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The '''Rugby World Cup Sevens''' is the premier stand-alone international [[rugby sevens]] competition outside the [[Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]. The event is contested every four years with the exception of the period from 2013 until 2018, 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 '''Rugby World Cup Sevens''' is the premier stand-alone international [[rugby sevens]] competition. 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, Scotland|Melrose]] where the first rugby sevens game was played.<ref>[http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/14/04/11/scotland-7s-players-melrose-bound Scotland 7s players Melrose bound]</ref> The women's tournament was inaugurated at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in [[Dubai]].
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, Scotland|Melrose]] where the first rugby sevens game was played.<ref>[http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/14/04/11/scotland-7s-players-melrose-bound Scotland 7s players Melrose bound]</ref> The women's tournament was inaugurated at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in [[Dubai]].
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For women's Rugby World Cup Sevens, [[Australia women's national rugby union team (sevens)|Australia]] and [[New Zealand women's national rugby union team (sevens)|New Zealand]] won the first and second tournaments respectively in 2009 and 2013. New Zealand are the current men's and women's world champions having won both tournaments in 2013.
For women's Rugby World Cup Sevens, [[Australia women's national rugby union team (sevens)|Australia]] and [[New Zealand women's national rugby union team (sevens)|New Zealand]] won the first and second tournaments respectively in 2009 and 2013. New Zealand are the current men's and women's world champions having won both tournaments in 2013.


After it was confirmed that [[Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics|Olympic rugby sevens]] would be added to the [[2016 Summer Olympic Games|Rio de Janeiro games]], the International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) stated in 2013 that their intention was to end the World Cup Sevens.<ref name=espn20090527/> However, following two weeks of consultation, it was 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. The World Cup is, in common with other Olympic team sports, also markedly larger in terms of team numbers than the Olympic tournament.<ref>
After it was confirmed that [[Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics|Olympic rugby sevens]] would be added to the [[2016 Summer Olympic Games|Rio de Janeiro games]], the International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) stated in 2013 that their intention was to end the World Cup Sevens.<ref name=espn20090527/> However, following two weeks of consultation, it was 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. The World Cup is, in common with other Olympic team sports, also markedly larger in terms of team numbers than the Olympic tournament.<ref>{{cite web

The next [[2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens|Rugby World Cup Sevens]] tournament for both the Men and the Women will be held over three days from Friday 20 July 2018 until Sunday 22 July 2018 in [[San Francesco]] in the [[United States]] and unlike previous tournaments both competitions will be played in [[knock-out]] only formats.
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Revision as of 17:56, 29 May 2018

Rugby World Cup Sevens
SportRugby union sevens
Instituted1993 (men), 2009 (women)
Number of teams24 (men), 16 (women)
Holders Neuseeland (men)
 Neuseeland (women) (2013)

The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the premier stand-alone international rugby sevens competition. 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, Fiji and New Zealand have each won the tournament twice. 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 and New Zealand won the first and second tournaments respectively in 2009 and 2013. New Zealand are the current men's and women's world champions having won both tournaments in 2013.

After it was confirmed that Olympic rugby sevens would be added to the Rio de Janeiro games, the International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) stated in 2013 that their intention was to end the World Cup Sevens.[2] However, following two weeks of consultation, it was 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. The World Cup is, in common with other Olympic team sports, also markedly larger in terms of team numbers 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.

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. 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 annonuced 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
Australien
Fidschi
Irland
1997 Hongkong
Hongkong
Fidschi 		24–21
Südafrika
Neuseeland
Samoa
2001 Argentinien
Mar del Plata, Argentinien
Neuseeland 		31–12
Australien
Argentinien
Fidschi
2005 Hongkong
Hongkong
Fidschi 		29–19
Neuseeland
Australien
England
2009 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Dubai, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Wales 		19–12
Argentinien
Kenia
Samoa
2013 Russland
Moscow, Russland
Neuseeland 		33–0
England
Fidschi
Kenia
2018 Vereinigte Staaten
San Francisco, Vereinigte Staaten 		TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Notable players

Player of the Tournament
Year Champion Player
1993  England England Lawrence Dallaglio
1997  Fidschi Fidschi Waisale Serevi[13]
2001  Neuseeland Neuseeland Jonah Lomu
2005  Fidschi Fidschi Waisale Serevi[14]
2009  Wales Wales Tal Selley[15]
2013  Neuseeland Neuseeland Tim Mikkelson[16]

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.

