The IRB Women's Sevens World Series (2012/2013) was the inaugural edition of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, organized by the IRB annual series of tournaments for women's national teams in the Rugby Sevens.
In October 2012 the IRB announced that the season would consist of four tournaments - in Dubai, Houston, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played from November 2012 to May 2013. The Dubai tournament was held in conjunction with the 2012 Dubai Sevens for men, while the others were separate competitions. The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, with six core teams participating in all tournaments of the series and the other teams identified by elimination or rankings within the IRB's six regions.
Itinerary 2012–13 Itinerary Leg Venue Date Winner Dubai The Sevens, Dubai 30 Nov–1 Dec 2012 United States BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston 1–2 February 2013 China Guangzhou University Town Stadium, Guangzhou 30–31 March 2013 Netherlands NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam 17–18 May 2013
The competition As with the male competition, series winner was the team that scored the most points awarded for winning various places in each event throughout the season. Each of the twelve team competition accumulate, six of which (, , , , , ) is a series of regular participants (core teams), while others might be identified through regional qualifying.
Points schedule The season championship will be determined by points earned in each tournament. The scoring system, similar to that used in the men's IRB Sevens, was announced shortly before the season kicked off.
Cup Winner - 20 Cup Runner Up - 18 3rd Place - 16 Cup Semi Finalist - 14 Plate Winner - 12 Plate Runner Up - 10 Winner 7th/8th play-off - 8 Loser 7th/8th play-off - 6 Bowl Winner - 4 Bowl Runner Up - 3 Winner 11th/12th play-off - 2 Loser 11th/12th play-off - 1
Standings The final standings after completion of the four tournaments of the series are shown in the table below.
The points awarded to teams at each tournament, as well as the overall season totals, are shown. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers.
Final standings for the 2012–13 series: + 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World – Series I Pos. Dubai Houston Guangzhou Amsterdam Pointstotal2014202074820181460108161852441814124851416884661212–16407610104308186–327916––10261014611211––12–12123––69132–32714–34–715–2––216––2–217–1––118––1–1
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers
Notes: These standings did not qualify teams for women's rugby sevens World Series II. Quarterfinalists from 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens gained core team status for 2013–14.
Season
Round 1: Dubai
Round 2: United States
Round 3: China
Round 4: Netherlands
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