Rugby 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 7-a-side internationals 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. In 2011/12 the IRB organised three official women's challenges tournaments in Dubai, Hong Kong and London. After the success of these events an annual IRB Women's Sevens World Series was launched from the start of the 2012/13 season.

The following is a list of all women's international tournaments that have been traced since 1997, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with links to result details, where known. If two tournaments are run concurrently the apparently more senior will be listed first.

Some tournaments include both club and national teams, and these are only included where the majority of teams are International. Occasionally what are effectively national teams play unofficially under an assumed name – these games are also noted where this is known.

The summary section looks at each region in turn and attempts to draw some conclusions about the relative strengths of the participants. This is a little flawed due to the absence of some results and information as well as the inclusion of non-international teams to make up the numbers but should give the best guess available.

1997

Hong Kong Sevens

1998

Carib International Sevens (Exhibition game)

  • December 1998
  • Trinidad & Tobago 12–29 St. Vincent & the Grenadines[1]


YC&AC Invitational Womens Sevens Tournament

March 28nd 1998

Winners New Zealand

Competitors: Japan1 Japan 2, New Zealand, World Invitational team,

1999

Hong Kong Sevens

2000

Asian Championship

Hong Kong Sevens

YC&AC International Womens Sevens Tournament

April 1th 2000

Winners New Zealand

Competitors: Japan, New Zealand, World Invitational team, USA

Jamaica vs Cayman Islands

2001

Asian Championship

Hong Kong Sevens

YC&AC International Womens Sevens Tournament

April 7th 2001

Winners New Zealand

Competitors: Japan, New Zealand, World Invitational team, USA

2002

Whangarei tournament

Asian Championship

Hong Kong Sevens

2003

Lomai tournament

[6]

Whangarei tournament

  •  United States are known to have gone on to this tournament before Hong Kong.

Asian Tournament

Hong Kong Sevens

European Tournament

South Pacific Games

  • Plans were afoot for a women's sevens tournament but it required six teams. It is not thought that this was achieved.[8]

2004

CAR North Tournament

  • At Tunisia, 5–7 March 2004
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors:  Malta,  Tunisia and others

Hong Kong Sevens

South America Tournament

Rwanda v Burundi

  • At:Unknown. May 2004[9]
  • Rwanda 5–0 Burundi

Asian Tournament

European Tournament

Training Tournament (Central Europe)

2005

CAR North Tournament

  • At Tunisia
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors: Unknown

Hong Kong Sevens

Asian Tournament

European Qualification Tournament

FIRA Women's European Championship

CAR African Sevens

  • Venue/Date: Kampala, 5–6 November 2005

Cancelled for financial reasons

Training Tournament (Central Europe)

NAWIRA Tournament

South America Tournament

Valentin Martinez International Tournament

2006

USA Tournament

Asian Championship

CAR North Tournament

  • At Tunisia
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors: Unknown

CAR South Tournament

  • At Uganda
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors: Unknown

Hong Kong Sevens

Emerging European Nations

  • Venue: Hungary
  • No results published

FIRA-AER European Championship – Division A

FIRA-AER European Championship – Division B

CAR African Championship

Friendly Games

  • Date/Venue: 24–25 July 2006, Grossmugl, Austria. (Source Austria Union)
  • The only information is that teams from Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bavaria, and Mugl took part in a men's and women's tournament.

NAWIRA Tournament

2007

South America Tournament

USA Tournament

CAR North Tournament

CAR South Tournament

  • At Uganda
  • Winners: Unknown
  • Competitors: Unknown

T-EN Tournament

Hong Kong Sevens

Asian Championship

Emerging European Nations

FIRA-AER European Championship – Division B

FIRA-AER European Championship – Division A

FIRA-AER European Championship – Top 10

CAR African Championship

T-EN League

South East Asia Sevens[11]

Borneo Sevens[12]

NAWIRA Tournament

Pacific Tournament

Dubai Tournament

South East Asia Games[13]

  • Thailand 52–0 Cambodia
  • Laos 0–36 Singapore
  • Thailand 14–12 Singapore
  • Cambodia 0–20 Laos
  • Cambodia 0–29 Singapore
  • Thailand 52–0 Laos

Classification Stages

Semi Finals

  • Thailand 43–0 Cambodia
  • Singapore 27–0 Laos
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Thailand 3 0 0 118 12
Singapore 2 0 1 77 14
Laos 1 0 2 20 88
Cambodia 0 0 3 0 101

3rd/4th Match (bronze medal)

  • Cambodia 0–15 Laos

Final (gold and silver medal)

  • Thailand 19–5 Singapore

2008

South American Tournament and World Cup Qualifier

USA Sevens

Emerging European Nations

Hong Kong Sevens

World Cup Pre-Qualifier (Europe)

Amsterdam Sevens 2008

London IRB (Men's) Sevens 2008 (Exhibition game)

[14]

World Cup Pre-Qualifier (Europe)

Home Nations Cup 2008

At: Edinburgh[15] 1 June 2008.

