World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series

World Rugby Sevens Challenger
Current seasons:
2024 Men's Series
2024 Women's Series
SportRugby sevens
First season2020; 5 years ago (2020)
No. of teams12 (men's)
12 (women's)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Uruguay (2024 Men)
 China (2024 Women)
Most titlesMen
 Uruguay (2 titles)
Women
 China (1 title)
 Japan (1 title)
 South Africa (1 title)
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toSVNS (men's)
SVNS (women's)

The World Rugby Sevens Challenger (formerly the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series) is an annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national teams run by World Rugby that includes men's and women's events. Sponsored by banking group HSBC, it is the second tier of competition below the SVNS. Teams on the respective men's and women's tours of the Challenger Series compete for promotion to the first tier as a core team.[1][2]

The inaugural men's tour for the Challenger Series in 2020 featured events in Chile and Uruguay.[1][3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby postponed the final event in Hong Kong until October 2020.[4][5]

The women's tournament for the Challenger Series in the 2020 season was announced as a stand-alone event hosted in South Africa.[6] On 13 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby postponed the Challenger Series women's event without rescheduling a future date.[7] Subsequently, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan was awarded promotion to the Men's World Rugby Sevens Series as the overall points leader in the Challenger Series. However, no women's team was promoted.[8]

Teams

The 12 men's teams and 12 women's teams expected to compete at the 2025 Challenger Series.

Men's teams

Women's teams

Seasons

2020 logo

2020

Further information: 2020 Men's series and 2020 Women's series

The first season of the challenger series was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with the 2020 women's tour to South Africa being cancelled altogether and the men's final knock-out event planned for Hong Kong also cancelled.[9][4]

The 2020 men's tour was played over two rounds hosted in Chile and Uruguay.[3] Japan, as the top-placed team on the standings after the two completed events, was awarded the Challenger Series title and promoted to the World Rugby Sevens Series as a core team for the 2020–21 season.[9]

2022

Further information: 2022 Men's series and 2022 Women's series

The second season of the Challenger Series was played as a single tournament on 12–14 August 2022 in Santiago, Chile at the Estadio Santa Laura,[10] with the men's and women's winners gaining promotion as core teams on the World Rugby Sevens Series for the 2022–23 season.[11]

2023

Further information: 2023 Men's series and 2023 Women's series

The third season of the Challenger Series was played over two rounds on 20–22 and 28–30 April in Stellenbosch, South Africa,[12] with the men's winners gaining qualification to the 2023 core team qualifier event in London and the women's winners gaining qualification as a core team on the World Rugby Sevens Series for the 2023–24 season.[13]

2024

Further information: 2024 Men's series and 2024 Women's series
Uruguay men's team and China women's team celebrating at the Sevens Challenger Montevideo

The fourth season of the Challenger Series will be played over three rounds on 12–14 January in Dubai, UAE, 8-10 March in Montevideo, Uruguay, 18–19 May in Kraków, Poland (women), and 18–19 May in Munich, Germany (men). The top four placed men's and women's teams, based on cumulative series points at the conclusion of the third round, will secure their opportunity to compete in the promotion and relegation play-off competition at the SVNS Grand Final in Madrid on 31 May – 2 June against the teams ranked ninth to 12th from 2023–24 SVNS.[14]

Historical results

Results by season – Men

Summary of the top six placegetters for each series:

Series Season Rds Champion Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Ref
I 2020 2
Japan
Hong Kong
Germany
Chile
Uruguay
Tonga 		[15]
II 2022 1
Uruguay
Georgia
Chile
Germany
Hong Kong
Uganda 		[16]
III 2023 2
Tonga
Belgium
Germany
Hong Kong
Chile
Uganda 		[17]
IV 2024 3
Uruguay
Kenya
Chile
Germany
Hong Kong
Uganda 		[18]

