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HSBC SVNS 2025 schedule confirmed

• 13 Hours Ago - 2024-11-26 00:00:00

The HSBC SVNS 2025 series features seven iconic global destinations and will culminate with the SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles, following the penultimate round in Singapore, where the SVNS League winners will be crowned.
Singapore and Los Angeles have been added to the five previously confirmed destinations, meaning SVNS 2025 will feature seven rounds played across seven months, culminating with the SVNS World Championship at Dignity Health Sports Park, the LA 2028 Olympic venue.
HSBC 2025 will also welcome three new teams, as Kenya and Uruguay (men’s) and China (women’s) join the top level of global rugby sevens following their promotion from the HSBC Sevens Challenger, with victories at the 2024 promotion and relegation play-off in Madrid.
SVNS 2025 will kick off with a blockbuster event at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai, which hosts the first round on 30 November–1 December 2024. British artist Stormzy will lead the star-studded entertainment off the field, as SVNS continues to combine the best of rugby, music, food, and entertainment.
All 24 teams then move on to the DHL Stadium in Cape Town for the second round on 7–8 December 2024, where home fans will have the opportunity to cheer their Olympic medal-winning men’s team on home soil.
Following Perth’s highly successful debut as an SVNS host in 2024, which saw a sell-out crowd for finals day, the celebrations will return to Australia’s west coast for the third round of HSBC SVNS 2025, taking place on 24–26 January 2025 at HBF Park.
Vancouver will welcome the SVNS for the fourth round on 21–23 February under the roof of the atmospheric BC Place. The fan-favourite Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens is confirmed to take place on 28–30 March as the first official event at the new Kai Tak Stadium, serving as the fifth round of SVNS 2025.
The National Stadium in Singapore will host the sixth round on 5–6 April, with pre-sale tickets available from today. The SVNS League Winners – the team with the most cumulative points from the first six rounds – will be decided here.
The top eight men’s and women’s teams at the end of the Singapore event will head into the winner-takes-all World Championship, taking place for the first time in Los Angeles on 3–4 May at Dignity Health Sports Park, the LA 2028 Olympic venue. LA will also play host to the high-stakes promotion and relegation play-off competition, where the top four men’s and women’s teams from the HSBC Sevens Challenger will join the bottom four ranked teams in the SVNS standings at the end of the sixth round in Singapore, fighting for highly coveted places in future SVNS seasons.
Olympic champions France will aim to retain their SVNS Champions crown in Los Angeles after defeating SVNS League winners Argentina to claim the inaugural men’s title in 2024. New Zealand’s women won their second successive Olympic title in Paris and will aim to reclaim the SVNS Champions title they lost to Australia at the 2024 Grand Final. Fans in Cape Town, Vancouver, and Los Angeles will have the chance to cheer their Olympic medal-winning heroes on home turf after South Africa (men), and Canada and the USA (women) all reached the podium in Paris.
In what is sure to be another record-breaking year for women’s rugby, HSBC SVNS will again fully embrace gender parity, with men’s and women’s teams receiving equal participation fees. To ensure an equal platform for all players, all seven rounds will feature combined men’s and women’s events, allowing all players to showcase their talents on the biggest stages across the globe.
The women’s SVNS 2025 participating teams are: New Zealand, Australia, France, USA, Canada, Fiji, Ireland, Great Britain, Japan, Brazil, Spain, and China. The men’s teams roster includes: Argentina, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, France, Fiji, South Africa, Great Britain, USA, Spain, Uruguay, and Kenya.

Source: World Rugby