The Mar del Plata Sevens (''Seven de Mar del Plata'' in Spanish) is an international rugby sevens competition played in

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is a s ...

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since 1995. The tournament was one of the events in the

World Rugby 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 com ...

in 2000 and 2002.

Men's tournament

International 7s and World Series: 1995 to 2002

Inspired by the success of Uruguay's

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, which hosted many of the world's best teams during the 1990s, the Argentine Rugby Union introduced an international tournament of their own in 1995. The inaugural Mar del Plata International Sevens was won by

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, defeating

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in a closely matched final by 26–21. In 2000, the tournament was included in World Sevens Series I, the first edition of the worldwide circuit for seven-a-side rugby. The following year Mar del Plata was host of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Key:
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Selected teams invitational event: 2003 onward

After 2002, when no longer on the World Sevens circuit, the international sevens tournament at Mar del Plata was contested by invited national teams – mainly from the Americas but some further afield – as well as by selected and invitational sides (mostly representative teams from Argentina). During this era, the international tournament was sometimes hosted in conjunction with other competitions featuring national teams. This was the case in 2010 when the schedule included the Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, and teams from that tournament were joined by other select sides including from United States and South Africa to contest the Mar del Plata international sevens title. In 2015, Mar del Plata hosted a

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qualification event alongside the international sevens tournament. Winners since 2010 (details might not be complete):

Club and Invitational

Women's tournament

Winners since 2014 (details might not be complete):

Notes

References

External links

Rugby Mar del Plata
– website of the tournament host {{Rugby union in Argentina Former World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments Mar del Plata International rugby union competitions hosted by Argentina Rugby sevens competitions in South America Recurring sporting events established in 2000