Participation history – Men

Team

2020
2022
2023


2024

2025
 Belgium NQ 2nd NQ
 Brazil 15th NQ 8th NQ Q
 Canada SVNS Q
 Chile 4th 3rd 5th 3rd Q
 Colombia 13th NQ
 Georgia NQ 2nd NQ 9th Q
 Germany 3rd 4th 3rd 4th Q
 Hong Kong 2nd 5th 4th 5th Q
 Italy 9th NQ 7th NQ
 Jamaica 10th 12th NQ
 Japan 1st SVNS 8th Q
 Kenya SVNS 2nd SVNS
 Lithuania NQ 9th NQ
 Madagascar NQ Q
 Mexico 14th NQ 12th NQ
 Papua New Guinea 11th 9th 11th NQ
 Paraguay 16th NQ
 Portugal 12th NQ 10th Q
 Samoa SVNS Q
 South Korea NQ 12th 11th NQ
 Tonga 6th 7th 1st 7th Q
 Uganda 7th 6th Q
 Uruguay 5th 1st SVNS 1st SVNS
 Zimbabwe 8th 10th NQ

Results by season – Women

Summary of the top six placegetters for each series:

Series Season Rds Champion Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Ref
— 2020 Cancelled [15]
I 2022 1
Japan
Poland
China
Kenya
Kazakhstan
Belgium 		[16]
II 2023 2
South Africa
Belgium
China
Poland
Czech Republic
Thailand 		[17]
III 2024 3
China
Argentina
Belgium
Poland
Kenya
Uganda 		[19]

Participation history – Women

Team
2020
2022
2023

2024



2025
 Argentina Cancelled 7th NQ 2nd Q
 Belgium 6th 2nd 3rd Q
 Chile NQ 10th NQ
 China Cancelled 3rd 1st SVNS
 Colombia 8th 7th NQ Q
 Czech Republic NQ 5th 8th Q
 Hong Kong NQ 8th 9th Q
 Japan Cancelled 1st SVNS
 Kazakhstan 5th NQ
 Kenya 4th NQ 5th Q
 Madagascar NQ 9th NQ
 Mexico Cancelled 12th 11th 12th Q
 Papua New Guinea 11th 12th 11th NQ
 Paraguay NQ 10th NQ
 Poland Cancelled 2nd 4th Q
 Samoa NQ Q
 Scotland Cancelled NQ SVNS as Great Britain
 South Africa 9th 1st SVNS Q
 Thailand NQ 6th 7th Q
 Uganda NQ 6th Q

References

  1. ^ a b "World Rugby launches Sevens Challenger Series". SportBusiness. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ Nelson, Adam (12 February 2020). "World Rugby unveils inaugural women's HSBC Sevens Challenger Series event". Sport Business. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "New Challenger Series to boost rugby sevens' expansion". World Rugby. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont". World Rugby. 20 March 2020.
  5. ^ "World Rugby Statement: Singapore and Hong Kong Sevens rescheduled". World.Rugby. 13 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Sport: PNG to feature in women's Sevens Challenger Series". Radio New Zealand. 12 February 2020. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. ^ "World Rugby Statement: HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series postponed". World Rugby. 13 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Plans revised for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021". World Rugby. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  9. ^ a b "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". Asia Rugby. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Sevens Challenger Series 2022 | World Rugby".
  11. ^ "Teams aim for promotion at World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series".
  12. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2023 schedule announced | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  13. ^ worldrugby.org. "Sevens Challenger Series 2022 | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  14. ^ "World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 schedule announced". world.rugby. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  15. ^ a b "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". Asia Rugby. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Teams aim for promotion at World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile". world.rugby. World Rugby. 13 July 2022.
  17. ^ a b worldrugby.org. "Captains ready to chase promotion at World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2023 | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  18. ^ worldrugby.org. "Uruguay, Kenya, Chile and Germany qualify for men's HSBC SVNS Play-Off in Madrid | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  19. ^ worldrugby.org. "China claim third Challenger title as Madrid tickets handed out | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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