USA Women's Sevens Tournament

Rugby Union Sevens - a short form of the sport of rugby union - was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.

However, although the first Women's international rugby union 15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first Women's International Rugby Union Sevens tournaments were played, when the Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time. Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.

The following are details of all official regional women's international championship played in the USA since the first tournament in 2006, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with all result details, where known.

Contents 1 USA Tournament 2006 2 USA Tournament 2007 3 USA Sevens 2008 3.1 Pool 1 3.2 Pool 2 3.3 Classification Matches 4 USA Sevens 2009 4.1 Group Games 4.2 Classification Games 5 USA Sevens 2010 5.1 5th/6th place 5.2 Semi-finals 5.3 3rd/4th place 5.4 Final 6 USA Sevens 2011

USA Tournament 2006

Venue: Los Angeles, USA (Source USA Rugby)

• USA 5-0 Canada

Note: Believed to be as an exhibition match. It is also possible that the teams played a second time, before the final of the men's competition.

USA Tournament 2007

Played at San Diego, USA, on 9 and 10 February 2007 (Source USA Rugby)

Known Participants: USA A, USA B, Canada A, Canada B, China

• China bt Canada A
• Canada B bt China
• USA A bt China
• USA B bt China

Final

• Canada B bt USA A
• China 4th

USA Sevens 2008

Venue/Date: San Diego, 9–10 February 2008

• Initially Kazakhstan, China, New Zealand and Australia were expected

Pool 1

Canada, USA A, Canada Collegiate

Pool 2

USA, Canada A, South Africa

• Plus exhibition match USA vs South Africa

Group stages Although in groups of three, four teams played three games whilst the two A teams only played 2 each. The results are presented as one table.

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
USA	3	0	0	60	7
Canada	3	0	0	74	25
USA A	1	0	1	25	26
Canada A	0	0	2	5	45
South Africa	1	0	2	38	45
Canada Collegiate	0	0	3	5	59

• Canada A 5-21 South Africa
• Canada Collegiate 0-15 USA A
• USA 21-7 South Africa
• Canada 29-5 Canada Collegiate
• USA 24-0 Canada A
• Canada 26-10 USA A
• Canada 19-10 South Africa
• USA 15-0 Canada Collegiate

Classification Matches

5th Place

• Canada Collegiate 10-24 South Africa

3rd Place

• USA A 12-20 Canada A

Final

• USA 19-5 Canada

Exhibition Match

• USA 17-12 South Africa

USA Sevens 2009

Venue/Date: 9 February 2009. San Diego (alongside the IRB event).

• This tournament is ostensibly a World Cup warm up. There are 7 teams (including USA 2) and rather than playing in groups, each team plays three opponents and they are then all assessed to decide the classification participants.
• The teams (in "seed" order)are England, NZ Maori, Canada, USA, USA 2, China, Japan
• The subsequent classification games place Japan above China but the Chinese results are better against tougher opponents, as is the points for and points difference. Japan also appear to have played four games.

Group Games

Classification Games

5th 6th Play Off

• USA 2 17-7 Japan

Semi Final 1st vs 4th

• England 29-0 Canada

Semi Final 2nd vs 3rd

• USA 12-0 New Zealand

Final

• England 17-12 USA (sudden death, 12-12 at full time)

USA Sevens 2010

Venue/Date: 12 February 2009. Las Vegas (alongside the IRB event).

USA Sevens 2011

Date/Venue: February 11-13, 2011. Las Vegas

• Australia, Brazil and Kenya were originally expected, and Kenya only withdrew a week before due to visa problems, being replaced by the Hawaiian Select. Tyrolian Select - from the Women Rugby Club, Innsburck - had originally intended to take part in the club event. The final was broadcast on NBC in North America.

Women's national rugby union teams Teams with Women's Rugby World Cup appearances Australia Canada England France Germany Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands New Zealand Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain Sweden United States Wales Teams with no Women's Rugby World Cup appearances Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Catalonia Cayman Islands China Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Great Britain Guyana Hong Kong Ireland Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Laos Luxembourg Malaysia Norway Philippines Portugal Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Serbia Singapore Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda USSR Uzbekistan Zambia Zimbabwe