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Canada Sevens
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Canada Sevens
Sport Rugby sevens
First season2016  (Vancouver Sevens)
No. of teams12
Most recent
champion(s)
  Argentina (2024)
Most titles  South Africa
  Argentina (3 titles each)

The Canada Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held every March. It is one of the ten stops on the World Rugby Sevens Series, and is played the weekend after the USA Sevens in Las Vegas. Canada secured a four-year deal to host to event from the 2015–16 season. [1] The tournament is played at BC Place in Vancouver. [1] [2]

Event winners

Year  Venue  Cup final Placings Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Plate Bowl Shield
2016 BC Place
New Zealand
19–14
South Africa

Samoa

Canada

Russia
Winner Score Runner-up Third Fourth Fifth
2017 BC Place
England
19–7
South Africa

Fiji

United States

New Zealand
2018 BC Place
Fiji
31–12
Kenya

South Africa

United States

England
2019 BC Place
South Africa
21–12
France

Fiji

United States

New Zealand
2020 BC Place
New Zealand
17–14
Australia

Canada

South Africa

England
2021 I BC Place
South Africa
38–5
Kenya

Great Britain

Ireland

United States
2021 II Commonwealth Stadium
South Africa
24–12
Great Britain

Kenya

Canada

Germany
2022 BC Place
Argentina
29–10
Fiji

Australia

Samoa

South Africa
2023 BC Place
Argentina
33–21
France

Australia

Ireland

New Zealand
2024 BC Place
Argentina
36–12
New Zealand

France

United States

Ireland

Attendance

Tournament attendance by year
Year Total
Attendance
Highest Day Ref
2016 72,000 30,209 [3]
2017 76,116 38,058 [3]
2018 77,096 38,548 [4]
2019 73,819 [5]
2020 74,560 39,553 [6]
[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Kingston, Gary (23 February 2015). "BC Place to host World Rugby Sevens". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ^ "B.C. Place to stage rugby sevens event as Vancouver wins bid to host". Yahoo Sports. 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Organizers expect over 70,000 fans at Rugby Sevens in Vancouver this weekend | Offside".
  4. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve. "Canada struggles on home turf at men's rugby sevens stop". Times Colonist. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Canada falls in Challenge Trophy final at Vancouver Sevens".
  6. ^ "New Zealand win gold and Canada take bronze in Vancouver - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series".
  7. ^ "Canada Sevens thrill record breaking rugby crowd in Vancouver - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series".

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