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2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox Rugby World Sevens

| name = World Rugby
Women's Sevens Series III

| countries = {{ARE}}
{{BRA}}
{{USA}}
{{CAN}}
{{ENG}}
{{NLD}}

| date = 4 Dec 2014 – 23 May 2015

| nations =

| champions = {{ru7w|NZL}}

| runnersup = {{ru7w|CAN}}

| top point scorer = {{flagicon|NZL}} Portia Woodman

| top try scorer = {{flagicon|NZL}} Portia Woodman (52)

| prevseason = 2013–14

| nextseason = 2015–16

}}

The 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the third edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (formerly the IRB Women's Sevens World Series), an annual series of tournaments organised by World Rugby for women's national teams in rugby sevens. The series also doubled as an Olympic qualifier for the first time ever.

For the second time in the series' history, the number of events increased. The first series in 2012–13 featured four events. The 2013–14 series was initially announced with six events,{{cite press release |url=http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2068654.html#schedule+announced+201314+womens+series |title=IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=22 August 2013 |accessdate=15 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000501/http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2068654.html#schedule+announced+201314+womens+series |archive-date=5 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} but only five were actually scheduled and played. This season's series included six events.

As in previous seasons, the number of teams in each of the events was set at 12; however, the number of core teams that participate in all series events increased to 11.{{cite press release |url=http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2072395.html#host+cities+announced+womens+series |title=Host cities announced for women's series |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=31 July 2014 |accessdate=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810044833/http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2072395.html#host+cities+announced+womens+series |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Also for the first time, the women's series held a core team qualifying tournament at Hong Kong, similar to that held in the men's HSBC Sevens World Series.{{cite press release |url=http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2072234.html#womens+sevens+series+places+grabs |title=Women's Sevens Series places up for grabs |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=8 July 2014 |accessdate=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008180819/http://wsws.irb.com/news/newsid=2072234.html#womens+sevens+series+places+grabs |archive-date=8 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}

The competition

As in the case of the men's counterpart, the series winner was the team that collected the most points throughout the season, based on individual tournament finishes.

The number of "core teams" that participate in all series events increased to 11 for the 2014–15 series, up from six in the inaugural 2012–13 series and nine in 2013–14. The top seven finishers in the 2013–14 series were granted core team status for 2014–15:

  • {{ru7w|AUS}}
  • {{ru7w|CAN}}
  • {{ru7w|ENG}}
  • {{ru7w|NZL}}
  • {{ru7w|RUS}}
  • {{ru7w|ESP}}
  • {{ru7w|USA}}

Four more core teams were determined in a qualifying tournament:

  • {{ru7w|CHN}}
  • {{ru7w|FJI}}
  • {{ru7w|FRA}}
  • {{ru7w|ZAF}}

=Events=

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! colspan=4 style="border-right:0px;"; | 2014–15 Itinerary

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! width=7%|Leg

! width=15%|Venue

! width=7%|Dates

! width=7%|Winner

| DubaiThe Sevens, Dubai4–5 December 2014{{ru7w|NZL}}
| BrazilArena Barueri, São Paulo7–8 February 2015{{ru7w|NZL}}
| United StatesFifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, Georgia (Atlanta)14–15 March 2015{{ru7w|NZL}}
| CanadaWesthills Stadium, Langford, British Columbia (Victoria)18–19 April 2015{{ru7w|NZL}}
| LondonTwickenham Stoop and Twickenham Stadium, London15–16 May 2015{{ru7w|AUS}}
| NetherlandsNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam22–23 May 2015{{ru7w|CAN}}

= Qualifying tournament =

The core team qualifying tournament was held at Shek Kip Mei Stadium in Hong Kong on 12–13 September 2014.

The qualifier began with a single round-robin pool stage, with teams divided into three four-team pools. The top two teams from each pool, plus the top two third-place finishers, advanced to a knockout stage. The four quarterfinal winners qualified as core teams for 2014–15.

  1. {{ru7w|FJI}} (qualified)
  2. {{ru7w|FRA}} (qualified)
  3. {{ru7w|CHN}} (qualified)
  4. {{ru7w|ZAF}} (qualified)
  5. {{ru7w|JPN}}
  6. {{ru7w|BRA}}
  7. {{ru7w|NLD}}
  8. {{ru7w|PRT}}
  9. {{ru7w|HKG}}
  10. {{ru7w|ARG}}
  11. {{ru7w|KEN}}
  12. {{ru7w|MEX}}

Points schedule

The season championship was to be determined by points earned in each tournament. The scoring system was the same used in the previous year's series.

  • 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

Table

Final standings for the 2014–15 series:

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! colspan=9 style="border-right:0px;"; | Women's Rugby Sevens
World Series III

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! style="width:2em; | {{noflag}}
Pos.

