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2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

The 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acted not only as a qualifier for the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, but also for seeding purposes for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens for five of the teams.[1] The tournament was played on 5–6 April 2018 with pool stage matches played at So Kon Po Rec Ground with knock-out stage matches played at the Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong alongside the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens for men.

2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nationHong Kong Hong Kong
Date5–6 April 2018
Cup
Champion China
Runner-up South Africa
Tournament details
Matches played25
← 2017
2019 →

Continental qualifying

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Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify. Teams in bold also qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Continental Sevens Championship Dates Venue(s) Berths Qualified
2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series 3 June–
16 July 2017		   Malemort,
  Kazan		 3   Wales
  Belgium
  Poland
2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens 16–17 September 2017   Monastir 2   South Africa
  Kenya
2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series 23 September–
14 October 2017		   Incheon,
  Colombo		 3   China
  Kazakhstan
  Hong Kong
2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship 10–11 November 2017   Suva 1   Papua New Guinea
2017 Torneo Valentín Martinez (Sudamérica) 10–11 November 2017   Montevideo 2   Brazil
  Argentina
2017 RAN Women's Sevens 25–26
November 2017		   Mexico City 1   Mexico
Total 12

Format

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12 teams, split into three groups of four. The group winners, runners up and the two best third ranked teams will enter the knockout stage. The overall winner will gain a spot on the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens series.

Pool Stage

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All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool X

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Kenya 3 3 0 0 81 17 +64 9
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 69 41 +28 7
  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 49 48 +1 5
  Mexico 3 0 0 3 5 98 –93 3
5 April 2018 Kenya   17–5   Papua New Guinea So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
10:30 Try: Chajira 7'c
Nziwa 11'm
Olando 12'c
Con: Owino (2/3) 7', 12'
 Try: Lagona 8'm
Con: Lagona (0/1)
Cards: Abau   10' to 12' 		Referee:   Ashleigh Murray
5 April 2018 South Africa   31–0   Mexico So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
10:52 Try: Mpupha 1'm
Roos 3'm, 5'c
Mali 10'c
Jordaan 13'c
Con: Stadler (2/2) 5', 13'
Roos (1/3) 10'
Cards: Mali   14' to 14'
Ndawonde   14' to 14' 		Cards: Carrillo   10' to 12' Referee:   Katherine Ritchie
5 April 2018 Kenya   40–0   Mexico So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
13:04 Try: Okelo 4'c
Masinde 6'c, 12'c
Chajira 7'c, 14'm
Nziwa 8'c
Con: Nziwa (1/1) 4'
Owino (4/4) 6', 7', 9', 13'
Okulu (0/1)
 Referee:   Lauren Jenner
5 April 2018 South Africa   26–17   Papua New Guinea So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
13:26 Try: Simmers 3'c
Mpupha 9'c
Roos 11'm
Mali 13'c
Con: Jordaan (3/4) 4', 10', 13'
 Try: Lagona 1'm
Rama 7'm
Biyama 14'c
Con: Lavai (1/1)14'
Lagona (0/2)
Cards: Lagona   3' to 5' 		Referee:   Maddy Putz
5 April 2018 Papua New Guinea   27–5   Mexico So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
15:38 Try: Griffins 2'm
Rama 6'm
Lagona 7'm, 8'm
Kaore 14'c
Con: Lagona (1/4) 14'
Gittins (0/1)
Cards: Sampson   5' to 7' 		Try: Angulo 13'm
Con: Gonzalez (0/1)
 Referee:   Tyler Miller
5 April 2018 South Africa   12–24   Kenya So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
16:00 Try: Webb 4'm
Grain 14'c
Con: Jordaan (1/1) 14'
Mpupha (0/1)
 Try: Omondi 2'm, 10'c
Okelo 6'c, 12'm
Con: Nziwa (1/1) 6'
Owino (1/3) 11'
 Referee:   Emily Hsieh

