New Zealand Women's Sevens
| Recent tournament 2023 New Zealand Women's Sevens | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 2019 |
| Holders | New Zealand (2023) |
| Most titles | New Zealand (2 titles) |
The New Zealand Women's Sevens was an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, hosted at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.[1] The tournament was one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and was hosted as part of a fully integrated women's and men's event.[2]
History
The inaugural event in 2019, promoted as the Women's Fast Four,[3] was an invitational competition held alongside the men's tournament on the world circuit,[4] with home team New Zealand defeating France in the final.[5][6]
Champions
| Year | Venue | Cup final | Placings | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |||
| 2019 (Fast 4) |
Waikato Stadium | New Zealand |
31–0 | France |
England |
China |
n/a | [6] |
| 2020 | Waikato Stadium | New Zealand |
24–7 | Canada |
France |
Australia |
United States |
|
| World Series tournaments planned for Hamilton were cancelled in 2021 [7] and 2022,[8] due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||
| 2023 | Waikato Stadium | New Zealand |
33–7 | United States |
Australia |
Ireland |
Great Britain |
|
References
- ^ "Rugby sevens: Hamilton sevens to stage men and women". The New Zealand Herald. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Navzi, Careem (13 March 2019). "Hong Kong Rugby Sevens to include women's event for first time from 2020 in revamped World Series". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Black Ferns Sevens to play 'Fast Four' in Hamilton". Newshub. 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Black Ferns Sevens to play Fast Four event in Hamilton". World Rugby. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Hunia, Ravinder (28 January 2019). "Black Ferns sevens reign supreme in Hamilton debut". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Hamilton Sevens: Black Ferns sevens make history on New Zealand soil and reach final". Stuff. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "2021 Hamilton, Sydney Sevens cancelled due to COVID-19". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
- ^ Ekin, Kim (3 September 2021). "Four stages of World Rugby Sevens Series cancelled in space of an hour". Rugby Pass. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.