! {{diagonal split header|Team|Event }}

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|Dubai}}
Dubai

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|BRA}}
São Paulo

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|USA}}
Atlanta

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|CAN}}
Langford

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|ENG}}
London

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|NED}}
Amsterdam

! Points
total

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|{{gold1}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|NZL}}

202020201612108
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|{{silver2}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|CAN}}

16161610182096
bgcolor=ccffcc style="border-left:3px solid navy"

|{{bronze3}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|AUS}}

1818128201894
bgcolor=ccffcc style="border-left:3px solid navy"

|4

|align=left|{{ru7w|ENG}}{{ref|britain| a}}

1212816121676
bgcolor=ccffcc

|5

|align=left|{{ru7w|USA}}

8101812141476
bgcolor=ccffcc

|6

|align=left|{{ru7w|FRA}}

14141014101072
bgcolor=ccffcc

|7

|align=left|{{ru7w|RUS}}

6814188660
bgcolor=ccffcc

|8

|align=left|{{ru7w|FIJ}}

104464432
bgcolor=ccffcc

|9

|align=left|{{ru7w|ESP}}

23346826
10

|align=left|{{ru7w|BRA}}

46631-20
11

|align=left|{{ru7w|CHN}}

12223313
12

|align=left|{{ru7w|RSA}}

3111219
13

|align=left|{{ru7w|NED}}

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:

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!style="border-left:0px;"| Legend

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|Qualified as a core team for women's rugby sevens World Series IV and the 2016 Summer Olympics

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|Qualified as a core team for women's rugby sevens World Series IV

|Did not directly qualify for women's rugby sevens World Series IV

{{note|britain|a}} By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England, as highest finisher among those nations in the 2013–14 series, represents Great Britain for the purposes of Olympic qualification.{{cite press release

|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode=1280/season=2013/news/newsid=2071465.html#england+nominated+qualify+gb+olympics

|title=England nominated to qualify GB for Olympics

|publisher=International Rugby Board

|date=11 July 2014

|accessdate=26 August 2014

|url-status=usurped

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006080412/http://www.irbsevens.com/archive/tcode%3D1280/season%3D2013/news/newsid%3D2071465.html

|archivedate=6 October 2014

}}

Tournaments

=Dubai=

{{main|2014 Dubai Women's Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=550 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semifinalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7w|NZL}}

|19–17

|align=left|{{ru7w|AUS}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|CAN}} (3rd)
{{ru7w|FRA}}

Plate

|align=left|{{ru7w|ENG}}

|19–12

|align=left|{{ru7w|FIJ}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|USA}} (7th)
{{ru7w|RUS}}

Bowl

|align=left|{{ru7w|BRA}}

|17–7

|align=left|{{ru7w|RSA}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|ESP}} (11th)
{{ru7w|CHN}}

=São Paulo=

{{main|2015 São Paulo Women's Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=550 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semifinalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7w|NZL}}

|17–10

|align=left|{{ru7w|AUS}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|CAN}} (3rd)
{{ru7w|FRA}}

Plate

|align=left|{{ru7w|ENG}}

|14–5

|align=left|{{ru7w|USA}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|RUS}} (7th)
{{ru7w|BRA}}

Bowl

|align=left|{{ru7w|FIJ}}

|17–12

|align=left|{{ru7w|ESP}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|CHN}} (11th)
{{ru7w|RSA}}

=Atlanta=

{{main|2015 USA Women's Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=550 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semifinalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7w|NZL}}

|50–12

|align=left|{{ru7w|USA}}

|align=left| {{ru7w|CAN}} (3rd)
{{ru7w|RUS}}

Plate

|align=left|{{ru7w|AUS}}

|26–17

|align=left|{{ru7w|FRA}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|ENG}} (7th)
{{ru7w|BRA}}

Bowl

|align=left|{{ru7w|FIJ}}

|17–12

|align=left|{{ru7w|ESP}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|CHN}} (11th)
{{ru7w|RSA}}

=Victoria=

{{main|2015 Canada Women's Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=550 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semifinalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7w|NZL}}

|29–10

|align=left|{{ru7w|RUS}}

|align=left| {{ru7w|ENG}} (3rd)
{{ru7w|FRA}}

Plate

|align=left|{{ru7w|USA}}

|19–12

|align=left|{{ru7w|CAN}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|AUS}} (7th)
{{ru7w|FIJ}}

Bowl

|align=left|{{ru7w|ESP}}

|14–12

|align=left|{{ru7w|BRA}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|CHN}} (11th)
{{ru7w|RSA}}

=London=

{{main|2015 London Women's Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=550 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semifinalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7w|AUS}}

|20–17

|align=left|{{ru7w|CAN}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|NZL}} (3rd)
{{ru7w|USA}}

Plate

|align=left|{{ru7w|ENG}}

|19–0

|align=left|{{ru7w|FRA}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|RUS}} (7th)
{{ru7w|ESP}}

Bowl

|align=left|{{ru7w|FIJ}}

|31–0

|align=left|{{ru7w|CHN}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|RSA}} (11th)
{{ru7w|BRA}}

=Amsterdam=

{{main|2015 Netherlands Women's Sevens}}

class="wikitable" width=550 style="text-align: center"
Event

!Winners

!Score

!Finalists

!Semifinalists

Cup

|align=left|{{ru7w|CAN}}

|20–17

|align=left|{{ru7w|AUS}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|ENG}} (3rd)
{{ru7w|USA}}

Plate

|align=left|{{ru7w|NZL}}

|35–5

|align=left|{{ru7w|FRA}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|ESP}} (7th)
{{ru7w|RUS}}

Bowl

|align=left|{{ru7w|FIJ}}

|38–12

|align=left|{{ru7w|CHN}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|NED}} (11th)
{{ru7w|RSA}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series}}

{{2014–15 IRB Women's Sevens World Series}}

{{World Rugby Women's Sevens Series|state=expanded}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:World Rugby}}

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