2019 Japan Women's Sevens

The 2019 Japan Women's Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the third edition of the Japan Women's Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 20–21 April 2019 at Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu.

2019 Japan Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VII
Host nation	Japan
Date	20–21 April 2019
Cup
Champion	Canada
Runner-up	England
Third	United States
Challenge Trophy
Winner	Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played	34
Tries scored	212 (average 6.24 per match)
Most points	Alev Kelter (53)
Most tries	Anne-Cécile Ciofani (9)
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Format

The 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 brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Eleven core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, 2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series winner Japan:

• Australia
• Canada
• China
• England
• Fiji
• France
• Ireland
• Japan
• New Zealand
• Russia
• Spain
• United States

Pool stage

All times in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	95	36	+59	9
New Zealand	3	1	1	1	67	46	+21	6
Russia	3	1	1	1	55	71	–16	6
Japan	3	0	0	3	40	104	–64	3

20 April 2019 11:58

France	33–10	Russia
Try: Ciofani 1'c Bertrand (2) 3'c, 9'c Konde 12' Okemba 14'c Con: Izar (3/3) 2', 4', 10' Drouin (1/2) 14'	Report	Try: Zdrokova 5'm Khamidova 7'm Con: Lushina (0/2)

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

20 April 2019 12:20

New Zealand	43–0	Japan
Try: Faleafaga (2) 1'c, 7'm Waaka (2) 2'm, 5'c Williams 9'c Baker 11'm Willison 14'c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/5) 1', 5', 9' Willison (1/2) 14'	Report

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)

20 April 2019 14:42

New Zealand	17–17	Russia
Try: Baker 7'm Saili 10'm Nathan-Wong 14'c Con: Nathan-Wong (1/3) 14'	Report	Try: Baranchuk 6'm Khamidova 8'm Zdrokova 13'c Con: Lushina (1/3) 13'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Sara Cox (England)

20 April 2019 15:04

France	33–19	Japan
Try: Ciofani (2) 1'c, 7'c Bertrand 2'c Horta 10'm Okemba 14'c Con: Drouin (4/5) 2', 3', 7', 14'	Report	Try: Tsutsumi (2) 3'c, 9'm Ito 13'c Con: Okuroda (2/3) 4', 13'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

20 April 2019 17:26

New Zealand	7–29	France
Try: Robins-Reti 9'c Con: Robins-Reti (1/1) 10'	Report	Try: Okemba 1'c Ciofani (2) 7'c, 7'm Izar 12'm Pelle 14'm Con: Drouin (2/3) 1', 7' Izar (0/1) Konde (0/1)

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)

20 April 2019 17:48

Russia	28–21	Japan
Try: Khamidova (2) 2'c, 7'c Seredina 10'c Zdrokova 13'c Con: Lushina (1/1) 3' Kukina (3/3) 8', 10', 14'	Report	Try: Hirano 4'c Matsuda (2) 7'c, 9'c Con: Okuroda (3/3) 5', 7', 9'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	85	50	+35	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	97	22	+75	7
Spain	3	1	0	2	53	88	–35	5
China	3	0	0	3	45	120	–75	3

20 April 2019 11:14

Canada	26–17	Spain
Try: Lukan 2'c Williams 7'c Benn 12'c Farella 14'm Con: Landry (3/4) 3', 7', 13'	Report	Try: Echebarría 5'm L. Erbina (2) 7'm, 10'c Con: García (1/3) 11'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

20 April 2019 11:36

Australia	47–0	China
Try: Quirk 2'c Tonegato (3) 3'c, 8'c, 9'c Caslick 4'c Treherne 7'm Dick 13'c Con: Treherne (4/5) 2', 3', 5', 8' Sykes (2/2) 10', 13'	Report

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)

20 April 2019 13:58

Canada	42–19	China
Try: Paquin 1'c Williams (2) 2'c, 8'c Wardley 4'c Farella (2) 11'c, 13'c Con: Landry (3/3) 1', 3', 4' Nicholas (3/3) 9', 11', 13'	Report	Try: Chen (2) 6'c, 7'c Hu 14'm Con: Gu (2/2) 6', 7' Yang (0/1)

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)

20 April 2019 14:20

Australia	36–5	Spain
Try: Green 1'm Caslick (2) 2'c, 10'm Pelite 5'm Dick 7'c Quirk 8'c Con: Sykes (3/6) 3', 7', 8'	Report	Try: Losada 12'm Con: García (0/1)

