2013-14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

2013-14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
Host nations	United Arab Emirates United States Brazil China Netherlands
Date	28 Nov 2013 – 17 May 2014
Final positions
Tournament details
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IRB Women's Sevens World Series (2013/2014) is the second 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 August 2013 the IRB announced that the season will consist of six tournaments - in Dubai, Atlanta, São Paulo, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played from November 2013 to May 2014 (a sixth tournament will be added in due course). The number of teams in each of the events set at twelve, nine of which participates in all competitions of the season, while others might be identified by elimination or rankings of the six regions reporting to the IRB .

2013–14 Itinerary
Leg	Venue	Date	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens, Dubai	28-29 November 2013	Australia
United States	Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, Georgia (Atlanta)	15–16 February 2014	New Zealand
Brazil	Arena Barueri, São Paulo	21–22 February 2014
China	Guangzhou University City Stadium, Guangzhou	5–6 April 2014
Netherlands	NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam	16–17 May 2014

The competition

As in the case of the men's counterpart, the series winner will be the team that collects the most points throughout the season, based on individual tournament finishes.

The number of "core teams" that participate in all series events will increase to nine for the 2013–14 series, up from six in the inaugural series. The eight quarterfinalists in the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens were granted core team status for 2013–14:

• Australia
• Canada
• England
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• New Zealand
• Russia
• Spain
• United States

In addition, the IRB has announced that Brazil will be an invited core team for at least the 2013–14 series in an initiative to jump-start women's rugby development in the country, as Brazil is hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The remaining participants in each tournament will be determined 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

Rankings

POS	Team						Total
1	New Zealand	18	20				38
2	Australia	20	16				36
3	Canada	14	18				32
4	Russia	16	14				30
5	England	12	8				20
	Spain	10	10				20
	United States	8	12				20
8	Brazil	6	2				8
9	Japan	-	6				6
10	Fiji	4	-	-			4
	Netherlands	-	4				4
12	France	3	-	-			3
	Template:Country data IRE	2	1				3
	China	-	3	-			3
15	Tunisia	1	-	-			1
16	Argentina	-	-				0

Tournaments

Dubai

Main article: 2013 Dubai Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Australia	35-27	New Zealand	Canada Russia
Plate	England	17-10	Spain	Brazil United States
Bowl	Fiji	14-10	France	Tunisia Template:Country data IRE

Atlanta

Main article: 2014 USA Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	36-0	Canada	Australia Russia
Plate	United States	22-0	Spain	Japan England
Bowl	Netherlands	33-0	China	Brazil Template:Country data IRE