The 2024–25 SVNS is the 26th annual series of
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 ...
tournaments for national sevens teams, known as the
SVNS
The SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, 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 ...
. It will take place between November 2024 and June 2025. The SVNS has been run by
World Rugby
World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international competit ...
since 1999.
Teams and format
There are three changes from the 2023–24 season, Kenya and Uruguay men won promotion at the
2024 Grand Finals in Madrid, which also saw China women promoted. Canada and Samoa men as well as South Africa women were relegated.
The tournament takes place over seven months and consists of seven events,
with the final event holding the top eight-placed teams in a
Grand Final
Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North Ameri ...
event. The teams placed between nine–twelve will compete in a promotion/relegation-style event with other teams to decide which stay as core teams.
Men's teams
Women's teams
Tour venues
The schedule for the series was finalized on November 11, including the Grand Final in Los Angeles as the final leg.
Standings
The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete. The delineation between position eight and position nine denotes the teams (1st–8th) that will compete in the grand final in Los Angeles, and the teams (9th–12th) that will compete in the Challenger Series.
Men's
:
Women's
:
Men's Grand Finals
Women's Grand Finals
Placings summary
Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2024–25 series, by team:
Men
Women
Players
Tournaments
Dubai
Men
Women
Cape Town
Men
Women
Perth
Men
Women
Vancouver
Men
Women
Hong Kong
Source:
Men
Women
Singapore
Source:
Men
Women
Los Angeles
Men
Women
References
External links
Official site
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World Rugby Sevens Series