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

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

Event winners

Year  Venue  Cup final Placings Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Plate Bowl Shield
2016 BC Place
New Zealand 		19–14
South Africa
Samoa
Canada
Russia
Winner Score Runner-up Third Fourth Fifth
2017 BC Place
England 		19–7
South Africa
Fiji
United States
New Zealand
2018 BC Place
Fiji 		31–12
Kenya
South Africa
United States
England
2019 BC Place
South Africa 		21–12
France
Fiji
United States
New Zealand
2020 BC Place
New Zealand 		17–14
Australia
Canada
South Africa
England
2021 I BC Place
South Africa 		38–5
Kenya
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
2021 II Commonwealth Stadium
South Africa 		24–12
Great Britain
Kenya
Canada
Germany
2022 BC Place
Argentina 		29–10
Fiji
Australia
Samoa
South Africa
2023 BC Place
Argentina 		33–21
France
Australia
Ireland
New Zealand
2024 BC Place
Argentina		 36–12
New Zealand
France
United States
Ireland

Attendance

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

See also

References

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

External links

Canada Sevens
Rugby union in Canada
SVNS
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