WOMEN'S TEAMS - 2018 USA RUGBY CLUB 7s NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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16 Teams will compete in the 2018 USA Rugby Women's Club 7s National Championship.
Teams will be announced as they qualify, and pools will be announced by July 9, 2018.
Starting in 2018, seeding is determined by the principle that “every region shall receive at least 1 seed – but all other seeds should be determined by performance of each region.” The 7s working group met at the 2017 Club 7s National Championship and proposed there (later verified by wider discussion) that all seeds be determined ‘blind’ by criteria spanning over 3 years. It was felt that 3 years was the best period of judgment, as it minimized the potential of outliers who only performed well once, without going too far back so as to judge events where no current players would have participated.
To determine performance of each region, teams from previous events were awarded points that contributed to their region’s total. Those totals were then weighed by highest and lowest performers per region, and each region’s seed was ranked. In some instances, the #2 performing team from a specific region did better than the #1 performing team from another. To further evaluate the ability of a third team to compete, the group looked at the difference in performance between #1 and #2 to see what an expected #3 could garner, and if it would potentially perform better than a #2 from another region. To be eligible for a third seed, regions must have their #1 seed score in the top four. The result of this system produced the following seeds for 2018:
16 Teams will compete in the 2018 USA Rugby Women's Club 7s National Championship.
Teams will be announced as they qualify, and pools will be announced by July 9, 2018.
Starting in 2018, seeding is determined by the principle that “every region shall receive at least 1 seed – but all other seeds should be determined by performance of each region.” The 7s working group met at the 2017 Club 7s National Championship and proposed there (later verified by wider discussion) that all seeds be determined ‘blind’ by criteria spanning over 3 years. It was felt that 3 years was the best period of judgment, as it minimized the potential of outliers who only performed well once, without going too far back so as to judge events where no current players would have participated.
To determine performance of each region, teams from previous events were awarded points that contributed to their region’s total. Those totals were then weighed by highest and lowest performers per region, and each region’s seed was ranked. In some instances, the #2 performing team from a specific region did better than the #1 performing team from another. To further evaluate the ability of a third team to compete, the group looked at the difference in performance between #1 and #2 to see what an expected #3 could garner, and if it would potentially perform better than a #2 from another region. To be eligible for a third seed, regions must have their #1 seed score in the top four. The result of this system produced the following seeds for 2018:
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Pacific North (ACR1): 3 seeds
Pacific South (ACR2): 1 seed Frontier (ACR3): 1 seed Red River (ACR4): 2 seeds |
Midwest (NCR1): 2 seeds
South (ACR2): 2 seeds Atlantic North (ACR3): 2 seeds Mid-Atlantic (ACR4): 3 seeds |
Scoring of potential seeds/teams by region:
44 - Pacific North #1
41 - Pacific South #1
41 - Red River #1
40 - Mid-Atlantic #1
37 - Pacific North #2
35 - Atlantic North #1
30 - Pacific North #3
28 - Midwest #1
26 - Mid-Atlantic #2
20 - Frontier #1
17 - Midwest #2
15 - South #1
12 - Mid-Atlantic #3
10 - Atlantic North #2
4 - South #2
3.5 - Red River #2
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3 - Pacific South #2
1 - Hawaii #1
0 - Frontier #2
Negative-N/A Score - Red River #3
Negative-N/A Score - Pacific South #3
