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Thu, 29 Aug 2019

Pools and Match Schedule for HSBC USA Women's Sevens 2020

World Rugby has confirmed the pools and match schedule for the HSBC USA Womens Sevens, the opening round of the HSBC World Rugby Womens Sevens Series 2020.

Hosted at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado, from 5-6 October, the HSBC USA Womens Sevens will mark the start of the Olympic season for rugby sevens as the sport prepares to make its second appearance on the Olympic Games programme in Tokyo next summer.

Scotland women in action against Brazil during the Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2019. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com Click to enlarge.

The HSBC USA Womens Sevens tournament was first introduced in 2018 and is now one of eight tournaments on the womens series, with six of those combined with mens events.

Having earned promotion to the HSBC World Rugby Womens Sevens Series in 2019, Brazil are welcomed as one of the 11 core teams that will kick off the season in Glendale, alongside invitational side Japan.

Pool A will see reigning champions New Zealand face England, Russia and Japan.

2019 runners-up, USA, will be joined by France, Ireland and Brazil in Pool B, while in Pool C, Canada and Australia who finished third and fourth place respectively last season take on Spain and Fiji.

2019 was a hugely competitive season on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with the top four teams in both the mens and womens competitions earning automatic qualification to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

New Zealand, USA, Australia and Canada will be joined in Tokyo by host nation Japan, as well as Brazil and Great Britain qualified via nominated nation, England who are the first two teams to secure their spots through the regional qualification process.

Scotland women played extremely well in the 2019 Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com Click to enlarge.

World Rugby Chairman, Sir Bill Beaumont, said, After a very successful 2018 event, we are delighted to be returning to Glendale for the opening round of the HSBC World Rugby Womens Sevens Series 2020. Glendale kicks off what will be a monumental season for rugby sevens and womens rugby. We will see the womens series increase to eight rounds for the first time in history before the year culminates with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where rugby sevens will be showcased on the worlds biggest sporting stage for the second time. Rugby sevens has experienced exponential growth in the United States in recent years with the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 in San Francisco attracting a record attendance for a rugby event in the USA of 100,000. The HSBC USA Womens Sevens plays a crucial role in continuing to expand the reach of the sport within this key market and are very much looking forward to being hosted in Glendale once again where we will celebrate the start of a very special season.

Emilie Bydwell, General Manager for Women's High Performance at USA Rugby, added, We're so excited to kick off the Olympic season at home and in Glendale, CO. This is an amazing opportunity for our players to compete in front of their friends and family at the start of such a big year. We hope to not only continue our consistency in performance this season but to leverage HSBC USA Women's Sevens in Glendale as a platform to inspire the growth of the game in America. We are extremely grateful to the city of Glendale and World Rugby for the opportunity to host another exciting sevens event in the United States.

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