The 2023âÂÂ24 SVNS was the 25th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national sevens teams, known as the World Rugby Sevens Series (SVNS). It was played between December 2023 and June 2024. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999.
The men's and women's tournaments were played as side-by-side events at the same destinations for the entire series, making 2023âÂÂ24 the first fully combined season. The series began in Dubai and travelled across the world to Cape Town, Perth, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Singapore before concluding in Madrid.
The number of men's teams was reduced from sixteen to twelve for the 2023âÂÂ24 series, matching the number of women's teams. Canada was included as the twelfth men's team after winning the play-off in London on 21 May 2023. South Africa gained promotion as the twelfth women's team by winning the Challenger Series.
The series took place over seven months and included eight events, with the final event holding the top eight-placed teams in a Grand Final event. The teams placed between nineâÂÂtwelve will compete in a promotion/relegation-style event with other teams to decide which stay as core teams.
For the first time ever, aligning to the Olympic model, the new SVNS format will showcase the twelve best men's and women's teams, which will conclude in a Grand Final weekend where the top eight teams will compete to be crowned Series champions. The teams ranked ninth to twelfth will compete against the top four teams from a new Challenger Series in a relegation play-off to see who secures their place in the 2024âÂÂ2025 season. It will also be the first time both men and women's teams will earn the same with equal participation fees. The tournament will be a build up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The schedule for the series is:
The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (âÂÂ) is recorded where a team did not compete. The delineation between position eight and position nine denotes the teams (1stâÂÂ8th) that will compete in the grand final in Madrid, and the teams (9thâÂÂ12th) that will compete in the Challenger Series.
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Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2023âÂÂ24 series, by team:
Updated: 13 August 2024
Updated: 13 August 2024