Rugby World Cup Sevens












Rugby World Cup Sevens
Rugby World Cup Sevens logo.png
SportRugby union sevens
Instituted1993 (men), 2009 (women)
Number of teams24 (men), 16 (women)
Holders
 New Zealand (men)
 New Zealand (women) (2018)

The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the premier stand-alone international rugby sevens competition outside the Olympic Games. The event is contested every four years, with tournaments for men's and women's national teams co-hosted at the same venues. It is organised by World Rugby, the sport's governing body.


The first tournament was held in 1993 in Scotland, the birthplace of rugby sevens. The winners of the men's tournament are awarded the Melrose Cup, named after the Scottish town of Melrose where the first rugby sevens game was played.[1] The women's tournament was inaugurated at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Dubai.


In men's Rugby World Cup Sevens, the New Zealand have won the tournament three times, Fiji have won it twice, and England and Wales have won a single tournament each, while Argentina, Australia and South Africa have reached tournament finals but not secured a title.


For women's Rugby World Cup Sevens, Australia won the first tournament in 2009 and New Zealand won the second and third tournaments in 2013 and 2018. New Zealand are the current men's and women's world champions having won both tournaments in 2018.


In May of 2009, the International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) stated that if Olympic rugby sevens were added to the Rio de Janeiro games, their intention was to end the World Cup Sevens.[2] In 2013, following two weeks of consultation, the board announced that the competition would be retained and integrated into the Olympic calendar, meaning that a meaningful elite level competition would take place every two years from 2016. In common with other Olympic team sports, the World Cup hosts a larger number of teams than the Olympic tournament.[3] The first competition after Olympic integration took place in 2018, which entailed a one-off five-year gap from the 2013 competition.


The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament for both men and women's teams was held from Friday 20 July 2018 to Sunday 22 July 2018 in AT&T Park, San Francisco in the United States. Unlike previous Rugby World Cup Sevens tournaments and the annual World Rugby Sevens Series events, in each of the genders, both competitions were played in knock-out only formats.


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Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Men's tournament

    • 2.1 Notable players


    • 2.2 Results by nation



  • 3 Women's tournament

    • 3.1 Results by nation



  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




History


The Rugby World Cup Sevens originated with a proposal by the Scottish Rugby Union to the International Rugby Board.[citation needed] The inaugural tournament was held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh in 1993, and has been held every four years since. England won the inaugural tournament, defeating Australia 21–17 in the final.


Hong Kong, which had played a major role in the international development of the Sevens game, hosted the 1997 event. The final was won by Fiji over South Africa. The 2001 tournament was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The 2005 event returned to Hong Kong.


At the 2009 tournament, Wales, Samoa, Argentina and Kenya combined to stun the rugby world by defeating the traditional powerhouses of New Zealand, England, South Africa and Fiji in the quarter-finals, guaranteeing a new Melrose Cup winner. Wales and Argentina met in the final, with Wales triumphing 19–12.


The IRB made a submission to the International Olympic Committee in 2005 for rugby sevens to become an Olympic sport. However, the submission failed because committee members felt IRB needed to improve promotion of the women's game.[citation needed] To that end, the IRB implemented the first women's Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in 2009.[4]
The 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Dubai during the first weekend of March 2009 and included a separate women's tournament. Cumulative attendance was 78,000.[4]


Prior to the inclusion of rugby sevens into the Olympic Games, the IRB stated that their intention would be to end the World Cup Sevens so that the Olympic Games would be the one pinnacle in a four-year cycle for Rugby Sevens.[2]
The adoption of rugby sevens and golf was recommended to the full International Olympic Committee council by its executive board in August 2009.[5] The International Olympic Committee voted in 2009 for rugby sevens to become a medal sport at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.[6]


The IRB Council in 2010 awarded the hosting of the 2013 tournament to Moscow, Russia from a field of eight nations that had expressed formal interest in hosting.[7] The IRB intended that the exposure to rugby from hosting the World Cup Sevens would accelerate the growth of rugby in Russia.[7]


