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2019–20 World Rugby Sevens
Series XXI
Hosts
Date5 December 2019 – 31 May 2020
Series details
Top try scorerJordan Conroy (15)
Top point scorerJean-Pascal Barraque (86)

The 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 21st annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000.

Format

Sixteen nations competed at each event, drawn into four pools of four teams.[1][2] Following the pool matches at each tournament, the top eight teams (two teams from each pool) played off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams.[3] The bottom eight teams after the pool matches played off for the lower-ranked placings from ninth to sixteenth at each tournament. The winner of the series was determined by the overall points standings gained across all events in the season.[4]

Core teams

The fifteen "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for 2019–20 were:

Ireland joined as a core team for the first time after winning the 2019–20 World Series qualifier held in Hong Kong. They replaced Japan who were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed core team in 2018–19. However, Japan will play the series as the wild card team in preparation to host the Olympic tournament.

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series was:[5]

2019–20 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Dubai The Sevens Dubai 5–7 December 2019  South Africa
South Africa Cape Town Stadium Cape Town 13–15 December 2019  New Zealand
New Zealand FMG Stadium Waikato Hamilton 25–26 January 2020  New Zealand
Australia Bankwest Stadium Sydney 1–2 February 2020  Fiji
United States Dignity Health Sports Park Los Angeles 29 February – 1 March 2020
Canada BC Place Vancouver 7–8 March 2020
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 3–5 April 2020
Singapore National Stadium Singapore 11–12 April 2020
England Twickenham Stadium London 23–24 May 2020
France Stade Jean-Bouin Paris 30–31 May 2020

Standings

For the tie-breaker rules, see World Rugby Sevens Series § Tiebreakers.

Official standings for the 2019–20 series:

2019–20 World Rugby Sevens
Series XXI
 
Pos
Event 
Team
Dubai
Cape Town
Hamil­ton
Sydney
Los Angeles
Van­couver
Hong Kong
Singa­pore
London
Paris 		Points
total
1  New Zealand 19 22 22 13 76
2  South Africa 22 19 7 19 67
3  France 12 17 19 8 56
4  England 17 7 15 15 54
5  Fiji 8 15 8 22 53
6  United States 10 8 12 17 47
7  Australia 13 5 17 12 47
8  Argentina 11 13 11 10 45
9  Ireland 5 12 5 11 33
10  Canada 7 6 13 7 33
11  Kenya 4 11 10 1 26
12  Scotland 3 10 6 6 25
13  Samoa 15 4 2 2 23
14  Spain 6 3 4 4 17
15  Japan 1 2 3 3 9
16  Wales 2 1 1 5 9

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour Core team in 2019–20 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2020–21 World Rugby Sevens Series
Pink Relegated to the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
Yellow Not a core team

Players

Scoring leaders

See also: World Rugby Sevens Series § Player records
Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1 Jordan Conroy 15
2 Dan Norton 11
Regan Ware 11
4 Josh Turner 10
5 (several players tied) 9
Points scored
Rank Player Points
1 Jean-Pascal Barraque 86
2 Jordan Conroy 75
3 Justin Geduld 74
Waisea Nacuqu 74
5 Billy Dardis 66

Updated: 26 January 2020

See also

References

  1. ^ Tournament Rules 2018, p. 2.
  2. ^ Tournament Rules 2018, p. 3.
  3. ^ Tournament Rules 2018, pp. 3–5.
  4. ^ Tournament Rules 2018, pp. 2–3.
  5. ^ "Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020". World.Rugby. 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019.

Sources

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