2012-13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

IRB Women's Sevens World Series (2012/2013) is 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 will consist of four tournaments - in Dubai, Houston, Guangzhou and Amsterdam - played in the from November 2012 to May 2013. Only the first one will be held in conjunction will be the 2012 Dubai Sevens with the men, while the others will be a separate competition. The number of teams in each of the events set at twelve, six of which participates 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 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 is a series of regular participants (core teams), while others might be identified through regional qualifying.

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