The World Rugby Sevens Series hosts have included several different counties. Eight counties currently host a leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series. Several other countries previously hosted tournaments, most recently England, France and New Zealand, all three of which were terminated following the 2022–23 season.
Current hosts
Hosts are current as of the upcoming 2023–24 series. Interruptions to events are recorded in the footnotes.
^The Dubai tournament was held during the 2001–02 series, but was downgraded in status and excluded from the Sevens World Series after several teams withdrew following 9/11. The tournament moved to current venue in 2008. Due to impacts of COVID-19, the event was cancelled in 2020.[1] However, two tournaments were held in Dubai for the 2021–22 season.[2]
^The South Africa tournament has been hosted at various locations since 1999. It was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to impacts of COVID-19.[3][4]
^The IRB withdrew Australia's hosting rights after the country imposed a sporting boycott of Fiji after the 2000 Fijian coup d'état.[5] When sanctions were lifted, the remaining tournaments of Brisbane's hosting agreement were played but the country was not awarded another event for the next three seasons from 2003–04 to 2005–06. Following stints at Adelaide and the Gold Coast, the tournament went to Sydney where it was held at various venues. The tournament was cancelled in 2021 and 2022 due to impacts of COVID-19.[6][7] It was held from 2016 to 2018 at the original Sydney Football Stadium,[8] on the same site as the present stadium which has hosted the tournament since the 2022–23 season.
^The first three editions of the USA Sevens were held at The Home Depot Center (as it was then named) in the Los Angeles area. The event moved to San Diego after the 2005–06 series and still later to Las Vegas, but returned to the original venue in Los Angeles for the 2019–20 season. The tournament was not held in 2021 due to impacts of COVID-19.[9]
^Canada hosted the only two events of the 2021 season, in Vancouver and Edmonton.[10]
^The Hong Kong Sevens was not part of the 2004–05 series, during which Hong Kong instead hosted the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was cancelled in 2020 and 2001 due COVID-19,[11][12] but hosted two tournaments in the 2022–23 series.[13]
^Singapore hosted a series event from 2001–02 through 2005–06 at the original National Stadium, except in 2002–03 when the event was canceled due to concerns about the SARS outbreak. After a ten-year hiatus, the series was hosted at the new National Stadium, constructed on the same site as the original, for the 2015–16 season. The tournament was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.[11][4]
^Spain has hosted events in several stints at various locations since the inaugural season:
2021–22: Estadio Ciudad in Malaga and La Cartuja in Seville
1 The 2001 Brisbane tournament was cancelled by IRB in response to the Australian Government's sporting sanctions against Fiji.[14]
3 The Dubai tournament was downgraded in status and excluded from the 2001–02 series standings after several teams withdrew in the wake of the September 11 attacks in 2001.[15]
3 The SARS outbreak in Asia prevented the events in Beijing, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur being played, and the Santiago event was withdrawn due to funding issues.[16][17]
4 The schedule for the 2012–13 Series was released to the general public in late June 2012. At the time, the schedule included a new event to be held in La Plata, Argentina. However, on 16 August, the Argentine Rugby Union pulled out of hosting an event in 2012–13, citing demands associated with the country's 2012 entry into The Rugby Championship.[18]