Singapore Sevens

The Singapore Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament contested by national teams. It was first hosted as part of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2002.[1] The Standard Chartered Bank was the original title sponsor. It was effectively replaced in the calendar by the Australian Sevens for the 2006-07 season.

Singapore Sevens
National Stadium, Singapore 7s venue.
SportRugby sevens
Founded2002
Country16
Most recent
champion(s)		 South Africa
Most titles Fiji
 New Zealand
 South Africa
(2 titles each)

The tournament returned as an official event within the Asian Sevens Series in 2013. Singapore then secured a four-year deal to host a leg of the Sevens World Series starting from the 2015–16 season.[2][3] Singapore's rights to host a leg of the Seven World Series was extended for a further four years until 2023,[4] before the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Results
Year  Venue  Cup final Placings Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Plate Bowl Shield
2002 National Stadium
New Zealand		 21–17
Argentina
Fiji
Wales
South Korea		 [6]
2003 National Stadium Tournament cancelled [7]
2004 National Stadium
South Africa		 24–19
Argentina
Fiji
Scotland
Hong Kong		 [8]
2005 National Stadium
New Zealand		 26–5
England
Australia
France
Chinese Taipei		 [9]
2006 National Stadium
Fiji		 40–21
England
Samoa
Kenya
South Korea		 [10]
2013 Yio Chu Kang Stadium
Japan		 24–19
Hong Kong
Sri Lanka
Thailand		 n/a [11]
2016 National Stadium
Kenya		 30–7
Fiji
Samoa
Scotland
Russia
Winner Score Runner-up Third Fourth Fifth
2017 National Stadium
Canada		 26–19
United States
England
Australia
New Zealand
2018 National Stadium
Fiji		 28–22
Australia
England
South Africa
New Zealand
2019 National Stadium
South Africa		 20–19
Fiji
United States
England
Samoa
2020 National Stadium Tournament cancelled [5]

Key:
 Blue border on the left indicates tournaments included in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

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References
  1. "A Brief History". Singapore Rugby Union. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. "Rugby: Singapore to host World Rugby Sevens Series from next year". Singapore Times. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. "Singapore seals IRB Sevens hosting rights -- report". TEN Sport. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. "HSBC World Sevens Series announces plans until 2023". Rugby Asia 24/7. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020.
  5. "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World Rugby. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  6. IRB Sevens III – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
  7. "Singapore 7s cancelled". ESPN Scrum. 19 April 2003. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  8. IRB Sevens V – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
  9. IRB Sevens VI – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
  10. IRB Sevens VII – Singapore, Rugby7.com.
  11. Sallay, Alvin (11 November 2013). "Hong Kong surrender Asian crown after another Japanese comeback". South China Morning Post.
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