One Off Match – Zambia 2008

Madrid Sevens – 2008

FIRA AER Top 16 and World Cup Qualifier

International Tournament – Reunion 2008

  • At: Réunion 23 to 30 June
  • Mauritius were planned to take part but appear to have dropped out.
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
South Africa 4 0 0 182 5
France 3 0 1 164 5
Madagascar 1 1 2 47 74
Reunion 1 1 2 36 116
Mayotte 0 0 4 0 219

Oceania World Cup Qualifier

T-EN Central European Tournament

African World Cup Qualifier

Asian World Cup Qualifier

T-EN Central European Tournament

North America/Caribbean World Cup Qualifier

Friendly Sevens at Brno 2008

Japan Demonstration Game 2008

  • 22 November 2008, Japan. Not strictly an International, this was a game played amongst Japan squad members prior to the men's Japan USA XV aside match.
  • Reds 12–12 Whites

Asian Development Tournament

  • Laos, 26 to 29 November 2008
  • No scores published

Dubai Tournament

Nelson Mandela Bay Tournament 2008

FIRA Warm Up Tournament 2008[18]

  • Venue:Montpellier, France 20–21 December 2008
  • Group Game: France 12–0 Spain
  • Final: France 19–7 Spain

2009

Rwanda Burundi Festival 2009

South American Tournament

USA Sevens

Málaga Sevens 2009

Minor Nations Training 2009

  • At London, 19–22 February 2009.
  • Finland (two teams) and Austria trained at London Wasps and this was followed by a tournament involving Finland, Finland 2, Austria, Wasps, Wasps 2 and Metropolitan Police.
  • Finland won all their games in a limited round robin (all teams played four games).
  • Participants:  Finland,  Finland 2,  Austria
  • Group Games: Austria 0–36 Finland
  • Group Games: Finland 2 5–17 Austria
  • Plate Final: Finland 2 17–5 Austria
  • Cup Final: Finland 38–0 Wasps 2

IRB Sevens World Cup

F-EN (Central European) Tournament

F-EN (Central European) League

Hong Kong Sevens

Europe Emerging Nations

Asian Championship

CAR North West

FIRA-AER European Tournament – Division B

Roma Sevens 2009

Reunion Tournament 2009

At: Réunion 20 June 2009 Participants: Winners  France, runners up  Pretoria University, third  Réunion, unknown  Mayotte,  Madagascar

France results:

  • Réunion 0–36 France
  • France 26–0 Madagascar
  • France 61–0 Mayotte
  • France 19–7 Pretoria University

F-EN (Central Europe) Finals

FIRA-AER European Tournament – Division A

FIRA-AER European Tournament – Top 10

Banc ABC Tournament, Zimbabwe[20]

  • At Harare, Zimbabwe 12 September 2009
  • Zimbabwe  12–24  Zambia
  • Final placings are believed to have been 1st, Zambia, 2nd, Zimbabwe, 3rd, Zambia B, 4th, Zimbabwe B

Shanghai Sevens 2009[21]

  • At: Shanghai, China 12 and 13 September 2009
  • Participants:  China,  Guam
  • Results unknown

Pacific Mini Games

CAR African Tournament

  • Cancelled

Borneo Sevens 2009

  • At: Borneo. 31 October
  • Guam were mooted as a participant.
  • Thailand 39–0 India
  • Thailand 52–0 Malaysia
  • India 21–10 Malaysia

Bangkok Sevens 2009

  • At: Bangkok, Thailand 31 October. Thai club sides predominated.
  • Kazakhstan 20–14 Arabian Gulf

NACRA Caribbean Tournament

Dubai Tournament

  • At: Dubai, 4 December 2009. A tournament "for women’s teams who play rugby regularly at an international/county/provincial standard". The official status of some teams is unclear.
  • Participants: 12 teams, including five official national selections – Arabian Gulf,  France,  Georgia,  Kenya,  United States

East Asian Games 2009

Group Games

  • China 24–0 Japan
  • Guam 12–10 Hong Kong
  • Japan 50–0 Guam
  • China 44–0 Hong Kong
  • China 46–0 Guam
  • Japan 7–5 Hong Kong

Classification Stages

Semi Final

  • China 20–5 Hong Kong
  • Japan 19–5 Guam

Plate Final

  • Hong Kong 15–0 Guam

Final

  • China 34–12 Japan

European Emerging Nations

2010

South American Games

USA Tournament

European Emerging Nations

Hong Kong Sevens

Emerging Nations Camp

F-EN League

St Lucia v Guadeloupe

  • Venue: Castries Comprehensive Secondary School (CCSS) Ground. 8 May 2010[22]
  • Matches were of thirty minutes duration with a five minutes half time break.
  •  Saint Lucia 69–5  Guadeloupe
  •  Saint Lucia 47–5  Guadeloupe

FIRA-AER European Tournament – Division A

FIRA-AER European Tournament – Division B

Amsterdam Sevens

CAR North West

Roma Sevens 2010

Carcassonne Sevens

  • Venue: Carcassonne, Italy. 19–20 June 2010.
  • There was only 3 national sides (Portugal, Georgia and Bulgaria) – but Portugal were on a much higher level. The teams agreed to form the Barbarians Filles between Bulgaria and Georgia to be able to play Portugal.
  •  Portugal 63–0  Bulgaria
  •  Portugal 46–7  Georgia
  • Final:  Portugal 66–0 Barbarians Fillies

FIRA-AER European Tournament – Top 10

Asian Championship

NACRA Sevens Championship

Cortina Sevens

Castle Sevens

Friendly Cup (Coupe de l'Amitié)

Pool 1 positions

  1. Ukraine I
  2. Romania
  3. Lithiania
  4. Lviv regional team

Pool 2 positions

  1. Moldova
  2. Hungary
  3. Poland
  4. Ukraine II

Hungarian results:

  • Hungary 46–0 Poland
  • Moldova 29–0 Hungary
  • Ukraine II 0–41 Hungary
  • Romania 17–5 Hungary

Asia Pacific Sevens

BancABC Sevens

Singapore Sevens

Group A

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Japan 2 0 0 41 7
Hong Kong 1 0 1  ?  ?
India 0 0 2  ?  ?

Play-offs

Group B

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Singapore 2 0 0 87 0
Malaysia 1 0 1  ?  ?
Indonesia 0 0 2  ?  ?

