2018 Hong Kong Sevens

2018 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation	Hong Kong
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The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens will be the 43rd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.

Format

As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team. The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. 3, 2 or 1 points for a win, draw or loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Challenge trophy brackets.

There will also be a qualifying tournament featuring twelve teams divided into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top eight teams (the top two from each group, plus the two best third-place finishers) qualify to the quarterfinals of the knockout round. The winner of the knockout round will be given core status in the 2018-19 World Series.

Teams

The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams and one invited team

Main draw

World Series Qualifier

Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top two teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify.

Continental Sevens Championship	Dates	Venue(s)	Berths	Qualified
2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series[1]	3 June– 16 July 2017	Moscow, Łódź, Clermont-Ferrand Exeter	2	Ireland  Germany
2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series[2]	1 September– 14 October 2017	Hong Kong, Incheon, Colombo	2
2017 Africa Cup Sevens[3]	6–7 October 2017	Kampala	2
2017 Oceania Sevens Championship			2
2017 RAN Men's Sevens[4]	25–26 November 2017	Mexico City	2
2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens			2
Total			12

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