After the record-breaking Olympic Games in Paris, the stars of rugby sevens are set to make a thrilling return to HSBC SVNS 2025. Featuring seven iconic global destinations and culminating with the SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles, following the penultimate round in Singapore where the SVNS league winners will be crowned.
The tens of millions of fans around the globe who were captivated by the sensational rugby sevens competitions at the Olympic Games can now get set to see the world’s best 12 men’s and women’s teams as they showcase their incredible speed, astounding skills and indomitable strength once again in the HSBC SVNS 2025.
Singapore and Los Angeles have been added to the five previously confirmed destinations, meaning SVNS 2025 will feature seven rounds played across seven months culminating with the SVNS World Championships taking place at Dignity Health Sports Park, the LA 2028 Olympic venue.
As in previous years, SVNS 2025 will kick-off with a blockbuster event at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai, which hosts the first round from 30 November to 1 December, 2024. UK artist Stormzy will lead the star-studded entertainment off the field as SVNS continues to combine the best of rugby, music, food and entertainment.
All 24 teams then move on to the DHL Stadium in Cape Town for the second round on 7-8 December 2024, where home fans will have the opportunity to cheer their Olympic medal winning men’s team on home soil.
Following Perth’s highly successful debut as SVNS hosts in 2024 that saw a sell-out crowd for finals day, the celebrations will return to Australia’s west coast for the third round of HSBC SVNS 2025 on 24-26 January 2025 at HBF Park.
Vancouver then welcomes the SVNS for the fourth round on 21-23 February under the roof of the atmospheric BC Place. The fan favourite Cathay / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens is confirmed to take place on 28 – 30 March as the first official event at the new Kai Tak stadium, and the fifth round of SVNS 2025.
The National Stadium in Singapore will host the sixth round on 5-6 April with pre-sale tickets available from today. The SVNS League Winners – the team with the most cumulative points from the first six rounds – will be decided here.
The top eight men’s and women’s teams at the end of the Singapore event will head into the winner-takes-all World Championship, taking place for the first time in Los Angeles on 3-4 May at Dignity Health Sports Park, the LA 2028 Olympics venue.
LA will also play host to the high stakes promotion and relegation play-off competition that sees the top four men’s and women’s teams from the HSBC Sevens Challenger join the bottom-four ranked teams in the SVNS standings at the end of the sixth round in Singapore to fight for the highly coveted places in future SVNS.
The women’s SVNS 2025 participating teams are: New Zealand, Australia, France, USA, Canada, Fiji, Ireland, Great Britain, Japan, Brazil, Spain and China.
The men’s teams roster includes: Argentina, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, France, Fiji, South Africa, Great Britain, USA, Spain, Uruguay and Kenya.
Main image: Australia beat France in the women’s HSBC SVNS Grand Final in 2024 (Photo credit: Mike Lee – KLC fotos for World Rugby)