USA Club Rugby has published the schedule (link to PDF) for this weekend’s 7s national championship, which occurs Aug. 14-15 at Starfire Sports in Tukwila, Wash. The women’s competition includes 13 teams that are divided into four pools:
POOL AScionChicago Lions ORSUSanta Monica
POOL BLife West Rocky Mountain NOVA
POOL CARPTCBoston BellesTempe
POOL DWashington ACOptimusChicago North Shore
The top-two teams from every pool will advance to the Cup quarterfinals on Sunday; however the representatives from pools B, C and D – the groups with only three teams – will have to play a seeding match at the end of Saturday to determine Sunday match-ups. That leaves five teams for Bowl/Shield competition on Sunday.
Pool A is the only group with four teams, and thus the top-two teams will advance directly to the Cup quarterfinals on day two, and bottom-two teams to the Bowl competition. The top-two teams from Pools B, C and D will also advance to the quarterfinals, but will have to contest a seeding match at the end of Saturday to determine match-ups.
For more information, visit www.usaclub7s.com.