SVNS, the elite international rugby sevens tour, has announced its 2024-25 calendar, headlined by the addition of Los Angeles, United States, to its list of host venues.
In August, SVNS, which is sponsored by major bank HSBC, had confirmed the first five events of its seven-event season, and has now rounded the schedule out with the addition of Singapore and Los Angeles as the final two.
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The season will begin in Dubai, UAE (November 30-December 1, 2024), before moving on to Cape Town, South Africa (December 7-8), Perth, Australia (January 24-26, 2025), Vancouver, Canada (February 21-13), and Hong Kong (March 28-30).
The season-ending two-day spectacle will be staged in Singapore over April 5-6, before the SVNS World Championship 2025, which will for the first time take place in Los Angeles across May 3-4.
The Los Angeles SVNS World Championships will be hosted at the city’s Dignity Health Sports Park, which will also be the host venue for rugby sevens at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
Other notable venues include the 50,000-capacity Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong, for which the SVNS event will be the inaugural event following its construction.
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By GlobalDataThe 2024-25 SVNS campaign will be the first since the Paris 2024 Olympics, which drew record attendance for its rugby sevens events of 530,000 fans, in addition to high TV viewership as well.
World Rugby Chief Executive Alan Gilpin said: “We are delighted to announce the HSBC SVNS 2025 schedule, featuring the best 24 men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams in the world competing in seven iconic global destinations across seven months.
Speaking on the calendar announcement, World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin stated: “Global enthusiasm for rugby sevens is at an all-time high, with over 530,000 fans witnessing the electric action on the pitch at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, including a women’s single session record of 66,000, while tens of millions more watched on TV worldwide.
“Building on the Olympic effect and continuing the theme of innovation, we are excited to announce Los Angeles as host of the winner-takes-all SVNS World Championship 2025, which will take place in the LA 2028 Olympic venue.
“Rugby sevens is an integral part of World Rugby’s global growth strategy and plays a vital role in engaging new participants and fans, particularly in emerging rugby nations and within youth and female demographics.”
Three new teams will take part in SVNS 2025, the men’s teams of Kenya and Uruguay, as well as the women’s team of China.
