Women's International Rugby Union Sevens
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Rugby Union Sevens
- a short form of the sport of rugby union
- was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union
developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.
However, although the first Women's international rugby union
15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first 7-a-side internationals were played, when the Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time.
Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup
in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.
The following is a list of all women's international tournaments that have been traced since 1997, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with links to result details, where known. If two tournaments are run concurrently the apparently more senior will be listed first.
Some tournaments include both club and national teams, and these are only included where the majority of teams are International. Occasionally what are effectively national teams play unofficially under an assumed name - these games are also noted where this is known.
The summary section looks at each region in turn and attempts to draw some conclusions about the relative strengths of the participants. This is a little flawed due to the absence of some results and information as well as the inclusion of non-international teams to make up the numbers but should give the best guess available.
Cancelled for financial reasons
3rd/4th Match (Bronze Medal)
Final (Gold and Silver medal)
Rugby Union Sevens
- a short form of the sport of rugby union
- was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union
developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.
However, although the first Women's international rugby union
15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first 7-a-side internationals were played, when the Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time.
Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup
in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.
The following is a list of all women's international tournaments that have been traced since 1997, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with links to result details, where known. If two tournaments are run concurrently the apparently more senior will be listed first.
Some tournaments include both club and national teams, and these are only included where the majority of teams are International. Occasionally what are effectively national teams play unofficially under an assumed name - these games are also noted where this is known.
The summary section looks at each region in turn and attempts to draw some conclusions about the relative strengths of the participants. This is a little flawed due to the absence of some results and information as well as the inclusion of non-international teams to make up the numbers but should give the best guess available.
Cancelled for financial reasons
3rd/4th Match (Bronze Medal)
Final (Gold and Silver medal)
Rugby Union Sevens
- a short form of the sport of rugby union
- was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union
developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.
However, although the first Women's international rugby union
15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first 7-a-side internationals were played, when the Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time.
Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup
in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.
The following is a list of all women's international tournaments that have been traced since 1997, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with links to result details, where known. If two tournaments are run concurrently the apparently more senior will be listed first.
Some tournaments include both club and national teams, and these are only included where the majority of teams are International. Occasionally what are effectively national teams play unofficially under an assumed name - these games are also noted where this is known.
The summary section looks at each region in turn and attempts to draw some conclusions about the relative strengths of the participants. This is a little flawed due to the absence of some results and information as well as the inclusion of non-international teams to make up the numbers but should give the best guess available.
Cancelled for financial reasons
3rd/4th Match (Bronze Medal)
Final (Gold and Silver medal)
, 21–24 March 2008
Winner: Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
1 June 2008.
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POOL A
IRB Sevens World Cup
20 June 2009
Participants: Winners , runners up , third , unknown ,
Group Games
Classification Stages
Semi Final
Plate Final
Final
Pool 1 positions
Pool 2 positions
Hungarian results:
Group A 7-12 beat 0-29
Play-offs beat beat
Group B 27-0 lost to 60-0
Semi finals 0-36 17-12
Final 0-14
Pool A
Pool B
Semi-final
Final
Pool A
Pool B
Plate semi-finals
Plate final
Semi-finals
Final
Only international fixture: 7-31
Pool
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
Pool
Final
Pacific Games
Only limited details available:
Pool
3rd/4th
Final
Pool matches
Semi-Finals
3rd Place (Plate)
Final
Final
Other international sevens events =
Some national sides (especially from lower ranking nations) occasionally play in what would otherwise be club sevens tournaments, and this can occasionally result in "inter-nationals" if more than one nation is present. However, such tournaments rarely receive widespread coverage, and the status of the teams playing in such tournaments can be unclear. Examples of such tournaments include:
Summary Analysis =
See here for a summary of all women's sevens results, by nation, and current international rankings.
The top level of Europe has seen a total of 23 teams compete in the five tournaments. Spain, France, Portugal and Sweden have played in all five. England, Netherlands and Italy have played in four, having missed only the first tournament. Of the teams playing in three, Switzerland and Belgium played in the first three but have now slipped away. Wales and Russia have played in the last three. The Czech Republic have uniquely played in every other tournament for a total of three. Of the teams with one or two appearances these have been mainly in the early days or in the years when there have been 16 teams in the top level.
England have the best record (X-1-2-2-1) with Spain (1-2-5-3-4), Netherlands (X-3-3-7-2) and France (2-5-6-1-5) following close behind. These four nations account for 13 of the 20 top-four positions. The other top-four positions have gone to Switzerland (3-10-15-X-X), Sweden (4-4-7-8-9), Wales (X-X-1-4-7), Russia (X-X-9-9-3) and Ireland (X-X-4-5-X). The other regular contenders are Portugal (5-7-8-10-10) and Italy (6-10-6-6).
When including the tournaments below the top level, an impressive 35 nations have competed in the various tiers of the European tournaments (as well as a some national seconds, combined teams and age teams). The tiering has helped those nations that were over-exposed to the top level in 2003 to attain their correct level. Czech Republic and Finland both managed to play in the 2008 Emerging before coming through qualifiers to reach the top-level tournament in 2008.
Rugby sevens
Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...
- a short form of the sport of rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union
Women's rugby union
Women's rugby union is a sport identical to the men's game with the same rules, same sized pitch, and same equipment. However, it has a history which is significantly different, due to various social pressures, and the self-image of rugby union in general...
developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.
However, although the first Women's international rugby union
Women's international rugby union
Women's rugby union has a history going back to the late 19th century but it was not until 1982 that the first international fixture took place. The match was organised in connection with the Dutch Rugby Union's 50th anniversary...
15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first 7-a-side internationals were played, when the Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time.
Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup
Women's Sevens World Cup
The Women's Sevens World Cup is a rugby sevens competition.- Background :Date/Venue: March 5-7, Dubai *A sixteen team competition played at the same time as the men's tournament...
in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.
The following is a list of all women's international tournaments that have been traced since 1997, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with links to result details, where known. If two tournaments are run concurrently the apparently more senior will be listed first.
Some tournaments include both club and national teams, and these are only included where the majority of teams are International. Occasionally what are effectively national teams play unofficially under an assumed name - these games are also noted where this is known.
The summary section looks at each region in turn and attempts to draw some conclusions about the relative strengths of the participants. This is a little flawed due to the absence of some results and information as well as the inclusion of non-international teams to make up the numbers but should give the best guess available.
Hong Kong Sevens
- 15–16 March 1997
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- 22–24 March 1999
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , ,
Asian Championship
- 22–24 March 2000. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
- Winners: Kazakhstan
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- 22–24 March 2000
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , , ,
Jamaica vs Cayman Islands
- Date unknown
- Winners: , two matches to nil. Scores unknown.
Asian Championship
- 28–30 March 2001. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- 28–30 March 2001
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Whangarei Tournament
- Venue/Date: WhangareiWhangareiWhangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...
, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, 17 February 2002 (Source NZ Rugby, USA Rugby)
Asian Championship
- March 21–22, 2002. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- March 21–22, 2002
- Winner:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , ,
Asian Tournament
- At Hong Kong, 27 March 2003
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , ;
Hong Kong Sevens
- 27–28 March 2003
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , ,
European Tournament
- At Lunel, France, 24 May 2003
- Winners:
- Competitors: , , , , , , , , ,
South Pacific Games
- Plans were afoot for a women's sevens tournament but it required six teams. It is not thought that this was achieved.
