The 2025–26 SVNS was the 27th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national sevens teams, known as the SVNS. It took place between November 2025 and June 2026. The SVNS has been run by World Rugby since 1999.
Teams and format The number of teams were reduced from 12 to 8 for both men's and women's. The 4 lowest placed men's and women's teams at the end of the final league event in 2024–25 season were relegated from the series for the 2025–26 season. The men's relegated teams were Kenya, Uruguay, Ireland and USA. The women's relegated teams were Brazil, China, Ireland and Spain.
The tournament takes place over seven months and consists of 9 events, with the final three events making up the World Championship, and consisting of the 8 Division 1 teams, and the top 4 SVNS Division 2 teams.
Men's teams
Women's teams
Teams from SVNS 2 qualified for Grand Final
Tour venues The schedule for the series was finalised on 1 September 2025.
+ 2025–26 itineraryLeg StadiumCityDatesMen's WinnerWomen's Winner Dubai The Sevens Stadium Dubai 29–30 Nov 2025 South Africa DHL Stadium Cape Town 6–7 Dec 2025 Singapore National Stadium Singapore 31 Jan–1 Feb 2026 Australia HBF Park Perth 7–8 Feb 2026 Canada BC Place Vancouver 7–8 Mar 2026 United States Sports Illustrated New York 14–15 Mar 2026 Hong Kong Kai Tak Sports Park Hong Kong 17–19 Apr 2026 Spain José Zorrilla Stadium Valladolid 29–31 May 2026 France Stade Atlantique Bordeaux 5–7 Jun 2026
Standings
The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.
Men's
+ 2025–26 SVNS – Men's Series XXVII Pos. Dubai Singapore PerthVancouver New York Pointstotal Pointsdifference11220 14 20 20 20 106+22621616 2018 16 18 104+2363188 12 16 14 14 82–7542012 16 14 8 10 80+265141418 810 12 76+286618 8 12 12 16 72–50710 6 10 1018 8 64–1748810 6 6 6 642–285
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers |- |style="width:4.5em;"|No colour |Core team and re-qualified as a core team for the 2026–27 SVNS
|style="background:#fdd;"|Pink |Relegated from core team status for 2026–27 for finishing in the bottom 4 of the Grand Finals
Women's
+ 2025–26 SVNS – Women's Series XIII Pos. Dubai Singapore Perth Vancouver New York Pointstotal Pointsdifference12018 20 20 20 20118+6222182018 18 18 18 110+4793121414 14 16 16 86+47481612 16 14 1278+315101016 12 12 868–29614810 8 10 1464–23716128 10 8 1064–1778666 6 6 636–950
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers |- |style="width:4.5em;"|No colour |Core team and re-qualified as a core team for the 2026–27 SVNS
|style="background:#fdd;"|Pink |Relegated from core team status for 2026–27 for finishing in the bottom 4 of the Grand Finals
Men's Grand Finals
+ 2025–26 SVNS – Men's Series XXVII Pos. Hong Kong Valladolid Bordeaux Pointstotal Pointsdifference2018 14 52+84 14 12 18 44+1616 10 16 42+174 1020 8 38+7451816 4 38+536 12 14 10 36+1087 6 8 20 34+288 1 4 12 17–669 8 6 2 16–5210 3 1 6 10–6111 2 3 3 8–6612 4 2 1 7–135 {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers |- |bgcolor=#cfc|Green |Qualified for 2026–27 SVNS |- |style="width:4.5em;"|No colour |Qualified for 2027 SVNS 2
Women's Grand Finals
+ 2025–26 SVNS – Women's Series XIII Pos. Hong Kong Valladolid Bordeaux Pointstotal Pointsdifference182020 58+1992016 18 54+289 14 1416 44+854 1218 14 44+53516 12 12 40+946 10 10 8 28–577 8 8 10 26–1088 6 6 6 18–1409 4 3 2 9–8310 2 2 4 8–8711 3 1 3 7–15112 1 4 1 6–94 {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups |- |bgcolor=#CD7F32|Bronze |Event Third place finishers |- |bgcolor=#cfc|Green |Qualified for 2026–27 SVNS |- |style="width:4.5em;"|No colour |Qualified for 2027 SVNS 2
