World Rugby Sevens Series
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Full name | HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series |
Current season | 2016/17 |
sport | 7-a-side rugby |
Association | IRB |
League foundation | 2000 |
Teams | 24 |
Title holder | Fiji |
Record champions | New Zealand (12) |
The World Rugby Sevens Series , named HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series after the sponsor , are a series of 7-a-side rugby tournaments that have been held annually since 1999/2000 . National rugby teams of seven take part in the tournaments organized by the World Rugby Federation (IRB). The most famous tournament in the world, the Hong Kong Sevens , which has been held since 1976 , is also part of the series. Teams play for the title by collecting points according to their performance in the various tournaments.
7-a-side rugby is a version of rugby union in which 7 instead of the usual 15 players per team are on the field. The games are significantly shorter and only last 14 or 20 minutes, the game speed is higher. The series tournaments last two days, the Hong Kong Sevens lasts three days.
Tournaments
Venues for the 2019/20 season:
competition | place | Stadion | capacity |
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Australian Sevens | Sydney | Bankwest Stadium | 30,000 |
Dubai Sevens | Dubai | The Sevens | 50,000 |
South Africa Sevens | Cape Town | Cape Town Stadium | 55,000 |
New Zealand Sevens | Hamilton | Waikato Stadium | 26,500 |
USA Sevens | Carson (California) | Dignity Health Sports Park | 27,000 |
Hong Kong Sevens | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Stadium | 40,000 |
Canada Sevens | Vancouver | BC Place Stadium | 54,500 |
Singapore Sevens | Singapore | National stadium | 55,000 |
France Sevens | Paris | Stade Jean-Bouin | 20,000 |
London Sevens | London | Twickenham Stadium | 82,000 |
format
Usually 16 teams take part in a tournament, the only exceptions are the Hong Kong Sevens with 28 teams and the London Sevens with 20 teams. At each of 16 tournament participants are divided into groups of four teams, with each a round-robin tournament ( round-robin unsubscribe). If there is a tie at the end of the group stage, a decision will be made as follows:
- Direct encounters between teams tied on points
- Difference in game points
- Difference in attempts
- Total points scored
- coin toss
Four trophies are awarded at each tournament: the cup for the tournament winner and - in descending order of prestige value - plate (plate, 5th place), bowl (bowl, 9th place) and shield (shield, 13th place) . Each trophy is handed over at the end of the tournament.
After the end of the group phase, the two best-placed teams move into the knockout round. The four winners of the quarter-finals play for the cup, the losers for the plate. The third and fourth placed in the group stage also move into a knockout round. The four winners play for the bowl, the losers for the shield.
Attendees
The 15 so-called core teams take part in all tournaments in the series. In addition, a starting place will be given to an invited team (in the Hong Kong Sevens to the winner of the Asian Sevens Series).
Core Teams 2019/20:
- Argentina
- Australia
- England
- Fiji
- France
- Ireland
- Canada
- Kenya
- New Zealand
- Samoa
- Scotland
- Spain
- South Africa
- United States
- Wales
qualification
The twelve best-placed teams after the Scotland Sevens automatically qualify as core teams for the following season. In the Hong Kong Sevens , a pre-qualification competition with 12 participants will be held parallel to the 16-player tournament field. They play a round-robin tournament in three groups of four, the top two and the top two in the table play a knockout round, the four winners qualify for the qualifying tournament. This will be played as part of the London Sevens, with the four teams from the pre-qualification also participating in the three worst-placed teams among the core teams after the Scotland Sevens and the winners of the Asian Sevens Series. These play a round-robin tournament in two groups of four. The two best placed move into the semi-finals, the finalists and the winner of the game for third place participate as core teams in the following season.
Point system
The placement in the championship is calculated according to the points won in the individual tournaments. At the 16 tournaments (i.e. excluding Hong Kong) the points are distributed as follows:
- Cup winner (1st place): 22 points
- Runner-up cup: 19 points
- Third place cup: 17 points
- Fourth-placed cup: 15 points
- Plate winner (5th place): 13 points
- Runner-up plate: 12 points
- Semi-final loser Plate: 10 points
- Bowl winner (9th place): 8 points
- Second place bowl: 7 points
- Semi-final loser Bowl: 5 points
- Shield winner (13th place): 3 points
- Runner-up Shield: 2 points
- Semi-final loser Shield: 1 point
If two or more teams have the same number of points at the end of the series, the decision will be made as follows:
- Total game point difference during the season
- Total number of attempts during the season
- If there is still no decision, there are two or more winners
winner
- 1999/00: New Zealand
- 2000/01: New Zealand
- 2001/02: New Zealand
- 2002/03: New Zealand
- 2003/04: New Zealand
- 2004/05: New Zealand
- 2005/06: Fiji
- 2006/07: New Zealand
- 2007/08: New Zealand
- 2008/09: South Africa
- 2009/10: Samoa
- 2010/11: New Zealand
- 2011/12: New Zealand
- 2012/13: New Zealand
- 2013/14: New Zealand
- 2014/15: Fiji
- 2015/16: Fiji
- 2016/17: South Africa
- 2017/18: South Africa
- 2018/19: Fiji
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Series qualifying. In: irbsevens.com. Retrieved October 20, 2012 .