2018 Japan Women's Sevens
The 2018 Japan Women's Sevens was the third tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the second edition of the Japan Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 21–22 April 2018 at Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu.
Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.Teams
Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the runner-up of the 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, China:Pool stage
All times in Japan Standard TimePool A
Pool B
Pool C
Knockout Stage
Challenge Trophy
| Matches |
Semifinals 11th Place Challenge Trophy Final |
5th Place
| Matches |
Semi-finals 7th Place 5th Place Final |
Cup
| Matches |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze Medal Match Cup Final |
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
| 20 | ||
| 18 | ||
| 16 | ||
| 4 | 14 | |
| 5 | 12 | |
| 6 | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 7 | 8 | |
| 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | 4 | |
| 10 | 3 | |
| 11 | 2 | |
| 12 | 1 |
Source:
Players
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Tries |
| 1 |  Alena Mikhaltsova | 11 |
| 2 |  Michaela Blyde | 7 |
| Portia Woodman | 7 | |
| 4 |  Emma Tonegato | 6 |
 Montserrat Amedee | 6 |
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1 | Alena Mikhaltsova | 55 |
| 2 | Montserrat Amedee | 38 |
| 3 | Tyla Nathan-Wong | 36 |
| 4 | Jade Le Pesq | 35 |
| Michaela Blyde | 35 |
Source:
Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:| Forwards | Backs |
Montserrat Amedee  Chen Keyi Evania Pelite |  María Ribera Alena Mikhaltsova Patricia García Sarah Goss |