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Uruguay Sevens
The Uruguay Sevens, branded as Seven Punta, is an annual international rugby sevens tournament. Currently held in the capital Montevideo, it was hosted as the Punta del Este Sevens in the Punta del Este, resort city of the same name for three decades from 1989 onwards. The tournament retains that history in its branding. The event was formerly part of the IRB Sevens World Series for the inaugural season in 1999–2000 World Sevens Series, 2000. In recent years it has been part of the Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, Sudamérica Sevens Series and the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series, World Sevens Challenger Series. The tournament is organised by the Old Boys & Old Girls Club, Old Boys Club, usually in January or February. It attracts the participation of clubs from Uruguay and neighboring countries such as Argentina, as well as selected provincial and national teams. Internationally, it is the highest profile Uruguayan rugby event, and has attracted players of the calibre of Jonah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Sevens
Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. Rugby sevens is administered by World Rugby, the body responsible for rugby union worldwide. The game is popular at all levels, with amateur and club tournaments generally held in the summer months. Sevens is one of the most well distributed forms of rugby, and is popular in parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and especially in the South Pacific. Rugby sevens originated in the 1880s in the Scottish town of Melrose, Scottish Borders, Melrose; the Melrose Sevens tournament is still played annually. The popularity of rugby sevens increased further with the development of the Hong Kong Sevens in the 1970s and was later followed by the inclusion of the sport into the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 1998 and the establishmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium Barbarians
Belgium Barbarians is an invitational rugby sevens Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ... team. They participate in 7's tournaments all around the world. Prize list * New York 7's (USA), November 2024: 1/2 Finalist Cup * Montreal 7's (Canada), September 2024: Finalist Cup * Tullamore 7's (Ireland), July 2024: 1/2 Finalist Cup * Montreal 7's (Canada), September 2023: Finalist Cup * Tullamore 7's (Ireland), July 2023: 1/4 Finalist Cup * Montreal 7's (Canada), September 2022: Finalist Cup * Tullamore 7's (Ireland), July 2022: Finalist Cup * Howard Hinton 7's (France), October 2021: 1/2 Cup Finalist * New York 7's (USA), November 2019: 3rd * Tullamore 7's (Ireland), July 2019: Winner Cup * Madrid 7's (Spain), June 2019: 1/4 Finalist Cup * Borneo 7's (Malaysia), March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paysandú Department
Paysandú Department () is a department of the northwestern region of Uruguay. It has an area of and a population of 121,843. Its capital is the city of Paysandú. It borders Salto Department to its north, Tacuarembó Department to its east, Río Negro Department to its south and has the Río Uruguay flowing at its west, separating it from Argentina. The origin of its name is debated but is likely to be of Charrúa origin. History The first division of the Republic in six departments happened on 27 January 1816. Two more departments were formed later that year. At that time, Paysandú Department included all the territory north of the Río Negro, which included the actual departments of Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Salto, Paysandú, and Río Negro. On 17 June 1837, a new division of Uruguay was made and this territory was divided into three parts. In the new division, Paysandú Department included also the actual department of Río Negro, until it was split from it in 1868. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Punta Del Este Sevens
The 2000 Punta del Este Sevens was a Rugby Sevens tournament held in Punta del Este, Uruguay and was the third leg of the 1999-2000 World Sevens Series. The competition took place on 7 and 8 January at the Campus de Maldonado. The hosts, Uruguay were eliminated in the Plate semi-finals. For the third consecutive event in the Series, the Cup final was contested between Fiji and New Zealand. The Punta del Este Sevens was not included on the World Sevens circuit for the 2000-01 series. Teams Sixteen national teams played in the tournament with New Zealand and Fiji being seeded one and two due to winning the previous two tournaments in Dubai and Stellenbosch. Peru were debuting on the world stage after becoming a member of the International Rugby Board as they were invited to compete in Punta del Este and Mar del Plata. Format The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools of four teams and teams in the same pool played e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifying
Of the twenty-four teams in the 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens, three were automatically qualified: 1993 champions England, runners-up Australia and hosts Hong Kong. The other twenty-one slots were contested by sixty-four national teams in three tournaments: Lisbon, Dubai and Punta del Este, with the quarterfinalists of the first two tournaments, then the semifinalists and Plate winner of the third advancing. Through qualifying through their tournaments, Cook Islands, Morocco, Portugal and Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ... all made their first World Cup appearance. Qualifier 1: Lisbon Day 1 Pool A : Pool B : Pool C : Pool D : Pool E : Pool F : Pool G : Pool H : Day 2 Pool A : Pool B : Pool C : Pool D : Pool E : Pool F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fédération Internationale De Rugby Amateur
Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe. It was formed in 1999 to promote, develop, organise, and administer the game of rugby in Europe under the authority of World Rugby (the sport's global governing body). However, it is not responsible for the organisation of the Six Nations Championship or the competitions run by European Professional Club Rugby (the European Rugby Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup, Challenge Cup). The predecessor to Rugby Europe was the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA), which was established in 1934 to administer rugby union in Europe outside the authority of the International Rugby Football Board (as World Rugby was then called), and came to spread outside the continent. FIRA agreed to come under the auspices of World Rugby in the 1990s, and appended 'Association Européenne de Rugby' to its name in a return to being a European body. In 2014 the organisation was renamed Rugby Europe as part of a re-branding. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Barbarians
The Australian Barbarians, nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team that has been a major part of Australian rugby since the team was founded in 1957. The club is based in Australia. The idea came from the concept of the Barbarian F.C. formed in Britain in 1890. History Founded in 1957, the Australian Barbarians was envisioned as an invitational side built off the original concept of the Barbarian F.C. side - adding opportunity for players to play against international touring sides - similar to other corresponding sides in other nations like the New Zealand Barbarians, South African Barbarians and French Barbarians, with all programs continuing into the era of professionalism. Following their inception, the Australian Barbarians featured in several tours, with fixtures against the All Blacks, Western Samoa, France, Scotland and Fiji, plus fixtures against development sides from England and Canada. Outside international clashes, the side regularly takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unión De Rugby De Rosario
The Rosario Rugby Union () is the organisational body that controls the game of rugby union in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina. The rest of Santa Fe province teams are organised under the Unión Santafesina de Rugby. Best placed teams of RRU qualify to play the Torneo del Litoral, along with clubs from Unión Santafesina de Rugby, Santa Fe and Unión Entrerriana de Rugby, Entre Ríos unions. History Although the first rugby game in Argentina took place on 28 June 1886, between Club Atlético del Rosario, Rosario A.C. (current "Atlético del Rosario") and Buenos Aires Football Club (1886), Buenos Aires F.C. On 12 July a second game was played between both clubs, Buenos Aires FC being the winner. local newspaper ''La Capital'' (dated 19 October 1871) mentioned a match of "a strange game known in England as 'rugby football'". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unión De Rugby De Cuyo
The Cuyo Rugby Union () (also known for its initials URC) is the organisational body that rules the game of rugby union in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is located in the city of Godoy Cruz, Mendoza. History It was founded in September 1945 and initially was the governing body of rugby also in the San Juan Province until the founding of Unión Sanjuanina de Rugby in September 1952. Competition The URC organises the regional Torneo del Oeste, a competition held since 2000. Provincial team The Union was represented in the Campeonato Argentino, a former national competition in which each of the 24 unions that make up the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) participated. The team won its only title in 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unión De Rugby De Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires Rugby Union (), usually referred as URBA, is the Argentina, Argentine governing body that organises and controls rugby union in the Buenos Aires Province (including the main district, Buenos Aires autonomous city and one team from Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario, Santa Fé). The remaining clubs from the province are distributed amongst four other unions: Unión de Rugby del Oeste de Buenos Aires in the west, Unión de Rugby del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires in the centre, Unión de Rugby de Mar del Plata in the east, and Unión de Rugby del Sur in the south. URBA is the largest union of Argentina, with 76 clubs directly affiliated and 15 competing as guests. Those teams compete in 7 competitions organised by the body, including the Torneo de la URBA, Top 13, the oldest competition in Argentina with the first championship being held in 1899 River Plate Rugby Union Championship, 1899. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Estadio Domingo Burgueño is a multi-use stadium in Maldonado, Uruguay. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 22,000 people and was built in 1994. It hosted games during the 1995 Copa América, 1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship and 2003 South American Youth Championship, as well as the Punta Del Este Sevens rugby tournament from 1989 to 2014 and later since 2017. It is home of Deportivo Maldonado in the Uruguayan Primera División. Also, Rocha FC and Atenas de San Carlos Club Atlético Atenas de San Carlos is a football club from San Carlos, Maldonado in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda División. History Atenas played two seasons in the Uruguayan Primera División, 2009–10 and 2014–1 ... have played home matches at the stadium. References External links World Stadium ArticleSoccerway Profile Multi-purpose stadiums in Uruguay Football venues in Uruguay Sports venues completed in 1994 Estadio D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
