2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
However, the sixth tournament never materialized, and official literature referred to São Paulo as stop two of five.The number of teams in each of the events was set at twelve, nine of which participated in all competitions of the season, while others might be identified by elimination or rankings of the six regions reporting to the IRB .[1] As with the men's counterpart, the series winner was to be the team that collected the most points throughout the season, based on individual tournament finishes.The eight quarterfinalists in the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens were granted core team status for 2013–14:[2] In addition, the IRB announced that Brazil will be an invited core team for at least the 2013–14 series in an initiative to jump-start women's rugby development in the country, as Brazil was hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics.The scoring system, similar to that used in the men's IRB Sevens, was announced shortly before the season kicked off.