London Sevens

London Sevens
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 London Sevens

Sport	Rugby sevens
Inaugural season	2001
Most recent champion(s)	Scotland
Most titles	New Zealand (5 times)

England playing Spain at the 2008 London Sevens,

The London Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Twickenham Stadium in London. It is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series, and since the 2011–12 series has been the last tournament of each season. The current titleholders are Scotland, who beat South Africa in the final at Twickenham on 22 May 2016.

Uniquely, the 2013 edition was not only the final event in the series, but also incorporated the World Series Core Team Qualifier. In Sevens Series terminology, "core teams" are those that are guaranteed a place in all series events in a given season. Unlike all other series events, the 2013 London Sevens had only 12 teams competing for series points, namely the top 12 core teams on the season points table following the season's penultimate tournament, the Scotland Sevens. The Core Team Qualifier involved eight teams—the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series; four teams advancing from the World Series Pre-Qualifier, held as part of the Hong Kong Sevens; and the three core teams at the bottom of the season table after the Scotland Sevens. The top three teams at the end of the Core Team Qualifier became core teams for the next season.^[1]

World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Board, chose to change its core team qualifying process in advance of the 2013–14 series, reducing the number of promotion/relegation places from three to one, and also using only the Hong Kong Sevens for the core team qualifier. Accordingly, the London Sevens returned to its traditional 16-team format from 2014 forward.^[2]

Results

Year	Venue	Cup			Plate	Bowl	Shield
Year	Venue	Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Winner	Winner	Winner
2001	Twickenham	New Zealand	19 - 12	Australia	South Africa	Wales	–
2002	Twickenham	New Zealand	54 - 14	South Africa	Australia	France	Georgia
2003	Twickenham	England	31 - 24	Fiji	Australia	Samoa	Argentina
2004	Twickenham	England	22 - 19	New Zealand	South Africa	France	Portugal
2005	Twickenham	South Africa	21 - 12	England	Fiji	Samoa	Canada
2006	Twickenham	Fiji	54 - 14	South Africa	Australia	Portugal	Italy
2007	Twickenham	New Zealand	29 - 7	Fiji	South Africa	England	Kenya
2008	Twickenham	Samoa	19 - 14	Fiji	New Zealand	Australia	Spain
2009	Twickenham	England	26 - 7	New Zealand	Fiji	Kenya	Canada
2010	Twickenham	Australia	19 - 14	South Africa	New Zealand	Canada	Kenya
2011	Twickenham	South Africa	24 - 14	Fiji	Samoa	Scotland	England
2012	Twickenham	Fiji	38 - 15	Samoa	New Zealand	Australia	Wales
2013	Twickenham	New Zealand	47 - 12	Australia	England	Fiji	Wales
2014	Twickenham	New Zealand	52 - 33	Australia	South Africa	Canada	United States
2015	Twickenham	United States	45 - 22	Australia	New Zealand	Kenya	Japan
2016	Twickenham	Scotland	27 - 26	South Africa	New Zealand	Wales	Kenya

References

↑ "HSBC World Sevens Series: Series Qualifying". International Rugby Board. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
↑ "One up one down for HSBC World Sevens Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.

External links

London Sevens

Men's events	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Women's events	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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

2016–17 events	Dubai South Africa New Zealand Australia USA Canada Hong Kong Singapore France London

Former events	Cardiff China Japan Kuala Lumpur Mar del Plata Punta del Este Scotland Fiji

Current stadiums	Allianz Stadium BC Place The Sevens Stade Jean-Bouin Hong Kong Stadium Twickenham Westpac Stadium Singapore National Stadium Cape Town Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium

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