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The 2018 USA Women's Sevens was the first tournament of the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was played on 20–21 October 2018 at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado, the first time the USA Women's Sevens was held at the venue.[1]
| 2018 USA Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series VII | |
| Host nation |  United States |
| Date | 20–21 October 2018 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up | United States |
| Third |  Canada |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  Spain |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Tries scored | 218 (average 6.41 per match) |
| Most points | Portia Woodman (50) |
| Most tries | Portia Woodman (10) |
← 2017 2019 → | |
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also competed in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group played-off for the Challenge Trophy.
Eleven core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Mexico:
All times in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00)
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
| 20 October 2018 12:20 |
Australia  | 53–0 |  Mexico |
| Infinity Park, Glendale Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States) |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 19 | +89 | 9 |
 England |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 7 |
| United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 5 |
 China |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 104 | −71 | 3 |
| 20 October 2018 11:14 |
| United States | 10–12 | England |
| Infinity Park, Glendale Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) |
| 20 October 2018 13:58 |
| United States | 24–21 | China |
| Infinity Park, Glendale Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy) |
| 20 October 2018 17:04 |
| New Zealand | 35–12 | United States |
| Infinity Park, Glendale Referee: Sara Cox (England) |
Pool C
Challenge Trophy
| Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 11:58 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Spain | 46 | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 15:26 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||
| Spain | 20 | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 12:20 – Infinity Park | ||||||
 Fiji | 14 | |||||
| China | 14 | |||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 15:04 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||
| China | 47 | |||||
| Matches |
|---|
|
Semi-finals Eleventh place Challenge Trophy Final |
Fifth place
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 13:36 – Infinity Park | ||||||
 Ireland | 21 | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 16:42 – Infinity Park | ||||||
 Russia | 10 | |||||
| Ireland | 19 | |||||
| 21 October 2018 – 13:58 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Australia | 21 | |||||
| England | 12 | |||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 16:20 – Infinity Park | ||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||
| England | 14 | |||||
| Matches |
|---|
|
Semi-finals Seventh place Fifth place |
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 10:30 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 34 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 14:20 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 28 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 10:52 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Canada | 19 | |||||||||
| Canada | 21 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 17:30 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 33 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 11:14 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| United States | 7 | |||||||||
| England | 7 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 14:42 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
 France | 22 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 11:36 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| United States | 21 | Bronze Final | ||||||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||||||
| 21 October 2018 – 17:04 – Infinity Park | ||||||||||
| United States | 26 | |||||||||
| Canada | 28 | |||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| Matches |
|---|
|
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze Final Cup Final |
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| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
 |
New Zealand | 20 |
 |
United States | 18 |
 |
Canada | 16 |
| 4 | France | 14 |
| 5 | Australia | 12 |
| 6 | Ireland | 10 |
Source: World Rugby
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Tries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portia Woodman | 10 |
| 2 | Ilona Maher | 7 |
| Kristina Seredina | ||
| 4 | Alena Mikhaltsova | 6 |
| Michaela Blyde |
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portia Woodman | 50 |
| 2 | Emma Sykes (rugby union) | 45 |
| 3 | Ghislaine Landry | 43 |
| 4 | Tyla Nathan-Wong | 42 |
| 5 | Lucy Mulhall | 38 |
Source: World Rugby
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