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

20 April 2019 16:42

Spain	31–26	China
Try: Losada 1'm Echebarría 7'c Bravo 8'c Algar 12'c Requena 13'm Con: García (1/2) 7' Bravo (1/1) 8' Algar (1/2) 12'	Report	Try: Min 3'm Yu 5'c Chen 10'c Ruan 14'c Con: Gu (2/3) 6', 14' Chen (1/1) 10'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Madeline Putz (Australia)

20 April 2019 17:04

Australia	14–17	Canada
Try: Sykes (2) 5'c, 8'c Con: Sykes (2/2) 6', 8'	Report	Try: Farella 1'm Paquin 3'm Lukan 12'c Con: Landry (1/3) 12'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	89	24	+65	9
England	3	2	0	1	73	58	+15	7
Ireland	3	1	0	2	43	56	–13	5
Fiji	3	0	0	3	30	97	–67	3

20 April 2019 10:30

Ireland	31–10	Fiji
Try: Murphy-Crowe (3) 0'm, 7'c, 13'c Higgins 4'c Tyrell 10'm Con: Mulhall (3/5) 4', 7', 14'	Report	Try: Solikoviti 5'm Naimasi 8'm Con: Tisolo (0/2)

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Sara Cox (England)

20 April 2019 10:52

United States	43–7	England
Try: Thomas 1'm Kelter (2) 3'm, 14'c Emba 7'c Fa'avesi 8'c Tapper (2) 10'c, 12'm Con: Kelter (4/7) 7', 8', 11', 14'	Report	Try: Rowland 2'c Con: Aitchison (1/1) 3'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)

20 April 2019 13:14

Ireland	0–31	England
	Report	Try: Matthews 1'c Quansah 3'm Aitchison 7'c Uren 11'm Adam 14'c Con: Aitchison (2/4) 1', 14' Rowland (1/1) 7'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

20 April 2019 13:36

United States	31–5	Fiji
Try: Thomas 1'm Kelter 2'c Fa'avesi 6'c Maher 9'c Heavirland 14'm Con: Kelter (3/4) 3', 6', 10' Heavirland (0/1)	Report	Try: Savu 3' Con: Tisolo (0/1)

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Madeline Putz (Australia)

20 April 2019 15:58

Fiji	15–35	England
Try: Tisolo 0'm Daveua 7'm Savu 9'm Con: Tisolo (0/2) Seniyasi (0/1)	Report	Try: Uren 4'c Wilson-Hardy 6'c Jones 8'c Aitchison 12'c Quansah 13'c Con: Aitchison (4/4) 4', 6', 9', 12', 14'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)

20 April 2019 16:20

United States	15–12	Ireland
Try: Canett 4'm Kirshe 8' Kelter 11' Con: Heavirland (0/2) Kelter (0/1)	Report	Try: Murphy-Crowe 2'c Lane 7'm Con: Mulhall (1/2) 2'

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Sara Cox (England)

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

	Semi-finals				Final
	21 April 2019 – 11:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	Spain	12
					21 April 2019 – 15:26 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	China	5
					Spain	12
	21 April 2019 – 12:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					Fiji	41
	Japan	17
	Fiji	28
					Third place
					21 April 2019 – 15:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					China	7
					Japan	0

Matches

Semifinals 21 April 2019 11:58 Spain 12–5 China Try: Algar 5'm Martínez 7'c Con: García (1/2) 7' Report Try: Liu 9'm Con: Chen (0/1) Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan) 21 April 2019 12:20 Japan 17–28 Fiji Try: Tsutsumi 2'm Hirano 7'c Ito 14'm Con: Okuroda (1/3) Report Try: Naimasi (2) 4'c, 7'c Sokoiwasa 8'c Roqica 10'c Con: Tisolo (4/4) 4', 8', 9', 10' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia) Eleventh Place 21 April 2019 15:04 China 7–0 Japan Try: Gu 4'c Con: Gu (1/1) 5' Report Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand) Final 21 April 2019 15:26 Spain 12–41 Fiji Try: Algar 4'c Fresneda 7'm Con: García (1/2) 4' Report Try: Savu (3) 0'c, 8'm, 10'm Naimasi 3'm Daveua (2) 6'c, 13'c Korowaqa 12'm Con: Tisolo (2/5) 1', 6' Rokounono (1/2) 14' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Madeline Putz (Australia)

5th place

	Semi-finals				Final
	21 April 2019 – 13:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	Russia	0
					21 April 2019 – 16:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	New Zealand	36
					New Zealand	34
	21 April 2019 – 13:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					Australia	26
	Australia	29
	Ireland	7
					Seventh Place
					21 April 2019 – 16:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					Russia	14
					Ireland	15

