Singapore Sevens

Singapore Sevens

National Stadium, Singapore 7s venue.
Sport	Rugby sevens
Founded	2002
No. of teams	12
Most recent champion(s)	Men   Fiji (4th title) Women   New Zealand (2nd title)
Most titles	Men   New Zealand   Fiji (4 titles Each) Women   New Zealand (2 titles)

The Singapore Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament contested by national teams. It was first hosted as part of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2002. ^[1] The Standard Chartered Bank was the original title sponsor. It was effectively replaced in the calendar by the Australian Sevens for the 2006-07 season.

The tournament returned as an official event within the Asian Sevens Series in 2013. Singapore then secured a four-year deal to host a leg of the Sevens World Series starting from the 2015–16 season. ^{[2] [3]} Singapore's rights to host a leg of the Sevens World Series was extended for a further four years until 2023, ^[4] before the 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[5]

The tournament in Singapore was cancelled again in 2021 due to ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic  ^[6] to protect the health and safety of players, fans, and staff. ^[7]

Rugby sevens returned in 2022, the ninth time that the Sevens World Series was hosted in Singapore, when Fiji defeated New Zealand to win their third Singapore Sevens title. ^[8]

In 2024, the Singapore Sevens saw its first women's tournament, with New Zealand taking the title.

Men's Results

By placing

Summary of top-4 placings at the Singapore Sevens on the SVNS (updated to 2024):

Team	Champ­ion	Runner-up	Semi­finalist	Top 4 placing
Fiji	4	2	2	7
New Zealand	4	1	-	5
South Africa	2	–	4	6
Canada	1	–	–	1
Kenya	1	–	–	1
England	–	2	4	6
Argentina	–	3	2	5
Australia	–	1	4	5
United States	–	1	1	2
Ireland	–	1	1	2
France	–	–	1	1
Samoa	–	–	2	2
Great Britain	–	–	1	1
Total	11	11	22	44

Results by year

Year	Venue	Cup final			Placings			Ref
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Semi	finalists	Plate·Bowl·Shield
2002	National Stadium	New Zealand	21–17	Argentina	England	Australia	Fiji Wales South Korea	[9]
Tournament cancelled due to impacts of the SARS outbreak in 2003. [10]
2004	National Stadium	South Africa	24–19	Argentina	Samoa	France	Fiji Scotland Hong Kong	[11]
2005	National Stadium	New Zealand	26–5	England	Fiji	South Africa	Australia France Chinese Taipei	[12]
2006	National Stadium	Fiji	40–21	England	South Africa	Argentina	Samoa Kenya South Korea	[13]
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Plate·Bowl·Shield
2013	Yio Chu Kang Stadium	Japan	24–19	Hong Kong	China	South Korea	Sri Lanka Thailand n/a	[14] [15]
2016	National Stadium	Kenya	30–7	Fiji	South Africa	Argentina	Samoa Scotland Russia
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Fifth
2017	National Stadium	Canada	26–19	United States	England	Australia	New Zealand
2018	National Stadium	Fiji	28–22	Australia	England	South Africa	New Zealand
2019	National Stadium	South Africa	20–19	Fiji	United States	England	Samoa
Tournaments planned for Singapore were cancelled in 2020  [5] and 2021, [6] due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022	National Stadium	Fiji	28–17	New Zealand	Australia	Ireland	Argentina
2023	National Stadium	New Zealand	19–17	Argentina	Fiji	Samoa	Australia
2024	National Stadium	New Zealand	17–14	Ireland	Great Britain	Australia	Argentina

Women's Results

By placing

Summary of top-4 placings at the Singapore Sevens on the SVNS (updated to 2024):

Team	Champ­ion	Runner-up	Semi­finalist	Top 4 placing
New Zealand	2	–	–	2
Australia	–	2	–	2
France	–	–	1	2
Fiji	–	–	1	1
Canada	-	-	1	1
Total	2	2	2	6

Results by year

Year	Venue	Cup final			Placings			Ref
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Fifth
2024	National Stadium	New Zealand	31–21	Australia	France	Fiji	Ireland

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Key:
 Blue border on the left indicates tournaments in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

References

1. "A Brief History". Singapore Rugby Union. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
2. "Rugby: Singapore to host World Rugby Sevens Series from next year". Singapore Times. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
3. "Singapore seals IRB Sevens hosting rights -- report". TEN Sport. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
4. "HSBC World Sevens Series announces plans until 2023". Rugby Asia 24/7. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020.
5. "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World Rugby. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
6. "World Rugby cancels Sevens events in Cape Town and Singapore". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
7. "Rugby: HSBC Singapore Sevens cancelled for second straight year due to Covid-19". 3 September 2021.
8. "Fiji overpower New Zealand to win Singapore Rugby Sevens".
9. IRB Sevens III – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
10. "Singapore 7s cancelled". ESPN Scrum. 19 April 2003. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
11. IRB Sevens V – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
12. IRB Sevens VI – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
13. IRB Sevens VII – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
14. "Japan beat Hong Kong in Singapore final to seal Asian Rugby Sevens Series title". UR7s. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
15. Sallay, Alvin (11 November 2013). "Hong Kong surrender Asian crown after another Japanese comeback". South China Morning Post.

External links

• "Official website", Singapore Sevens, 2006, archived from the original on 10 April 2006
• 2016 Singapore Rugby Sevens, archived from the original on 27 October 2015, retrieved 14 May 2022, on 16 & 17 April 2016 at the National Stadium, Singapore. Official website