The 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series for women'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 women'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 women's national teams competing in the Challenger Series for 2025.
Date qualified Means of qualification Nation27 October 2024 2024 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens 30 June 2024 2024 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series 24 November 2024 2024 RAN Women's Sevens 10 November 20242024 Africa Women's Sevens 10 November 2024 2024 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series 8 December 2024 2024 Oceania Women's 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 – Women's Series VPosCape TownCape TownKrakówTotalpoints 1 Kenya202016562 South Africa161820543 Argentina181218484 Colombia141610405 Thailand121014366 Czechia8148307 Poland1066228 Belgium4412209 Uganda681410 Hong Kong China330611 Samoa220412 Mexico1102
Legend GreenQualified for Core Team QualifierLight GreenQualified for Final Stage
Cape Town 1 Pool stage The first event of the series took place on March 1st and 2nd, 2025 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
Cape Town 2 Pool stage The second event of the series took place on March 7th and 8th at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
Kraków Pool stage The third event of the series will take place in Kraków, Poland.
The top eight placed women's teams will progress to the third round in Kraków.
Top four ranked women's teams at end of third round will qualify for SVNS Play Off in Los Angeles on 3–4 May 2025.
See also 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour
References
External links Official website