The Canada Sevens is an annual
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 ...
tournament held every March. It is one of the stops on the
World Rugby Sevens Series
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 ...
, and is played the weekend after the
USA Sevens. Canada secured a four-year deal to host to event from the
2015–16 season.
[ The tournament is played at ]BC Place
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a Crown corporation of the province.
The venue is currently ...
in Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...
.[
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Event winners
Attendance
See also
* Canada Women's Sevens
References
External links
Canada Sevens
official website
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World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 2016
International rugby union competitions hosted by Canada
2016 establishments in British Columbia
Rugby union in British Columbia