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South Africa Women's Sevens

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South Africa Women's Sevens
Current season or competition:
2023 South Africa Sevens
SportRugby sevens
Inaugural season2019
Number of teams12
Holders Australia
Most titles New Zealand (2 times)

The South Africa Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament announced by World Rugby as one of the stops on the world circuit,[1] with the inaugural competition held in December 2019.[2][3] The women's event is hosted at Cape Town Stadium as part of an integrated tournament alongside the existing men's event.[3][4] Most destinations on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series are geographically paired for travel reasons, with South Africa hosting the second tournament of the season following the series opener at Dubai.[5]

Champions

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Year  Venue  Cup final Placings Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Third Fourth Fifth
2019 Cape Town Stadium
New Zealand
17–7
Australia

Canada

France

United States
World Series tournaments planned for Cape Town were cancelled in 2020 [6] and 2021,[7] due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 Cape Town Stadium
New Zealand
31–14
Australia

United States

Ireland

France
2023 Cape Town Stadium
Australia
29–26
France

New Zealand

United States

Fiji

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ray, Craig (13 March 2019). "Women's Sevens World Series coming to Cape Town". The Times. Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ Breakfast, Sivewe (18 July 2019). "Cape Town Sevens dates confirmed: Women's event added to extended 2019 tournament". The South African. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Boost for Cape Town Sevens". SA Rugby Mag. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Rugby Sevens: Women's series expanded ahead of next season". CNN International. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019.
  5. ^ "World Rugby announces new-look men's and women's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-23". World Rugby. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Plans revised for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021". World Rugby. 29 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ "World Rugby cancels Sevens events in Cape Town and Singapore". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.