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunisia, 5–7 March 2004
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: , and others
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2004
- Competitors: , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
South America Tournament
- At: Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 20–21 April 2004
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Asian Tournament
- At Almaty, Kazakhstan, 15–16 May 2004
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Training Tournament (Central Europe)
- At SzekesfehervarSzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, 26 June 2004 - Competitors: , ,
- Hungary 36-5 Austria
- Other scores not recorded
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunisia
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2005
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Asian Tournament
- At Singapore, 15–16 April 2005
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
European Qualification Tournament
- At: PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, 14–15 May 2005 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA Women's European Championship
- At: LunelLunelLunel is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Lunel is located east of Montpellier and southwest of Nîmes .-History:The ancient Roman site of Ambrussum is located nearby. The troubadour Folquet de Lunel was from Lunel....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 25–26 June 2005 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR African Sevens
- Venue/Date: Kampala, 5–6 November 2005
Cancelled for financial reasons
Training Tournament (Central Europe)
- Venue/Date: Hungary, 6 November 2005 24-10 10-12 played
NAWIRA Tournament
- At: BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, 19–20 November 2005 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ,
South America Tournament
- At: São Paulo, Brazil, 19–20 November 2005
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Rugby Valentin International Tournament
- Date and venue unknown
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ,
USA Tournament
- Venue: Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
- Winner:
- Participants: ,
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunisia
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
CAR South Tournament
- At Uganda
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2006
- Competitors: , , , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division A
- Venue/Date: LimogesLimogesLimoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 25–27 May 2006 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division B
- Venue: Limoges, France, 25–27 May 2006
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR African Championship
- Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala, Uganda
- Winner:
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
Friendly Games
- Date/Venue: 24–25 July 2006, Grossmugl, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. (Source Austria Union) - The only information is that teams from Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bavaria, and Mugl took part in a men's and women's tournament.
NAWIRA Tournament
- Date/Venue: 11–12 November 2006, Garrison Savannah, Barbados. (Source NAWIRA)
- Winners: Jamaica
- Participants: , , , , ,
South America Tournament
- At: Vina Del Mar, Chile, 12–13 January 2007
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
USA Tournament
- At: San Diego, 9–10 February 2007
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , ,
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunia
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , ,
CAR South Tournament
- At Uganda
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
T-EN Tournament
- Venue: SzekesfehervarSzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, 18 March 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2007
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Asian Championship
- At Doha, 27–28 April 2007
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Emerging European Nations
- Venue: KatowiceKatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , Austria/Czech II
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division B
- Venue: ZenicaZenicaZenica is an industrial city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...
, Bosnia, 19–20 May 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division A
- Venue: ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, 26–27 May 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ; , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Championship - Top 10
- Venue: LunelLunelLunel is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Lunel is located east of Montpellier and southwest of Nîmes .-History:The ancient Roman site of Ambrussum is located nearby. The troubadour Folquet de Lunel was from Lunel....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 2–3 June 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR African Championship
- Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala, Uganda
- Winner:
- Competitors: , , , , , , , ,
T-EN League
- Venue: Grossmugl, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, 23 June 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , ,
South East Asia Sevens
- Venue: SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, 6 October 2007. - Winner:
- Participants: , , , ,
- Group stage results unknown
- 5th: Cambodia
- Third Place Match: 12-10
- Final: 22-0
Borneo Sevens
- Venue: BorneoBorneoBorneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, 2 and 3 November 2007. - Results unknown
- Participants: , , , , , .
NAWIRA Tournament
- At: Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, BahamasNassau, BahamasNassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
, 17–18 November 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , ,
Pacific Tournament
- At: Port MoresbyPort MoresbyPort Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...
, Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands... - Winner:
- Partcipants: , , ,
Dubai Tournament
- At: DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, 1–2 December 2007 - Participants: , , plus club teams
- Results not published.
South East Asia Games
- Venue: Sursnaree, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, 9–11 December 2007 - Winner:
3rd/4th Match (Bronze Medal)
- Cambodia 0-15 Laos
Final (Gold and Silver medal)
- Thailand 19-5 Singapore
Rugby Union Sevens
Rugby sevens
Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...
- a short form of the sport of rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union
Women's rugby union
Women's rugby union is a sport identical to the men's game with the same rules, same sized pitch, and same equipment. However, it has a history which is significantly different, due to various social pressures, and the self-image of rugby union in general...
developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.
However, although the first Women's international rugby union
Women's international rugby union
Women's rugby union has a history going back to the late 19th century but it was not until 1982 that the first international fixture took place. The match was organised in connection with the Dutch Rugby Union's 50th anniversary...
15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first 7-a-side internationals were played, when the Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time.
Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup
Women's Sevens World Cup
The Women's Sevens World Cup is a rugby sevens competition.- Background :Date/Venue: March 5-7, Dubai *A sixteen team competition played at the same time as the men's tournament...
in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.
The following is a list of all women's international tournaments that have been traced since 1997, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with links to result details, where known. If two tournaments are run concurrently the apparently more senior will be listed first.
Some tournaments include both club and national teams, and these are only included where the majority of teams are International. Occasionally what are effectively national teams play unofficially under an assumed name - these games are also noted where this is known.
The summary section looks at each region in turn and attempts to draw some conclusions about the relative strengths of the participants. This is a little flawed due to the absence of some results and information as well as the inclusion of non-international teams to make up the numbers but should give the best guess available.
Hong Kong Sevens
- 15–16 March 1997
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- 22–24 March 1999
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , ,
Asian Championship
- 22–24 March 2000. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
- Winners: Kazakhstan
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- 22–24 March 2000
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , , ,
Jamaica vs Cayman Islands
- Date unknown
- Winners: , two matches to nil. Scores unknown.
Asian Championship
- 28–30 March 2001. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- 28–30 March 2001
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Whangarei Tournament
- Venue/Date: WhangareiWhangareiWhangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...
, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, 17 February 2002 (Source NZ Rugby, USA Rugby)
12-12 31-5 Invitation 12-5 35-0 Invitation 19-0 Invitation ?-?
14-12 United Kawakawa 41-7 10-5 0-0 North Harbour 5-0 NZ Maori 'B' (3rd place match)
Asian Championship
- March 21–22, 2002. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- March 21–22, 2002
- Winner:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , ,
Asian Tournament
- At Hong Kong, 27 March 2003
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , ;
Hong Kong Sevens
- 27–28 March 2003
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , ,
European Tournament
- At Lunel, France, 24 May 2003
- Winners:
- Competitors: , , , , , , , , ,
South Pacific Games
- Plans were afoot for a women's sevens tournament but it required six teams. It is not thought that this was achieved.
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunisia, 5–7 March 2004
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: , and others
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2004
- Competitors: , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
South America Tournament
- At: Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 20–21 April 2004
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Asian Tournament
- At Almaty, Kazakhstan, 15–16 May 2004
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Training Tournament (Central Europe)
- At SzekesfehervarSzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, 26 June 2004 - Competitors: , ,
- Hungary 36-5 Austria
- Other scores not recorded
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunisia
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2005
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Asian Tournament
- At Singapore, 15–16 April 2005
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
European Qualification Tournament
- At: PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, 14–15 May 2005 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA Women's European Championship
- At: LunelLunelLunel is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Lunel is located east of Montpellier and southwest of Nîmes .-History:The ancient Roman site of Ambrussum is located nearby. The troubadour Folquet de Lunel was from Lunel....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 25–26 June 2005 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR African Sevens
- Venue/Date: Kampala, 5–6 November 2005
Cancelled for financial reasons
Training Tournament (Central Europe)
- Venue/Date: Hungary, 6 November 2005 24-10 10-12 played
NAWIRA Tournament
- At: BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, 19–20 November 2005 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ,
South America Tournament
- At: São Paulo, Brazil, 19–20 November 2005
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Rugby Valentin International Tournament
- Date and venue unknown
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ,
USA Tournament
- Venue: Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
- Winner:
- Participants: ,
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunisia
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
CAR South Tournament
- At Uganda
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2006
- Competitors: , , , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division A
- Venue/Date: LimogesLimogesLimoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 25–27 May 2006 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division B
- Venue: Limoges, France, 25–27 May 2006
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR African Championship
- Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala, Uganda
- Winner:
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
Friendly Games
- Date/Venue: 24–25 July 2006, Grossmugl, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. (Source Austria Union) - The only information is that teams from Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bavaria, and Mugl took part in a men's and women's tournament.
