We would like to use Analytics cookies provided by Google to help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. HQ With all sports impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the Olympic Games postponed by 12 months, the commitment is being made with the welcome support of an advancement of International Olympic Committee payments to International Federations and National Olympic Committees. Twelve teams qualify for women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.Japan automatically qualifies as host, with the top four teams of the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series securing their spots. Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens), and originally known as seven-a-side rugby, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40 minute halves. Rugby
This was part of a plan to launch a full IRB International Women's Sevens Series for 2012–13.Women's rugby sevens was included in the 2016 Olympic Games due to the IRB's successful bid to reintroduce rugby to the Summer games. Newsletter This category of cookies cannot be disabled on our sites. World Rugby pulled the trigger on Tuesday, announcing the cancellation of both the Sydney and Hamilton legs of the World Series Sevens tour five months out from their scheduled dates. Locally, Rugby Canada confirmed continued discussions and developing contingency plans with stakeholders in an effort to host both HSBC Canada Sevens at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and HSBC Canada Women’s Sevens at Westhills Stadium in Langford.It was also announced that following consultation and constructive dialogue with the host organisations, the combined men's and women's Hamilton and Sydney rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021 will not take place due to the ongoing and dynamic global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.World Rugby Chief Executive Brett Gosper said, "We continue to closely monitor the ongoing and dynamic global situation with COVID-19 and the health and wellbeing of the rugby community and the wider public remains sacrosanct.
While it is disappointing not be able to go ahead with the Series events in New Zealand and Australia in January 2021, we are working very hard together with all host organisations, participating unions and other stakeholders to bring a safe, secure and highly impactful return to action as soon as possible and we look forward to returning to Sydney and Hamilton in the future.”Rugby Australia interim Chief Executive Rob Clarke said: “On behalf of Rugby Australia, we want to thank World Rugby for their generous support as our teams focus on their preparation ahead of the Olympic Games in 2021.
World Rugby have announced an ‘investment strategy’ fund totalling £1.86m will be accessible to struggling unions with sevens teams, after cancelling 2021 World Sevens Series events in Hamilton and Sydney. However, due to inclement weather this did not come off. About Keep up to date with the Women’s and the Men's Sevens Series. HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 - Vancouver Day 2 Each union that has qualified a team for the Tokyo 2020 Games will be able to apply to World Rugby for funding.In addition, World Rugby, in full partnership with host unions, regional associations, participating unions and International Rugby Players, stated it continues to evaluate and develop supplementary competition opportunities at regional or cross-regional level in addition to the Series to ensure that Olympic qualified teams have an appropriate amount of highlevel competition opportunities, which will enable them to compete to the best of their abilities at the Games, despite the significant disruption caused across the sporting spectrum by the pandemic.Dustin Hopkins, Managing Director of Rugby Operations for Rugby Canada added, “We welcome the potential funding support and encourage the exploration of all possible competition opportunities for both of our Olympic qualified Sevens teams to give them the best lead-in possible for the Games in Tokyo. The Wanderers won the tournament beating the In Ireland, Douglas RFC of Cork attempted to host a Sevens tournament on 8 December 1900.