2023 RAN Women's Sevens

{{Short description|Rugby tournament}}

{{Infobox Rugby World Sevens

| countries = {{flagdeco|Canada}} Canada

| date = August 19–20; 2023

| nations = 4

| champions ={{ru7w|CAN}}

| runnersup ={{ru7w|MEX}}

| third ={{ru7w|JAM}}

| matches = 12

| attendance =

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| prevseason = 2022 (Nov)

| nextseason = 2024

}}

The 2023 RAN Women's Sevens are a North American rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Starlight Stadium, Langford on 19 and 20 August 2023; they were held in Canada for the second time. The defending champions are Mexico. The winners will earn qualification to the 2024 Olympics.{{Cite web |last=MacKinnon |first=Carly |date=2023-03-31 |title=Canada Named Host Country for the 2023 Rugby Americas North Sevens, Qualification Event for Olympic Games Paris 2024 |url=https://rugbyamericasnorth.com/canada-named-host-country-for-the-2023-rugby-americas-north-sevens-qualification-event-for-olympic-games-paris-2024/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=Rugby Americas North |language=en-US}}

Format

The teams a round-robin pool and each play against their pool opponents. The top two sides play in the final, the third and fourth place teams play for Bronze.

==Teams==

The four teams competing in British Columbia were:{{Cite web |last=MacKinnon |first=Carly |date=2023-05-03 |title=Senior Men's and Women's Teams Announced for 2023 RAN 7s |url=https://rugbyamericasnorth.com/senior-mens-and-womens-teams-announced-for-2023-rugby-americas-north-sevens/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=Rugby Americas North |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=MacKinnon |first=Carly |date=2023-08-02 |title=2023 RAN Sevens: Updated Teams, Format, and Event Schedule |url=https://rugbyamericasnorth.com/2023-ran-sevens-updated-teams-format-and-event-schedule/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=Rugby Americas North |language=en-US}}

  • {{ru7w|CAN}}
  • {{ru7w|JAM}}
  • {{ru7w|MEX}}
  • {{ru7w|LCA}}

{{ru7w|BER|noflag=Yes}} and {{ru7w|VIN|noflag=Yes}} withdrew before the tournament.

Pool stage

All times in Pacific Time Zone (UTC−07:00)

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width=175 |Team

!width=25 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=25 abbr="Won" |W

!width=25 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=25 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=32 abbr="Points for" |PF

!width=32 abbr="Points against" |PA

!width=32 abbr="Points difference" |PD

!width=25 abbr="Points" |Pts

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|3

30019401949
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|3

2014370–277
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|3

1022697–715
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|3

00315111–963

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Knockout stage

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||{{ru7w|CAN}}|53|{{ru7w|MEX}}|0

||{{ru7w|LCA}}|12|{{ru7w|JAM}}|27|team-width=190|Consol=Third place|RD2=Final|bold_winner=high

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Standings

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Legend
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|Qualified for the 2024 Olympics

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|Qualified for the 2024 Repechage

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!width=50|Rank

!width=240|Team

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|{{gold1}}

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|{{silver2}}

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|{{bronze3}}

align=left|{{ru7w|JAM}}
4align=left|{{ru7w|LCA}}

==References==

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{{RAN Sevens}}

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Category:Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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Category:2023 rugby sevens competitions

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