NAWIRA Tournament
- Date/Venue: 11–12 November 2006, Garrison Savannah, Barbados. (Source NAWIRA)
- Winners: Jamaica
- Participants: , , , , ,
South America Tournament
- At: Vina Del Mar, Chile, 12–13 January 2007
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
USA Tournament
- At: San Diego, 9–10 February 2007
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , ,
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunia
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , ,
CAR South Tournament
- At Uganda
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
T-EN Tournament
- Venue: SzekesfehervarSzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, 18 March 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2007
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Asian Championship
- At Doha, 27–28 April 2007
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Emerging European Nations
- Venue: KatowiceKatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , Austria/Czech II
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division B
- Venue: ZenicaZenicaZenica is an industrial city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...
, Bosnia, 19–20 May 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division A
- Venue: ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, 26–27 May 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ; , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Championship - Top 10
- Venue: LunelLunelLunel is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Lunel is located east of Montpellier and southwest of Nîmes .-History:The ancient Roman site of Ambrussum is located nearby. The troubadour Folquet de Lunel was from Lunel....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 2–3 June 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR African Championship
- Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala, Uganda
- Winner:
- Competitors: , , , , , , , ,
T-EN League
- Venue: Grossmugl, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, 23 June 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , ,
South East Asia Sevens
- Venue: SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, 6 October 2007. - Winner:
- Participants: , , , ,
- Group stage results unknown
- 5th: Cambodia
- Third Place Match: 12-10
- Final: 22-0
Borneo Sevens
- Venue: BorneoBorneoBorneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, 2 and 3 November 2007. - Results unknown
- Participants: , , , , , .
NAWIRA Tournament
- At: Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, BahamasNassau, BahamasNassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
, 17–18 November 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , ,
Pacific Tournament
- At: Port MoresbyPort MoresbyPort Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...
, Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands... - Winner:
- Partcipants: , , ,
Dubai Tournament
- At: DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, 1–2 December 2007 - Participants: , , plus club teams
- Results not published.
South East Asia Games
- Venue: Sursnaree, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, 9–11 December 2007 - Winner:
- Thailand 52-0 Cambodia
- Laos 0-36 Singapore
- Thailand 14-12 Singapore
- Cambodia 0-20 Laos
- Cambodia 0-29 Singapore
- Thailand 52-0 Laos
Classification Stages
Semi Finals- Thailand 43-0 Cambodia
- Singapore 27-0 Laos
| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 12 |
| Singapore | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 14 |
| Laos | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 88 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 101 |
3rd/4th Match (Bronze Medal)
- Cambodia 0-15 Laos
Final (Gold and Silver medal)
- Thailand 19-5 Singapore
Rugby Union Sevens
Rugby sevens
Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...
- a short form of the sport of rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union
Women's rugby union
Women's rugby union is a sport identical to the men's game with the same rules, same sized pitch, and same equipment. However, it has a history which is significantly different, due to various social pressures, and the self-image of rugby union in general...
developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.
However, although the first Women's international rugby union
Women's international rugby union
Women's rugby union has a history going back to the late 19th century but it was not until 1982 that the first international fixture took place. The match was organised in connection with the Dutch Rugby Union's 50th anniversary...
15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first 7-a-side internationals were played, when the Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time.
Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup
Women's Sevens World Cup
The Women's Sevens World Cup is a rugby sevens competition.- Background :Date/Venue: March 5-7, Dubai *A sixteen team competition played at the same time as the men's tournament...
in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.
The following is a list of all women's international tournaments that have been traced since 1997, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with links to result details, where known. If two tournaments are run concurrently the apparently more senior will be listed first.
Some tournaments include both club and national teams, and these are only included where the majority of teams are International. Occasionally what are effectively national teams play unofficially under an assumed name - these games are also noted where this is known.
The summary section looks at each region in turn and attempts to draw some conclusions about the relative strengths of the participants. This is a little flawed due to the absence of some results and information as well as the inclusion of non-international teams to make up the numbers but should give the best guess available.
Hong Kong Sevens
- 15–16 March 1997
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- 22–24 March 1999
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , ,
Asian Championship
- 22–24 March 2000. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
- Winners: Kazakhstan
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- 22–24 March 2000
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , , ,
Jamaica vs Cayman Islands
- Date unknown
- Winners: , two matches to nil. Scores unknown.
Asian Championship
- 28–30 March 2001. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- 28–30 March 2001
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Whangarei Tournament
- Venue/Date: WhangareiWhangareiWhangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...
, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, 17 February 2002 (Source NZ Rugby, USA Rugby)
12-12 31-5 Invitation 12-5 35-0 Invitation 19-0 Invitation ?-?
14-12 United Kawakawa 41-7 10-5 0-0 North Harbour 5-0 NZ Maori 'B' (3rd place match)
Asian Championship
- March 21–22, 2002. Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- March 21–22, 2002
- Winner:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , ,
Asian Tournament
- At Hong Kong, 27 March 2003
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , , , ;
Hong Kong Sevens
- 27–28 March 2003
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian GulfArabian Gulf rugby union teamThe Arabian Gulf rugby union team was a combined team of players from Arab states of Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that represented the Arabian Peninsula area in international rugby union competitions...
, , , , , , ,
European Tournament
- At Lunel, France, 24 May 2003
- Winners:
- Competitors: , , , , , , , , ,
South Pacific Games
- Plans were afoot for a women's sevens tournament but it required six teams. It is not thought that this was achieved.
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunisia, 5–7 March 2004
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: , and others
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2004
- Competitors: , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
South America Tournament
- At: Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 20–21 April 2004
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Asian Tournament
- At Almaty, Kazakhstan, 15–16 May 2004
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Training Tournament (Central Europe)
- At SzekesfehervarSzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, 26 June 2004 - Competitors: , ,
- Hungary 36-5 Austria
- Other scores not recorded
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunisia
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2005
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Asian Tournament
- At Singapore, 15–16 April 2005
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
European Qualification Tournament
- At: PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, 14–15 May 2005 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA Women's European Championship
- At: LunelLunelLunel is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Lunel is located east of Montpellier and southwest of Nîmes .-History:The ancient Roman site of Ambrussum is located nearby. The troubadour Folquet de Lunel was from Lunel....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 25–26 June 2005 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR African Sevens
- Venue/Date: Kampala, 5–6 November 2005
Cancelled for financial reasons
Training Tournament (Central Europe)
- Venue/Date: Hungary, 6 November 2005 24-10 10-12 played
NAWIRA Tournament
- At: BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, 19–20 November 2005 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ,
South America Tournament
- At: São Paulo, Brazil, 19–20 November 2005
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Rugby Valentin International Tournament
- Date and venue unknown
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ,
USA Tournament
- Venue: Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
- Winner:
- Participants: ,
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunisia
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
CAR South Tournament
- At Uganda
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2006
- Competitors: , , , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division A
- Venue/Date: LimogesLimogesLimoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 25–27 May 2006 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division B
- Venue: Limoges, France, 25–27 May 2006
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR African Championship
- Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala, Uganda
- Winner:
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
Friendly Games
- Date/Venue: 24–25 July 2006, Grossmugl, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. (Source Austria Union) - The only information is that teams from Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bavaria, and Mugl took part in a men's and women's tournament.
NAWIRA Tournament
- Date/Venue: 11–12 November 2006, Garrison Savannah, Barbados. (Source NAWIRA)
- Winners: Jamaica
- Participants: , , , , ,
South America Tournament
- At: Vina Del Mar, Chile, 12–13 January 2007
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
USA Tournament
- At: San Diego, 9–10 February 2007
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , ,
CAR North Tournament
- At Tunia
- Winners:
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , ,
CAR South Tournament
- At Uganda
- Winners: Unknown
- Competitors: Unknown
T-EN Tournament
- Venue: SzekesfehervarSzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, 18 March 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- At Hong Kong, March 2007
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Asian Championship
- At Doha, 27–28 April 2007
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Emerging European Nations
- Venue: KatowiceKatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , Austria/Czech II
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division B
- Venue: ZenicaZenicaZenica is an industrial city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...
