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2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

World Rugby
Women's Sevens Series I
Host nations  United Arab Emirates
 United States
 China
 Netherlands
Date 30 Nov 2012 – 18 May 2013
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  England
Series details
Top point scorer New Zealand Portia Woodman
(105 points)
Top try scorer

New Zealand Portia Woodman
(21 tries)


New Zealand Portia Woodman
(21 tries)

The IRB Women's Sevens World Series (2012/2013) was the inaugural edition of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, organized by the IRB annual series of tournaments for women's national teams in the Rugby Sevens.

In October 2012 the IRB announced that the season would consist of four tournaments - in Dubai, Houston, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played from November 2012 to May 2013. The Dubai tournament was held in conjunction with the 2012 Dubai Sevens for men, while the others were separate competitions. The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, with six core teams participating in all tournaments of the series and the other teams identified by elimination or rankings within the IRB's six regions.

As in the case of male competition series winner will be the team that the entire season will score the most points awarded for winning various places in each event. Each of the twelve team competition accumulate, six of which (Australia, Canada, England, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States) is a series of regular participants (core teams), while others might be identified through regional qualifying.


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