Pool Y

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  China 3 3 0 0 64 19 +45 9
  Brazil 3 2 0 1 65 41 +24 7
  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 24 69 –45 5
  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 29 53 –24 3
5 April 2018 China   14–7   Kazakhstan So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
11:14 Try: Gao 5'c
Liu 14'
Con: Yu (2/2) 5', 14'
 Try: Tkacheva 7'c
Con: Baktybayeva (1/1) 7'
 Referee:   Lauren Jenner
5 April 2018 Brazil   38–0   Hong Kong So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
11:36 Try: B Silva 3'c, 10'c
L Silva 7'm
Muhlbauer 8'c
Zanellato 12'm, 14'c
Con: Kochhann (4/6) 4', 8', 10', 14'
 Referee:   Maddy Putz
5 April 2018 China   19–7   Hong Kong So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
13:48 Try: Chen 2'c
Yang 3'm
Liu 8'c
Con: Yang (1/2) 2'
Chen 8'
Cards: Sun   14' to 14' 		Try: Nam 14'c
Con: Chan (1/1) 14'
 Referee:   Tyler Miller
5 April 2018 Brazil   22–10   Kazakhstan So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
14:10 Try: B Silva 7'm
Araujo 9'c, 12'm
Zanellato 14'm
Con: Kochhan (1/4) 9'
Cards: Araujo   4' to 6' 		Try: Proskurina 4'm
Tkacheva 6'm
Con: Baktybayeva (0/2)
 Referee:   Emily Hsieh
5 April 2018 Kazakhstan   12–17   Hong Kong So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
16:22 Try: Tkacheva 3'c, 5'm
Con: Baktybayeva (1/2) 4'
Cards: Korotkih   1' to 3'
Proskurina   14' to !4' 		Try: Nam 1'm
Olson-Thorne 7'm
Poon 8'c
Con: Tjosvold (1/3) 8'
 Referee:   Katherine Ritchie
5 April 2018 Brazil   5–31   China So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
16:44 Try: Kochhann 3'c
Con: Kochhann (0/1)
 Try: Yang 1'c
Wang 4'c, 9'c
Yu 7'm
Chen 8'm
Con: Yu (3/5) 1', 5', 9'
 Referee:   Ashleigh Murray

Pool Z

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Belgium 3 3 0 0 43 5 +38 9
  Wales 3 2 0 1 71 34 +37 7
  Argentina 3 1 0 2 26 64 –38 5
  Poland 3 0 0 3 22 59 –37 3
5 April 2018 Belgium   12–0   Argentina So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
11:58 Try: Blondiau 4'm
Rosier 13'c
Con: D'Haeseleir (1/2) 13'
 Referee:   Tyler Miller
5 April 2018 Wales   19–17   Poland So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
12:20 Try: Joyce 1'm, 3'c
Harries 9'c
Con: Snowsill (2/3) 4', 9'
 Try: Klichowska 4'c
Paszczyk 7'm, 13'm
Con: Jaszczyszyn (1/3) 5'
 Referee:   Emily Hsieh
5 April 2018 Belgium   19–0   Poland So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
14:32 Try: Blondlau 4'c, 7'c, 10'm
Con: D'Haeseleir (2/3) 4', 7'
 Referee:   Katherine Ritchie
5 April 2018 Wales   47–5   Argentina So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
14:54 Try: Powell 6'c
Williams 7'
Joyce 8'c, 8'c, 13'c
Powell-Hughes 10'c
Snowsill 11'c
Con: Jones (3/3) 6', 9', 13'
Snowsill (3/3) 8', 11', 11'
 Try: Padellaro 1'm
Con: Gonzalez (0/1)
 Referee:   Ashleigh Murray
5 April 2018 Argentina   21–5   Poland So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
17:06 Try: Gonzalez 2'c
Agullar 7'c
Pedrozo 9'c
Con: Gonzalez (3/3) 2', 7', 10'
 Try: Kowalczyk 14'm
Con: Paszczyk (0/1)
Cards: Paszczyk   11' to 13' 		Referee:   Lauren Jenner
5 April 2018 Wales   5–12   Belgium So Kon Po Rec Ground, Hong Kong  
17:28 Try: Joyce 11'm
Con: Snowsill (0/1)
 Try: Lalli 4'c
D'Haeseleir 14'm
Con: D'Haeseleir (1/2) 4'
 Referee:   Maddy Putz

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsWorld Series Qualifier Final
 
          
 
6 April 2017 – 10:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
  China31
 
6 April 2017 – 14:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Papua New Guinea10
 
  China22
 
6 April 2017 – 10:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Belgium5
 
  Belgium17
 
6 April 2017 – 17:12 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Brazil12
 
  China31
 
6 April 2017 – 11:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  South Africa14
 
  Wales0
 
6 April 2017 – 14:34 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  South Africa26
 
  South Africa12 (a.e.t.)
 
6 April 2017 – 11:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
  Kenya7
 
  Kenya17 (a.e.t.)
 
 
  Argentina12
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification explained". World Rugby. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Match Schedule". Hong Kong Sevens. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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