The 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 20th annual series of

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tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by

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since 1999–2000. This series also, for the second time, doubled as a qualifier for the

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, with the top four countries qualifying automatically. Fiji finished first in the Series, winning five of the ten tournaments. The United States finished in a best-ever second place, reaching the semifinals in all ten tournaments. The relegation battle was a three-way competition going into the final rounds involving Japan, Kenya, and Wales, with Japan finishing last to be relegated from the Series next season. The World Series Qualifier tournament saw

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promoted to core status for the first time for the 2019–20 season.

Core teams

Japan was promoted to core team status for the season after winning the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier. They replaced Russia, which was relegated after finishing as the last place core team on the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series was:

Standings

Official standings for the 2018–19 series were: Source
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Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2018–19 series, by team:

Players

Scoring leaders

Updated
2 June 2019

Dream Team

Impact award

Updated
26 May 2019
Coach of the Series: Mike Friday, U.S. head coach"Best in class celebrated at HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Awards in Paris"
World Rugby, 2 June 2019.

Tournaments

Dubai

Cape Town

Hamilton

Sydney

Las Vegas

Vancouver

Hong Kong

Singapore

London

Paris

References

External links

Official Site
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