Singapore Sevens

Singapore Sevens
	National Stadium, Singapore 7s venue.
Sport	Rugby sevens
Founded	2002
No. of teams	16
Most recent; champion(s)	South Africa (2019)
Most titles	Fiji; New Zealand; South Africa; (2 titles each)

The Singapore Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament contested by national teams. It was first hosted as part of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2002.^[1] The Standard Chartered Bank was the original title sponsor. It was effectively replaced in the calendar by the Australian Sevens for the 2006-07 season.

The tournament returned as an official event within the Asian Sevens Series in 2013. Singapore then secured a four-year deal to host a leg of the Sevens World Series starting from the 2015–16 season.^[2]^[3] Singapore's rights to host a leg of the Seven World Series was extended for a further four years until 2023,^[4] before the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

Results[]

By placing

Top 4 summary at the Singapore Sevens on the World Series (updated to 2019):

Team	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Top 4 placing
Fiji	2	2	1	5
South Africa	2	–	4	6
New Zealand	2	–	–	2
Canada	1	–	–	1
Kenya	1	–	–	1
England	–	2	4	6
Argentina	–	2	2	4
Australia	–	1	2	3
United States	–	1	1	2
France	–	–	1	1
Samoa	–	–	1	1
Total	8	8	16	32

Results by year

Year	Venue	Cup final			Placings			Ref
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Semi	finalists	Plate·Bowl·Shield
	National Stadium	New Zealand	21–17	Argentina	England	Australia	Fiji Wales South Korea	^[6]
2003	National Stadium	Tournament cancelled						^[7]
	National Stadium	South Africa	24–19	Argentina	Samoa	France	Fiji Scotland Hong Kong	^[8]
	National Stadium	New Zealand	26–5	England	Fiji	South Africa	Australia France Chinese Taipei	^[9]
	National Stadium	Fiji	40–21	England	South Africa	Argentina	Samoa Kenya South Korea	^[10]
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Plate·Bowl·Shield
	Yio Chu Kang Stadium	Japan	24–19	Hong Kong	China	South Korea	Sri Lanka Thailand n/a	^[11] ^[12]
2016	National Stadium	Kenya	30–7	Fiji	South Africa	Argentina	Samoa Scotland Russia
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Fifth
2017	National Stadium	Canada	26–19	United States	England	Australia	New Zealand
2018	National Stadium	Fiji	28–22	Australia	England	South Africa	New Zealand
2019	National Stadium	South Africa	20–19	Fiji	United States	England	Samoa
Tournaments planned for Singapore were cancelled in 2020 ^[5] and 2021,^[13] due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key:
Blue border on the left indicates tournaments in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

References[]

^ "A Brief History". Singapore Rugby Union. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
^ "Rugby: Singapore to host World Rugby Sevens Series from next year". Singapore Times. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
^ "Singapore seals IRB Sevens hosting rights -- report". TEN Sport. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
^ "HSBC World Sevens Series announces plans until 2023". Rugby Asia 24/7. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World Rugby. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ IRB Sevens III – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
^ "Singapore 7s cancelled". ESPN Scrum. 19 April 2003. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
^ IRB Sevens V – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
^ IRB Sevens VI – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
^ IRB Sevens VII – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
^ "Japan beat Hong Kong in Singapore final to seal Asian Rugby Sevens Series title". UR7s. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ Sallay, Alvin (11 November 2013). "Hong Kong surrender Asian crown after another Japanese comeback". South China Morning Post.
^ "World Rugby cancels Sevens events in Cape Town and Singapore". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.

External links[]

"Official website", Singapore Sevens, 2006, archived from the original on 10 April 2006
2016 Singapore Rugby Sevens, on 16 & 17 April 2016 at the National Stadium, Singapore. Official website
2019 HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens^{[permanent dead link]}, on 13 & 14 April 2019 at the National Stadium, Singapore. Official website

[sru-hist-2014-1] "A Brief History". Singapore Rugby Union. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

[st-2015-2] "Rugby: Singapore to host World Rugby Sevens Series from next year". Singapore Times. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

[ten-2014-3] "Singapore seals IRB Sevens hosting rights -- report". TEN Sport. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[ra-2020-4] "HSBC World Sevens Series announces plans until 2023". Rugby Asia 24/7. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020.

[series-end-2020-5] "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World Rugby. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[6] IRB Sevens III – Singapore, Rugby7.com.

[espn-2003-7] "Singapore 7s cancelled". ESPN Scrum. 19 April 2003. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[8] IRB Sevens V – Singapore, Rugby7.com.

[9] IRB Sevens VI – Singapore, Rugby7.com.

[10] IRB Sevens VII – Singapore, Rugby7.com.

[11] "Japan beat Hong Kong in Singapore final to seal Asian Rugby Sevens Series title". UR7s. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[scmp-2013-12] Sallay, Alvin (11 November 2013). "Hong Kong surrender Asian crown after another Japanese comeback". South China Morning Post.

[13] "World Rugby cancels Sevens events in Cape Town and Singapore". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.

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v t Rugby union in Singapore
Governing body	Singapore Rugby Union
National teams	Singapore 7's Women's Women's 7's
Competitions	Asian Rugby Championship Singapore Sevens SCC Sevens
Related articles	National Stadium Singapore Sports Hub Asia Pacific Dragons

v t World Rugby Sevens Series
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021 2021–22
2021–22 events	Dubai (2 events) Spain (2 events) Canada United States Singapore France England
Former events	Argentina Australia China Fiji Hong Kong Japan Malaysia New Zealand Scotland South Africa Uruguay Wales
Current stadiums	The Sevens Estadio Ciudad de Málaga Estadio de La Cartuja BC Place Dignity Health Sports Park National Stadium, Singapore Stade Ernest-Wallon Twickenham Stadium
Related articles	Sevens Challenger Series Olympic Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens