# 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

The inaugural women's tournament in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held at The Sevens in Dubai alongside the men's tournament. The tournament was held from 6 March to 7 March, with Australia beating New Zealand 15−10 at the final.

## Teams

16 teams took part in this tournament
* Australia
* Brazil
* Canada
* China
* England
* France
* Italy
* Japan
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Russia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Thailand
* Uganda
* United States

## Pool Stages

* Legend
* Teams advanced to the Cup quarter-final
* Teams advanced to the Bowl quarter-final

### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/– Pts  France 32014732+157  Australia 32019626+707  China 31024881–335  Netherlands 31022981–525
* 6 March 2009 11:00
| Australia | 50–12 | China |
* 6 March 2009 11:22
| France | 14–17 | Netherlands |
* 6 March 2009 13:56
| Australia | 10–14 | France |
* 6 March 2009 14:18
| China | 31–12 | Netherlands |
* 6 March 2009 16:52
| Australia | 36–0 | Netherlands |
* 6 March 2009 17:14
| China | 5–19 | France |

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  England 3300930+939  United States 32015017+337  Russia 31023151–205  Japan 300310116–1063
* 6 March 2009 13:12
| England | 17–0 | United States |
* 6 March 2009 13:34
| Japan | 10–31 | Russia |
* 6 March 2009 15:24
| England | 29–0 | Russia |
* 6 March 2009 15:46
| Japan | 0–38 | United States |
* 6 March 2009 19:04
| Russia | 0–12 | United States |
* 6 March 2009 19:26
| England | 47–0 | Japan |

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Spain 33005012+389  Canada 32019019+717  Brazil 31021267–555  Thailand 30032983–543
* 6 March 2009 11:44
| Canada | 52–7 | Thailand |
* 6 March 2009 12:06
| Brazil | 0–19 | Spain |
* 6 March 2009 14:40
| Brazil | 12–10 | Thailand |
* 6 March 2009 15:02
| Canada | 0–12 | Spain |
* 6 March 2009 17:36
| Spain | 19–12 | Thailand |
* 6 March 2009 17:58
| Brazil | 0–38 | Canada |

### Pool D

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand 33001200+1209  South Africa 32014330+137  Italy 31021769–525  Uganda 3003788–813
* 6 March 2009 12:28
| New Zealand | 50–0 | Uganda |
* 6 March 2009 12:50
| South Africa | 17–5 | Italy |
* 6 March 2009 15:24
| New Zealand | 45–0 | Italy |
* 6 March 2009 15:46
| South Africa | 26–0 | Uganda |
* 6 March 2009 18:20
| Italy | 12–7 | Uganda |
* 6 March 2009 18:42
| New Zealand | 25–0 | South Africa |

## Knockout
### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 7 March 2009 – 11:00 | 7 March 2009 – 11:00 | | | |
| China | 21 | | | |
| China | 21 | 7 March 2009 – 14:30 | 7 March 2009 – 14:30 | | |
| Japan | 5 | 7 March 2009 – 14:30 | 7 March 2009 – 14:30 | |
| Japan | 5 | China | 28 | |
| 7 March 2009 – 11:22 | 7 March 2009 – 11:22 | | China | 28 | |
| 7 March 2009 – 11:22 | 7 March 2009 – 11:22 | Italy | 0 | |
| Italy | 17 | Italy | 0 | |
| Italy | 17 | | | | 7 March 2009 – 17:52 | 7 March 2009 – 17:52 |
| Thailand | 0 | | | | 7 March 2009 – 17:52 | 7 March 2009 – 17:52 |
| Thailand | 0 | | | | China | 10 |
| 7 March 2009 – 11:44 | 7 March 2009 – 11:44 | | | | | China | 10 |
| 7 March 2009 – 11:44 | 7 March 2009 – 11:44 | | | | Brazil | 7 |
| Brazil | 12 | | | | Brazil | 7 |
| Brazil | 12 | 7 March 2009 – 14:52 | 7 March 2009 – 14:52 | | | |
| Uganda | 7 | 7 March 2009 – 14:52 | 7 March 2009 – 14:52 | | | |
| Uganda | 7 | Brazil | 17 | | | |
| 7 March 2009 – 12:06 | 7 March 2009 – 12:06 | | Brazil | 17 | | | |
| 7 March 2009 – 12:06 | 7 March 2009 – 12:06 | Russia | 12 | |
| Russia | 12 | Russia | 12 | |
| Netherlands | 5 | | | |

### Plate

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 7 March 2009 – 15:14 | 7 March 2009 – 15:14 |
| France | 12 |
| France | 12 | 7 March 2009 – 19:00 | 7 March 2009 – 19:00 |
| Canada | 19 | 7 March 2009 – 19:00 | 7 March 2009 – 19:00 |
| Canada | 19 | Canada | 0 |
| 7 March 2009 – 15:36 | 7 March 2009 – 15:36 | | Canada | 0 |
| 7 March 2009 – 15:36 | 7 March 2009 – 15:36 | England | 12 |
| Spain | 7 | England | 12 |
| England | 12 | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 7 March 2009 – 12:28 | 7 March 2009 – 12:28 | | | |
| France | 0 | | | |
| France | 0 | 7 March 2009 – 16:24 | 7 March 2009 – 16:24 | | |
| United States | 19 | 7 March 2009 – 16:24 | 7 March 2009 – 16:24 | |
| United States | 19 | United States | 12 | |
| 7 March 2009 – 12:50 | 7 March 2009 – 12:50 | | United States | 12 | |
| 7 March 2009 – 12:50 | 7 March 2009 – 12:50 | New Zealand | 14 | |
| New Zealand | 33 | New Zealand | 14 | |
| New Zealand | 33 | | | | 7 March 2009 – 20:00 | 7 March 2009 – 20:00 |
| Canada | 12 | | | | 7 March 2009 – 20:00 | 7 March 2009 – 20:00 |
| Canada | 12 | | | | New Zealand | 10 |
| 7 March 2009 – 13:12 | 7 March 2009 – 13:12 | | | | | New Zealand | 10 |
| 7 March 2009 – 13:12 | 7 March 2009 – 13:12 | | | | Australia | 15 |
| Spain | 7 | | | | Australia | 15 |
| Spain | 7 | 7 March 2009 – 16:46 | 7 March 2009 – 16:46 | | | |
| South Africa | 15 | 7 March 2009 – 16:46 | 7 March 2009 – 16:46 | | | |
| South Africa | 15 | South Africa | 10 | | | |
| 7 March 2009 – 13:34 | 7 March 2009 – 13:34 | | South Africa | 10 | | | |
| 7 March 2009 – 13:34 | 7 March 2009 – 13:34 | Australia | 17 | |
| England | 10 | Australia | 17 | |
| Australia | 17 | | | |
* 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens Women's winners
* Australia 1st title