2012 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens

| countries = {{flagicon|HKG}} Hong Kong

| date = 23–24 March

| champions1 = {{Ru7w|ENG}}

| runnersup1 = {{Ru7w|AUS}}

| champions2 = {{Ru7w|ESP}}

| runnersup2 = {{Ru7w|CHN}}

| champions3 ={{Ru7w|BRA}}

| runnersup3 ={{Ru7w|HKG}}

| matches =23

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| prevseason = 2011

| nextseason = 2013

}}

The 2012 Hong Kong Women's Sevens was the 15th edition of the competition, and the second tournament in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-05 |title=Pools set for Hong Kong |url=https://www.scrumqueens.com/news/pools-set-hong-kong |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Scrum Queens |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2012-03-06 |title=Pools for IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup Hong Kong |url=https://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/63-WomenSevens.shtml |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.asiatraveltips.com}} The event was held from the 23rd to the 24th of March at Hong Kong, twelve teams competed in the tournament. Spain and Brazil made their Hong Kong debut.

England beat Australia in the Cup final at the Hong Kong Stadium to claim the Cup title.{{cite web |author=IRB |date=24 March 2012 |title=England win IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup |url=http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/news/newsid=2061399.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524182424/http://irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/news/newsid=2061399.html |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |access-date=28 March 2012}}

Teams

  • {{ruw7|AUS}}
  • {{ruw7|BRA}}
  • {{ruw7|CAN}}
  • {{ruw7|CHN}}
  • {{ruw7|ENG}}
  • {{ruw7|HKG}}

  • {{ruw7|JPN}}
  • {{ruw7|NED}}
  • {{ruw7|RUS}}
  • {{ruw7|ESP}}
  • {{ruw7|TUN}}
  • {{ruw7|USA}}

{{clear}}

Pool Stages

= Pool A =

class="wikitable" style="width:50%"
Nation

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! For

! Against

{{ruw7|Canada}}

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 69

| 5

{{ruw7|Russia}}

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 34

| 24

{{ruw7|Brazil}}

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 74

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|CAN}}|score=45–0|team2={{ruw|BRA}}}}{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|BRA}}|score=0–29|team2={{ruw|RUS}}}}{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|CAN}}|score=24–5|team2={{ruw|RUS}}}}

= Pool B =

class="wikitable" style="width:50%"
Nation

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! For

! Against

{{ruw7|England}}

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 69

| 7

{{ruw7|China}}

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 42

| 36

{{ruw7|Japan}}

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 5

| 73

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|ENG}}|score=31–7|team2={{ruw|CHN}}}}{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|CHN}}|score=35–5|team2={{ruw|JPN}}}}{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|ENG}}|score=38–0|team2={{ruw|JPN}}}}

= Pool C =

class="wikitable" style="width:50%"
Nation

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! For

! Against

{{ruw7|Australia}}

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 80

| 21

{{ruw7|Netherlands}}

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 40

| 33

{{ruw7|Hong Kong}}

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 5

| 71

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|AUS}}|score=28–21|team2={{ruw|NED}}}}{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|NED}}|score=19–5|team2={{ruw|HKG}}}}{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|AUS}}|score=52–0|team2={{ruw|HKG}}}}

= Pool D =

class="wikitable" style="width:50%" align=center
Nation

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! For

! Against

{{ruw7|USA}}

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 28

| 5

{{ruw7|Spain}}

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 50

| 8

{{ruw7|Tunisia}}

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 65

{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|USA}}|score=8–5|team2={{ruw|ESP}}}}{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|ESP}}|score=45–0|team2={{ruw|TUN}}}}{{Rugbybox2|team1={{ruw7-rt|USA}}|score=20–0|team2={{ruw|TUN}}}}

Classification stages

= Bowl Finals =

{{Round4-with third||{{ruw7|HKG}}|22|{{ruw7|TUN}}|0||{{ruw7|BRA}}|14|{{ruw7|JPN}}|12

||{{ruw7|BRA}}|19|{{ruw7|HKG}}|7

||{{ruw7|JPN}}|33|{{ruw7|TUN}}|0|RD2=Bowl Final|Consol=11th Place

}}

= Plate Finals =

{{Round4-with third||{{ruw7|CHN}}|21|{{ruw7|RUS}}|12||{{ruw7|ESP}}|14|{{ruw7|NED}}|0

||{{ruw7|ESP}}|12|{{ruw7|CHN}}|7

||{{ruw7|RUS}}|5|{{ruw7|NED}}|0|RD2=Plate Final|Consol=7th Place

}}

= Cup Finals =

{{Round4||{{ruw7|ENG}}|22|{{ruw7|CAN}}|12||{{ruw7|AUS}}|33|{{ruw7|USA}}|0

||{{ruw7|ENG}}|15|{{ruw7|AUS}}|10|RD2=Cup Final

}}

References