China Sevens

Shanghai Sevens
Sport Rugby sevens
Inaugural season 2001
No. of teams 12
Most recent
champion(s)		  Japan  (2015)

China Sevens, most recently hosted as the Shanghai Sevens, is an international rugby union sevens tournament contested by national teams. The inaugural event, held in Shanghai, was a leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2001. The tournament moved to Beijing for 2002.

From 2009 to 2012 the tournament returned to Shanghai as an official event within the Asian Sevens Series.[1] The series moved to the Chaoyang Stadium in Beijing for 2014,[2] and then Qingdao in 2015. .

A Champion of Champions tournament was launched in 2017 by Alisposrts, in conjunction with World Rugby and the Chinese Rugby Football Association, to be played in Shanghai's Yangpu district with the top eight teams from World Rugby Sevens Series invited to compete, alongside the national team of China, for the highest ever prize money seen in rugby sevens.[3]

Results

International men's teams

  A blue box around the year indicates tournaments included in the World Rugby Sevens Series.
Year Venue Cup Final Placings Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Plate Bowl Shield
2001
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
Australia		 19–12
South Africa
Fiji
Canada		 n/a [4]
2002
Details 		Chaoyang Stadium, Beijing
New Zealand		 41–14
South Africa
England
France
Japan		 [5]
2003
Details 		Chaoyang Stadium, Beijing Cancelled  [6]
No international tournament from 2004 to 2008
2009
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
South Korea		 42–19
Japan
Hong Kong		 n/a n/a [7]
2010
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
South Korea		 38–24
China
Hong Kong
Thailand		 n/a [8]
2011
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
South Korea		 22–17
Hong Kong
China
Chinese Taipei		 n/a [9]
2012
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
Hong Kong		 40–10
China
Sri Lanka
Malaysia		 n/a [10]
2014
Details 		Chaoyang Stadium, Beijing
Hong Kong		 36–19
South Korea
Kazakhstan
China		 n/a [11]
2015
Details 		Tiantai Stadium, Qingdao
Japan		 28–12
China
Hong Kong
United Arab Emirates		 n/a [12]
No international tournament in 2016
Winner Score Runner-up Third Fourth Fifth
2017
Details 		Jiangwan Stadium, Shanghai Champion of Champions tournament scheduled for 20–21 October 2017

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Asia drops Shanghai Sevens". Ceylon Today. 30 November 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "China Sevens". Hong Kong Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "China to host richest ever rugby sevens tournament as US$100 million injection bears first fruit". South China Morning Post. 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ↑ IRB Sevens II – Shanghai, Rugby7.com.
  5. ↑ IRB Sevens III – Beijing, Rugby7.com.
  6. ↑ "IRB cancels Beijing Sevens amid virus fears". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 March 2003. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Asia Sevens – Shanghai 2009, Rugby7.com.
  8. ↑ Asia Sevens – Shanghai 2010, Rugby7.com.
  9. ↑ Asia Sevens – Shanghai 2011, Rugby7.com.
  10. ↑ Asia Sevens – Shanghai 2012, Rugby7.com.
  11. ↑ Asia Sevens – Beijing 2014, Rugby7.com.
  12. ↑ Asia Sevens – Qindao, China. 9/5/2015 - 9/6/2015, Rugby7.com.
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