2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

The 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series was the second edition of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, organized by the IRB annual series of tournaments for women's national teams in rugby sevens.

In August 2013, the IRB announced that the season would consist of six tournaments - in Dubai, the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia, São Paulo, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played from November 2013 to May 2014, with a sixth tournament to be announced later. However, the sixth tournament never materialized, and official literature referred to São Paulo as stop two of five. The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, nine of which participated in all competitions of the season, while others might be identified by elimination or rankings of the six regions reporting to the IRB .

The competition As with the men's counterpart, the series winner was to be the team that collected the most points throughout the season, based on individual tournament finishes.

The number of "core teams" that participate in all series events increased to nine for the 2013–14 series, up from six in the inaugural series. The eight quarterfinalists in the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens were granted core team status for 2013–14:

In addition, the IRB announced that will be an invited core team for at least the 2013–14 series in an initiative to jump-start women's rugby development in the country, as Brazil was hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The remaining participants in each tournament were to be determined through regional qualifiers.

Events 2013–14 Itinerary Leg Venue Date Winner Dubai The Sevens, Dubai 28–29 November 2013 United States Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, Georgia (Atlanta) 15–16 February 2014 Brazil Arena Barueri, São Paulo 21–22 February 2014 China Guangzhou University Town Stadium, Guangzhou 5–6 April 2014 Netherlands NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam 16–17 May 2014

Points schedule The season championship will be determined by points earned in each tournament. The scoring system, similar to that used in the men's IRB Sevens, was announced shortly before the season kicked off.

Cup Winner - 20 Cup Runner Up - 18 3rd Place - 16 Cup Semi Finalist - 14 Plate Winner - 12 Plate Runner Up - 10 Winner 7th/8th play-off - 8 Loser 7th/8th play-off - 6 Bowl Winner - 4 Bowl Runner Up - 3 Winner 11th/12th play-off - 2 Loser 11th/12th play-off - 1

Should teams finish equal on series points at the end of the season, the tiebreakers are the same as those in the men's series: Overall scoring differential in the season. Total try count in the season. If neither produces a winner, the teams are tied.

Stadings Final standings for the 2013–14 series. + 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World – Series II Pos. Dubai Atlanta São Paulo Guangzhou Amsterdam Pointstotal1820182020962016201818 921418161616 804128141214 6051614108105861010128141781242123883––108 2194––14–181062316 1811–68––1412–46–4 141321242 1114–3–3–615––––3 316––1––1171––––1 {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers

|bgcolor=ccffcc|Green |Qualified as a core team for women's rugby sevens World Series III |- |No colour |Did not directly qualify for women's rugby sevens World Series III

Tournaments

Dubai

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup 35-27 (Third) Plate 17-10 (Seventh) Bowl 14-10 (Eleventh)

Atlanta

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup 36-0 (Third) Plate 22-0 (Seventh) Bowl 33-0 (Eleventh)

São Paulo

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup 24-12 (Third) Plate 5-0 (Seventh) Bowl 21-0 (Eleventh)

Guangzhou

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup 26-12 (Third) Plate 19-0 (Seventh) Bowl 17-7 (Eleventh)

Amsterdam

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup 29-12 (Third) Plate 27-12 (Seventh) Bowl 29-7 (Eleventh)

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