# 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens

The 2020 New Zealand Women's Sevens was a tournament at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand from 25-26 January 2020. It was the first edition of the New Zealand Women's Sevens for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

## Format

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool and the best second-placed team advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match. The other teams from each group were paired off for the lower classification matches.

## Teams

Twelve teams competed in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for the tournament was China.
* Australia
* Brazil
* Canada
* China
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* Russia
* Spain
* United States

## Pool stage
### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 35 | +83 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 66 | -9 | 5 | 5th-place playoff |
| Fiji | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 74 | -15 | 5 | 7th-place playoff |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 83 | -59 | 5 | 9th-place playoff |
* 25 January 2020
| Fiji | 26–19 | England |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 25 January 2020
| New Zealand | 40–7 | China |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 25 January 2020
| Fiji | 12–17 | China |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 25 January 2020
| New Zealand | 40–7 | England |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 26 January 2020
| China | 0–31 | England |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 26 January 2020
| New Zealand | 38–21 | Fiji |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 40 | +43 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 7 | 5th-place playoff |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 73 | -25 | 5 | 7th-place playoff |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 82 | -47 | 3 | 11th-place playoff |
* 25 January 2020
| United States | 19–12 | Russia |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 25 January 2020
| Australia | 24–14 | Brazil |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 25 January 2020
| United States | 34–7 | Brazil |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 25 January 2020
| Australia | 40–12 | Russia |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 26 January 2020
| Russia | 24–14 | Brazil |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 26 January 2020
| Australia | 19–14 | United States |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 31 | +49 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 35 | +50 | 7 | Advance to semifinals |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 73 | -47 | 5 | 9th-place playoff |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 73 | -52 | 3 | 11th-place playoff |
* 25 January 2020
| France | 31–7 | Spain |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 25 January 2020
| Canada | 24–7 | Ireland |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 25 January 2020
| France | 35–7 | Ireland |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 25 January 2020
| Canada | 35–5 | Spain |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 26 January 2020
| Spain | 14–7 | Ireland |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
* 26 January 2020
| France | 19–21 | Canada |
* Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

## Knockout stage
### Cup

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium |
| Australia | 19 |
| Australia | 19 | 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium |
| Canada | 28 | 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium |
| Canada | 28 | Canada | 7 |
| 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | | Canada | 7 |
| 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | New Zealand | 24 |
| New Zealand | 19 | New Zealand | 24 |
| France | 7 | | |
| France | 7 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium | 26 January 2020 – Waikato Stadium |
| | | Australia | 14 |
| | | France | 19 |
Matches :