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2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

World Rugby
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nations United Arab Emirates
Australia
Japan
Canada
France
Date 30 November 2017 – 10 June 2018

The 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series will be the sixth edition of the global rugby sevens circuit for women's national teams, organised by World Rugby. There are five tournament events scheduled on the 2017–18 circuit and twelve teams will compete in each tournament.

Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals for the first three teams also awarded. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy. The overall winner of the series is determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.

The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2017–18 series are:

One additional core team qualified through winning the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens:

There will be five tournament events in 2017–18:

Official standings for the 2017–18 series:

Source: World Rugby


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