2018 Japan Women's Sevens


The 2018 Japan Women's Sevens was the third tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the second edition of the Japan Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 21–22 April 2018 at Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu.

Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the runner-up of the 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, China:

Pool stage

All times in Japan Standard Time

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Knockout Stage

Challenge Trophy

Matches

Semifinals
11th Place
Challenge Trophy Final

5th Place

Matches

Semi-finals
7th Place
5th Place Final

Cup

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Cup Final

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
20
18
16
414
512
610

PlaceTeamPoints
78
86
94
103
112
121

Source:

Players

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerTries
1 Alena Mikhaltsova11
2 Michaela Blyde7
Portia Woodman7
4 Emma Tonegato6
Montserrat Amedee6

RankPlayerPoints
1 Alena Mikhaltsova55
2 Montserrat Amedee38
3 Tyla Nathan-Wong36
4 Jade Le Pesq35
Michaela Blyde35

Source:

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
ForwardsBacks
Montserrat Amedee
Chen Keyi
Evania Pelite
María Ribera
Alena Mikhaltsova
Patricia García
Sarah Goss