World Rugby Sevens Series hosts

The World Rugby Sevens Series hosts have included several different counties. Ten counties currently host a leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series. Several other countries previously hosted tournaments, most recently Scotland and Japan, both of which were terminated following the 2014–15 season.

Current hosts

Hosts are current as of the upcoming 2019–20 series. Each of the three most recent offseasons (2017, 2018 and 2019) has seen at least one tournament move. After the 2016–17 series, the New Zealand event was moved from Wellington to Hamilton.[1] Following the 2017–18 series, the Australia event was moved within Sydney from Sydney Football Stadium (at the time known commercially as Allianz Stadium) to Sydney Showground Stadium (then commercially known as Spotless Stadium).[2] The Australia event moved again within the Sydney region to Western Sydney Stadium (commercially Bankwest Stadium) in Parramatta after the 2018–19 series.[3] Shortly after World Rugby announced the countries for the most recent four-year hosting cycle (2019–20 to 2022–23),[4] it announced that the USA Sevens would return to its original venue, Dignity Health Sports Park in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, for at least the 2019–20 series.[5]

In the table below, all dates are relative to the first season of the country's or site's current hosting stint. Some current events have been interrupted; these are indicated with footnotes.

Event	Venue	City	Joined	First held at current site
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	1999–2000 [lower-alpha 1]	2008–09
South Africa	Cape Town Stadium	Cape Town	1999–2000	2015–16
New Zealand	FMG Stadium Waikato	Hamilton	1999–2000	2017–18
Australia	Bankwest Stadium	Sydney	2006–07 [lower-alpha 2]	2019–20 [lower-alpha 3]
USA	Dignity Health Sports Park	Carson, California (Los Angeles)	2003–04	2003–04 [lower-alpha 4]
Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	2015–16
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	1999–2000 [lower-alpha 5]
Singapore	National Stadium [lower-alpha 6]	Singapore	2015–16 [lower-alpha 7]
London	Twickenham	London	2000–01
France	Stade Jean-Bouin	Paris	2015–16 [lower-alpha 8]

The tournament was held during the 2001–02 series, but was downgraded in status and excluded from the Sevens World Series after several teams withdrew following 9/11.
Australia hosted events in three of the first four series (1999–2000 to 2002–03, with the 2000–01 tournament being canceled due to Australian government sanctions imposed on Fiji).
First event at current venue. Sydney first hosted the Australian round at Sydney Football Stadium in 2015–16, and also used that site in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 series.[6] With the closure of the Football Stadium in 2018, Australia's 2018–19 series stop was held at the Sydney Showground Stadium.[2]
Under its earlier name of The Home Depot Center, this venue hosted the first three editions of the USA Sevens, but the event moved to San Diego after the 2005–06 series and still later to Las Vegas, not returning to the Los Angeles area until 2019–20.
The Hong Kong Sevens was not held in the 2004–05 series, during which Hong Kong instead hosted the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
This is the second venue in Singapore known as the "National Stadium"; it stands on the site of the first National Stadium.
Singapore hosted a series event from 2001–02 through 2005–06 at the original National Stadium, except in 2002–03 when the event was canceled.
Before France's current stint as a series host, the country held events at three different locations:
- 1999–2000: Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris
- 2003–04: Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux
- 2004–05, 2005–06: The original Stade Jean-Bouin, which was replaced by an entirely new stadium on the same site in 2013

Past hosts

Former hosts of current events

Event	Venue	City	First held	Last held
Australia	Lang Park [lower-alpha 1]	Brisbane	1999–2000
	Ballymore Stadium	Brisbane	2001–02	2002–03
	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide	2006–07	2010–11
	Robina Stadium [lower-alpha 2]	Gold Coast	2011–12	2014–15
	Sydney Football Stadium [lower-alpha 3]	Sydney	2015–16	2017–18
	Sydney Showground Stadium [lower-alpha 4]	Sydney	2018–19
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	Dubai	1999–2000	2007–08 [lower-alpha 5]
France	Stade Sébastien Charléty	Paris	1999–2000
France	Stade Chaban-Delmas	Bordeaux	2003–04
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	Wellington	1999–2000	2016–17
Singapore	National Stadium [lower-alpha 6]	Singapore	2001–02	2005–06 [lower-alpha 7]
South Africa	Danie Craven Stadium	Stellenbosch	1999–2000
	ABSA Stadium [lower-alpha 8]	Durban	2000–01	2001–02
	Outeniqua Park	George	2002–03	2010–11
	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Port Elizabeth	2011–12	2014–15
USA	Petco Park	San Diego	2006–07	2008–09
USA	Sam Boyd Stadium	Whitney, Nevada (Las Vegas)	2009–10	2018–19

