The 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series for men's rugby sevens teams is the fifth season of the second-tier World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series that allows a promotion pathway to the top-level SVNS.
The men's challenger tour with 12 national teams competing and will be played at same venues as their men's counterparts in Cape Town and Kraków. The top four team gain entry to the 2025 Los Angeles 2024–25 SVNS core team qualifier.
Teams There are 12 men's national teams competing in the Challenger Series for 2024.
Date qualified Means of qualification Nation27 October 2024 2024 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens 30 June 2024 2024 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series 24 November 2024 2024 RAN Sevens 7 July 20242024 Africa Men's Sevens 10 November 2024 2024 Asia Rugby Sevens Series 8 December 2024 2024 Oceania Sevens Championship Totals 6 12
Schedule The official schedule for the 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series is:
+ 2025 Itinerary LegCity Stadium Dates Winner 1Cape Town Cape Town Stadium 1–2 March 2Cape TownCape Town Stadium 7–8 March 3KrakówHenryk Reyman Municipal Stadium11–12 April
Standings + 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger – Men's Series IV Pos. Cape Town Cape Town Kraków Pointstotal 1 12 20 2052 2 16 18 1650 3 18 16 1448 4 14 12 1844 520 8 10 38 6 6 14 8 287 10 4 12 26 8 3 10 10 23 9 8 2 -10 10 2 6 -8 11 4 3 -7 12 1 1 -2
Legend GreenQualified for Core Team QualifierLight GreenQualified for Final Stage
Cape Town 1 Pool stage The first event of the series took place at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, between 1-2 March. Teams were split into 4 Pools of 3 teams, facing each other in a single round-robin. The highest ranked team of each pool would advance to the semi-finals for 1st-4th place. The second-ranked teams would compete for 5th-8th, and the last ranked teams in the pools would compete for 9th-12th.
Pool A Team 2 2 0 0 57 14 +43 9 0 6 2 1 0 1 35 45 –10 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 19 52 –33 3 1 1
Pool B Team 2 2 0 0 43 36 +7 7 0 6 2 1 0 1 36 36 0 6 1 4 2 0 0 2 36 43 –7 6 2 2
Pool C Team 2 2 0 0 51 31 +20 9 0 6 2 1 0 1 41 46 -5 7 0 3 2 0 0 2 28 43 –15 4 1 1
Pool D Team 2 2 0 0 59 12 +47 9 0 6 2 1 0 1 42 72 -30 6 0 3 2 0 0 2 46 63 –17 8 0 0
Play-offs 9th to 12th playoffs
5th to 8th playoffs
Cup
Final placings PlaceTeam456789101112
Cape Town 2 Pool stage The second event of the series took place at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, between 7-8 March. Pool A Team 2 2 0 0 36 32 +4 6 0 6 2 1 0 1 39 24 +15 7 1 4 2 0 0 2 24 43 –19 4 1 1
Pool B Team 2 2 0 0 64 31 +33 10 0 6 2 1 0 1 45 45 0 7 1 4 2 0 0 2 26 59 –33 4 1 1
Pool C Team 2 2 0 0 49 26 +23 7 0 6 2 1 0 1 41 40 +1 7 1 4 2 0 0 2 31 55 –24 5 0 0
Pool D Team 2 2 0 0 55 12 +43 9 0 6 2 1 0 1 52 33 +19 8 1 4 2 0 0 2 14 76 –62 2 0 0
Play-offs 9th to 12th playoffs
5th to 8th playoffs
Cup
Final placings PlaceTeam456789101112
Kraków Pool stage The third event of the series will take place in Kraków, Poland.
The top eight placed men's teams will progress to the third round in Kraków.
The four men's teams with the most cumulative points gained across the three Challenger rounds will then qualify for the SVNS Play Off in Los Angeles on 3 – 4 May.
See also 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour
References
External links Official website