Canada Sevens

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]

Not to be confused with Canada national rugby sevens team.

Canada Sevens

Upcoming season or competition: 2020 Canada Sevens
Sport	Rugby sevens
Inaugural season	2016  (Vancouver Sevens)
No. of teams	16

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	Scheduled for 7–8 March 2020

Attendance

Tournament attendance by year

Year	Total Attendance	Highest Day	Ref
2016	72,000	30,209	[3]
2017	76,116	38,058	[4]
2018	77,096	38,548	[5]
2019	73,819		[6]
2020	74,560	39,553	[7] [8]

See also

• Canada Women's Sevens

References

1. Kingston, Gary (23 February 2015). "BC Place to host World Rugby Sevens". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 8 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 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
3. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/rugby-canada-sevens-vancouver-attendance-2019
4. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/rugby-canada-sevens-vancouver-attendance-2019
5. Dheensaw, Cleve. "Canada struggles on home turf at men's rugby sevens stop". Times Colonist. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
6. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5050238
7. https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/567126
8. https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/566710