The China Sevens, most recently hosted in
Huizhou
Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyu ...
, is an international
rugby sevens tournament contested by national teams. The inaugural event, held in Shanghai, was a leg of the
IRB World Sevens Series
The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the comp ...
in
2001. The tournament moved to Beijing for
2002.
From 2009 to 2012 the tournament returned to Shanghai as an official event within the
Asian Sevens Series.
[ The event was hosted at the Chaoyang Stadium in Beijing for 2014,][ then Qingdao in 2015 and ]Huizhou
Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyu ...
in 2019.
Results
International men's teams
Key:
''Light blue border on the left indicates a tournament included in the World Rugby Sevens Series.''
''Dark blue border on the left indicates a tournament included in the Asia Rugby Sevens Series.''
See also
* Asian Sevens Series
* China Women's Sevens The China Women's Sevens was first played in 2013 as part of the (then) IRB Women's Sevens World Series. The tournament is played at the University Town Stadium in Guangzhou.
Results
2013
30–31 March 2013
Group A
* 29-0
* 47-0
* 53-0
* ...
Notes
Huizhou was scheduled for 26-27 September as the third leg of the 2020 Asian Sevens Series, prior to August 2020 when Asia Rugby cancelled all their remaining competitions for the year due to the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
.
Huizhou was scheduled for 25-26 September as the third leg of the 2021 Asian Sevens Series, but was subsequently replaced in the calendar by Dubai.
References
External links
Shanghai Sevens
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Former World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments
International rugby union competitions hosted by China
Rugby sevens competitions in Asia
Recurring sporting events established in 2001
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2015
2001 establishments in China
2015 disestablishments in China