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 (UTC+09:00)
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32015048+2732017822+56731024664–18531022969–405
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts330010724+83932017643+33731025784–275300327116–893
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32017455+19732014144–3731024367–24531026254+85
Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
MatchesSemifinals
11th Place
Challenge Trophy Final
5th place
MatchesSemi-finals
7th Place
5th-place final
Cup
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze-medal match
Cup Final
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 18 16 4 14 5 12 6 10
PlaceTeam Points 7 8 8 6 9 4 10 3 11 2 12 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Alena Mikhaltsova 11 2 Michaela Blyde 7 Portia Woodman 7 4 Emma Tonegato 6 Montserrat Amedee 6
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Alena Mikhaltsova 55 2 Montserrat Amedee 38 3 Tyla Nathan-Wong 36 4 Jade Le Pesq 35 Michaela Blyde 35
Source: World Rugby
Dream Team The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
Forwards Backs Montserrat Amedee Chen Keyi Evania Pelite María Ribera Alena Mikhaltsova Patricia García Sarah Goss
See also World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
References
External links Tournament Page