Semi finals

Plate Final

Final

Asian Games

Malta v Tunisia[27]

F-EN League

Dubai Sevens[28]

  • At: Dubai, 2–3 December 2010. A tournament "for women’s teams who play rugby regularly at an international/county/provincial standard". The official status of some teams is unclear.
  • Participants: 16 teams, including three official national selections and one team that was, in effect, the national side but not an "official" team:  Brazil,  France,  Almaty-Kazakhstan,  Kenya

2011

South American Championship

USA Tournament

Hong Kong Sevens

CAR North

F-EN League

Emerging Nations Camp

St Lucia v Guadeloupe

  • At Corinth Playing Field, St Lucia[29]
  • St.Lucia 28–10 Guadeloupe
  • St.Lucia 40–0 Guadeloupe

F-EN League

  • At: Vienna, 19 May 2011
  • Competitors:  Austria,  Hungary
  • Winner: Not known

Amsterdam Sevens

Portugal v Brazil

  • Venue: National Stadium, Lisbon, 25 May 2011
  • Portugal 24–5 Brazil

Roma Sevens

ScrumQueens.com Elite Sevens

  • Venue: Richmond, London. 4 June 2011
  • Winner: Wooden Spoon
  • Participants:  England,  Sweden, and club and invitational teams

Pool A

  • England 33–5 Pink Baa-Baas
  • England 35–0 Saracens
  • England 0–22 Wooden Spoons

Pool B

  • Sweden 19–10 Worcester
  • Richmond 5–10 Sweden
  • Akuma Dragons 5–19 Sweden

Semi-final

  • England 27–0 Sweden

Final

  • England 7–14 Wooden Spoons

FIRA-AER European Tournament – Division 3

La Réunion Sevens[30]

Pool A

  • France 45–0 Réunion
  • Tukkies 41–0 New Caledonia
  • France 24–7 New Caledonia
  • Tukkies 36–0 Réunion
  • New Caledonia 26–17 Réunion
  • France 7–24 Tukkies

Pool B

  • Uganda 67–0 Mayotte
  • Marine 5–0 Madagascar
  • Uganda 17–7 Madagascar
  • Marine 34–0 Mayotte
  • Madagascar 55–0 Mayotte
  • Uganda 38–0 Marine

Plate semi-finals

  • New Caledonia 47–0 Mayotte
  • Madagascar 30–0 Réunion

Plate final

  • Madagascar 62–7 New Caledonia

Semi-finals

  • Tukkies 14–0 Marine
  • France 17–14 Uganda

Final

  • Tukkies 12–10 France

FIRA-AER European Tournament – Division 2

FIRA-AER Tournament 2010 – Top 12

Prague Sevens

  • Venue: Prague, 13–14 August 2011
  • Winner: Eccose Feminin (Int)
  • Participants: Eccose Feminin (Int), RK Petrovice (CZ),  Czech Republic,  Austria, Lazybugs (CZ)

Only international fixture: Czech Republic  7–31  Austria

Shanghai Sevens

Pool

  • China 24–0 Hong Kong
  • Kazakhstan 31–10 Thailand
  • China 26–7 Thailand
  • Kazakhstan 17–5 Hong Kong
  • China 31–10 Kazakhstan
  • Thailand 24–5 Hong Kong

Semi-finals

  • China 34–0 Hong Kong
  • Kazakhstan 7–0 Thailand

Third place

  • Thailand 14–10 Hong Kong

Final

  • China 19–10 Kazakhstan

Castle Sevens

Pool

  • Zambia A 14 – 12 Botswana
  • Zambia B 0 – 50 Zimbabwe
  • Zambia A 14 – 19 Zimbabwe
  • Botswana 29 – 0 Zambia B
  • Zambia A 50 – 0 Zambia B
  • Botswana lost to Zimbabwe

Final

  • Zambia A 12–7 Zimbabwe

Pacific Games

Piotrowice Nyskie International Rugby Festival

  • Venue: Piotrowice Nyskie, 3–4 September 2011
  • Final rankings:1st: Romania, 2nd:  Gdańsk, 3rd:  Poland B,  Czech Republic,  Poland A,  Silesia.
  • Known results:
  • Czech Rep. 19–5 Poland A
  • Czech Rep. 7–17 Poland B
  • Czech Rep. 5–24 Romania
  • Czech Rep. 5–17 Gdańsk
  • Friendly matches (outside tournament): Czech Rep. 21–5 Romania. Czech also beat Poland A and Poland B (scores unknown)

Asia Pacific Sevens

Asian Championship

Friendly Cup (Coupe de l'Amitié)

  • Venue: Lviv, Ukraine, 1 October 2010
  • Winner:  Ukraine
  • Participants: 1st  Ukraine; 2nd  Ukrainian Club Selection; 3rd  Hungary, 4th  Moldova, 5th  Poland, 6th  Lithuania. Also participated:  Gallícia

Only limited details available:[31]

  • Ukraine beat Moldova
  • Ukraine beat Poland
  • Ukraine Clubs 19–0 Hungary
  • Gallícia 5–10 Hungary
  • Ukraine 61–0 Hungary
  • Moldova 5–12 Hungary

CAR South

Torneo Internacional de Elche[32]

Pool

  • Spain 12–12 France
  • Netherlands 35–7 Portugal
  • Spain 12–10 Netherlands
  • France 21–7 Portugal
  • Netherlands 17–0 France
  • Spain 21–10 Portugal
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Spain 2 1 0 45 32
Netherlands 2 0 1 62 19
France 1 1 1 33 36
Portugal 0 0 3 34 77

3rd/4th

  • France 14–0 Portugal

Final

  • Spain 26–10 Netherlands

Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby 7s Tournament[33]

Pool matches

  • Singapore 21–0 Malaysia
  • Singapore 21–0 Singapore Barbarians
  • Singapore 41–0 Indonesia
  • Singapore Barbarians 22–0 Malaysia
  • Singapore Barbarians 17–0 Indonesia
  • Indonesia 0–0 Malaysia

Semi-Finals

  • Singapore 55–0 Indonesia
  • Singapore Barbarians 10–5 Malaysia (or 12–5?)