, Bosnia, 19–20 May 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Championship - Division A
- Venue: ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, 26–27 May 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ; , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Championship - Top 10
- Venue: LunelLunelLunel is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Lunel is located east of Montpellier and southwest of Nîmes .-History:The ancient Roman site of Ambrussum is located nearby. The troubadour Folquet de Lunel was from Lunel....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 2–3 June 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR African Championship
- Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala, Uganda
- Winner:
- Competitors: , , , , , , , ,
T-EN League
- Venue: Grossmugl, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, 23 June 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , ,
South East Asia Sevens
- Venue: SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, 6 October 2007. - Winner:
- Participants: , , , ,
- Group stage results unknown
- 5th: Cambodia
- Third Place Match: 12-10
- Final: 22-0
Borneo Sevens
- Venue: BorneoBorneoBorneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, 2 and 3 November 2007. - Results unknown
- Participants: , , , , , .
NAWIRA Tournament
- At: Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, BahamasNassau, BahamasNassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
, 17–18 November 2007 - Winner:
- Participants: , , ,
Pacific Tournament
- At: Port MoresbyPort MoresbyPort Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...
, Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands... - Winner:
- Partcipants: , , ,
Dubai Tournament
- At: DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, 1–2 December 2007 - Participants: , , plus club teams
- Results not published.
South East Asia Games
- Venue: Sursnaree, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, 9–11 December 2007 - Winner:
- Thailand 52-0 Cambodia
- Laos 0-36 Singapore
- Thailand 14-12 Singapore
- Cambodia 0-20 Laos
- Cambodia 0-29 Singapore
- Thailand 52-0 Laos
Classification Stages
Semi Finals- Thailand 43-0 Cambodia
- Singapore 27-0 Laos
| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 12 |
| Singapore | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 14 |
| Laos | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 88 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 101 |
3rd/4th Match (Bronze Medal)
- Cambodia 0-15 Laos
Final (Gold and Silver medal)
- Thailand 19-5 Singapore
South American Tournament and World Cup Qualifier
- At: Punta del Este, Uruguay, 18–19 January 2008
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
USA Sevens
- At: San Diego, 9–10 February 2008
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , ,
Emerging European Nations
Venue: AustriaAustria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, 21–24 March 2008
Winner: Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- At: Hong Kong, March 27–28, 2008
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
World Cup Pre-Qualifier (Europe)
- Venue: Bosnia
- Winner: . Also qualified: ,
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Amsterdam Sevens 2008
- At: AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, 17–18 May 2008. - Competitors: , , ,
- Winner:
One Off Match - London IRB (Men's) Sevens 2008
- At: TwickenhamTwickenham StadiumTwickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...
25 May 2008, (during mens IRB sevens). 14-10
World Cup Pre-Qualifier (Europe)
- Venue: BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, 30 May - 1 June 2008 - Winner: . Also qualified: , . added as best fourth place (over Bulgaria), following withdrawal of Scotland.
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Home Nations Cup 2008
At: EdinburghEdinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
1 June 2008.
- Winner:
- Only the results of games involving England were published.
??-?? 42-5 12-19 31-10 ??-?? 0-24
Madrid Sevens - 2008
- At: MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
7 June 2008 - Final 17-10
FIRA AER Top 16 and World Cup Qualifier
- Venue: LimogesLimogesLimoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
14–15 June 2008 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Scotland withdrew a week before the tournament was played.
International Tournament - Reunion 2008
- At: RéunionRéunionRéunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
23 to 30 June - Mauritius were planned to take part but appear to have dropped out.
POOL A
| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 5 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 74 |
| Reunion | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 116 |
| Mayotte | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 219 |
31-0 43-0 75-0 45-0 37-0 0-66 0-76 5-5 26-5 15-0
Oceania World Cup Qualifier
- At: SamoaSamoaSamoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
, 25–26 July 2008 - Winner: . also qualified.
- Participants: , , , ,
T-EN Central European Tournament
- At: RaurisRaurisRauris is a municipality in Salzburg in the area of Pinzgau in Austria. There are about 3,150 inhabitants living in Rauris.- Geography :...
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, 19 September 2008 - Winner:
- Participants: , ,
African World Cup Qualifier
- Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala, Uganda
- Winner:
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
Asian World Cup Qualifier
- At: Hong Kong, 4–5 October 2008
- Winner:
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , ,
T-EN Central European Tournament
- Venue: SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, 19 October 2008 - Winner:
- Participants: , ,
North America/Caribbean World Cup Qualifier
- At: Nassau, BahamasNassau, BahamasNassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
, 25–26 October 2008 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , ,
Friendly Sevens at Brno 2008
- At BrnoBrnoBrno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
, Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. 2 November 2008 are thought to have participated.
Japan Demonstration Game 2008
- 22 November 2008, Japan. Not strictly an International, this was a game played amongst Japan squad members prior to the mens Japan USA XV aside match.
- Reds 12-12 Whites
Asian Development Tournament
- Laos, 26 to 29 November 2008
- No scores published
Dubai Tournament
- At DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, 27–29 November 2008. A tournament "for women’s teams who play rugby regularly at an international/county/provincial standard". The official status of some teams is unclear. England played as "Sporting Chance Foundation". - Winner:
- Participants: 12 teams, including four national selections, though two played under assumed names - , , ,
Nelson Mandela Bay Tournament 2008
- Venue: Port Elizabeth, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, 13–14 December 2008 - Final 36-0
FIRA Warm Up Tournament 2008
- Venue:MontpellierMontpellier-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
20–21 December 2008 - Group Game: France 12-0 Spain
- Final: France 19-7 Spain
Rwanda Burundi Festival 2009
- At BurundiBurundiBurundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...
, January 2009. - No details are known.
- Participants: ,
South American Tournament
- At: Mar del Plata, Argentina, 5–7 January 2010
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Malaga Sevens 2009
- At: MalagaMálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
14–15 February 2009 - Some international sides used this tournament as a warm up for Dubai and the following are results. 36-0 Andalucia 33-0 26-7 24-0 Andalucia 22-0 Andalucia 24-14
- Semi Final: 41-0 Andalucia
- Semi Final: 14-17
- 3rd Place: 49-0 Andalucia
- Final: 12-19
Minor Nations Training 2009
- At London, 19–22 February 2009.
- Finland (two teams) and Austria trained at London Wasps and this was followed by a tournament involving Finland, Finland 2, Austria, Wasps, Wasps 2 and Metropolitan Police.
- Finland won all their games in a limited round robin (all teams played four games).
- Participants: , ,
- Group Games: Austria 0-36 Finland
- Group Games: Finland 2 5-17 Austria
- Plate Final: Finland 2 17-5 Austria
- Cup Final: Finland 38-0 Wasps 2
IRB Sevens World CupWomen's Sevens World CupThe Women's Sevens World Cup is a rugby sevens competition.- Background :Date/Venue: March 5-7, Dubai *A sixteen team competition played at the same time as the men's tournament...
- At: DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, 5–7 March 2009 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
F-EN (Central European) Tournament
- Venue: Ljublana, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, 7 March 2009 - Winner: . Results from games involving and were not included in the tournament, and not published.
- Participants: , , , , ,
F-EN (Central European) League
- Venue: ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, 21 March 2009 - Results not published
Hong Kong Sevens
- At: Hong Kong, March 27, 2009
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
Europe Emerging Nations
- At: ZankaZánkaZánka is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary.-Etymology:Zan is an ancient Hungarian personal name, and the original name of the settlement. The diminutive suffix -ka was added later.- History :...
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, April 12, 2009 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , European Mix, , ,
Asian Championship
- At: Bangkok, Thailand, May 30, 2009
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
CAR North West
- Venue: Accra, Ghana
- Winner:
- Competitors: , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division B
- At: ZenicaZenicaZenica is an industrial city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...
, Bosnia - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
Roma Sevens 2009
- Venue: RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 5 & 6 June 2009 - Winner: Samurai Ladies International (UK)
- Participants: Wooden Spoon, , , The Bassets Ladies, Murrayfields Wanderers RFC
Reunion Tournament 2009
At: RéunionRéunion
Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
20 June 2009
Participants: Winners , runners up , third , unknown ,
F-EN (Central Europe) Finals
- At: ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
27–28 June - No results published
FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division A
- At: BrugesBrugesBruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
. BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... - Winner:
- Partcipants: , , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Tournament - Top 10
- At: HanoverHanoverHanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
Banc ABC Tournament, Zimbabwe
- At HarareHarareHarare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
, ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
12 September 2009 12-24 - Final placings are believed to have been 1st, Zambia, 2nd, Zimbabwe, 3rd, Zambia B, 4th, Zimbabwe B
Shanghai Sevens 2009
- At: ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China 12 and 13 September 2009 - Participants: ,
- Results unknown
Borneo Sevens 2009
- At: BorneoBorneoBorneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
. 31 October - Guam were mooted as a participant.
