2023–24 SVNS

2023–24 SVNS
Men's Series XXV
Women's Series XI
Hosts
Date2 December 2023 – 2 June 2024
Nations12
Final positions
ChampionsMen
 France
Women
 Australia
Runners-upMen
 Argentina
Women
 France
ThirdMen
 Fiji
Women
 New Zealand
Team changes
RelegatedMen
 Samoa
 Canada
Women
 South Africa
Series details
Top try scorerMen
Terry Kennedy (32)
Women
Maddison Levi (69)
Top point scorerMen
Terry Kennedy (160)
Women
Maddison Levi (345)

The 2023–24 SVNS was the 25th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national sevens teams, known as the World Rugby Sevens Series (SVNS). It took place between December 2023 and June 2024.[1] The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999.

Teams and format

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The total number of teams for the 2023–24 Sevens Series was reduced from sixteen to twelve, similar to the Women's series.[1] Canada men won the Promotion/Relegation play-off in London on 21 May 2023,[2] and thus make up the twelfth team and South Africa women were promoted from the Challenger Series.

The tournament takes place over seven months and consists of eight events,[3] with the final event holding the top eight-placed teams in a Grand Final event. The teams placed between nine–twelve will compete in a promotion/relegation-style event with other teams to decide which stay as core teams.[1][4]

Men's teams

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Women's teams

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Tour venues

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The schedule for the series is:[3]

2023–24 itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Men's Winner Women's Winner
Dubai The Sevens Dubai 2–3 December 2023  South Africa  Australia
South Africa DHL Stadium Cape Town 9–10 December 2023  Argentina  Australia
Australia Perth Rectangular Stadium Perth 26–28 January 2024  Argentina  Ireland
Canada BC Place Vancouver 23–25 February 2024  Argentina  New Zealand
United States Dignity Health Sports Park Los Angeles 1–3 March 2024  France  New Zealand
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 5–7 April 2024  New Zealand  New Zealand
Singapore National Stadium Singapore 3–5 May 2024  New Zealand  New Zealand
Spain Metropolitano Stadium Madrid 31 May – 2 June 2024  France  Australia

Standings

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The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete. The delineation between position eight and position nine denotes the teams (1st–8th) that will compete in the grand final in Madrid, and the teams (9th–12th) that will compete in the Challenger Series.

Legend
Pink Relegated from core team status for 2024–25 after Grand Finals

Men's League

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2023–24 SVNS – Men's Series XXV[5]
Pos.
Event 
Team

Dubai

Cape Town

Perth

Vancouver

Los Angeles

Hong Kong

Singapore
Points
total
1  Argentina 18 20 20 20 12 4 12 106
2  Ireland 12 14 16 12 16 16 18 104
3  New Zealand 16 12 4 18 3 20 20 93
4  Australia 8 18 18 3 8 14 14 83
5  France 4 6 10 16 20 18 6 80
6  Fiji 14 16 14 10 10 12 4 80
7  South Africa 20 10 12 4 2 10 10 68
8  Great Britain 3 4 2 8 18 2 16 53
9  United States 6 2 8 14 6 8 8 52
10  Spain 2 3 6 2 14 6 3 36
11  Samoa 10 1 3 6 4 3 2 29
12  Canada 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 14

Women's League

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2023–24 SVNS – Women's Series XI[6]
Pos.
Event 
Team

Dubai

Cape Town

Perth

Vancouver

Los Angeles

Hong Kong

Singapore
Points
total
1  New Zealand 18 16 12 20 20 20 20 126
2  Australia 20 20 18 14 18 16 18 124
3  France 16 18 10 18 12 14 16 104
4  United States 8 14 14 12 16 18 3 85
5  Canada 14 10 8 16 14 10 8 80
6  Fiji 12 12 6 10 2 12 14 68
7  Ireland 10 8 20 4 6 6 12 66
8 United Kingdom Great Britain 2 6 16 2 3 4 6 39
9  Japan 4 3 2 3 4 8 10 34
10  Brazil 6 4 4 6 8 3 1 32
11  South Africa 3 1 3 1 10 1 4 23
12  Spain 1 2 1 8 1 2 2 17

Men's Grand Finals

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2023–24 SVNS – Men's Series XXV[7]
Pos.
Event 
Team

Madrid
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji
4  New Zealand
5  Ireland
6  South Africa
7  Australia
8  Great Britain

Women's Grand Finals

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2023–24 SVNS – Women's Series XI[8]
Pos.
Event 
Team

Madrid
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand
4  Canada
5  United States
6  Ireland
7  Fiji
8 United Kingdom Great Britain

Placings summary

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Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2023–24 series, by team:

Men

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Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Fourth Total
 Argentina 3 2 5
 New Zealand 2 1 1 1 5
 France 2 1 1 4
 South Africa 1 1
 Australia 2 2 4
 Ireland 1 3 1 5
 Great Britain 1 1 2
 Fiji 2 2 4
 United States 1 1
 Spain 1 1

Women

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Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Fourth Total
 New Zealand 4 1 2 7
 Australia 3 3 1 1 8
 Ireland 1 1
 France 3 2 1 6
 United States 1 1 2 4
 Canada 1 3 4
 Great Britain 1 1
 Fiji 1 1

