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The Adelaide Sevens (also known as Australia Sevens) is a rugby union sevens tournament, part of the IRB Sevens World Series. The competition is currently held at the Adelaide Oval, South Australia. The inaugural competition, the 2007 Adelaide Sevens, took place on April 7 and 8^[1] and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The previous city to host an Australia Sevens tournament, in 2003, was Brisbane.

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Year	Host	Cup Final			Plate Final
2007 Details	Adelaide, South Australia	Fiji	21 - 7	Samoa	Australia	31 - 0	South Africa
2008 Details	Adelaide, South Australia	South Africa	15 - 7	New Zealand	Tonga	14 - 12	Kenya

v t e SVNS
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 2022–23 2023–24
2023–24 events	Dubai Cape Town Perth Vancouver Los Angeles Hong Kong Singapore Madrid (Grand Final)
Former events	Argentina Chile China Fiji France Japan London (England) Malaysia New Zealand Scotland Uruguay Wales
Current stadiums	BC Place Cape Town Stadium Dignity Health Sports Park Hong Kong Stadium Metropolitano Stadium National Stadium, Singapore Perth Rectangular Stadium The Sevens
Related articles	Sevens Challenger Series Olympic Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens

Governing bodies

Overall	Rugby Australia
States	ACT and Southern NSW New South Wales NSWSRU NSWCRU Northern Territory Queensland QSRU QCRU South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

National teams

Men's	Wallabies 7s U-20 Schoolboys Former: U-21 U-19
Women's	Wallaroos 7s

Other notable teams

Competitions

International	The Rugby Championship Oceania U20 Championship
Professional	Super Rugby
National	National Rugby Championship (Horan-Little Shield) National Sevens Championship U19s Rugby Championship National Women's Championship Super Rugby Women's Australian Club Championship
Premier	Shute Shield Queensland Premier Rugby ACTRU Premier Division Dewar Shield RugbyWA Fortescue Premier Grade
Other	Global Rapid Rugby
Hosted events	1987 Rugby World Cup 2003 Rugby World Cup Australian Sevens Australian Women's Sevens
Defunct	Australian Provincial Championship Australian Rugby Championship Australian Rugby Shield

Rugby union in

International trophies

World Rugby events

Men's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series U20 World Championship
Women's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series

Multi-sport events

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-The '''Adelaide Sevens''' (also known as '''Australia Sevens''') is a [[rugby union]] [[Rugby sevens|sevens]] tournament, part of the [[IRB Sevens World Series]]. The competition is currently held at the [[Adelaide Oval]], [[South Australia]]. The inaugural competition, the '''[[2007 Adelaide Sevens]]''', took place on April 7 and 8.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rugby.com.au/fixtures_results/irb_sevens/irb_sevens_landing_page,50316.html | title=Adelaide Sevens | publisher=Rugby.com.au | accessdate=2007-04-07}}</ref> The previous city to host an Australia Sevens tournament, in 2003, was [[Brisbane]].
+The '''Adelaide Sevens''' (also known as '''Australia Sevens''') is a [[rugby union]] [[Rugby sevens|sevens]] tournament, part of the [[IRB Sevens World Series]]. The competition is currently held at the [[Adelaide Oval]], [[South Australia]]. The inaugural competition, the '''[[2007 Adelaide Sevens]]''', took place on April 7 and 8<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rugby.com.au/fixtures_results/irb_sevens/irb_sevens_landing_page,50316.html | title=Adelaide Sevens | publisher=Rugby.com.au | accessdate=2007-04-07}}</ref> and replaced the [[Singapore Sevens]]. The previous city to host an Australia Sevens tournament, in 2003, was [[Brisbane]].
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