Singapore Sevens
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 National Stadium, Singapore 7s venue. | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Country | 16 |
| Most recent champion(s) |  South Africa |
| 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
| Year | Venue | Cup final | Placings | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Plate | Bowl | Shield | |||
| 2002 | National Stadium |  New Zealand |
21–17 |  Argentina |
 Fiji |
 Wales |
 South Korea |
[6] |
| 2003 | National Stadium | Tournament cancelled | [7] | |||||
| 2004 | National Stadium |  South Africa |
24–19 | Argentina |
Fiji |
 Scotland |
 Hong Kong |
[8] |
| 2005 | National Stadium | New Zealand |
26–5 |  England |
 Australia |
 France |
 Chinese Taipei |
[9] |
| 2006 | National Stadium | Fiji |
40–21 | England |
 Samoa |
 Kenya |
South Korea |
[10] |
| 2013 | Yio Chu Kang Stadium |  Japan |
24–19 | Hong Kong |
 Sri Lanka |
 Thailand |
n/a | [11] |
| 2016 | National Stadium | Kenya |
30–7 | Fiji |
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 |
|
| 2020 | National Stadium | Tournament cancelled | [5] | |||||
Key:
Blue border on the left indicates tournaments included 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.
- ^ Sallay, Alvin (11 November 2013). "Hong Kong surrender Asian crown after another Japanese comeback". South China Morning Post.
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