Sport | Rugby sevens |
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Founded | 2002 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Most recent champion(s) | New Zealand (2023) |
Most titles |
Fiji New Zealand (3 titles) |
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 Sevens World Series was extended for a further four years until 2023, [4] before the 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
The tournament in Singapore was cancelled again in 2021 due to ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic [6] to protect the health and safety of players, fans, and staff. [7]
Rugby sevens returned in 2022, the ninth time that the Sevens World Series was hosted in Singapore, when Fiji defeated New Zealand to win their third Singapore Sevens title. [8]
Summary of top-4 placings at the Singapore Sevens on the World Sevens Series (updated to 2023):
Team | Champion | Runner-up | Semifinalist | Top 4 placing |
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Fiji | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
New Zealand | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
South Africa | 2 | – | 4 | 6 |
Canada | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Kenya | 1 | – | – | 1 |
England | – | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Argentina | – | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Australia | – | 1 | 3 | 4 |
United States | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
France | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Ireland | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Samoa | – | – | 2 | 2 |
Total | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
Key:
Blue border on the left indicates tournaments in the World Rugby Sevens Series.