3rd Place (Plate)

  • Malaysia 7–5 Indonesia

Final

  • Singapore 33–0 Singapore Barbarians

Safaricom Sevens[34]

  • Kenya 24–0 Uganda B
  • Uganda 29–0 Kenya B
  • Kenya 41–5 Kenya B
  • Uganda 45–0 Uganda B
  • Uganda B 27–5 Kenya B
  • Kenya 10–10 Uganda

Final

  • Kenya 7–5 Uganda

NACRA Sevens Championship

IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup

Dubai Women's International Inivitational

2012

Spain v Netherlands

  • Venue: Madrid, 17–18 January 2012
  • Six matches over two days, all won by Spain.
  • Known results: Spain 21–17 Netherlands; Spain 33–5 Netherlands; Spain 20–5 Netherlands

Martinique Sevens[36]

  • Venue: Martinique, 4 February 2012
  • Two separate tournaments:

Tournoi Guyane-Antilles

  • Full results not published. In the final Guadeloupe beat French Guiana in sudden death overtime after a 5–5 draw. Martinique also took part.

International women's tournament:

  • Result: 1. France B; 2. France A; 3. Trinidad & Tobago; 4. Saint Lucia
  • France A 43–0 Saint Lucia
  • France B 36–0 Trinidad & Tobago
  • France A 31–0 Trinidad & Tobago
  • France B 31–0 Saint Lucia
  • Trinidad & Tobago w/o Saint Lucia (Saint Lucia forfeit)
  • France B 24–19 France A

USA Tournament

Portugal v Spain

  • Venue: Lisbon, 29 February 2012
  • Portugal 0 Spain 38; Portugal 0 Spain 31; Portugal 0 Spain 19; Portugal 0 Spain 22; Portugal 5 Spain 25

Netherlands in Botswana & South Africa

  • Venue: Port Elizabeth, 5–19 March 2012
  • Known results: South Africa 7, Netherlands 28

Swiss International tournament

  • Venue: Allmend, Lucerne, 10–11 March 2012
  • Results:

Day one

  • France II 36–0 Germany
  • Switzerland 0–36 France
  • Germany 0–52 France
  • France II 33–0 Switzerland
  • Switzerland 7–36 Germany
  • France 14–12 France II

Day two

  • France 12–14 France II
  • Switzerland 0–43 France
  • France II 10–7 Germany
  • France 50–7 Germany
  • France II 33–5 Switzerland
  • Switzerland 7–24 Germany

South American Championship

IRB Women's Challenge (Hong Kong)

European Emerging Nations

St Lucia triangular

  • Venue: Gros Islet Playing Field, St Lucia 28 April 2012
  • St Lucia 55 – 0 Curaçao
  • St Lucia 38 – 0 Curaçao
  • Barbados 15 – 5 Curaçao
  • Barbados 10 – 5 Curaçao

IRB Challenge: London Sevens

Roma Sevens

Amsterdam Sevens

  • Venue: Amsterdam, 19–20 May 2012.

Silver Pier

Women's shield

Benidorm Sevens

European World Cup Qualifier: Group A

European World Cup Qualifier: Group B

European Women's Sevens Series: Round 1

European Women's Sevens Series: Round 2 and WC Qualifier

Harare Sevens

  • At: Harare, Zimbabwe, 28 July 2012
  • Zimbabwe A 0–47 Zambia
  • Zimbabwe 15–12 Zambia

Oceania World Cup Qualifier

Prague Sevens

  • Venue: Prague, 11–12 August 2012

Only international: Austria 19–12 Czech Republic

Piotrowice Nyskie International Rugby Festival

No international fixtures. Austria finished third.

NACRA World Cup Qualifier

Asia Pacific Sevens

Shanghai Sevens

International results:

  • China 31–0 Hong Kong
  • China 38–0 Singapore
  • Hong Kong 29–0 Singapore
  • (Final): China 31–0 Hong Kong

Safari Sevens 2012

International results:

  • Botswana 5–15 Zimbabwe

African World Cup Qualifier

Asian World Cup Qualifier

Tournoi International rugby 7 féminin

  • Germany 0–40 France A
  • England 22–5 Spain
  • France 5–17 Netherlands
  • England 19–5 France A
  • Germany 7–26 Netherlands
  • Spain 0–14 France
  • England 24–5 Netherlands
  • Spain 14–7 France A
  • Germany 0–31 France
  • Netherlands 12–14 Spain
  • England 42–0 Germany
  • France A 0–20 France
  • Germany 0–24 Spain
  • France A 5–12 Netherlands
  • England 21–5 France
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
England 5 0 0 128 20
France 3 0 2 75 38
Netherlands 3 0 2 72 55
Spain 3 0 2 47 55
France A 1 0 3 52 53
Germany 0 0 5 7 163

Bowl

  • France A 26–5 Germany

Plate

  • Netherlands 14–12 Spain

Cup

  • England 19–14 France

Guangzhou Sevens

Group A

  • China 53–0 Philippines
  • Singapore 0 – 59 USA
  • China 53 – 0 Singapore
  • Philippines 0 – 52 USA
  • China 5 – 36 USA
  • Philippines 24 – 5 Singapore
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
USA 3 0 0 147 5
China 2 0 1 111 36
Philippines 1 0 2 24 116
Singapore 0 0 5 24 129

