.com expanded 2013-14 Category:2014 rugby sevens competitions Category:2013 rugby sevens competitions Category:2014 in women's rugby union Category:2013 in women's rugby union