IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup

IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup

Sport	Rugby sevens
Founded	2011
No. of teams	12
Country	Worldwide
Most recent champion(s)	England

The IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup was a tournament by the International Rugby Board for women's rugby sevens held for the 2011-12 season. The first tournament was held alongside the 2011 Dubai Sevens. The second tournament was held in Hong Kong from the 23 to the 24 of March 2012, alongside the recent 2012 Hong Kong Sevens with England claiming the Cup.^[1] In 2012-13 it was expanded into the IRB Women's Sevens World Series.

England hosted the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup alongside the London Sevens on May 12–13.^[2] It was succeeded by the current World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Tournament Results

Year	Host	Cup Final
		Winner	Score	Runner-up
2011	United Arab Emirates	Canada	26 – 7	England
2012	Hong Kong	England	15 – 10	Australia
2012	England	England	34 - 7	Netherlands

2012 IRB Challenge: London Sevens

• Venue: Twickenham, London 12–13 May 2012.^[3]
• Winner:

Pool Stages

Group A Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against  England 3 0 0 89 5  South Africa 2 0 1 49 51  Brazil 1 0 2 36 83  Kazakhstan 0 0 3 31 66  England 26 - 5  Kazakhstan  South Africa 28 - 17  Brazil  England 41 - 0  Brazil  South Africa 21 - 12  Kazakhstan  England 22 - 0  South Africa  Brazil 19 - 14  Kazakhstan Group B Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against  Netherlands 3 0 0 58 19  Canada 2 0 1 97 15  Russia 1 0 2 19 58  Portugal 0 0 3 15 97  Canada 14 - 15  Netherlands  Russia 19 - 10  Portugal  Canada 54 - 0  Portugal  Russia 0 - 19  Netherlands  Canada 29-0  Russia  Portugal 5 - 24  Netherlands

Group C Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against  Australia 3 0 0 58 10  France 2 0 1 36 41  United States 1 0 2 62 34  China 0 0 3 10 101  Australia 27 - 5  China  United States 7 - 12  France  Australia 29 - 0  France  United States 50 - 0  China  Australia 22 - 5  United States  France 24 - 5  China

Finals

Quarter-finals

•  England 19 - 10  Russia
•  Canada 17 - 0  South Africa
•  Netherlands 19 - 0  France
•  Australia 17 - 0  United States

Bowl Semi Finals (9th-12th)

•  Kazakhstan 10 - 26  Portugal
•  Brazil 14 - 33  China

Plate Semi Finals (5th=8th)

•  Russia 19 - 14  South Africa
•  France 17 - 19  United States

Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th)

•  England 19 - 12  Canada
•  Netherlands 14 - 12  Australia

11th/12th Match

•  Kazakhstan 19 - 17  Brazil

Bowl final:9th/10th Match

•  Portugal 5 - 43  China

7th/8th Match

•  France 7 - 14  South Africa

Plate final: 5th/6th Match

•  United States 22 - 7  Russia

3rd/4th Match

•  Canada 19 - 14  Australia

Cup Final: 1st/2nd place

•  England 34 - 7  Netherlands

References

1. ↑ IRB (24 March 2012). "England win IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup". Retrieved 28 March 2012. 
2. ↑ RFU (2 February 2012). "London Sevens to host IRB sanctioned Women’s International Sevens tournament". Retrieved 28 March 2012. 
3. ↑ IRB (12 May 2012). "London Women's Sevens - Latest". Retrieved May 13, 2012.