Quarter-finals

  • USA 45–0 Thailand
  • Kazakhstan beat Philippines
  • South Africa beat Singapore
  • China 7–10 China II

Plate Semi-finals

  • Philippines 24–0 Thailand
  • China 60–0 Singapore

Semi finals

  • USA 33–7 Kazakhstan
  • South Africa 29–7 China II

Group B

  • Kazakhstan 48 – 0 Thailand
  • China II 7–33 South Africa
  • Kazakh-stan 17 – 0 China II
  • Thailand 0 – 53 South Africa
  • Kazakhstan 10 – 28 South Africa
  • Thailand 0 – 54 China II
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
South Africa 3 0 0 114 12
Kazakhstan 2 0 1 75 28
China II 1 0 2 61 50
Thailand 0 0 3 0 155

7th–8th place

  • Thailand 26–5 Singapore

Plate final (5th–6th)

  • China 62–0 Philippines

3rd–4th place

  • Kazakhstan 12–0 China II

Final

  • USA 24–0 South Africa

Valencia Sevens

  • Venue: Valencia, Spain
  • Spain 17–12 Russia
  • Spain 27–0 Russia
  • Spain 21–15 Russia

IRB Women's Sevens World Series

Dubai Sevens Women's Invitational Tournament

Seven de la Republica

  • Venue: Paranà, Argentina. 29 – November 2012
  • Final classification: 1 Argentina, 2 Uruguay, 3 Chile, 4 Paraguay
  • Argentina 17–5 Chile
  • Uruguay 31–0 Paraguay
  • Argentina 41–0 Paraguay
  • Uruguay 25–0 Chile
  • Chile 12–10 Paraguay
  • Argentina 19–5 Uruguay

Havana Sevens

No results known. Cuba beaten in the final.

Guatemala exhibition

  • Venue: Guatemala. 1 December 2012
  • Guatemala 5–10 Costa Rica B
  • Costa Rica A 29–0 El Salvador
  • Costa Rica A 33–0 Guatemala
  • Costa Rica B 27–0 El Salvador
  • Guatemala 10–5 El Salvador

2013

Women's Sevens World Series (USA)

Spain v France

  • Venue: Gijón 2–3 February 2013

A joint training camp, with two internationals being played:

  • Spain 19–22 France
  • Spain 26–22 France

USA Sevens

South American Championship and World Cup qualifier

Alicante Sevens

Group A

  • France 12–0 Germany
  • Germany 7–17 Russia A
  • France 12–5 Russia A.

Semi-finals

  • France 24–10 Russia B
  • Spain 0–29 Russia A

5th/6th place

  • Germany 31–0 Tunisia

Group B

  • Spain 26–5 Tunisia
  • Russia B 32–5 Tunisia
  • Russia B 17–0 Spain

3rd/4th place

  • Russia B 0–43 Spain

Final

  • France 7–38 Russia A

Hong Kong

IRB Women's Sevens World Series: China

African Sevens

London Sevens

Amsterdam Sevens

IRB Women's Sevens World Series

Women's Shield

European Championship: Group B

European Championship Series: Top 12, Round 1

European Championship: Group A

European Championship Series: Top 12, Round 2

IRB Sevens World Cup

Asian Championship Round 1

Middelburg Sevens

  • At Middelburg, South Africa
  • Winner:  Zimbabwe

Mainly club teams. Only internationals:

  • Botswana 0–29 Zimbabwe
  • Botswana 5–17 Zimbabwe

Belgium v Netherlands

  • 5 October 2013

Three training games, all won by Netherlands

Oceania Championship

Germany v Netherlands

  • 12 October 2013

Four training games:

  • Netherlands 50–0 Germany
  • Netherlands 12–5 Germany
  • Netherlands 27–0 Germany
  • Netherlands 12–0 Germany

Asian Championship Round 2

Valentine Martinez

NACRA Championship

Souston Sevens

  • At Souston, France, 10 November 2013

POOL 1

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
England 3 0 0 76 0
French Universities 2 0 1 78 21
Germany 1 0 2 45 50
Netherlands A 0 0 3 5 62
  • England 21–0 French Universities
  • Netherlands A 5–12 Germany
  • England 38–0 Germany
  • Netherlands A 0–33 French Universities
  • England 17–0 Netherlands A
  • Germany 0–45 French Universities

7th Place

  • Netherlands A 40–0 Tunisia

5th Place

  • Germany 0–33 Ireland

POOL 2

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
France 3 0 0 70 14
Netherlands 1 2 0 1 78 31
Ireland 1 0 2 38 46
Tunisia 0 0 3 5 100
  • France 22–0 Tunisia
  • Ireland 0–24 Netherlands 1
  • France 26–7 Netherlands 1
  • Ireland 31–0 Tunisia
  • France 22–7 Ireland
  • Netherlands 1 47–5 Tunisia

3rd Place

  • French Universities 0–12 Netherlands 1

Final

  • France 29–17 England

Bolivarian Games

IRB Women's Sevens World Series

2014

Mar del Plata Sevens

  • Uruguay 14–5 Paraguay
  • Argentina 22–5 Chile
  • Uruguay 38–0 Chile
  • Argentina 17–5 Paraguay
  • Chile 15–12 Paraguay
  • Argentina 32–0 Uruguay
  • Argentina 22–0 Paraguay (Semi-Final)
  • Uruguay 22–0 Chile (Semi-Final)
  • Paraguay 10–5 Chile (3rd Place Match)
  • Argentina 38–0 Uruguay (Final)

