World Rugby Sevens Series hosts
The World Rugby Sevens Series hosts have included several different counties. Ten counties currently host a leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series. Several other countries previously hosted tournaments, not recently Scotland and Japan, both of which were terminated following the 2014–15 season.
Current hosts
Past hosts
Tournament hosts
Italics indicates was cancelled
1 The schedule for the 2012–13 Series was released to the general public in late June 2012. At the time, the schedule included a new event to be held in La Plata, Argentina. However, on 16 August, the Argentine Rugby Union pulled out of hosting an event in 2012–13, citing demands associated with the country's 2012 entry into The Rugby Championship.[2]
2 The 2001 Brisbane tournament cancelled by IRB in response to the Australian Government's sporting sanctions against Fiji.[3]
3 The SARS outbreak in Asia prevented the Beijing event being played[4]
References
- ↑ "Sydney to host Australia World Rugby Sevens Series event from 2015-16". World Rugby. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ↑ "HSBC Sevens World Series expands to 10 rounds". irbsevens.com. 2012-06-26.
- ↑ "ARU loses World Sevens Series round". espnscrum.com. 1 January 2001. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ↑ "IRB Sevens World Series 2002/03". International Rugby Board. International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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