2018 USA Women's Sevens
The 2018 USA Women's Sevens was the first tournament of the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was played on 20–21 October 2018 at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado, the first time the USA Women's Sevens was held at the venue.
Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also competed in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group played-off for the Challenge Trophy.Teams
Eleven core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Mexico:Pool stage
All times in Mountain Daylight TimePool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
Matches |
Semi-finals Eleventh place Challenge Trophy Final |
Fifth place
Matches |
Semi-finals Seventh place Fifth place |
Cup
Matches |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze Final Cup Final |
Tournament placings
Place | Team | Points |
20 | ||
18 | ||
16 | ||
4 | 14 | |
5 | 12 | |
6 | 10 |
Place | Team | Points |
7 | 8 | |
8 | 6 | |
9 | 4 | |
10 | 3 | |
11 | 2 | |
12 | 1 |
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Players
Scoring leaders
Rank | Player | Tries |
1 | Portia Woodman | 10 |
2 | Ilona Maher | 7 |
2 | Kristina Seredina | 7 |
4 | Alena Mikhaltsova | 6 |
4 | Michaela Blyde | 6 |
Rank | Player | Points |
1 | Portia Woodman | 50 |
2 | Emma Sykes | 45 |
3 | Ghislaine Landry | 43 |
4 | Tyla Nathan-Wong | 42 |
5 | Lucy Mulhall | 38 |
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