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.[17] 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.[18]

Results by nation

Team 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2018 Years
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf 21st 1
 Argentinien 9th 13th 3rd 5th 2nd 11th Q 7
 Australien 2nd 5th 2nd 3rd 10th 5th Q 7
 Kanada 15th 21st 5th 18th 13th 9th Q 7
 Chile 17th Q 2
 Cook Inseln 11th 13th 2
 Chinese Taipei 21st 21st 21st 3
 England 1st 5th 5th 3rd 5th 2nd Q 7
 Fidschi 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 5th 3rd Q 7
 Frankreich 15th 5th 21st 5th 13th 5th Q 7
 Georgien 10th 11th 21st 19th 4
 Irland 3rd 19th 19th 13th 18th Q 6
 Italien 17th 17th 21st 3
 Hongkong 17th 10th 21st 21st 19th 21st Q 7
 Jamaika Q 1
 Japan 13th 17th 13th 13th 21st 18th Q 7
 Kenia 19th 19th 3rd 4th Q 5
 Südkorea 11th 5th 13th 21st 4
 Lettland 21st 1
 Marokko 19th 1
 Namibia 21st 21st 2
 Niederlande 21st 1
 Neuseeland 7th 3rd 1st 2nd 5th 1st Q 7
 Papua-Neuguinea Q 1
 Philippinen 21st 1
 Portugal 21st 18th 10th 11th 13th 5
 Rumänien 17th 13th 2
 Russland 9th 11th 17th Q 4
 Südafrika 5th 2nd 5th 5th 5th 5th Q 7
 Samoa 5th 3rd 5th 9th 3rd 10th Q 7
 Scotland 14th 11th 5th 9th 11th Q 6
 Spanien 10th 13th 11th 21st 4
 Tonga 7th 9th 19th 11th 13th Q 6
 Tunesien 13th 13th 21st 3
 Uganda Q 1
 Uruguay 21st 19th 19th Q 4
 Vereinigte Staaten 17th 18th 13th 13th 13th 13th Q 7
 Wales 11th 13th 11th 1st 5th Q 6
 Simbabwe 21st 21st 17th 13th Q 5

Women's tournament

Year Host Final Semi-finalists
Winner Score Runner-up
2009 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Australien 		15–10
Neuseeland
Vereinigte Staaten
Südafrika
2013 Russland
Moscow, Russia
Neuseeland 		29–12
Kanada
Vereinigte Staaten
Spanien
2018 Vereinigte Staaten
San Francisco, Vereinigte Staaten

Results by nation

Team 2009 2013 2018 Years
 Australien 1st 5th Q 3
 Brasilien 10th 13th Q 2
 Kanada 6th 2nd Q 3
 China 9th 11th Q 3
 England 5th 6th Q 3
 Fidschi 9th Q 2
 Frankreich 7th 11th Q 3
 Irland 7th Q 2
 Italien 11th 1
 Japan 13th 13th Q 3
 Mexiko Q 1
 Niederlande 13th 10th 2
 Neuseeland 2nd 1st Q 3
 Papua-Neuguinea Q 1
 Russland 11th 7th Q 3
 Südafrika 3rd 13th Q 3
 Spanien 7th 4th Q 3
 Thailand 13th 1
 Tunesien 13th 1
 Vereinigte Staaten 3rd 3rd Q 3
 Uganda 13th 1

See also

References

  1. ^ Scotland 7s players Melrose bound
  2. ^ a b 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ http://www.usarugby.org/womens-sevens-news/item/usa-rugby-to-bid-for-2018-rugby-world-cup-sevens
  11. ^ http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/27196.php#.Ubp_oRy0iXI
  12. ^ USA to host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018, Worldrugby.com
  13. ^ http://hksevens.com/news/fijis-waisale-serevi-is-sixth-member-of-the-hk-magnificent-7
  14. ^ http://hksevens.com/news/fijis-waisale-serevi-is-sixth-member-of-the-hk-magnificent-7
  15. ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/wales/5011636/Wales-Sevens-coach-Paul-John-rings-changes-ahead-of-World-Series-in-Hong-Kong.html
  16. ^ http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/9043258/Mooloos-set-to-lose-Tim-Mikkelson-to-sevens
  17. ^ http://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15410465/sevens-heaven-best-business
  18. ^ http://fijisun.com.fj/2009/03/07/serevi-vunibaka-still-stand-tall/
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