- Thailand 39-0 India
- Thailand 52-0 Malaysia
- India 21-10 Malaysia
Bangkok Sevens 2009
- At: BangkokBangkokBangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
31 October. Thai club sides predominated. - Kazakhstan 20-14 Arabian Gulf
NACRA Caribbean Tournament
- At:Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , ,
Dubai Tournament
- At: DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, 4 December 2009. A tournament "for women’s teams who play rugby regularly at an international/county/provincial standard". The official status of some teams is unclear. - Participants: 12 teams, including five official national selections - Arabian Gulf, , , ,
East Asian Games 2009
- At: Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
5 December 2009,
Group Games
- China 24-0 Japan
- Guam 12-10 Hong Kong
- Japan 50-0 Guam
- China 44-0 Hong Kong
- China 46-0 Guam
- Japan 7-5 Hong Kong
Classification Stages
Semi Final
- China 20-5 Hong Kong
- Japan 19-5 Guam
Plate Final
- Hong Kong 15-0 Guam
Final
- China 34-12 Japan
European Emerging Nations
- At: Slovenia 26 September 2009
- Participants: , ,
- Winner:
South American Games
- Venue: Mar del Plata, Argentina. 5 - 6–7 January 2010
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , ,
USA Tournament
- Venue: Las Vegas. 12 February 2010
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , ,
European Emerging Nations
- At: Ljubjana 21 March 2010
- Participants: , , ,
- Winner:
Hong Kong Sevens
- At: Hong Kong, March 26–27, 2010
- Competitors: Arabian Gulf, , , , , , , , , plus , ,
- Winner:
Emerging Nations Camp
- At: Zanka, Hungary, April 4, 2010
- Competitors: , , , , , , , ,
- Winner:
F-EN League
- At: Székesfehervár, Hungary, April 26, 2010
- Competitors: , , , ,
- Winner:
St Lucia v Guadeloupe
- Venue: Castries Comprehensive Secondary School (CCSS) Ground. 8 May 2010
- Matches were of thirty minutes duration with a five minutes half time break. 69-5 47-5
FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division A
- Venue: Bucharest, Romania. 22–23 May 2010
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division B
- Venue: Odense, Denmark. 22–23 May 2010
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , Nordic Barbarians, , , , , ,
Amsterdam Sevens
- Venue/Date: AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
22–23 May 2010 - Participants: , ,
- Winner:
CAR North West
- Venue: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 28 & 29 May 2010.
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , ,
Roma Sevens 2010
- Venue: RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 3 & 4 June 2010 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , ,
Carcassonne Sevens
- Venue: CarcassonneCarcassonneCarcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc.It is divided into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. Carcassone was founded by the Visigoths in the fifth century,...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. 19–20 June 2010. - There was only 3 national sides (Portugal, Georgia and Bulgaria) - but Portugal were on a much higher level. The teams agreed to form the Barbarians Filles between Bulgaria and Georgia to be able to play Portugal. 63-0 46-7
- Final: 66-0 Barbarians Fillies
FIRA-AER European Tournament - Top 10
- Venue: Moscow, Russia. 10–11 July 2010
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
Asian Championship
- Venue: Guangzhou, China. 24–25 July 2010
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
NACRA Sevens Championship
- Venue: Georgetown, Guyana. 26–27 July 2010
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , ,
Cortina Sevens
- Venue: Cortina d'AmpezzoCortina d'AmpezzoCortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. 31 July-1 August 2010 - Matches included: 10-0 33-0
- Valsugana (ITA) 3-10
Castle Sevens
- Venue: LusakaLusakaLusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is located in the southern part of the central plateau, at an elevation of about 1,300 metres . It has a population of about 1.7 million . It is a commercial centre as well as the centre of government, and the four main highways of Zambia head...
, ZambiaZambiaZambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
. 28–29 August 2010 - Winner:
- Participants: , , ,
- Pool: 17-10
- Pool: 5-20
- Final: 14-12
- [Other results not published]
Friendly Cup (Coupe de l'Amitié)
- Venue: LvivLvivLviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, 2 October 2010 - Winner:
- Participants: 1st ; 2nd ; 3rd ; 4 ; 5th ; 6th ; 7th ; 8th
- Some details have now emerged:
Pool 1 positions
- Ukraine I
- Romania
- Lithiania
- Lviv regional team
Pool 2 positions
- Moldova
- Hungary
- Poland
- Ukraine II
Hungarian results:
- Hungary 46-0 Poland
- Moldova 29-0 Hungary
- Ukraine II 0-41 Hungary
- Romania 17-5 Hungary
Asia Pacific Sevens
- Venue: Kota KinabaluKota KinabaluKota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...
, BorneoBorneoBorneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, 29–31 October 2010 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , ,
BancABC Sevens
- Venue: Harare Sports ClubHarare Sports ClubHarare Sports Club is a cricket ground in Harare, Zimbabwe. Initially known as Salisbury Sports Club, Harare Sports Club has served as the primary cricket venue in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe since its inception. The ground became a Test venue in October 1992 when Zimbabwe played their inaugural Test,...
, Zimbabwe - Winner:
- Participants: , , ; ;
- Final: 24-19
- Other results unpublished
Singapore Sevens
- Venue: Singapore Cricket ClubSingapore Cricket ClubThe Singapore Cricket Club is one of the premier sports and social clubs in Singapore. Its clubhouse is located at the Padang in Singapore's central business district....
, 5–6 November 2010 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , ,
Group A 7-12 beat 0-29
| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 1 | ? | ? |
| India | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | ? |
Play-offs beat beat
Group B 27-0 lost to 60-0
| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 1 | ? | ? |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | ? |
Semi finals 0-36 17-12
Final 0-14
Asian Games
- Venue: GuangzhouGuangzhouGuangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, 21–23 November 2010 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , ,
F-EN League
- At: Various, September - November 2010
- Competitors: , , ,
- Winner:
Dubai Sevens
- At: DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, 2–3 December 2010. A tournament "for women’s teams who play rugby regularly at an international/county/provincial standard". The official status of some teams is unclear. - Participants: 16 teams, including three official national selections and one team that was, in effect, the national side but not an "official" team: , , ,
South American Championship
- Venue: Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 5-6–7 January 2011
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , ,
USA Tournament
- Venue: Las Vegas. 11–13 February 2011
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , ,
Hong Kong Sevens
- Venue: Hong Kong. 25 March 2011
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
CAR North
- Venue: Senegal, 23–24 April 2011.
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , ,
F-EN League
- At: Zagreb, April 9, 2011
- Competitors: , , ,
- Winner:
Emerging Nations Camp
- At: Zanka, Hungary, April 23–24, 2011
- Competitors: , , , , , , , , Crovenia (Slovenia & Croatia), Nada Split
- Winner:
St Lucia v Guadeloupe
- At Corinth Playing Field, St Lucia
- St.Lucia 28-10 Guadeloupe
- St.Lucia 40-0 Guadeloupe
F-EN League
- At: Vienna, May 19, 2011
- Competitors: ,
- Winner: Not known
Amsterdam Sevens
- Venue: Amsterdam, 21–22 May 2011.
- Winner:
- Participants: Various club and invitational sides, plus , , , , , , , ,
Roma Sevens
- Venue: Rome, 3–4 June 2011.
