New Zealand Sevens (tournament)

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New Zealand Sevens
Most recent season or competition:
2023 New Zealand Sevens
New Zealand Sevens logo 2018.png
Sport Rugby sevens
Founded2000
No. of teams16
CountryNew Zealand
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (2023)
Most titlesFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (10 titles)
Official website sevens.co.nz
Fiji's Waisale Serevi at Wellington in 2007. Sereviwarmup.jpg
Fiji's Waisale Serevi at Wellington in 2007.

The New Zealand Sevens was an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand. [1] [2] For the first eighteen years of its history the event was held in Wellington. [1] [3] The event was the third on the World Rugby Sevens Series circuit and is generally held in late January or early February.

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History

Wellington

Wellington first hosted a tournament in 2000 as part of the inaugural Sevens World Series. The event was the first to be held in the newly-developed Westpac Stadium. [4] The tournament built a reputation for a party atmosphere, with a large proportion of attendees choosing to wear fancy dress. [5] Movie figures such as the Men in Black (MIB) and Austin Powers were crowd favorites and an impersonator of Austin Powers was a regular for many years performing for the crowd. [4] Host team New Zealand dominated the sevens competition in Wellington, winning just over half of all the tournaments held.

Hamilton

The location of the tournament was moved to Hamilton in 2018, [3] after attendances in Wellington had declined. [6] The tournament was hosted as part of an integrated men's and women's event from 2019. [7] Discussion was also begun on alternating the host location of the tournament between Hamilton and Suva, in Fiji, following the 2020 edition. [8] [9]

Results

Year Venue Cup finalPlacings
WinnerScoreRunner-upPlateBowlShield
2000 Westpac Stadium Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
24–14Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
Flag of France.svg
France
n/a
2001 Westpac StadiumFlag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
19–17Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
2002 Westpac StadiumFlag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
17–14Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of France.svg
France
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
Cook Islands
2003 Westpac StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
38–26Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
Flag of Tonga.svg
Tonga
2004 Westpac StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
33–15Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
Flag of Tonga.svg
Tonga
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2005 Westpac StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
31–7Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
Flag of Niue.svg
Niue
2006 Westpac StadiumFlag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
27–22Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Scotland.svg
Scotland
Flag of Tonga.svg
Tonga
2007 Westpac StadiumFlag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
17–14Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
2008 Westpac StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
22–17Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2009 Westpac StadiumFlag of England.svg
England
19–17Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
Cook Islands
Flag of Scotland.svg
Scotland
2010 Westpac StadiumFlag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
19–14Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
Wales
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2011 Westpac StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
29–14Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2012 Westpac StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
24–7Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
Flag of Scotland.svg
Scotland
2013 Westpac StadiumFlag of England.svg
England
24–19Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
Wales
2014 Westpac StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
21–0Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of Kenya.svg
Kenya
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2015 Westpac StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
27–21Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
Flag of France.svg
France
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
2016 Westpac StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
24–21Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
Flag of France.svg
France
WinnerScoreRunner-upThirdFourthFifth
2017 Westpac StadiumFlag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
26–5Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
Flag of Scotland.svg
Scotland
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2018 Waikato Stadium Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
24–17Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2019 Waikato StadiumFlag of Fiji.svg
Fiji
38–0Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
2020 Waikato StadiumFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
27–5Flag of France.svg
France
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
World Series tournaments planned for Hamilton were cancelled in 2021 [10] and 2022, [11] due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023 Waikato StadiumFlag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
14–12Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Flag of France.svg
France
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia

See also

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