Players

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Player of the final award
Tour Leg Men's Winner Women's Winner Ref.
Dubai Selvyn Davids Teagan Levi [9][10]
Cape Town Matías Osadczuk Madison Ashby [11]
Perth Marcos Moneta Lucy Mulhall [12]
Vancouver Luciano González Portia Woodman [13]
Los Angeles Stephen Parez Risi Pouri-Lane [14]
Hong Kong Dylan Collier Michaela Blyde [15]
Singapore Dylan Collier Jorja Miller [16]
Madrid Stephen Parez Maddison Levi [17]

Scoring

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Men

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Updated: 13 August 2024

Women

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Updated: 13 August 2024

Awards

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Rookie of the Year Award
Men's Winner Women's Winner Ref.
Antoine Dupont Carissa Norsten [18][19]

Tournaments

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Dubai

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Men

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  South Africa 12–7  Argentina  New Zealand (Bronze)
 Fiji
Fifth place  Ireland 28–7  Samoa  Australia (Seventh)
 United States
Ninth place  France 22–0  Great Britain  Spain (Eleventh)
 Canada

Women

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Australia 26–19  New Zealand  France (Bronze)
 Canada
Fifth place  Fiji 24–19  Ireland  United States (Seventh)
 Brazil
Ninth place  Japan 12–5  South Africa United Kingdom Great Britain (Eleventh)
 Spain

Cape Town

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Men

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Argentina 45–12  Australia  Fiji (Bronze)
 Ireland
Fifth place  New Zealand 31–7  South Africa  Canada (Seventh)
 France
Ninth place  Great Britain 31–7  Spain  United States (Eleventh)
 Samoa

Women

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Australia 29–26  France  New Zealand (Bronze)
 United States
Fifth place  Fiji 19–17  Canada  Ireland (Seventh)
United Kingdom Great Britain
Ninth place  Brazil 15–14  Japan  Spain (Eleventh)
 South Africa

Perth

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Men

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Argentina 31–5  Australia  Ireland (Bronze)
 Fiji
Fifth place  South Africa 24–5  France  United States (Seventh)
 Spain
Ninth place  New Zealand 21–14  Samoa  Great Britain (Eleventh)
 Canada

Women

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Ireland 19–14  Australia United Kingdom Great Britain (Bronze)
 United States
Fifth place  New Zealand 14–10  France  Canada (Seventh)
 Fiji
Ninth place  Brazil 7–0  South Africa  Japan (Eleventh)
 Spain

Vancouver

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Men

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Argentina 36–12  New Zealand  France (Bronze)
 United States
Fifth place  Ireland 24–19  Fiji  Great Britain (Seventh)
 Samoa
Ninth place  South Africa 24–7  Australia  Spain (Eleventh)
 Canada

Women

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 35–19  France  Canada (Bronze)
 Australia
Fifth place  United States 29–7  Fiji  Spain (Seventh)
 Brazil
Ninth place  Ireland 12–7  Japan United Kingdom Great Britain (Eleventh)
 South Africa

Los Angeles

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Men

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  France 21–0  Great Britain  Ireland (Bronze)
 Spain
Fifth place  Argentina 26–21  Fiji  Australia (Seventh)
 United States
Ninth place  Samoa 12–5  New Zealand  South Africa (Eleventh)
 Canada

Women

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 29–14  Australia  United States (Bronze)
 Canada
Fifth place  France 55–0  South Africa  Brazil (Seventh)
 Ireland
Ninth place  Japan 24–19 United Kingdom Great Britain  Fiji (Eleventh)
 Spain

Hong Kong

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Men

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 10–7  France  Ireland (Bronze)
 Australia
Fifth place  Fiji 33–14  South Africa  United States (Seventh)
 Spain
Ninth place  Argentina 42–0  Samoa  Great Britain (Eleventh)
 Canada

Women

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 36–7  United States  Australia (Bronze)
 France
Fifth place  Fiji 19–15  Canada  Japan (Seventh)
 Ireland
Ninth place United Kingdom Great Britain 14–5  Brazil  Spain (Eleventh)
 South Africa

Singapore

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Men

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 17–14  Ireland  Great Britain (Bronze)
 Australia
Fifth place  Argentina 14–10  South Africa  United States (Seventh)
 France
Ninth place  Fiji 21–12  Spain  Samoa (Eleventh)
 Canada

Women

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 31–21  Australia  France (Bronze)
 Fiji
Fifth place  Ireland 19–17  Japan  Canada (Seventh)
United Kingdom Great Britain
Ninth place  South Africa 5–0  United States  Spain (Eleventh)
 Brazil

Madrid

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Men

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Event Winners Score Finalists
Championship  France 19–5  Argentina
Bronze  Fiji 17–10  New Zealand
Fifth place  Ireland 12–7  South Africa
Seventh place  Australia 21–0  Great Britain
Qualifier Playoffs  United States 40–19  Samoa
 Kenya 33–15  Germany
 Uruguay 12–10  Chile
 Spain 22–14  Canada

Women

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Event Winners Score Finalists
Championship  Australia 26–7  France
Bronze  New Zealand 26–14  Canada
Fifth place  United States 27–14  Ireland
Seventh place  Fiji 42–7 United Kingdom Great Britain
Qualifier Playoffs  China 33–0  Belgium
 Spain 22–0  South Africa
 Japan 26–12  Argentina
 Brazil 38–7  Poland

See also

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References

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