# 2018 Japan Women's Sevens

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:
* Australia
* Canada
* China
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* Japan
* New Zealand
* Russia
* Spain
* United States

## Pool stage

All times in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 7 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 22 | +56 | 7 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 64 | –18 | 5 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 69 | –40 | 5 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 24 | +83 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 84 | –27 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 116 | –89 | 3 |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 55 | +19 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 44 | –3 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 67 | –24 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 5 |

## Knockout stage
### Challenge Trophy

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | Challenge Trophy Final |
| 22 April 2018 – 11:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 11:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| United States | 34 |
| United States | 34 | 22 April 2018 – 15:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 15:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| Japan | 14 | 22 April 2018 – 15:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 15:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| Japan | 14 | United States | 24 |
| 22 April 2018 – 12:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 12:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | United States | 24 |
| 22 April 2018 – 12:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 12:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | Ireland | 19 |
| Canada | 19 | Ireland | 19 |
| Ireland | 24 | | |
| Ireland | 24 | 11th Place | 11th Place |
| | | 22 April 2018 – 15:26 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 15:26 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| | | Japan | 14 |
| | | Canada | 33 |
Matches :

### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th-place final | 5th-place final |
| 22 April 2018 – 13:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 13:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| China | 19 |
| China | 19 | 22 April 2018 – 16:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 16:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| Fiji | 24 | 22 April 2018 – 16:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 16:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| Fiji | 24 | Fiji | 7 |
| 22 April 2018 – 13:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 13:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | Fiji | 7 |
| 22 April 2018 – 13:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 13:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | Russia | 30 |
| Russia | 41 | Russia | 30 |
| England | 0 | | |
| England | 0 | 7th Place | 7th Place |
| | | 22 April 2018 – 16:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 16:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| | | China | 5 |
| | | England | 36 |
Matches :

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 22 April 2018 – 10:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 10:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | | |
| New Zealand | 50 | | | |
| New Zealand | 50 | 22 April 2018 – 14:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 14:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | |
| China | 0 | 22 April 2018 – 14:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 14:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | |
| China | 0 | New Zealand | 17 | |
| 22 April 2018 – 10:52 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 10:52 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | New Zealand | 17 | |
| 22 April 2018 – 10:52 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 10:52 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | Australia | 12 | |
| Fiji | 7 | Australia | 12 | |
| Fiji | 7 | | | | 22 April 2018 – 17:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 17:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| Australia | 31 | | | | 22 April 2018 – 17:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 17:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| Australia | 31 | | | | New Zealand | 24 |
| 22 April 2018 – 11:14 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 11:14 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | | | | New Zealand | 24 |
| 22 April 2018 – 11:14 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 11:14 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | | | France | 12 |
| France | 29 | | | | France | 12 |
| France | 29 | 22 April 2018 – 14:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 14:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | | |
| Russia | 5 | 22 April 2018 – 14:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 14:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | | |
| Russia | 5 | France | 21 | | | |
| 22 April 2018 – 11:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 11:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | | France | 21 | | | |
| 22 April 2018 – 11:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 11:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | Spain | 0 | | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| Spain | 7 | Spain | 0 | | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| Spain | 7 | | | | 22 April 2018 – 17:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 17:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| England | 5 | | | | 22 April 2018 – 17:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | 22 April 2018 – 17:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu |
| England | 5 | | | | Australia | 19 |
| | | | | | Spain | 5 |
Matches :

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | New Zealand | 20 |
| | France | 18 |
| | Australia | 16 |
| 4 | Spain | 14 |
| 5 | Russia | 12 |
| 6 | Fiji | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 7 | England | 8 |
| 8 | China | 6 |
| 9 | United States | 4 |
| 10 | Ireland | 3 |
| 11 | Canada | 2 |
| 12 | Japan | 1 |
Source: World Rugby

## Players
### Scoring leaders

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 |