[1] Pool A Pool B Plate Cup On 25–26 August 2012, there was a tournament held in Twin Elm Rugby Park in Ottawa amongst five teams for one qualification bid, with the United States already qualified by making the semifinals of the 2009 Rugby World Cup women's tournament.
[2] The last qualifying tournament was held on 23−24 February 2013 in Rio de Janeiro for the sole remaining World Cup slot.
Fiji qualified to the World Cup as champions, with China and Japan also rounding out the remainder of the bids.
With Australia and New Zealand already qualified for the World Cup, the other highest placing country gets to compete in 2012's Asian championship to contest the bid against a prospective Asia 3.
With Fiji beating Papua New Guinea for the third place spot, they were invited to the Asian qualification tournament in Pune, India.