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South Africa Women's National Rugby Sevens Team
The South Africa women's national rugby sevens team competes at events within the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and are a core team for the 2023–24 season. They first played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and also competed in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup in the 2011–12 season. South Africa qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics after winning the 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens, but did not enter the tournament because the South African Olympic Committee (SASCOC) rules states that teams cannot qualify by winning continental titles. As in 2016, South Africa missed Tokyo 2020 The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ... for the same reason. South Africa will finally make their Olympic debut in Paris 2024. Tournament History Olympics Rugby World Cup Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renfred Dazel
Renfred Leroy Dazel (born 4 May 1981) is a South African rugby union coach and former player. Biography Raised in Paarl, Dazel was educated at Paulus Joubert Secondary School. Dazel competed in the Currie Cup for the Boland Cavaliers and played on the South Africa national rugby sevens team from 2005 to 2012. He represented South Africa at two Commonwealth Games, won a IRB Sevens World Series The SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, 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 ... title in 2008–09 and was one of the nominees for the 2009 IRB Men's Sevens Player of the Year. After retiring as a player, Dazel made the transition into coaching. He was appointed full-time coach of the South Africa women's national rugby sevens team in 2023, having previously held the role from 2013 to 2017. References {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's Tournament
The women's 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament was held at Luzhniki stadium and nearby Gorodok Stadium, both in Moscow. The tournament was held on 29 and 30 June, with New Zealand beating Canada 29−12 in the final. The eight quarter-finalists qualified as core teams for the 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series. Teams Notes: Canada qualified for the tournament through NACRA's regional qualifying tournament taking the 1 and only place available in the North America/Caribbean category. Tunisia qualified for the tournament taking the 1 available place in the Africa category. England, Ireland, Spain, France and Netherlands qualified for the tournament taking the 5 available places in the European category. Fiji, Japan, and China qualified for the tournament through AFRU's regional qualifying tournament taking the 3 available places in the Asian and Oceania category. Brazil qualified through CONSUR's regional qualifying tournament taking the 1 and only place in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 SVNS
The 2023–24 SVNS was the 25th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national sevens teams, known as the World Rugby Sevens Series (SVNS). It took place between December 2023 and June 2024. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999. Teams and format The total number of teams for the 2023–24 Sevens Series was reduced from sixteen to twelve, similar to the Women's series. Canada men won the Promotion/Relegation play-off in London on 21 May 2023, and thus make up the twelfth team and South Africa women were promoted from the Challenger Series. The tournament takes place over seven months and consists of eight events, with the final event holding the top eight-placed teams in a Grand Final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North Ameri ... event. The te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Africa Women's Sevens
The 2024 Africa Women's Sevens is the 12th edition of the Africa Women's Sevens, an annual African rugby sevens tournament. The event took place at the Legon Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ... between 9 and 10 November 2024.The top three teams qualified for the 2025 Challenger Series. A total of twelve teams participated. Teams The following teams competed in the 2024 Africa Women's Sevens: * * * * * * * * * * * * Pool stage Pool A Pool B Pool C Knockout stage 9th to 12th playoffs 5th to 8th playoffs Cup Final standings References {{Rugby Africa Sevens Rugby Africa Women's Sevens 2024 in African rugby union 2024 in women's rugby union 2024 in African women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Africa Women's Sevens
The 2023 Africa Women's Sevens was the 11th edition of the Africa Women's Sevens, an annual African rugby sevens tournament. The qualifier event took place at the Lusaka Rugby Club, Zambia between 1 and 2 July 2023. The main event took place in Tunisia. The winner qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ..., and the second and third placed teams qualified for the 2024 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament. In addition, the top two teams qualified for the 2024 Challenger Series. A total of fifteen teams participated. Format Teams are seeded according to their performances in the previous championship. The top five teams from the previous championship entered the main tournament, while the remaining ten entered the qualifier. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Africa Women's Sevens
The 2022 Africa Women's Sevens are an annual African rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Stade Municipal de Jemmal in Jemmal on 29 and 30 April 2022; they were held in Tunisia for the fourth time. Nine teams participated in the tournament, including 2019 champions South Africa (who successfully defended their title and qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham). Since South Africa already qualify for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens as hosts, Madagascar secured the World Cup ticket to Cape Town by finishing as runners-up. Format Teams are divided into three pools, in which they each play two matches. Based on their pool positions and points differences, the lowest-ranked team overall is eliminated and the remaining teams seeded in the knockout-stage Cup quarter-finals. Quarter-final winners advance to the Cup semi-finals (and final / third-place match beyond those), whilst the losers contest the lower-classification Plate matches. Qualifications Kenya, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Africa Women's Sevens