Copa Mesoamericana

Venue: Guatemala, 25 January 2014[37]

  • Guatemala 'B' 0–33 Jalisco (Mexico)
  • Guatemala 12–5 El Salvador
  • Guatemala 20–7 Jalisco (Mexico)
  • Guatemala 'B' 0–36 El Salvador
  • Guatemala 41–0 Guatemala 'B'
  • El Salvador 10–0 Jalisco (Mexico)

Rainforest Sevens

  • Venezuela 46 – El Salvador 7
  • Peru 43 – Panamá 0
  • Nicarágua 0 – Costa Rica 50
  • Venezuela 17 – Peru 22
  • Colômbia 52 – El Salvador 7
  • Panamá 0 – Costa Rica 54
  • Venezuela 54 – Panamá 0
  • Peru 45 – Nicarágua 0
  • Colômbia 24 – Costa Rica 0
  • Nicarágua 20 – Panamá 0
  • Costa Rica 26 – El Salvador 5
  • Colômbia 27 – Peru 5
  • Nicarágua 0 – Venezuela 72
  • Colômbia 50 – Panamá 0
  • El Salvador 0 – Peru 41
  • Costa Rica 0 – Venezuela 27
  • Colômbia 82 – Nicaragua 0
  • Panamá 0 – El Salvador 20
  • Costa Rica 5 – Peru 34
  • Colômbia 17 – Venezuela 0
  • El Salvador 19 – Nicarágua 5

Final Standing 1 – Colômbia – qualified for Central American and Caribbean Games – Veracruz 2014 2 – Peru (invited) 3 – Venezuela – qualified for Central American and Caribbean Games – Veracruz 2014 4 – Costa Rica 5 – El Salvador 6 – Nicarágua 7 – Panamá

Women's Sevens World Series (USA)

Women's Sevens World Series (Brazil)

Athens Sevens

  • Venue: Athens, 23–24 March 2014
  • Winner:  Russia
  • Israel 24–5 Malta
  • Greece 0–41 Russia
  • Bulgaria 5–26 Romania
  • Israel 26–0 Greece
  • Malta 22–10 Bulgaria
  • Russia 22–0 Romania
  • Greece 5–36 Bulgaria
  • Malta 0–17 Romania
  • Israel 0–35 Russia
  • Greece 0–48 Romania
  • Malta 0–35 Russia
  • Israel 24–7 Bulgaria
  • Malta 43–0 Greece
  • Israel 5–17 Romania
  • Bulgaria 0–45 Russia
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Russia 5 0 0 178 0
Romania 4 0 1 108 32
Israel 3 0 2 79 64
Malta 2 0 3 70 86
Bulgaria 1 0 4 58 122
Greece 0 0 5 5 194

Semi-finals

  • Russia 45–0 Israel
  • Romania 24–7 Malta

5th/6th place

  • Bulgaria 19–7 Greece

3rd/4th place

  • Israel 7–12 Malta (AET)

Final

  • Russia 39–5 Romania

Hong Kong

IRB Women's Sevens World Series: China

African Sevens

Stanislas Sevens

  • Venue: 10–11 May 2014. Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
  • Winner: Brazil development
  • Internationals: Czech Republic 36–5 Georgia; Brazil Development 55–0 Belgium; Czech Republic 22–5 Switzerland; Switzerland 14–5 Georgia

Amsterdam Sevens

IRB Women's Sevens World Series

Women's Shield

Centrale Sevens

  • Venue: Ecole Centrale Paris
  • Winner: Tribe (Aus/Eng/Malta)
  • Internationals: Brazil Development 15–5 Tunisia; Ukraine 12–19 Germany; Belgium 0–36 Germany; Ukraine 28–10 Belgium; Ukraine 5–14 Tunisia; Germany 24–19 Brazil Development; Belgium 0–40 Tunisia

European Championship Series: Top 12, Round 1

European Championship: Group A

European Championship Series: Top 12, Round 2

European Championship: Group B

Asian Championship Round 1

IRB Women's Sevens World Series Qualifier

European U18 Championship

Asian Games

Oceania Championship

Asian Championship Round 2

Valentine Martinez

Souston Sevens

  • At Souston, France, 15 November 2014

POOL 1

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
England Chariot 3 0 0 55* 5*
Ireland 2 0 1 55 36
Spain 1 0 2 26 62
Wales 0 0 3 19* 52*
  • England Chariot 31 Spain 0
  • Ireland 33 Wales 7
  • Wales 12 Spain 19
  • England Chariot 24 Ireland 5
  • Ireland 17 Spain 7
  • England Chariot bt Wales*

7th Place

  • Wales bt Tunisia

5th Place

  • Spain bt Spain B

POOL 2

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
France 3 0 0 91 0
England TW3 2 0 1 76 14
Spain B 1 0 2 17 67
Tunisia 0 0 3 12 115
  • England TW3 24 Spain B 0
  • France 46 Tunisia 0
  • France 31 Spain B 0
  • Tunisia 0 England TW3 52
  • Tunisia 12 Spain B 17
  • France 14 England TW3 0

3rd Place

  • England TW3 38–7 Ireland

Final

  • France 19–17 England Chariots

2015

Mar del Plata Sevens

  • Venue: Mar del Plata, Argentina, 10–11 January 2015
  • This tournament also acted as South America's qualifier for the 2015 Pan American Games

Day One: Pool A

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Argentina 2 0 0 65 5
Chile 1 0 1 17 51
Paraguay 0 0 2 10 36
  • Chile 12 Paraguay 10
  • Argentina 24 Paraguay 0
  • Argentina 41 Chile 5