- Winner:
- Participants:, , , , , , , Kusa
ScrumQueens.com Elite Sevens
- Venue: Richmond, London. 4 June 2011
- Winner: Wooden Spoon
- Participants: , , and club and invitational teams
Pool A
- England 33-5 Pink Baa-Baas
- England 35-0 Saracens
- England 0-22 Wooden Spoons
Pool B
- Sweden 19-10 Worcester
- Richmond 5-10 Sweden
- Akuma Dragons 5-19 Sweden
Semi-final
- England 27-0 Sweden
Final
- England 7-14 Wooden Spoons
FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division 3
- Venue: 4–5 June 2011, Zanka, Hungary
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , ,
La Réunion Sevens
- Venue La RéunionLa ReunionLa Reunion may refer to:* La Reunion , a communal settlement near present-day Dallas, Texas*La Réunion, Lot-et-Garonne, a town in the Lot-et-Garonne department of France*Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar...
, 25-26 June 2011 - Winner:
- International participants: , , , , ,
Pool A
- France 45-0 Réunion
- Tukkies 41-0 New Caledonia
- France 24-7 New Caledonia
- Tukkies 36-0 Réunion
- New Caledonia 26-17 Réunion
- France 7-24 Tukkies
Pool B
- Uganda 67-0 Mayotte
- Marine 5-0 Madagascar
- Uganda 17-7 Madagascar
- Marine 34-0 Mayotte
- Madagascar 55-0 Mayotte
- Uganda 38-0 Marine
Plate semi-finals
- New Caledonia 47-0 Mayotte
- Madagascar 30-0 Réunion
Plate final
- Madagascar 62-7 New Caledonia
Semi-finals
- Tukkies 14-0 Marine
- France 17-14 Uganda
Final
- Tukkies 12-10 France
FIRA-AER European Tournament - Division 2
- Venue: 2–3 July 2011, Riga, Latvia
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
FIRA-AER Tournament 2010 - Top 12
- Venue: 16–17 July 2011, Bucharest, Romania
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Prague Sevens
- Venue: Prague, 13–14 August 2011
- Winner: Eccose Feminin (Int)
- Participants: Eccose Feminin (Int), RK Petrovice (CZ), , , Lazybugs (CZ)
Only international fixture: 7-31
Shanghai Sevens
- Venue: ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, 27–28 August 2011. - Winner:
- Participants: , , ,
Pool
- China 24-0 Hong Kong
- Kazakhstan 31-10 Thailand
- China 26-7 Thailand
- Kazakhstan 17-5 Hong Kong
- China 31-10 Kazakhstan
- Thailand 24-5 Hong Kong
Semi-finals
- China 34-0 Hong Kong
- Kazakhstan 7-0 Thailand
Third place
- Thailand 14-10 Hong Kong
Final
- China 19-10 Kazakhstan
Castle Sevens
- Venue: LusakaLusakaLusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is located in the southern part of the central plateau, at an elevation of about 1,300 metres . It has a population of about 1.7 million . It is a commercial centre as well as the centre of government, and the four main highways of Zambia head...
, 27-28 August 2011 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , .
Pool
- Zambia A 14 - 12 Botswana
- Zambia B 0 - 50 Zimbabwe
- Zambia A 14 - 19 Zimbabwe
- Botswana 29 - 0 Zambia B
- Zambia A 50 - 0 Zambia B
- Botswana lost to Zimbabwe
Final
- Zambia A 12-7 Zimbabwe
Pacific GamesWomen's Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pacific GamesThe 2011 Pacific Games women's rugby sevens tournament was held in New Caledonia from 31 August to 2 September 2011 in Nouméa.-Format:The 7 teams play a round-robin...
- Venue: New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
, 30–31 August 2011. - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , ,
Piotrowice Nyskie International Rugby Festival
- Venue: Piotrowice NyskiePiotrowice NyskiePiotrowice Nyskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...
, 3-4 September 2011 - Final rankings:1st:, 2nd: , 3rd: , , , .
- Known results:
- Czech Rep. 19-5 Poland A
- Czech Rep. 7-17 Poland B
- Czech Rep. 5-24 Romania
- Czech Rep. 5-17 Gdansk
- Friendly matches (outside tournament): Czech Rep. 21-5 Romania. Czech also beat Poland A and Poland B (scores unknown)
Asia Pacific Sevens
- Venue: Kota KinabaluKota KinabaluKota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...
, BorneoBorneoBorneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, 23–25 September 2011 - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , ,
Asian Championship
- Venue: Pune, India. 1-2 October 2011
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Friendly Cup (Coupe de l'Amitié)
- Venue: LvivLvivLviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, 1 October 2010 - Winner:
- Participants: 1st ; 2nd ; 3rd , 4th , 5th , 6th . Also particpated:
Only limited details available:
- Ukraine beat Moldova
- Ukraine beat Poland
- Ukraine Clubs 19-0 Hungary
- Gallícia 5-10 Hungary
- Ukraine 61-0 Hungary
- Moldova 5-12 Hungary
CAR South
- Venue: BotswanaBotswanaBotswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
, 29–30 October 2011. - Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , ,
Torneo Internacional de Elche
- Venue: Elche, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
1 November 2011. - Winner:
- Participants: , , ,
Pool
- Spain 12-12 France
- Netherlands 35-7 Portugal
- Spain 12-10 Netherlands
- France 21-7 Portugal
- Netherlands 17-0 France
- Spain 21-10 Portugal
| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 32 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 19 |
| France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 36 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 77 |
3rd/4th
- France 14-0 Portugal
Final
- Spain 26-10 Netherlands
Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby 7s Tournament
- Venue: SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
4-5 November 2011. - Winner:
- Participants: , , ,
Pool matches
- Singapore 21-0 Malaysia
- Singapore 21-0 Singapore Barbarians
- Singapore 41-0 Indonesia
- Singapore Barbarians 22-0 Malaysia
- Singapore Barbarians 17-0 Indonesia
- Indonesia 0-0 Malaysia
Semi-Finals
- Singapore 55-0 Indonesia
- Singapore Barbarians 10-5 Malaysia (or 12-5?)
3rd Place (Plate)
- Malaysia 7-5 Indonesia
Final
- Singapore 33-0 Singapore Barbarians
Safaricom Sevens
- Venue: Nyayo National StadiumNyayo National StadiumNyayo National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. It is located near the city centre. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was built in 1983. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The popular AFC Leopards football club plays most of its home games at Nyayo stadium. ...
, KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
5-6 November 2011. - Winner:
- Participants: , , ,
- Kenya 24-0 Uganda B
- Uganda 29-0 Kenya B
- Kenya 41-5 Kenya B
- Uganda 45-0 Uganda B
- Uganda B 27-5 Kenya B
- Kenya 10-10 Uganda
Final
- Kenya 7-5 Uganda
NACRA Sevens Championship
- Venue: Bridgetown, Barbados. 12-13 November 2011
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , , , , ,
IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup
- Venue: Dubai, UAE. 2-3 December 2011
- Winner:
- Participants: , , , , , , ,
- Notes:
- This is the first official IRB women's sevens tournament apart from the World Cup Sevens.
- It is intended to become part of a full IRB International Women's Sevens Series starting with the 2012–13 season.
Other international sevens events =
Some national sides (especially from lower ranking nations) occasionally play in what would otherwise be club sevens tournaments, and this can occasionally result in "inter-nationals" if more than one nation is present. However, such tournaments rarely receive widespread coverage, and the status of the teams playing in such tournaments can be unclear. Examples of such tournaments include:
- In 2003, Fiji used the Marist Tournament to select their squad for Hong Kong by splitting their squad into a Red and Blue team who went on to contest the final.
- Arabian Gulf played against club and scratch teams from across the world at Dubai 2006. There was also a tournament at the same time featuring Kuwait and Sharjah but these are not included as neither has its own national union.
- In 2006 and 2007 what is described as the "CORE OF THE NATIONAL SELECTIONS" of Hungary, Bosnia and Serbia competed at the Krusevac tournament in Serbia against various club sides from across Europe.
- Canada appeared at the 2007 Amsterdam sevens.
- Dubai Tournament (21 September 2007) included Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Sharjah. None of these have their own union.
- Singapore Bucks (may be a club side or development) and Hong Kong Development competed at the Bangkok sevens 26 to 28 October 2007.
