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Cape Town and Krakow to host HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 events
Cape Town will host the opening two rounds on 1-2 and 7-8 March featuring 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams
The top eight placed men’s and women’s teams will progress to the third round in Krakow on 11-12 April
Top four ranked men’s and women’s teams at end of third round will qualify for the high stakes HSBC SVNS Play Off in Los Angeles on 3-4 May.
🔴Watch HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 Live - Click Here🎥👉
🔴Watch HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 Live - Click Here🎥👉
World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025! Sevens captains ready for the challenge in Cape Town
Twelve international men's and women's sides are in Cape Town for round one of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger on 1-2 March, the first step towards qualifying for next year's HSBC SVNS.
Opening two rounds of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 take place at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on 1-2 and 7-8 March.
The top eight placed men's and women's teams will progress to the third round in Krakow on 11-12 April.
Top four ranked men's and women's teams at the end of the third round will qualify for the high stakes HSBC SNVS Play-off in Los Angeles on
3-4 May and an opportunity to gain promotion.
All six World Rugby regions represented in competition, designed to boost the global development of rugby sevens.
The captains of the 12 women’s and 12 men’s teams gathered outside the team hotel, overlooking the Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain, on Thursday ahead of the opening round of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025, which takes place at the Athlone Stadium on 1-2 March, followed by the second round on 7-8 March.
The Challenger series begins with back-to-back events in Cape Town, with the top ranked eight men’s and women’s teams progressing to the third and final tournament at the Henryk Reyman’s Municipal Stadium in Krakow, Poland, on 11-12 April.
The four men’s and women’s teams with the most cumulative points gained across the three Challenger rounds will then qualify for the HSBC SVNS Play-off in Los Angeles on 3-4 May where they will face the bottom four ranked teams from HSBC SVNS 2025 in a high-stake promotion and relegation tournament with four coveted places in future SVNS at stake.
The action in Athlone Stadium will kick-off at 10:00 local time (GMT+2) on Saturday with the women’s and men’s finals set for 19:23 and 19:54 respectively on Sunday.
Kenya and Uruguay men and China women were successful in achieving promotion from the Challenger in 2024 following their victories in the all-important final match of the HSBC SVNS Play-off tournament, demonstrating the pathway available to all teams to reach the pinnacle of international rugby sevens.
A tough looking men’s Pool A sees Germany paired with Japan and Georgia. In Pool B Chile will face Tonga and Portugal. Rugby sevens heavyweights Samoa line-up in Pool C together with Uganda and Brazil. Pool D sees Hong Kong China and Madagascar take on Canada who dropped out of HSBC SVNS to the Challenger.
Cape Town will host the opening two rounds on 1-2 and 7-8 March featuring 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams
The top eight placed men’s and women’s teams will progress to the third round in Krakow on 11-12 April
Top four ranked men’s and women’s teams at end of third round will qualify for the high stakes HSBC SVNS Play Off in Los Angeles on 3-4 May.
🔴Watch HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 Live - Click Here🎥👉
🔴Watch HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 Live - Click Here🎥👉
World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025! Sevens captains ready for the challenge in Cape Town
Twelve international men's and women's sides are in Cape Town for round one of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger on 1-2 March, the first step towards qualifying for next year's HSBC SVNS.
Opening two rounds of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 take place at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on 1-2 and 7-8 March.
The top eight placed men's and women's teams will progress to the third round in Krakow on 11-12 April.
Top four ranked men's and women's teams at the end of the third round will qualify for the high stakes HSBC SNVS Play-off in Los Angeles on
3-4 May and an opportunity to gain promotion.
All six World Rugby regions represented in competition, designed to boost the global development of rugby sevens.
The captains of the 12 women’s and 12 men’s teams gathered outside the team hotel, overlooking the Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain, on Thursday ahead of the opening round of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025, which takes place at the Athlone Stadium on 1-2 March, followed by the second round on 7-8 March.
The Challenger series begins with back-to-back events in Cape Town, with the top ranked eight men’s and women’s teams progressing to the third and final tournament at the Henryk Reyman’s Municipal Stadium in Krakow, Poland, on 11-12 April.
The four men’s and women’s teams with the most cumulative points gained across the three Challenger rounds will then qualify for the HSBC SVNS Play-off in Los Angeles on 3-4 May where they will face the bottom four ranked teams from HSBC SVNS 2025 in a high-stake promotion and relegation tournament with four coveted places in future SVNS at stake.
The action in Athlone Stadium will kick-off at 10:00 local time (GMT+2) on Saturday with the women’s and men’s finals set for 19:23 and 19:54 respectively on Sunday.
Kenya and Uruguay men and China women were successful in achieving promotion from the Challenger in 2024 following their victories in the all-important final match of the HSBC SVNS Play-off tournament, demonstrating the pathway available to all teams to reach the pinnacle of international rugby sevens.
A tough looking men’s Pool A sees Germany paired with Japan and Georgia. In Pool B Chile will face Tonga and Portugal. Rugby sevens heavyweights Samoa line-up in Pool C together with Uganda and Brazil. Pool D sees Hong Kong China and Madagascar take on Canada who dropped out of HSBC SVNS to the Challenger.