Pool B

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Venezuela 3 0 0 46 22
Columbia 2 0 1 53 17
Uruguay 1 0 2 41 22
Peru 0 0 3 12 91
  • Colombia 36 Peru 0
  • Venezuela 10 Uruguay 5
  • Colombia 5 Venezuela 10
  • Uruguay 29 Peru 0
  • Colombia 12 Uruguay 7
  • Peru 12 Venezuela 26

Day Two: Championship pool (top two qualify for PanAm)

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
Argentina 3 0 0 61 10
Columbia 2 0 1 32 17
Venezuela 1 0 2 15 36
Chile 0 0 3 5 52
  • Argentina 17 Colombia 0
  • Venezuela 10 Chile 0
  • Argentina 22 Chile 5
  • Venezuela 0 Colombia 12
  • Chile 0 Colombia 20
  • Argentina 22 Venezuela 5

5th/7th play-off pool

Paraguay 38 Peru 5 Paraguay 10 Uruguay 0 Uruguay 26 Peru 7

Women's Sevens World Series (Brazil)

Women's Sevens World Series (USA)

Women's Sevens World Series (Canada)

Pacific Games

Pan Am Games

IRB Women's Sevens World Series Qualifier

Elche Sevens

  • Venue: Elche, 23–24 March 2014
  • Winner: Great Britain

Day One

  • Great Britain 33–5 Spain
  • Portugal 12–19 Ireland
  • France 65–0 Alicante
  • Spain 50–0 Alicante
  • Ireland 07-26 Great Britain
  • France 24–0 Portugal
  • Spain 24–5 Ireland
  • Great Britain 12–19 France
  • Alicante 0–61 Portugal

Day Two

  • Alicante 78–0 Ireland
  • Spain 7–31 France
  • Portugal 0–36 Great Britain
  • Ireland 0–12 France
  • Spain 19–0 Portugal
  • Alicante 0–79 Great Britain
  • 5th/6th place Portugal 55–0 Alicante
  • 3rd/4th place Spain 12–5 Ireland
  • Final France 19–35 Great Britain
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
France 5 0 0 151 19
Great Britain 4 0 1 186 31
Spain 3 0 2 100 64
Ireland 2 0 3 109 71
Portugal 1 0 4 73 98
Alicante 0 0 5 0 272

Women's Rugby Sevens rankings

Unofficial Women's Seven Rugby World Rankings
November 2013, 25th
RankChange*TeamPoints
1 Steady New Zealand5574
2 Steady Canada5424
3 Increase1 United States5285
4 Decrease1 Australia5261
5 Steady England5225
6 Steady Spain5092
7 Steady Russia5077
8 Increase2 France4727
9 Steady Ireland4721
10 Decrease2 Netherlands4715
11 Increase1 Fiji4714
12 Increase2 Japan4569
13 Decrease2 China4568
14 Increase1 South Africa4273
15 Decrease2 Brazil4266
16 Steady Tunisia3888
17 Steady Germany3385
18 Steady Kazakhstan3332
19 Decrease1 Italy3191
20 Increase3 Hong Kong3134
21 Decrease1 Portugal2953
22 Decrease1 Ukraine2837
23 Increase31 Western Samoa2818
24 Decrease2 Wales2726
25 Decrease1 Scotland2655
26 Increase5 Papua New Guinea2630
27 Decrease1 Singapore2598
28 Decrease3 Thailand2551
29 Decrease2 Argentina2456
30 Increase11 Belgium2332
31 Decrease3 Sweden2192
32 Decrease3  Switzerland2152
33 Decrease3 Trinidad and Tobago2123
34 Increase5 Chinese Taipei1903
35 Decrease3 Moldova2062
36 Decrease3 Czech Republic2012
36 Decrease3 Croatia2012
38 Decrease3 Romania1969
39 Increase13 Philippines1948
40 Decrease4 Uganda1916
41 Decrease4 Hungary1909
42 Decrease4 Poland1904
43 Increase6 United Arab Emirates1895
44 Decrease4 Austria1886
45 Increase29 Sri Lanka1849
46 Decrease4 Kenya1795
47 Decrease4 Georgia1761
48 Decrease4 Finland1750
49 Increase1 India1699
50 Decrease5 Colombia1698
51 Decrease4 Uruguay1690
52 Decrease6 Chile1650
53 Decrease5 Denmark1605
54 Increase11 South Korea1570
55 Decrease4 Norway1540
56 Increase12 Iran1532
57 Increase14 Mexico1525
58 Decrease2 Venezuela1503
59 Decrease6 Malta1482
60 Increase10 Guatemala1477
61 Decrease6 Israel1472
62 Decrease5 Latvia1397
63 Decrease5 Zimbabwe1376
64 Decrease2 Jamaica1351
65 Decrease6 Bulgaria1343
66 Increase1 Paraguay1330
67 Decrease7 Cook Islands1286
68 Decrease7 Malaysia1252
69 Decrease6 Andorra1270
69 Decrease3 Peru1270
71 Decrease7 Slovenia1252
72 Increase9 Laos1194
73 Increase11 Cayman Islands1165
74 Decrease5 Lithuania1162
75 Decrease3 Senegal1084
76 Decrease3 Zambia1082
77 Decrease2 Uzbekistan1014
78 Decrease2 Luxembourg1009
79 Decrease2 Tonga1004
80 Decrease2 Bosnia and Herzegovina948
81 Decrease2 Saint Lucia903
82 Decrease2 Guyana902
83 Decrease1 Slovakia838
84 Decrease1 Serbia820
85 Steady Madagascar772
86 Steady Morocco755
87 Steady Hawaii611
88 Increase1 Nicaragua605
89 Increase13 Bermuda549
90 Decrease2 Botswana455
91 Decrease3 Barbados549
92 Increase18 Curaçao499
93 Decrease3 Solomon Islands493
94 Decrease3 Burkina Faso455
95 Decrease2 Guatemala430
96 Decrease2 Réunion418
96 Decrease2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines418
98 Decrease2 Turkey404
99 Decrease2 Mayotte372
99 Decrease2 Rwanda372

Sources

The sources for each individual tournament entry are listed individually above. Most of the information has come from the websites of various nations which has also been contributed to by news reports. If only one source is listed then it should be considered the primary source. The listings are also checked by members of various rugby discussion fora.

