# 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

The women's 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament was held at Luzhniki stadium and nearby Gorodok Stadium, both in Moscow. The tournament was held from 29 June to 30 June, with New Zealand beating Canada 29−12 at the final. The eight quarter-finalists qualified as core teams for the 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series.

## Teams

* Australia (Holders)
* Brazil
* Canada
* China
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* Japan
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Russia (Hosts)
* South Africa
* Spain
* Tunisia
* United States
Notes: Canada qualified for the tournament through NACRA's regional qualifying tournament taking the 1 and only place available in the North America/Caribbean category. Tunisia qualified for the tournament taking the 1 available place in the Africa category. England, Ireland, Spain, France and Netherlands qualified for the tournament taking the 5 available places in the European category. Fiji, Japan, and China qualified for the tournament through AFRU's regional qualifying tournament taking the 3 available places in the Asian and Oceania category. Brazil qualified through CONSUR's regional qualifying tournament taking the 1 and only place in the South America category.

## Draw

The band allocation was completed on February 25 in advance of the pool draw on February 28.
The 16 teams were ranked in four bands of four, determined by series points accumulated over the three IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cups, and the first two rounds of the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series.
| Band 1 | England, Australia, Canada, United States |
| Band 2 | New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Russia |
| Band 3 | Netherlands, China, France, Brazil |
| Band 4 | Japan, Tunisia, Ireland, Fiji |

## Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams advanced to the Cup quarter-final
* Teams advanced to the Bowl quarter-final
All times are local (UTC+4).

### Pool A

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  New Zealand 3300975+929  Canada 32016527+387  Netherlands 31023361−285  Tunisia 30033105−1023
* 29 June 2013 09:00
| New Zealand | 36 – 0 | Tunisia |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 09:22
| Canada | 17 – 7 | Netherlands |
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* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 11:56
| Canada | 43 – 0 | Tunisia |
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* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 12:18
| New Zealand | 41 – 0 | Netherlands |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 15:36
| Netherlands | 26 – 3 | Tunisia |
| | Report | |
* Luzhniki Stadium
* 29 June 2013 18:32
| Canada | 5 – 20 | New Zealand |
| | Report | |
* Luzhniki Stadium

### Pool B

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  Australia 3300875+829  Ireland 32014537+87  South Africa 31022448−245  China 30031783−663
* 29 June 2013 09:44
| Australia | 36 – 0 | China |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 10:06
| South Africa | 5 – 12 | Ireland |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 12:40
| Australia | 22 – 5 | Ireland |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 13:02
| South Africa | 19 – 7 | China |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 15:58
| China | 10 – 28 | Ireland |
| | Report | |
* Luzhniki Stadium
* 29 June 2013 18:54
| Australia | 29 – 0 | South Africa |
| | Report | |
* Luzhniki Stadium

### Pool C

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  United States 33006219+439  Spain 31114743+46  Brazil 31023452−185  Fiji 30123362−294
* 29 June 2013 10:28
| United States | 12 – 7 | Brazil |
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* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 10:50
| Spain | 14 – 14 | Fiji |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 13:24
| United States | 31 – 5 | Fiji |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 13:46
| Spain | 26 – 10 | Brazil |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 17:04
| Brazil | 17 – 14 | Fiji |
| | Report | |
* Luzhniki Stadium
* 29 June 2013 20:00
| United States | 19 – 7 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* Luzhniki Stadium

### Pool D

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  Russia 32105751+68  England 32016917+527  France 31116941+286  Japan 30031096−863
* 29 June 2013 11:12
| England | 15 – 0 | France |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 11:34
| Russia | 14 – 10 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 14:08
| Russia | 26 – 26 | France |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 14:30
| England | 39 – 0 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Gorodok Stadium
* 29 June 2013 17:26
| France | 43 – 0 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Luzhniki Stadium
* 29 June 2013 20:22
| England | 15 – 17 | Russia |
| | Report | |
* Luzhniki Stadium

