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The 2019 USA Women's Sevens was a
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tournament that takes place at Infinity Park in
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between the 5-6 October 2019. It was the seventh time that the
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have been held as an World Series event and was the first tournament of the
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. In the cup final, the
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won their first USA Women's Sevens since the tournament became a World Series event as they defeated
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26–7 in the final.
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came home in third place after defeating
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31–14 while
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won the Challenge Trophy over
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.


Background

The 2019
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is the first round of eight tournaments for the
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and the seventh since the tournament became a part of the World Series. During the off-season, qualifying for the
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continued in the continental with
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qualifying through to the Olympic Games as Great Britain with a 19-0 victory over
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.
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joined Russia in qualifying for the repcharge event.


Format

The twelve teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each with each team playing their other three opponents in their pool once. Points are awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top two third place teams also compete in the Cup. The remaining four teams will compete in the Challenge Trophy.


Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven teams being core teams to the Sevens Series. The twelfth team,
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was invited to the tournament.


Pool stage


Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage


Challenge Trophy


Fifth place


Cup


Tournament placings

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Players


Scoring leaders

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World Rugby
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Dream Team

The following seven players were selected for the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


See also

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(for men) *
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References


External links


Tournament site

World Rugby info
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