Placings summary Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2025–26 series, by team:
Men Team Gold Silver BronzeFourthTotal 5 1 2 81 2 3 17 111 2 51 11 2 5 11 2 4 22 4 1 2 3
Women Team Gold Silver BronzeFourthTotal 62 1 936 9 1247 314 2 24 22 1 1
Players
+Player of the final awardTour LegMen's WinnerWomen's Winner Dubai Brady Rush Jorja MillerCape Town Shilton van Wyk Isabella NasserSingapore Vuiviawa Naduvalo Jorja MillerPerth Ryan Oosthuizen Kelsey TenetiVancouver Tristan Leyds Jorja MillerNew York Selvyn Davids Kelsey TenetiHong Kong Tristan Leyds Risi Pouri-LaneValladolid Henry Hutchison Heldi DennisBordeaux Célian Pouzelgues Maddison Levi
Awards +Rookie of the Year AwardMen's WinnerWomen's Winner Kele Lasaqa Anaick Konyi
+Player of the Year AwardMen's WinnerWomen's Winner Tristan Leyds Jorja Miller
+Dream TeamMen's Dream Team Women's Dream Team Tristan Leyds Shilton van Wyk Jeremy Trevithick Henry Hutchison Vuiviawa Naduvalo Terio Veilawa Luciano González Jorja Miller Risi Pouri-LaneMaddison Levi Isabella Nasser Ariana Ramsey Alycia Chrystiaens Reapi UlunisauStars of HSBC SVNS 2026 celebrated in Bordeaux https://www.svns.com/en/news/1044597/stars-of-hsbc-svns-2026-celebrated-in-bordeaux
Tournaments
Dubai
Source:
Men's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup26–22Bronze24–7Fifth Place21–12Seventh Place24–19
Women's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup29–14Bronze22—12Fifth Place19–14Seventh Place46–5
Cape Town
Men's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup21–19Bronze26–19Fifth Place27–12Seventh Place24–12
Women's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup26–12Bronze15–12Fifth Place12–10Seventh Place43–7
Singapore
Men's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup21–12Bronze14–12Fifth Place26–12Seventh Place14–10
Women's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup7–36Bronze24–19 (a.e.t.)Fifth Place17–14Seventh Place31–5
Perth
Men's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup21–19Bronze12–10Fifth Place24–19Seventh Place24–17
Women's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup29–7Bronze21–14Fifth Place36–5Seventh Place41–5
Vancouver
Source:
Men's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup38–12Bronze29–10Fifth Place34–15Seventh Place29–5
Women's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup24–17Bronze35–21Fifth Place26–19Seventh Place34–19
New York
Men's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup10–7Bronze26–10Fifth Place21–14Seventh Place24–12
Women's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup22–21Bronze26–17Fifth Place19–15Seventh Place 22–14
Hong Kong
Source: Men's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup35–7Bronze32–28Fifth Place26–10Seventh Place21–7Ninth Place26–14Eleventh Place19–15
Women's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup36–7Bronze31–7Fifth Place24–19Seventh Place31–12Ninth Place17–12Eleventh Place25–10
Valladolid
Source: Men's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup26–19Bronze28–17Fifth Place22–12Seventh Place14–5Ninth Place28–21Eleventh Place19–17
Women's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup27–14Bronze50–14Fifth Place29–12Seventh Place14–5Ninth Place19–12Eleventh Place24–19
Bordeaux
Men's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup14–5Bronze40–14Fifth Place 17–14Seventh Place29–0Ninth Place47–19Eleventh Place26–7
Women's EventWinnerScoreFinalistCup26–19Bronze21–19Fifth Place24–12Seventh Place19–7Ninth Place31–19Eleventh Place24–17
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