Currently known for sponsorship reasons as Suncorp Stadium.
Currently known for sponsorship reasons as cbus Super Stadium.
Closed in 2018 and demolished, with a new stadium planned for its site.
Currently known for sponsorship reasons as GIANTS Stadium.
The Dubai Sevens was held during the 2001–02 series, but downgraded from full Sevens Series status due to team withdrawals in the wake of 9/11.
This is the first National Stadium, which occupied the site of the current National Stadium.
The Singapore Sevens was canceled in 2002–03, but was held in every other season within the listed time span.
Currently known as Jonsson Kings Park Stadium.

Hosts of discontinued events

Event	Venue	City	Joined	Last held/Folded
Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	2000–01	2002–03
Chile	San Carlos	Santiago	2001–02
Japan	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	1999–2000	2014–15
Kuala Lumpur	Petaling Jaya Stadium	Kuala Lumpur	2000–01	2001–02
Mar del Plata		Mar del Plata	1999–2000	2001–02 [lower-alpha 1]
Punta Del Este	Estadio Domingo Burgueño	Punta Del Este	1999–2000
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	2006–07	2010–11
Scotland	Scotstoun Stadium	Glasgow	2011–12	2014–15
China	Yuanshen Stadium	Shanghai	2001–02
China	Olympic Sports Centre	Beijing	2002–03 [lower-alpha 2]
Suva	National Stadium	Suva	1999–2000

Mar del Plata hosted the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens instead of a leg within the 2000–01 World Sevens Series.
Beijing was intended to host an event in the 2003–04 series, but it was canceled due to the SARS outbreak then sweeping the country.

Tournament hosts

Italics indicates was cancelled

Tournament	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09
Australia	Brisbane	Brisbane⁽²⁾	Brisbane	Brisbane				Adelaide	Adelaide	Adelaide
UAE	Dubai	Dubai		Dubai	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai
South Africa	Stellenbosch	Durban	Durban	George	George	George	George	George	George	George
New Zealand	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington
USA					Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	San Diego	San Diego	San Diego
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
England		London	London	London	London	London	London	London	London	London
Canada
France	Paris				Bordeaux	Paris	Paris
Singapore			Singapore		Singapore	Singapore	Singapore
Japan	Tokyo	Tokyo
Scotland								Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Edinburgh
Argentina	Mar del Plata		Mar de Plata
Wales		Cardiff	Cardiff	Cardiff
China		Shanghai	Beijing	Beijing ⁽³⁾
Malaysia		Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur
Chile			Santiago
Uruguay	Punta del Este
Fiji	Suva
Rounds	10	9 / 10	11	7 / 8	8	7	8	8	8	8

Tournament	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
Australia	Adelaide	Adelaide	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	Sydney	Sydney
UAE	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai	Dubai
South Africa	George	George	Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth	Cape Town	Cape Town
New Zealand	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington
USA	Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Las Vegas
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
England	London	London	London	London	London	London	London	London
Canada							Vancouver	Vancouver
France							Paris	Paris
Singapore							Singapore	Singapore
Japan			Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo
Scotland	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Glasgow	Glasgow	Glasgow	Glasgow
Argentina
Wales
China
Malaysia
Chile
Uruguay
Fiji
Rounds	8	8	9	9	9 / 10	9	10	10

¹ The schedule for the 2012–13 Series was released to the general public in late June 2012. At the time, the schedule included a new event to be held in La Plata, Argentina. However, on 16 August, the Argentine Rugby Union pulled out of hosting an event in 2012–13, citing demands associated with the country's 2012 entry into The Rugby Championship.[7]

² The 2001 Brisbane tournament cancelled by IRB in response to the Australian Government's sporting sanctions against Fiji.[8]

