2025–26 SVNS

The 2025–26 SVNS will be the 27th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national sevens teams, known as the SVNS. It will take place between November 2025 and June 2026. The SVNS has been run by World Rugby since 1999.

The number of teams were reduced from 12 to 8 for both men's and women's. The 4 lowest placed men's and women's teams at the end of the final league event in 2024–25 season were relegated from the series for the 2025–26 season. The men's relegated teams were Kenya, Uruguay, Ireland and USA. The women's relegated teams were Brazil, China, Ireland and Spain.

The tournament takes place over seven months and consists of 9 events,^[1] with the final three events making up the World Championship, and consisting of the 8 Division 1 teams, and the top 4 SVNS Division 2 teams.

The schedule for the series was finalised on 1 September 2025.

2025–26 itinerary

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Men's Winner	Women's Winner
Dubai	The Sevens Stadium	Dubai	29–30 November 2025	New Zealand	New Zealand
South Africa	DHL Stadium	Cape Town	6–7 December 2025	South Africa	Australia
Singapore	National Stadium	Singapore	31 January – 1 February 2026	Fiji	New Zealand
Australia	HBF Park	Perth	7–8 February 2026	South Africa	New Zealand
Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	7–8 March 2026
United States	Sports Illustrated Stadium	New York[a]	14–15 March 2026
Hong Kong	Kai Tak Sports Park	Hong Kong	17–19 April 2026
Spain	José Zorrilla Stadium	Valladolid	29–31 May 2026
France	Stade Atlantique	Bordeaux	5–7 June 2026

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.

2025–26 SVNS – Men's Series XXVII^[2]

Pos.	Event  Team	Dubai	Cape Town	Singapore	Perth	Vancouver	New York	Points total	Points difference
1	Fiji	16	16	20	18			70	166
2	South Africa	12	20	14	20			66	124
3	New Zealand	20	12	16	14			62	6
4	France	14	14	18	8			54	41
5	Australia	18	8	12	16			54	–41
6	Argentina	6	18	8	12			44	–35
7	Spain	10	6	10	10			36	–81
8	Great Britain	8	10	6	6			30	–180

Legend
Gold	Event Champions
Silver	Event Runner-ups
Bronze	Event Third place finishers
No colour	Core team and re-qualified as a core team for the 2026–27 World Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated from core team status for 2025–26 after Grand Finals

2025–26 SVNS – Women's Series XIII^[2]

Pos.	Event  Team	Dubai	Cape Town	Singapore	Perth	Vancouver	New York	Points total	Points difference
1	New Zealand	20	18	20	20			78	434
2	Australia	18	20	18	18			74	340
3	United States	12	14	14	14			54	–46
4	France	8	16	12	16			52	14
5	Canada	10	10	16	12			48	79
6	Japan	16	12	8	10			46	–87
7	Fiji	14	8	10	8			40	–20
8	Great Britain	6	6	6	6			24	–714

Legend
Gold	Event Champions
Silver	Event Runner-ups
Bronze	Event Third place finishers
No colour	Core team and re-qualified as a core team for the 2026–27 World Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated from core team status for 2025–26 after Grand Finals

2025–26 SVNS – Men's Series XXVII

Pos.	Event  Team	Hong Kong	Valladolid	Bordeaux	Points total	Points difference
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

2025–26 SVNS – Women's Series XIII

Pos.	Event  Team	Hong Kong	Valladolid	Bordeaux	Points total	Points difference
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2025–26 series, by team:

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
South Africa	2			1	3
Fiji	1	1	2		4
New Zealand	1		1	1	3
Australia		1	1		2
France		1		2	3
Argentina		1			1

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
New Zealand	3	1			4
Australia	1	3			4
France			2		2
Canada			1		1
Japan			1		1
United States				3	3
Fiji				1	1

Player of the final award

Tour Leg	Men's Winner	Women's Winner	Ref.
Dubai	Brady Rush	Jorja Miller
Cape Town	Shilton van Wyk	Isabella Nasser
Singapore	Vuiviawa Naduvalo	Jorja Miller
Perth	Ryan Oosthuizen	Kelsey Teneti
Vancouver
New York
Hong Kong
Valladolid
Bordeaux

Event	Winner	Score	Finalist
Cup	New Zealand	26–22	Australia
Bronze	Fiji	24–7	France
Fifth Place	South Africa	21–12	Spain
Seventh Place	Great Britain	24–19	Argentina

Event	Winner	Score	Finalist
Cup	New Zealand	29–14	Australia
Bronze	Japan	22—12	Fiji
Fifth Place	United States	19–14	Canada
Seventh Place	France	46–5	Great Britain

Event	Winner	Score	Finalist
Cup	South Africa	21–19	Argentina
Bronze	Fiji	26–19	France
Fifth Place	New Zealand	27–12	Great Britain
Seventh Place	Australia	24–12	Spain

Event	Winner	Score	Finalist
Cup	Australia	26–12	New Zealand
Bronze	France	15–12	United States
Fifth Place	Japan	12–10	Canada
Seventh Place	Fiji	43–7	Great Britain

Event	Winner	Score	Finalist
Cup	Fiji	21–12	France
Bronze	New Zealand	14—12	South Africa
Fifth Place	Australia	26–12	Spain
Seventh Place	Argentina	14–10	Great Britain

Event	Winner	Score	Finalist
Cup	Australia	7–36	New Zealand
Bronze	Canada	24–19 (a.e.t.)	United States
Fifth Place	France	17–14	Fiji
Seventh Place	Japan	31–5	Great Britain

Event	Winner	Score	Finalist
Cup	South Africa	21–19	Fiji
Bronze	Australia	12–10	New Zealand
Fifth Place	Argentina	24–19	Spain
Seventh Place	France	24–17	Great Britain

Event	Winner	Score	Finalist
Cup	New Zealand	29–7	Australia
Bronze	France	21–14	United States
Fifth Place	Canada	36–5	Japan
Seventh Place	Fiji	41–5	Great Britain