World Rugby has confirmed the first five destinations and dates for the HSBC SVNS 2025 series.
Dubai, Cape Town, Perth, Vancouver and Hong Kong are locked in as host destinations with more to be confirmed shortly
The global series will kick-off at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai from November 30 to December 1, 2024.
The 24 teams then move on to the DHL Stadium in Cape Town the following weekend for the second round on December 7-8.
Perth’s highly successful this season sees its return for the third round of the series on January 24-26, 2025, at HBF Park.
Vancouver then hosts for the fourth round on February 21-23 at BC Place.
Fiji’s holy grail, the Hong Kong 7s is confirmed to take place on March 28-30.
Details on the remaining 2025 events, including the grand final, will be confirmed in due course.
The HSBC SVNS also promises and fully embrace gender parity with all rounds featuring combined men’s and women’s events, ensuring that women players have equal opportunities to showcase their talents on the biggest stages around the world.
Men’s and women’s teams will also receive equal participation fees.
There will be three new teams competing in 2025 as Kenya and Uruguay men, and China women secured promotion from the HSBC Sevens Challenger with their victories at the 2024 promotion and relegation play-off in Madrid.
The women’s participating teams are New Zealand, Australia, France, USA, Canada, Fiji, Ireland, Great Britain, Japan, Brazil, Spain and China.
Argentina, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, France, Fiji, South Africa, Great Britain, USA, Spain, Uruguay and Kenya make up the men’s roster.