- England are planning to use their National Sevens (Club tournament) as a preparation for the European Sevens.
- Moldova played a tournament with three Romanian club sides, May 3, 2009 at Iasi, Romania.
- Czech Republic and Germany appeared at Amsterdam 2009.
Summary Analysis =
See here for a summary of all women's sevens results, by nation, and current international rankings.
Hong Kong Sevens
- 11 tournaments played since 1997.
- 24 teams have taken part (10-New Zealand, USA, 8-Australia, Hong Kong, 7-Kazakhstan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, 6- Arabian Gulf, China, 4-Netherlands, 3-Samoa, England, Canada, 2-Sri Lanka, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, 1-France, Guam, Sweden, Russia, Wales, Macao, Hong Kong Barbarians (the last two as demonstration teams)). There have been more appearances but records are incomplete. It is likely that many of these would be from the Asian nations. It is also difficult to be clear in every year where the Asian and Hong Kong tournaments separate. Note: awaiting fuller confirmation for 2006.
- New Zealand have won all 10 of the tournaments they have entered, USA won the other title.
Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Bowl Winners Group Winners Number of Games 1997 12 2 groups (2 x 6) New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Fiji, England, USA, Netherlands, Japan, Hong Kong, Scotland, Arabian Gulf, Singapore New Zealand Australia Netherlands New Zealand, USA 39 1999 11 4 groups (3x3, 1x2) New Zealand, England, USA, Australia, China, Singapore, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong, Samoa, Japan, Russia New Zealand Samoa New Zealand, USA, Australia, England 19 2000 12 2 groups (2x6) New Zealand, Hong Kong, Samoa, Wales, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, USA, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Netherlands, Kazakhstan New Zealand Kazakhstan Japan New Zealand, Australia 39 2001 10 2 groups (2x5) New Zealand, Samoa, Sweden, Japan, Kazakhstan, USA, England, Australia, Netherlands, Hong Kong New Zealand Australia Hong Kong New Zealand, USA 28 2002 8 2 groups (2 x 4) New Zealand, USA, Hong Kng, Arabian Gulf, Thailand, Kazakhstan, China, Japan New Zealand Kazakhstan Arabian Gulf New Zealand, USA 20 2003 8 2 groups (2x4, 1 made up solely of Asian qualifiers) New Zealand, USA, England, Fiji, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Arabian Gulf, Thailand New Zealand Kazakhstan Fiji (Shield - Arabian Gulf) New Zealand, Kazakhstan (Asian group) 24 2004 10 2 groups (2 x 4) New Zealand, USA, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia, China, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Japan (Macao, Hong Kong Barbarians) New Zealand Kazakhstan USA New Zealand, USA 35 2005 8 2 groups (2 x 4) New Zealand, Australia, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Thailand New Zealand USA China (Shield - Hong Kong) New Zealand, Australia 20 2006 Possibly 16 Unknown New Zealand, Australia, USA, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Guam, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka New Zealand USA (as 3rd) Netherlands (as 5th) Unknown Unknown 2007 12 4 groups (4x3) New Zealand, Australia, USA, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Papua New Guinea, Arabian Gulf New Zealand USA Kazakhstan (Shield - Thailand) New Zealand, USA, Australia, China 28 2008 12 4 groups (4x3) USA, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Papua New Guinea, Arabian Gulf, France, Netherlands USA France China USA, Canada, France, China 28 2009 10 2 groups (2x5) China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Arabian Gulf, Papua New Guinea, Tunisia, Guam, Australia
Regional Tournaments - Africa
- 8 tournaments have been played. 4 have been in the north, 2 in the south, 1 for the whole of CAR and 1 World Cup Qualifier that was technically a south tournament.
- In the north full details are only known for one tournament. The first three had Tunisia and French club side Montpellier as participants. The most recent saw Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Arabian Gulf, guests Uganda and Tunisian Universities competing with Tunisia winning.
- In the south even less is known. Uganda have participated in both tournaments.
- When the whole CAR met the regular nations of Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Burundi were joined by Emerging South Africa and a Uganda Select. Emerging South Africa won.
- The last tournament was a World Cup Qualifier. It was technically a south tournament. Tunisia, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Uganda A all found the full South Africa team too strong. Madagascar and Ivory Coast were late withdrawals.
- An African ranking is difficult due to the lack of data. However it would be reasonable to say 1, South Africa, 2, Uganda, 3=, Kenya, Tunisia.
Year Teams Format Known Participants Cup Winners Plate Winners Group Winners Number of Games 2004 North Unknown Unknown Tunisia, Montpellier Unknown Unknown 2005 North Unknown Unknown Tunisia, Montpellier Unknown Unknown 2006 North Unknown Unknown Tunisia, Montpellier Unknown Unknown 2006 South Unknown Unknown Uganda Unknown Unknown 2006 CAR 8 2 groups (2x4) South Africa Emerging, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Uganda Select, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Burundi South Africa Emerging Zambia South Africa Emerging, Uganda 18 2007 South Unknown Unknown Uganda Unknown Unknown 2007 North 5 1 group (1x5) Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Arabian Gulf, Uganda, Tunisian Universities Tunisia Tunisia 10 2008 South and WCQ 8 2 groups (2x4) Tunisia, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Uganda A (Ivory Coast and Madagascar late drop outs) South Africa Zambia Tunisia, South Africa 20
Regional Tournaments - Asia
6 Asian tournaments have been held (including the World Cup qualifier). As mentioned above there has been some overlap with the Hong Kong tournament in many years. Other sub-regional tournemtns are recorded as it is expected they will continue. Most of the teams have taken part in all the tournaments. In early years Kazakhstan were the leaders but they have been caught up with by China, Thailand and Japan (who missed a few tournaments). Singapore and Hong Kong are probably next.| Year | Teams | Format | Known Participants | Cup Winners | Plate Winners | Group Winners | Number of Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 2 groups (2 x 3) | Japan, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong | Kazakhstan | Hong Kong, Kazakhstan | 7 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 group (1 x 4) with prelim round | Japan, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong, China | Kazakhstan | China (KO won by Japan, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan) | 13 | |
| 2003 | 10 | 2 groups (2x5) | Kazakhstan, Singapore, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong, China, Kyrgistan, HK Barbarians, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan | Kazakhstan | Singapore | Kazakhstan, Hong Kong | 30 |
| 2005 | 9 | 2 groups (1x5, 1x4) | Kazakhstan, Singapore, Thailand, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong, Japan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, China | Kazakhstan | China | Kazakhstan, Singapore | 25 |
| 2006 | Unknown | Unknown | China | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 2007 | 9 | 2 groups (1x5, 1x4) | Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Arabian Gulf (China may have withdrawn) | Kazakhstan | Thailand (Bowl - Hong Kong, Shield - Uzbekistan) | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2007 South East | 5 | Unknown | Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, South Korea (club side?) | Thailand | Laos | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2007 South East Games | 4 | 1 group (1x4) | Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia | Thailand | Laos (3rd) | Thailand | 10 |
| 2008 and WCQ | 9 (11) | 3 groups (3x3) | Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, China, Arabian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, (2 HK Selects) | Japan | China (Bowl - Hong Kong) | Kazakhstan, China, Thailand | 19 |
Regional tournaments – Europe
Whilst Europe has a vast amount of tournament history, this in itself makes rankings quite difficult. The draw of a tournament can often have an impact on the placings and it is clear that whilst there are a number of top teams that many of the teams below are at a very similar level to each other - evidenced by the success of those teams in the Emerging competitions going on to do well at the next level.The top level of Europe has seen a total of 23 teams compete in the five tournaments. Spain, France, Portugal and Sweden have played in all five. England, Netherlands and Italy have played in four, having missed only the first tournament. Of the teams playing in three, Switzerland and Belgium played in the first three but have now slipped away. Wales and Russia have played in the last three. The Czech Republic have uniquely played in every other tournament for a total of three. Of the teams with one or two appearances these have been mainly in the early days or in the years when there have been 16 teams in the top level.
