| Current seasons: | |
| 2025 Men's Series 2025 Women's Series | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| First season | 2020 |
| No. of teams | 12 (men's) 12 (women's) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Canada (2025 Men) Kenya (2025 Women) |
| Most titles | Men Uruguay (2 titles)Women  China (1 title) Japan (1 title) South Africa (1 title) |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | SVNS (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]
Contents
- Teams
- Men's teams
- Women's teams
- Seasons
- 2020
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- Historical results
- Results by season –Men
- Participation history –Men
- Results by season –Women
- Participation history –Women
- References
- External links
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]