The IRB had said the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens – featuring 24 men's teams and 16 women's teams – would be the last one. However, following feedback from its member unions, the IRB's general assembly voted for the tournament to continue. The principal concern is that Sevens at the Olympics would accommodate only 12 teams.[8]


The IRB announced on June 12, 2013 that the Rugby World Cup Sevens would continue after 2013, with the next tournament set for 2018, and for every four years after that.[9] Following the IRB's announcement, several nations officially announced their intention to bid to host the 2018 tournament – including the United States[10] and Wales.[11] On May 13, 2015 it was decided that the United States would host the 2018 edition of the tournament with the two venues being announced when they won the bid.[12]



Men's tournament



























































Year
Host
Final

Semi-finalists
Winner
Score
Runner-up

1993

Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland


England

21–17


Australia


Fiji


Ireland

1997

Hong Kong
British Hong Kong


Fiji

24–21


South Africa


New Zealand


Samoa

2001

Argentina
Mar del Plata, Argentina


New Zealand

31–12


Australia


Argentina


Fiji

2005

Hong Kong
Hong Kong


Fiji

29–19


New Zealand


Australia


England

2009

United Arab Emirates
Dubai, United Arab Emirates


Wales

19–12


Argentina


Kenya


Samoa

2013

Russia
Moscow, Russia


New Zealand

33–0


England


Fiji


Kenya

2018

United States
San Francisco, United States


New Zealand

33–12


England


Fiji


South Africa


Notable players



























Player of the Tournament
Year
Champion
Player

1993

 England

England Lawrence Dallaglio

1997

 Fiji

Fiji Waisale Serevi[13]

2001

 New Zealand

New Zealand Jonah Lomu

2005

 Fiji

Fiji Waisale Serevi[13]

2009

 Wales

Wales Tal Selley[14]

2013

 New Zealand

New Zealand Tim Mikkelson[15]

2018


The 2001 tournament added another chapter to the legend of New Zealand's Jonah Lomu. Lomu, used sparingly in pool play, received his opportunity when New Zealand captain Eric Rush broke his leg in the last pool match. Lomu went on to score three tries in the final.


In 2005, Waisale Serevi came out of international retirement to captain and lead Fiji to their second Melrose Cup.
At the 2009 tournament, Wales defeated Argentina 19–12 in the final, and Wales' Taliesin Selley was named player of the tournament.





















Most career tries
RankPlayerTries
1
Fiji Marika Vunibaka
23
2
Fiji Waisale Serevi
19
3
Samoa Brian Lima
17
4
Scotland Andrew Turnbull
16
5
New Zealand Roger Randle
14

The top all-time try-scorer for the Rugby World Cup Sevens is Fijian winger Marika Vunibaka, who scored 23 tries in three of the Sevens World Cups he played in from 1997 to 2005. Serevi ranks second with 19 career World Cup Sevens tries, over four tournaments from 1993 to 2005.[16] Brian Lima ranks third with 17 tries. The top points scorers are Serevi with 297 points, Vunibaka with 115 points, and Lima with 101 points.[17]



