The 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the seventh edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. Six tournament events were scheduled on the 2018–19 circuit with twelve teams competing in each tournament. The series also, for the second time, doubled as an Olympic qualifier.
The series was won by New Zealand who won four tour events on their way to claiming their fifth World Series title.
Format
Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy. The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.
Teams
The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2018–19 series were:
The twelfth team in each tournament is allocated based on performance in the respective continental competitions within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.
Core team in 2018–19 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Pink
Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2018–19 series
Yellow
Invitational team
Qualified to the 2020 Olympic Sevens as one of the four highest placed eligible teams from the 2018–19 series.[1]
^By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England represented Great Britain in qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Sevens.[2] The final make-up of the Great Britain women's team was determined by the British Olympic Association.
Placings summary
Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2018–19 series, by team:
