2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
# 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

The 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acted not only as a qualifier for the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, but also for seeding purposes for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens for five of the teams. The tournament was played on 5–6 April 2018 with pool stage matches played at So Kon Po Rec Ground with knock-out stage matches played at the Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong alongside the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens for men.

## Continental qualifying

Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify. Teams in bold also qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

| Continental Sevens Championship | Dates | Venue(s) | Berths | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series | 3 June– 16 July 2017 | Malemort, Kazan | 3 | Wales Belgium Poland |
| 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens | 16–17 September 2017 | Monastir | 2 | South Africa Kenya |
| 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series | 23 September– 14 October 2017 | Incheon, Colombo | 3 | China Kazakhstan Hong Kong |
| 2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship | 10–11 November 2017 | Suva | 1 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2017 Torneo Valentín Martinez (Sudamérica) | 10–11 November 2017 | Montevideo | 2 | Brazil Argentina |
| 2017 RAN Women's Sevens | 25–26 November 2017 | Mexico City | 1 | Mexico |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Format

12 teams, split into three groups of four. The group winners, runners up and the two best third ranked teams will enter the knockout stage. The overall winner will gain a spot on the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens series.

## Pool Stage

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:

Key to colours in group tables :

* Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool X

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 17 | +64 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 5 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 98 | –93 | 3 |

### Pool Y

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 9 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 69 | –45 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 53 | –24 | 3 |

### Pool Z

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | +38 | 9 |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 34 | +37 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 64 | –38 | 5 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 59 | –37 | 3 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | World Series Qualifier Final | World Series Qualifier Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 April 2017 – 10:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 10:30 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| China | 31 | | | |
| China | 31 | 6 April 2017 – 14:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 14:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 6 April 2017 – 14:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 14:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | China | 22 | |
| 6 April 2017 – 10:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 10:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | | China | 22 | |
| 6 April 2017 – 10:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 10:52 – Hong Kong Stadium | Belgium | 5 | |
| Belgium | 17 | Belgium | 5 | |
| Belgium | 17 | | | | 6 April 2017 – 17:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 17:12 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Brazil | 12 | | | | 6 April 2017 – 17:12 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 17:12 – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Brazil | 12 | | | | China | 31 |
| 6 April 2017 – 11:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 11:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | China | 31 |
| 6 April 2017 – 11:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 11:14 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | South Africa | 14 |
| Wales | 0 | | | | South Africa | 14 |
| Wales | 0 | 6 April 2017 – 14:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 14:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 26 | 6 April 2017 – 14:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 14:34 – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 26 | South Africa | 12 (a.e.t.) | | | |
| 6 April 2017 – 11:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 11:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | | South Africa | 12 (a.e.t.) | | | |
| 6 April 2017 – 11:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | 6 April 2017 – 11:36 – Hong Kong Stadium | Kenya | 7 | |
| Kenya | 17 (a.e.t.) | Kenya | 7 | |
| Argentina | 12 | | | |

Matches :