³ The SARS outbreak in Asia prevented the Beijing event being played[9]

References

"New Zealand's new home of sevens announced" (Press release). New Zealand Rugby. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
Decent, Tom (22 March 2018). "Sydney Sevens set to be moved to Spotless Stadium next year". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
"HSBC Sydney 7s heads to Bankwest Stadium" (Press release). Rugby Australia. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
"World Rugby announces new-look men's and women's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-23" (Press release). World Rugby. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
"Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020" (Press release). World Rugby. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
"Sydney to host Australia World Rugby Sevens Series event from 2015-16". World Rugby. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
"HSBC Sevens World Series expands to 10 rounds". irbsevens.com. 2012-06-26.
"ARU loses World Sevens Series round". espnscrum.com. 1 January 2001. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
"IRB Sevens World Series 2002/03". International Rugby Board. International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

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[6] The tournament was held during the 2001–02 series, but was downgraded in status and excluded from the Sevens World Series after several teams withdrew following 9/11.

[7] Australia hosted events in three of the first four series (1999–2000 to 2002–03, with the 2000–01 tournament being canceled due to Australian government sanctions imposed on Fiji).

[9] First event at current venue. Sydney first hosted the Australian round at Sydney Football Stadium in 2015–16, and also used that site in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 series.[6] With the closure of the Football Stadium in 2018, Australia's 2018–19 series stop was held at the Sydney Showground Stadium.[2]

[10] Under its earlier name of The Home Depot Center, this venue hosted the first three editions of the USA Sevens, but the event moved to San Diego after the 2005–06 series and still later to Las Vegas, not returning to the Los Angeles area until 2019–20.

[11] The Hong Kong Sevens was not held in the 2004–05 series, during which Hong Kong instead hosted the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

[12] This is the second venue in Singapore known as the "National Stadium"; it stands on the site of the first National Stadium.

[13] Singapore hosted a series event from 2001–02 through 2005–06 at the original National Stadium, except in 2002–03 when the event was canceled.

[14] Before France's current stint as a series host, the country held events at three different locations:
1999–2000: Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris

2003–04: Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux

2004–05, 2005–06: The original Stade Jean-Bouin, which was replaced by an entirely new stadium on the same site in 2013

[9] 1999–2000: Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris

[10] 2003–04: Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux

[11] 2004–05, 2005–06: The original Stade Jean-Bouin, which was replaced by an entirely new stadium on the same site in 2013

[15] Currently known for sponsorship reasons as Suncorp Stadium.

[16] Currently known for sponsorship reasons as cbus Super Stadium.

[17] Closed in 2018 and demolished, with a new stadium planned for its site.

[18] Currently known for sponsorship reasons as GIANTS Stadium.

[19] The Dubai Sevens was held during the 2001–02 series, but downgraded from full Sevens Series status due to team withdrawals in the wake of 9/11.

[20] This is the first National Stadium, which occupied the site of the current National Stadium.

[21] The Singapore Sevens was canceled in 2002–03, but was held in every other season within the listed time span.

[22] Currently known as Jonsson Kings Park Stadium.

[23] Mar del Plata hosted the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens instead of a leg within the 2000–01 World Sevens Series.

[24] Beijing was intended to host an event in the 2003–04 series, but it was canceled due to the SARS outbreak then sweeping the country.

[1] "New Zealand's new home of sevens announced" (Press release). New Zealand Rugby. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

[Showground-2] Decent, Tom (22 March 2018). "Sydney Sevens set to be moved to Spotless Stadium next year". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[3] "HSBC Sydney 7s heads to Bankwest Stadium" (Press release). Rugby Australia. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

[2020–2023_hosts-4] "World Rugby announces new-look men's and women's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-23" (Press release). World Rugby. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

[5] "Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020" (Press release). World Rugby. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[8] "Sydney to host Australia World Rugby Sevens Series event from 2015-16". World Rugby. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

[sched-25] "HSBC Sevens World Series expands to 10 rounds". irbsevens.com. 2012-06-26.

[espn-2001-26] "ARU loses World Sevens Series round". espnscrum.com. 1 January 2001. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

[27] "IRB Sevens World Series 2002/03". International Rugby Board. International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2015.