Matches

Semifinals 21 April 2019 13:36 Russia 0–36 New Zealand Report Try: Tui 3'm Nathan-Wong 6'm Baker 8'c Hirini (2) 10'c, 14'c Faleafaga 12'm Con: Nathan-Wong (3/6) 8', 11', 14' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Madeline Putz (Australia) 21 April 2019 13:58 Australia 29–7 Ireland Try: Sykes 3'm Tonegato (2) 7'c, 10'm Caslick 12'c Paki 14'm Con: Sykes (2/5) 7', 12' Report Try: Murphy-Crowe 4'c Con: Mulhall (1/1) 5' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand) Seventh Place 21 April 2019 16:20 Russia 14–15 Ireland Try: Khamidova 4'c Shestakova 7'c Con: Lushina (2/2) 5', 7' Report Try: Higgins (2) 3'm, 9'm Galvin 9'm Con: Higgins (0/3) Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan) Final 21 April 2019 16:42 New Zealand 34–26 Australia Try: Hirini (2) 0'c, 5'c Faleafaga 2'm Saili 3'm Tui 7'm Nathan-Wong 8'm Con: Nathan-Wong (2/6) 1', 6' Report Try: Murphy 9'c Green 12'c Sykes 13'm Con: Treherne (2/2) 10', 12' Sykes (1/2) 13' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Sara Cox (England)

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 April 2019 – 10:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	Canada	17
					21 April 2019 – 14:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	Russia	14
					Canada	24
	21 April 2019 – 10:52 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					United States	12
	United States	26
									21 April 2019 – 17:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	New Zealand	19
									Canada	7
	21 April 2019 – 11:14 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
									England	5
	Australia	7
					21 April 2019 – 14:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	England	21
					England	19
	21 April 2019 – 11:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					France	17			Third place
	France	19
									21 April 2019 – 17:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	Ireland	0
									United States	36
									France	12

Matches

Quarterfinals 21 April 2019 10:30 Canada 17–14 Russia Try: Landry 1'm Williams 5'm Paquin 7'c Con: Landry (1/3) 7' Report Try: Khamidova 9'c Zdrokova 11'c Con: Lushina (2/2) 9', 11' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Sara Cox 21 April 2019 10:52 United States 26–19 New Zealand Try: Tapper 2'c Thomas 7'm Kelter 7'c Kirshe 13'c Con: Kelter (3/4) 3', 8', 13' Report Try: Faleafaga 4'm Williams (2) 9'c, 11'c Con: Nathan-Wong (2/3) 10', 12' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji) 21 April 2019 11:14 Australia 7–21 England Try: Tonegato 14'c Con: Sykes Report Try: Matthews 2'c Rowland 8'c Aitchison 11'c Con: Aitchison (3/3) 2', 9', 11' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa) 21 April 2019 11:36 France 19–0 Ireland Try: Ciofani 7'c Okemba 7'c Pelle 10'm Con: Izar (2/3) 7', 7' Report Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia) Semifinals 21 April 2019 14:20 Canada 24–12 United States Try: Farella (2) 3'c, 8'm Greenshields 4'c Landry 10'm Con: Landry (2/4) 3', 4' Report Try: Doyle (2) 7'c, 14'c Con: Kelter (1/1) 7' Emba (0/1) Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa) 21 April 2019 14:42 England 19–17 France Try: Brown (2) 5'c, 10'c Uren 7'm Con: Aitchison (2/3) 5', 11' Report Try: Okemba 1'm Ciofani (2) 6', 9' Con: Izar (1/3) 6' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji) Third Place 21 April 2019 17:04 United States 36–12 France Try: Maher 4'c Doyle (2) 6'm, 12'm Tapper (2) 7'c, 10'c Kirshe 9'm Con: Kelter (3/6) 4', 7', 11' Report Try: Neissen 1'm Ciofani 3'c Con: Izar (1/2) 3' Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia) Final 21 April 2019 17:30 Canada 7–5 England Try: Landry 14'c Con: Landry (1/1) 14' Report Try: Wilson-Hardy 5'm Con: Aitchison (0/1) Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	Canada	20
	England	18
	United States	16
4	France	14
5	New Zealand	12
6	Australia	10

Place	Team	Points
7	Ireland	8
8	Russia	6
9	Fiji	4
10	Spain	3
11	China	2
12	Japan	1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Anne-Cécile Ciofani	9
2	Baizat Khamidova	6
	Bianca Farella
	Emma Tonegato
5	7 players	5

Points scored

Rank	Player	Points
1	Alev Kelter	53
2	Anne-Cécile Ciofani	45
3	Emma Sykes	42
4	Holly Aitchison	41
5	Ghislaine Landry	37
	Tyla Nathan-Wong

Source: World Rugby

See also

• World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

External links

• World Rugby info