HSBC
SVNS
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World Rugby has confirmed an evolved HSBC SVNS competition model designed to deliver long-term financial sustainability and grow the global reach of rugby sevens in the lead-up to the Olympic Games in LA in 2028. Designed to bring fans closer to the action than ever before, the refreshed three-tier structure promises more high-stakes clashes, more rising stars, and more world-class sevens rugby across the globe with the opportunity for teams to progress from regional competition to the top-level HSBC SVNS 1 within a year.
THE HISTORY
HSBC SVNS is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the competition was formed to promote an elite-level of international rugby sevens and develop the game into a viable commercial product. The current circuit consists of nine tournaments - six in the HSBC SVNS series and three in the HSBC World Championship - generally beginning in November / December and ending in May / June the following year. New Zealand dominated the World Series in the early years, winning each of the first six seasons, but since then, Fiji, South Africa, Samoa, Australia and Argentina have each won season titles.
HSBC SVNS TABLE
HSBC SVNS TOP PLAYER STATS