Notes

  1. ↑ "First "official" women international in the Caribbean". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cayman RFU". Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Details of the Invitation team are not known
  5. ↑ USA won another 2 matches that are not mentioned here (Final record W4, D1, L2)
  6. ↑ (Source Fiji Rugby)Mainly a club tournament in Fiji, the Fiji team took the opportunity to help some of their players make the transition from touch to contact. The USA also played thus warranting inclusion in the main list. The tournament saw USA 3rd and Touchdown 1st. What leads to confusion is that an exhibition match was played with mostly Touchdown players bolstered by two from the runners up (QVSOB). This appears to be considered the national Fiji team. USA are then described as Champions although the last match appears to have had little to do with the tournament.
  7. ↑ Although more properly this was actually the Fiji touch team playing contact.
  8. ↑ (Source Fiji Union)
  9. ↑ "Latest News : Friends of Rwandan Rugby". Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  10. ↑ (Source Austria Union)
  11. ↑ It appears that this was a regional tournament only rather than for the whole of Asia. There is also some doubt over the South Korean team and it is possible that this was a club side. (Source Peoples Daily)
  12. ↑ (Source Sabah Union)
  13. ↑ A round robin competition followed by semi finals and a final (and bronze medal match) was planned.(Source SEA Games) Summarised
  14. ↑ Shown live on TV via the BBC interactive service, commentary by Nigel Starmer-Smith. Due to the coverage, a lot of information was recorded.
    Nation Squad
     New Zealand Aotearoa MaoriChanel Huddleston • Selica Winiata • Tate (?) • Baker • Anna Richards • Ngahuri Thomas • Blackledge • Peter Joseph (Coach)
     EnglandClaire Allan (Saracens) • Emma Layland (Richmond) • Joanne Yapp (Worcester) • Susan Day (c) (Wasps) • Danielle Waterman (Clifton) • Alice Richardson (Richmond) • Heather Fisher (Wasps) • Sarah Marsh (Wasps) • Gemma Sharples (Worcester) • Sonia Green (Saracens) • Simon Amor (Coach) • Mike Friday (Assistant)• Paul March (Trainer)

    Subs

    1st Half
    • NZ Blood sub – probably Mcgregor, came on for Richards
    2nd Half
    • NZ – McGregor for Richards, Unknown for Huddlestone
    • Eng – Sharples on for Unknown, Sarah Marsh on for Unknown

    Tries

    NZ kicked off 1st Half
    • ENGLAND try – Layland, from 5m line out, converted by Richardson 7–0
    • NEW ZEALAND try – Winiata, long range attack, conversion missed by Richards 7–5
    2nd Half
    • NEW ZEALAND try – Thompson, open play led to a shortrange penalty, taken quickly, conversion missed by Winiata 7–10
    • ENGLAND try – Sharples, short KO by NZ resulted in FK, numerous players involved in long range attack, conversion by Richardson 14–10
    Referee: Bruce Robertson
  15. ↑ This tournament was held at Edinburgh on the Murrayfied back pitches (whilst the finale of the IRB circuit was ongoing). (Sources SRU and RFUW)
  16. ↑ (One source lists this as "a win by more than 45 points")
  17. ↑ Whilst a club tournament, Italy and Spain also took part (a Portugal VII did not have official status). The two nations met in the final
  18. ↑ Spain and France took part along with French Universities and French South Selection. All teams played each other (both national teams beating the two French extra teams) followed by a third place match and a final.
  19. ↑ Amidst a number of men's and youth matches, Rwanda and Burundi are believed to have played a game of sevens.
  20. ↑ This appears to have been part of a tournament including Zimbabwe and Zambia "A" teams. Invites may have gone to Namibia and Botswana.
  21. ↑ A women's "showcase" was held during the first stop on the new Asian Seens circuit. Initially China, Japan, Hong Kong and Guam were expected to participate but this appeared to reduce to just China and Guam playing four games
  22. ↑ http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/13337
  23. ↑ "Magyar Rögbi Szövetség".
  24. ↑ The Pangolins are the main Zimbabwe women's sevens team
  25. ↑ Match report
  26. ↑ After sudden death extra time
  27. ↑ "Women's Rugby: Tunisia too strong for Malta | MaltaToday". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  28. ↑ "Fixtures | Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens". Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  29. ↑ http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/20503
  30. ↑ "Elvérine Eraude est décédée à l'âge 104 ans". Clicanoo.re.
  31. ↑ "Magyar Rögbi Szövetség".
  32. ↑ "FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA RUGBY - La DH y LIGA IBERDROLA". ferugby. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011.
  33. ↑ "Macoocoo - Home". www.macoocoo.com.
  34. ↑ http://safarisevens.kenyarfu.com Archived 29 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  35. ↑ This is the first official IRB women's sevens tournament apart from the World Cup Sevens, and was intended to become part of a full IRB International Women's Sevens Series starting with the 2012–13 season.
  36. ↑ "CT Rugby Guyane". Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  37. ↑ "Guatemala festejó el título en la Copa Mesoamericana de rugby femenino". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  38. ↑ "Fiji, China, France and SA qualify for Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 13 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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