The 2019 Africa Women's Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Monastir, Tunisia on 12–13 October 2019. The tournament acted as qualification for the 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens, which in turns serves as a qualification tournament for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The tournament also acted as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics. South Africa won the tournament and qualified for the Hong Kong Sevens along with Kenya. South Africa declined Olympics qualification so Kenya earned the automatic qualifying spot. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * Pool stage The top two teams in each pool as well as the two best 3rd ranked teams qualify for the cup quarterfinals. Pool A Pool B Pool C Knockout stage Challenge Trophy 5th place Cup Final standings References {{DEFAULTSORT:Africa Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification 2019 2019 rugby sevens competitions 2019 in African r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens
The 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Monastir, Tunisia on 16–17 September 2017. This tournament served as a qualifier for two tournaments, only the winner qualifies for next years 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, whereas the top two teams qualify for the 2018 Commonwealth Games which will also be held the following year. South Africa won the tournament and qualified for the Sevens World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, runner-up, Kenya, qualified for the latter. Teams Eight teams competed in the tournament. * * * * * * * * Pool stage Pool A Source: ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Cup Fifth Place Standings See also * 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Women * Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games * 2017 Africa Cup Sevens (Men) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Africa 2017 2017 rugby sevens competitions 2017 in African rugby union rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Women's Africa Cup Sevens
The 2016 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Harare, Zimbabwe on 17–18 September 2016. Teams * * * * * * * * Pool stage Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Tournament Stage 7th Place 5th Place Cup Rankings References {{DEFAULTSORT:Africa 2016 2016 rugby sevens competitions 2016 in African rugby union rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ... International rugby union competitions hosted by Zimbabwe 2016 in women's rugby union 2016 in Zimbabwean women's sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Women's Sevens Championship
The Africa Women's Sevens is the continental championship for women's international rugby sevens in Africa. The tournament sanctioned and sponsored by Rugby Africa (previously CAR) which is the rugby union governing body for the continent. Tournament History Background Rugby sevens — also known as 7-a-side, or 7s — is a short form of the sport of rugby union that was first played in 1883. The first (men's) internationals took place in 1973. As women's rugby union developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world. However, although the first women's international rugby union 15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first women's international 7s tournaments were played, when the 1997 Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Sevens At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's Tournament
The rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament was the women's event of the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens competition held every four years. It was held at the Coventry Stadium from 29 to 31 July 2022. Venue The rugby sevens tournaments were originally scheduled to take place at Villa Park, but they instead took place at the Coventry Stadium in Coventry. The adjacent Coventry Arena was used for judo and wrestling. Qualification England qualified as host nation, three nations qualified via the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, and four nations booked their places in regional qualification tournaments. ;Notes Competition format In July 2022, eight teams were drawn into two groups; the top two performing teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals, whilst the remaining teams were sent to lower classification matches to determine their final ranking. Officials A total of 6 Referees, 3 Assistants and 3 Television Match Officials (TMOs) were s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Sevens At The 2018 Commonwealth Games
Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia from April 13 to 15. The rugby sevens competition was held at Robina Stadium. This is the sixth time that the Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games, men's competition was held, following rugby sevens's debut at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, 1998 Games, with women's rugby sevens making its debut after the Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. A total of sixteen men's and eight women's teams are scheduled to compete (312 athletes, at 12 per team plus one traveling reserve) in each respective tournament. Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for the Rugby sevens competitions: Medal table Medalists Qualification A total of sixteen men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team plus one traveling reser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |