The 2015 London Women's Sevens was the third edition of the London Women's Sevens, and the first tournament hosted in England to be a part of the Women's World Series. It was held over the weekend of 15–16 May 2015 at Twickenham Stadium and The Stoop in London,[1] as the fifth event of the 2014–15 series.
| 2015 London Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series III | |
| Host nation |  England |
| Date | 15–16 May 2015 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Australia |
| Runner-up |  Canada |
| Third |  New Zealand |
| Plate | |
| Winner | England |
| Runner-up |  France |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Fiji |
| Runner-up |  China |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
2016 → | |
Format
editThe teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets along with the top two third place teams. The rest of the teams go to the Bowl bracket.
Teams
editPool stage
edit| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 19 | +54 | 7 |
| France
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 7 |
 Spain
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 7 |
 Brazil
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 84 | −65 | 3 |
Pool B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 12 | +78 | 9 |
| England
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 7 |
 Russia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 5 |
 South Africa
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 113 | −89 | 3 |
Pool C
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 8 |
 United States
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 38 | +38 | 8 |
| Fiji
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 5 |
| China
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 85 | −66 | 3 |
Knockout stage
editBowl
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 16 May 2015 – 11:58 – The Stoop, London | ||||||
| Fiji | 38 | |||||
| 16 May 2015 – 16:00 – The Stoop, London | ||||||
| South Africa | 5 | |||||
| Fiji | 31 | |||||
| 16 May 2015 – 12:20 – The Stoop, London | ||||||
| China | 0 | |||||
| Brazil | 17 | |||||
| China | 19 | |||||
| 11th place | ||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 14:58 – The Stoop, London | ||||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||
| Brazil | 7 | |||||
Plate
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 16 May 2015 – 13:30 – The Stoop, London | ||||||
| Russia | 14 | |||||
| 16 May 2015 – 16:47 – The Stoop, London | ||||||
| France | 22 | |||||
| France | 0 | |||||
| 16 May 2015 – 13:52 – The Stoop, London | ||||||
| England | 19 | |||||
| England | 10 | |||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 16:25 – The Stoop, London | ||||||
| Russia | 19 | |||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||
Cup
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 10:30 – The Stoop, London | ||||||||||
| Canada | 26 | |||||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 14:14 – The Stoop, London | ||||||||||
| Russia | 5 | |||||||||
| Canada | 17 | |||||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 10:52 – The Stoop, London | ||||||||||
| United States | 14 | |||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 18:30 – Twickenham, London | ||||||||||
| France | 12 | |||||||||
| Canada | 17 | |||||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 11:14 – The Stoop, London | ||||||||||
| Australia | 20 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 14:36 – The Stoop, London | ||||||||||
| England | 12 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 5 | |||||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 11:36 – The Stoop, London | ||||||||||
| Australia | 24 | Third place | ||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| 16 May 2015 – 18:08 – Twickenham, London | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| United States | 19 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Twickenham to host women's final at London Sevens. World Rugby. 30 April 2015.