The 2021 Canada Sevens was held as two rugby sevens tournaments on consecutive weekends in late September that year. The first was hosted at BC Place in Vancouver and the second at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. These events were played as the sixth season of the Canada Sevens. They were the only stops on the 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series, following the cancellation of all other planned tournaments due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Format The twelve teams at each tournament were drawn into three pools of four teams. A round-robin was held for each pool, where each team played the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed on comparative pool standings, advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for tournament honours. The other teams from each pool went to the challenge playoffs for ninth to twelfth place.
Teams The national men's teams competing at the Vancouver and Edmonton tournaments were:
Vancouver The first tournament of the 2021 Canada Sevens was hosted at BC Place in Vancouver on 18–19 September 2021. South Africa won the tournament, defeating Kenya by 38–5 in the final, to take the maximum 20 points in the series standings leading into the second tournament in Edmonton.
All times in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:
Key: Team advanced to the quarterfinals
Pool A Team 1 3 3 0 0 120 21 +99 9 2 3 2 0 1 76 45 +31 7 3 3 1 0 2 71 51 +20 5 4 3 0 0 3 7 157 −150 3
Pool B Team 1 3 2 1 0 74 21 +53 8 2 3 2 1 0 62 17 +45 8 3 3 1 0 2 81 48 +33 5 4 3 0 0 3 5 136 −131 3
Pool C Team 1 3 3 0 0 88 31 +57 9 2 3 2 0 1 62 48 +14 7 3 3 1 0 2 48 62 −14 5 4 3 0 0 3 31 88 −57 3
9th to 12th playoffs
Matches9th place semifinals
11th place final
9th place final
5th to 8th playoffs
Matches5th place semifinals
7th place final
5th place final
Cup playoffs
MatchesQuarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place final
Final
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 18 164 145 126 10
PlaceTeam Points7 88 69 410 311 212 1
Source: World Rugby
Edmonton The second tournament of the 2021 Canada Sevens was hosted at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on 25–26 September. South Africa won the tournament, defeating Great Britain by 24–12 in the final, to take the maximum 40 points in the series standings and win their 4th World Rugby Sevens Series title.
All times in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:
Key: Team advanced to the quarterfinals
Pool A Team 1 3 3 0 0 148 5 +143 9 2 3 2 0 1 68 61 +7 7 3 3 1 0 2 87 64 +23 5 4 3 0 0 3 0 173 −173 3
Pool B Team 1 3 3 0 0 81 36 +45 9 2 3 2 0 1 78 36 +42 7 3 3 1 0 2 69 74 −5 5 4 3 0 0 3 29 111 −82 3
Pool C Team 1 3 2 1 0 69 36 +33 8 2 3 2 0 1 91 34 +57 7 3 3 1 1 1 70 31 +39 6 4 3 0 0 3 12 141 −129 3
9th to 12th playoffs
Matches9th place semifinals
11th place final
9th place final
5th to 8th playoffs
Matches5th place semifinals
7th place final
5th place final
Cup playoffs
MatchesQuarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place final
Final
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 18 164 145 126 10
PlaceTeam Points7 88 69 410 311 212 1
Source: World Rugby
See also 2021 Canada Women's Sevens (Fast Four)
References
External links Tournament page World Rugby page for the Vancouver tournament World Rugby page for the Edmonton tournament