2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

World RugbyWomen's Sevens Series I 30 Nov 2012 – 18 May 2013 NZL ENG NZL Portia Woodman (105 points) NZL Portia Woodman (21 tries) 2013–14 The IRB Women's Sevens World Series (2012/2013) was the inaugural edition of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, organized by the IRB annual series of tournaments for women's national teams in the Rugby Sevens. In October 2012 the IRB announced that the season would consist of four tournaments - in Dubai, Houston, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played from November 2012 to May 2013. The Dubai tournament was held in conjunction with the 2012 Dubai Sevens for men, while the others were separate competitions. The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, with six core teams participating in all tournaments of the series and the other teams identified by elimination or rankings within the IRB's six regions. 3 Itinerary 2012–13 Itinerary Leg Venue Date Winner Dubai The Sevens, Dubai 30 Nov–1 Dec 2012 New Zealand United States BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston 1–2 February 2013 England China Guangzhou University Town Stadium, Guangzhou 30–31 March 2013 New Zealand Netherlands NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam 17–18 May 2013 New Zealand The competition As with the male competition, series winner was the team that scored the most points awarded for winning various places in each event throughout the season. Each of the twelve team competition accumulate, six of which (AUS 1, CAN 1, ENG 1, NLD 1, NZL 1, USA 1) is a series of regular participants (core teams), while others might be identified through regional qualifying. 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 Standings The final standings after completion of the four tournaments of the series are shown in the table below. The points awarded to teams at each tournament, as well as the overall season totals, are shown. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers. Final standings for the 2012–13 series: + 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World – Series I Pos. Team Event  UAEDubai USAHouston CHNGuangzhou NEDAmsterdam PointstotalNZL2014202074ENG820181460CAN1081618524USA4181412485AUS141688466RUS1212–16407NED610104308RSA186–3279ESP16––102610BRA14611211IRE––12–1212FRA3––6913CHN2–32714JPN–34–715ARG–2––216FIJ––2–217TTO–1––118TUN––1–1 {| 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 |} Notes: These standings did not qualify teams for women's rugby sevens World Series II. Quarterfinalists from 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens gained 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 Season Round 1: Dubai 2012 Dubai Women's Sevens 1 December – Dubai AUS 14 NZL 28 1 December – Dubai ZAF 19 ESP 17 1 December – Dubai NZL 41 ZAF 0 1 December – Dubai AUS 15 ESP 17 Round 2: United States 2013 USA Women's Sevens 2 February – Houston ENG 19 NZL 12 2 February – Houston USA 17 AUS 5 2 February – Houston ENG 29 USA 12 2 February – Houston NZL 12 AUS 17 Round 3: China 2013 China Women's Sevens 31 March – Guangzhou ENG 19 CAN 0 31 March – Guangzhou NZL 24 USA 12 31 March – Guangzhou NZL 19 ENG 5 31 March – Guangzhou USA 5 CAN 17 Round 4: Netherlands 2013 Netherlands Women's Sevens 17 May – Amsterdam NZL 24 RUS 10 17 May – Amsterdam ENG 7 CAN 12 18 May – Amsterdam NZL 33 CAN 24 18 May – Amsterdam RUS 26 ENG 5 References http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2063752.html#irb+announces+womens+sevens+world+series IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series International Rugby Board 4 October 2012 4 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20141019122715/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2063752.html#irb+announces+womens+sevens+world+series 2014-10-19 dead External links http://wsws.irb.com expanded 2012–13 Category:2012 rugby sevens competitions Category:2013 rugby sevens competitions Category:2012 in women's rugby union Category:2013 in women's rugby union