## Knockout stage
### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 June 2013 – 11:00 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 11:00 – Gorodok Stadium | | | |
| Netherlands | 19 | | | |
| Netherlands | 19 | 30 June 2013 – 14:30 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 14:30 – Gorodok Stadium | | |
| Japan | 14 | 30 June 2013 – 14:30 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 14:30 – Gorodok Stadium | |
| Japan | 14 | Netherlands | 17 | |
| 30 June 2013 – 11:22 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 11:22 – Gorodok Stadium | | Netherlands | 17 | |
| 30 June 2013 – 11:22 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 11:22 – Gorodok Stadium | China | 12 | |
| Brazil | 5 | China | 12 | |
| Brazil | 5 | | | | 30 June 2013 – 17:50 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 17:50 – Luzhniki Stadium |
| China | 10 | | | | 30 June 2013 – 17:50 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 17:50 – Luzhniki Stadium |
| China | 10 | | | | Netherlands | 10 |
| 30 June 2013 – 11:44 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 11:44 – Gorodok Stadium | | | | | Netherlands | 10 |
| 30 June 2013 – 11:44 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 11:44 – Gorodok Stadium | | | | Fiji | 12 |
| France | 40 | | | | Fiji | 12 |
| France | 40 | 30 June 2013 – 14:52 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 14:52 – Gorodok Stadium | | | |
| Tunisia | 7 | 30 June 2013 – 14:52 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 14:52 – Gorodok Stadium | | | |
| Tunisia | 7 | France | 10 | | | |
| 30 June 2013 – 12:06 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 12:06 – Gorodok Stadium | | France | 10 | | | |
| 30 June 2013 – 12:06 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 12:06 – Gorodok Stadium | Fiji | 12 | |
| South Africa | 5 | Fiji | 12 | |
| Fiji | 22 | | | |

### Plate

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 30 June 2013 – 15:14 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 15:14 – Gorodok Stadium |
| England | 22 |
| England | 22 | 30 June 2013 – 18:40 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 18:40 – Luzhniki Stadium |
| Ireland | 0 | 30 June 2013 – 18:40 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 18:40 – Luzhniki Stadium |
| Ireland | 0 | England | 5 |
| 30 June 2013 – 15:36 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 15:36 – Gorodok Stadium | | England | 5 |
| 30 June 2013 – 15:36 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 15:36 – Gorodok Stadium | Australia | 14 |
| Russia | 5 | Australia | 14 |
| Australia | 7 | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 June 2013 – 12:28 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 12:28 – Gorodok Stadium | | | |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | |
| New Zealand | 24 | 30 June 2013 – 15:56 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 15:56 – Luzhniki Stadium | | |
| England | 7 | 30 June 2013 – 15:56 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 15:56 – Luzhniki Stadium | |
| England | 7 | New Zealand | 19 | |
| 30 June 2013 – 12:50 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 12:50 – Gorodok Stadium | | New Zealand | 19 | |
| 30 June 2013 – 12:50 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 12:50 – Gorodok Stadium | United States | 10 | |
| United States | 14 | United States | 10 | |
| United States | 14 | | | | 30 June 2013 – 20:25 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 20:25 – Luzhniki Stadium |
| Ireland | 5 | | | | 30 June 2013 – 20:25 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 20:25 – Luzhniki Stadium |
| Ireland | 5 | | | | New Zealand | 29 |
| 30 June 2013 – 13:12 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 13:12 – Gorodok Stadium | | | | | New Zealand | 29 |
| 30 June 2013 – 13:12 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 13:12 – Gorodok Stadium | | | | Canada | 12 |
| Russia | 12 | | | | Canada | 12 |
| Russia | 12 | 30 June 2013 – 16:18 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 16:18 – Luzhniki Stadium | | | |
| Canada | 15 | 30 June 2013 – 16:18 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 16:18 – Luzhniki Stadium | | | |
| Canada | 15 | Canada | 10 | | | |
| 30 June 2013 – 13:34 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 13:34 – Gorodok Stadium | | Canada | 10 | | | |
| 30 June 2013 – 13:34 – Gorodok Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 13:34 – Gorodok Stadium | Spain | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 10 | Spain | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 10 | | | | 30 June 2013 – 19:30 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 19:30 – Luzhniki Stadium |
| Spain | 14 | | | | 30 June 2013 – 19:30 – Luzhniki Stadium | 30 June 2013 – 19:30 – Luzhniki Stadium |
| Spain | 14 | | | | United States (aet) | 10 |
| | | | | | Spain | 5 |
* 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Women's winners
* New Zealand 1st title