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2013 China Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series I
Host nation	China
Date	30–31 March 2013
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
Third	United States
Plate
Winner	Ireland
Runner-up	Netherlands
Bowl
Winner	Japan
Runner-up	China
Tournament details
Matches played	34
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The 2013 China Women's Sevens was the first edition of the China Women's Sevens tournament, and the third of four tournaments in the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series. New Zealand won the final, defeating England by 19–5.

Format

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/Plate brackets along with the top two third place teams. The rest of the teams go to the Bowl bracket

Teams

A total of twelve teams competed, the six "core" teams and six invited teams.

Core Teams

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Netherlands
•  New Zealand
•  United States

Invited Teams

•  Brazil
•  China
•  Fiji
•  Ireland
•  Japan
•  Tunisia

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	102	5	+97	9
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	64	32	+32	6
Brazil	3	1	1	1	36	41	−5	6
Tunisia	3	0	0	3	0	124	−124	3

New Zealand	29–0	Brazil

Netherlands	47–0	Tunisia

New Zealand	53–0	Tunisia

Netherlands	12–12	Brazil

New Zealand	20–5	Netherlands

Brazil	24–0	Tunisia

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	105	20	+85	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	48	32	+16	7
Ireland	3	1	0	2	45	45	0	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	10	111	−101	3

Australia	26–5	Japan

Canada	33–5	Ireland

Australia	12–7	Ireland

Canada	52–5	Japan

Australia	10–20	Canada

Japan	0–33	Ireland

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	77	15	+60	9
United States	3	2	0	1	36	31	+5	7
China	3	1	0	2	32	55	−23	5
Fiji	3	0	0	3	20	54	−34	3

England	24–5	China

United States	15–0	Fiji

England	24–10	Fiji

United States	21–12	China

England	19–0	United States

China	15–10	Fiji

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 March – Guangzhou University
	China	57
					31 March – Guangzhou University
	Tunisia	0
					China	10
	31 March – Guangzhou University
					Japan	14
	Fiji	5
	Japan	12
					11th Place
					31 March – Guangzhou University
					Fiji	19
					Tunisia	0

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 March – Guangzhou University
	Netherlands	22
					31 March – Guangzhou University
	Brazil	0
					Netherlands	10
	31 March – Guangzhou University
					Ireland	14
	Ireland	15
	Australia	14
					7th Place
					31 March – Guangzhou University
					Australia	7
					Brazil	5

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	31 March – Guangzhou University
	New Zealand	31
					31 March – Guangzhou University
	Ireland	5
					New Zealand	24
	31 March – Guangzhou University
					United States	12
	Australia	14
									31 March – Guangzhou University
	United States	17
									New Zealand	19
	31 March – Guangzhou University
									England	5
	England	19
					31 March – Guangzhou University
	Netherlands	12
					England	19
	31 March – Guangzhou University
					Canada	0			Third place
	Brazil	0
									31 March – Guangzhou University
	Canada	33
									United States	5
									Canada	17

References

1. "Womens World Series I, Guangzhou, China. 3/30/2013 - 3/31/2013". Rugby 7. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
2. "New Zealand women win China Sevens". RNZ. 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
3. "New Zealand win China Sevens". www.world.rugby. 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2024-02-28.

• China Women's Sevens
• 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
• 2013 in Chinese women's sport
• 2013 in women's rugby union
• 2013 rugby sevens competitions
• 2013 in Asian rugby union