England have the best record (X-1-2-2-1) with Spain (1-2-5-3-4), Netherlands (X-3-3-7-2) and France (2-5-6-1-5) following close behind. These four nations account for 13 of the 20 top-four positions. The other top-four positions have gone to Switzerland (3-10-15-X-X), Sweden (4-4-7-8-9), Wales (X-X-1-4-7), Russia (X-X-9-9-3) and Ireland (X-X-4-5-X). The other regular contenders are Portugal (5-7-8-10-10) and Italy (6-10-6-6).
When including the tournaments below the top level, an impressive 35 nations have competed in the various tiers of the European tournaments (as well as a some national seconds, combined teams and age teams). The tiering has helped those nations that were over-exposed to the top level in 2003 to attain their correct level. Czech Republic and Finland both managed to play in the 2008 Emerging before coming through qualifiers to reach the top-level tournament in 2008.
| Year | Teams | Format | Known Participants | Cup Winners | Plate Winners | Shield Winners | Group Winners | Number of Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 FIRA | 10 | 2 Groups (2×5) | Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Sweden, Croatia, Bulgaria | Spain | Portugal | Czech Republic | Spain, France | 29 |
| 2005 Emerging | 12 | 2 Groups (2×6) | Austria, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Israel, Germany, Poland, Russia, Norway, Hungary, Malta, Czech Republic, Czech Republic II | Russia | Unknown | Israel | Unknown (probably Germany and Russia) | Unknown |
| 2005 FIRA | 10 | 2 Groups (2×5) | England, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Italy, Croatia | England | France | Croatia | England, Netherlands | 29 |
| 2006 Emerging | Unknown | Unknown | Hungary and probably similar to 2005 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 2006 FIRA A | 16 | 4 groups (4×4) | England, Wales, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Czech Republic, Netherlands, France, Lithuania, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Russia, Norway | Wales | Spain | Russia (Belgium won 13th) | England, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland | 48 |
| 2006 FIRA B | 10 | 2 groups (2×5) | Romania, Bulgaria, Israel, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Luxembourg, Andorra, Poland, Malta, Hungary, Austria | Romania | Israel | Austria | Andorra, Romania | 29 |
| 2007 Emerging | 8 | Unknown | Finland, Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Czech Republic/Poland II | Finland | Austria | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 2007 B | 12 | 2 groups (2×6) | Malta, Finland, Denmark, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Austria, Moldova, Israel, Luxembourg, Latvia, Barbarians (Slovakia and Georgia withdrew) | Finland | Denmark | Serbia | Austria, Malta | 42 |
| 2007 A | 12 | 2 groups (2×6) | Switzerland, Belgium, France U-20, Romania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Germany, Andorra, Norway, Bulgaria, Poland | France U20 | Belgium | Czech Republic | France U20, Lithuania | 42 |
| 2007 Top 10 | 10 | 2 groups (2×5) | Spain, Wales, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, France, England, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden | France | Ireland | Russia | France, Spain | 29 |
| 2008 Emerging | 10 | 2 groups (2×5) | Finland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Serbia, Luxembourg, Croatia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzogovina (Romania and Switzerland planned) | Finland | Croatia | Finland, Poland | 29 | |
| 2008 WCQ | 12 | 2 groups (2×6) | Finland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania, Israel, Croatia, Austria, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzogovina | Romania | Latvia | Serbia | Romania, Finland | 42 |
| 2008 WCQ | 12 | 2 groups (2×6) | Andorra, Moldova, Norway, Malta, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary | Germany | Malta | Switzerland | Germany, Moldova | 42 |
| 2008 Home nations | 3 | 1 group (1×3) | England, Scotland, Wales | England | England | 6 | ||
| 2008 Top 16 | 16 | 4 groups (4×4) | Russia, France, Portugal, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Sweden, Andorra, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Wales, Finland, Romania, Israel, Moldova | England | France | Sweden (Andorra) | England, Spain, Russia, Italy | 48 |
Regional Tournaments - NAWIRA
The 4 tournaments in the region have been very different - USA took part in the first but not Canada, neither the second, both sent development teams to the next and then the addition of World Cup Qualifying saw both their full teams in the last. USA and Canada have dominated the region and Canada seem to be just ahead. Jamaica are the next best placed.| Year | Teams | Format | Known Participants | Cup Winners | Plate Winners | Group Winners | Number of Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 1 group (1x7), no classification | USA, Trindad & Tobago, Jamaica, Guyana, St Vincent, St Lucia, Barbados | USA | USA | 21 | |
| 2006 | 6 | Unknown | Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Vincent | Jamaica | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 group (1x4, played twice) | USA Developing, Canada Development, Jamaica, Guyana (Trindad and Tobago withdrew) | Canada Development | Canada Development | 12 | |
| 2008 and WCQ | 8 | 2 groups (2x4) | USA, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Bermuda, Canada, Jamaica, Barbados, Cayman Islands (St Vincent and Grenadines late drop out) | Canada | Jamaica | USA, Canada | 24 |
Regional Tournaments - Pacific
Sevens have been limited in the region although New Zealand have dominated the Hong Kong event. Australia have also been regulars at the latter with Fiji, Samoa and papua New Guinea also appearing. The first tournament was a true regional tournament but the addition of World Cup qualifying saw New Zealand and Australia join the next where they dominated. Australia beat New Zealand but the lack of tournaments make it difficult to assess their ranking. Fiji appear to be the next best.| Year | Teams | Format | Known Participants | Cup Winners | Plate Winners | Group Winners | Number of Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 1 group (1x4) | Fiji, Samoa, Niue, Papua New Guinea | Fiji | Papua New Guinea | Fiji | 8 |
| 2008 WCQ | 5 | 1 group (1x5) | Australia, New Zealand, Niue, Fiji, Samoa | Australia | Australia | 14 |
Regional Tournaments - South America
6 tournaments have been held to date (the fourth also being a World Cup qualifier). Of these seven participants have featured in all six with only Paraguay having missed one. Brazil have won all six tournaments, their strongest challengers being Venezuela and Argentina, and more recently Colombia. The overall placings (top four) have been Brazil 1-1-1-1-1-1, Venezuela 2-3-3-3-3-6, Argentina 4-2-4-2-2-4, Colombia 3-4-2-5-5-2, with Uruguay probably next best (4th in 2008 and 2009 and 3rd in 2010). Brazil are by far the top ranked side. The other placings tend to depend on the draw.| Year | Teams | Format | Known Participants | Cup Winners | Plate Winners | Group Winners | Number of Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | 2 Groups (2x4) | Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru | Brazil | Uruguay | Brazil, Venezuela | 20 |
| 2005 | 8 | 2 Groups (2x4) | Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru | Brazil | Chile | Brazil, Venezuela | 20 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2 Groups (2x4) | Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Chile Invitation | Brazil | Chile | Brazil, Colombia | 20 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2 Groups (2x4) | Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay | Brazil | Colombia | Brazil, Uruguay | 20 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2 Groups (2x4) | Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay | Brazil | Colombia | Brazil, Argentina | 20 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2 Groups (2x4) | Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay | Brazil | Chile | Brazil, Argentina | 20 |
World Cup Tournament
One tournament has been held. The first saw a lot of teams meeting for the first time and some intriguing statistics. Of the four group winners only one (New Zealand) progressed to the cup semi finals. The eventual winner (Australia) lost a pool game resulting in second place in the group. Whilst the ranking of the teams in the tournament is one of fact and record there are some anomalies due to the knock out process. Some clarity over the world rankings can be drawn, as well as the relative strengths of the regions.| Year | Teams | Format | Known Participants | Cup Winners | Plate Winners | Bowl Winners | Group Winners | Number of Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 16 | 4 groups (4 x 4) | France, England, Spain, New Zealand, Australia, Uganda, USA, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Netherlands, Thailand, China, Japan, South Africa, Russia | Australia | England | China | France, England, Spain, New Zealand | 41 |
Sources
The sources for each individual tournament entry are listed individually above. Most of the information has come from the websites of various nations which has also been contributed to by news reports. If only one source is listed then it should be considered the primary source. The listings are also checked by members of various rugby discussion fora.