Results by nation










































































































































































































































































































































































Team1993199720012005200920132018Years

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf
21st
1

 Argentina
9th13th3rd5th2nd11th5th
7

 Australia
2nd5th2nd3rd10th5th10th
7

 Canada
15th21st5th18th13th9th12th
7

 Chile
17th17th
2

 Cook Islands
11th13th
2

 Chinese Taipei
21st21st21st
3

 England
1st5th5th3rd5th2nd2nd
7

 Fiji
3rd1st3rd1st5th3rd4th
7

 France
15th5th21st5th13th5th8th
7

 Georgia
10th11th21st19th
4

 Ireland
3rd19th19th13th18th9th
6

 Italy
17th17th21st
3

 Hong Kong
17th10th21st21st19th21st18th
7

 Jamaica
24th
1

 Japan
13th17th13th13th21st18th15th
7

 Kenya
19th19th3rd4th16th
5

 South Korea
11th5th13th21st
4

 Latvia
21st
1

 Morocco
19th
1

 Namibia
21st21st
2

 Netherlands
21st
1

 New Zealand
7th3rd1st2nd5th1st1st
7

 Papua New Guinea
21st
1

 Philippines
21st
1

 Portugal
21st18th10th11th13th
5

 Romania
17th13th
2

 Russia
9th11th17th14th
4

 South Africa
5th2nd5th5th5th5th3rd
7

 Samoa
5th3rd5th9th3rd10th13th
7

 Scotland
14th11th5th9th11th7th
6

 Spain
10th13th11th21st
4

 Tonga
7th9th19th11th13th22nd
6

 Tunisia
13th13th21st
3

 Uganda
19th
1

 Uruguay
21st19th19th20th
4

 United States
17th18th13th13th13th13th6th
7

 Wales
11th13th11th1st5th11th
6

 Zimbabwe
21st21st17th13th23rd
5


Women's tournament






























Year
Host
Final
Semi-finalists
Winner
Score
Runner-up

2009

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates


Australia

15–10


New Zealand


United States


South Africa

2013

Russia
Moscow, Russia


New Zealand

29–12


Canada


United States


Spain

2018

United States
San Francisco, United States


New Zealand

29–0


France


Australia


United States


Results by nation
















































































































Team200920132018Years

 Australia
1st5th3rd
3

 Brazil
10th13th13th
3

 Canada
6th2nd7th
3

 China
9th11th12th
3

 England
5th6th9th
3

 Fiji
9th11th
2

 France
7th11th2nd
3

 Ireland
7th6th
2

 Italy
11th
1

 Japan
13th13th10th
3

 Mexico
16th
1

 Netherlands
13th10th
2

 New Zealand
2nd1st1st
3

 Papua New Guinea
15th
1

 Russia
11th7th8th
3

 South Africa
3rd13th14th
3

 Spain
7th4th5th
3

 Thailand
13th
1

 Tunisia
13th
1

 United States
3rd3rd4th
3

 Uganda
13th
1


See also



  • World Rugby Sevens Series

  • World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

  • Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics

  • Hong Kong Sevens

  • Rugby World Cup

  • Women's Rugby World Cup


References




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  2. ^ ab RWC Sevens to be scrapped for Olympics, ESPN, 27 May 2009 Retrieved 24 February 2011


  3. ^ "Future of Rugby World Cup Sevens confirmed". RWC Sevens. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013.


  4. ^ ab
    "Tietjens backs sevens Olympic bid", ESPN, (13 August 2009), Retrieved 29 March 2011


  5. ^ Lowe, Alex (7 October 2009). "Lomu lends his weight to rugby sevens Olympic bid", The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 March 2011


  6. ^ John Duce, (27 Mar 2011). "New Zealand Beat England 29–17 to Win Hong Kong Rugby Sevens", Bloomberg, Retrieved 29 March 2011


  7. ^ ab IRB.com, Russia to host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013, May 12, 2010, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  8. ^ Sallay, Alvin (29 Mar 2011). "IRB under pressure to save World Cup Sevens", South China Morning Post


  9. ^ IRB.com. Future of Rugby World Cup Sevens confirmed, June 12, 2013, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  10. ^ "USA Rugby to bid for 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens". Usarugby.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.


  11. ^ "WRU bid to host 2018 Sevens World Cup". Wru.co.uk.


  12. ^ "USA to host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". Worldrugby.org.


  13. ^ ab "Hong Kong Sevens - Fiji's Waisale Serevi Is Sixth Member of 'The Hong Kong Magnificent Seven'". hksevens.com.


  14. ^ Clutton, Graham (18 March 2009). "Wales Sevens coach Paul John rings changes ahead of World Series in Hong Kong" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.


  15. ^ "Mooloos set to lose Tim Mikkelson to sevens". Stuff.


  16. ^ "Sevens heaven - The best in the business".


  17. ^ "Serevi, Vunibaka still stand tall". Fijisun.com.fj. Retrieved 10 August 2018.



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