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New Zealand Sevens (tournament)

Rugby sevens tournament

New Zealand Sevens (tournament)
Summary

Rugby sevens tournament

FieldValue
titleNew Zealand Sevens
logoNew Zealand Sevens logo 2018.png
pixels170
captionNew Zealand Sevens logo --
sportRugby sevens
founded2000
last_season2023 New Zealand Sevens
teams16
countryNew Zealand
champion(2023)
most_champs(10 titles)
websitesevens.co.nz

the rugby sevens tournament

Fiji's Waisale Serevi at Wellington in 2007.

The New Zealand Sevens was an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand. For the first eighteen years of its history the event was held in Wellington. The event was the third on the World Rugby Sevens Series circuit and is generally held in late January or early February.

History

Wellington

Wellington first hosted a tournament in 2000 as part of the inaugural Sevens World Series. The event was the first to be held in the newly-developed Westpac Stadium. The tournament built a reputation for a party atmosphere, with a large proportion of attendees choosing to wear fancy dress. Movie figures such as the Men in Black (MIB) and Austin Powers were crowd favorites and an impersonator of Austin Powers was a regular for many years performing for the crowd. Host team New Zealand dominated the sevens competition in Wellington, winning just over half of all the tournaments held.

Hamilton

The location of the tournament was moved to Hamilton in 2018, after attendances in Wellington had declined. The tournament was hosted as part of an integrated men's and women's event from 2019. Discussion was also begun on alternating the host location of the tournament between Hamilton and Suva, in Fiji, following the 2020 edition.

Results

YearVenueCup finalPlacings
WinnerScore
2000Westpac Stadium24–14
2001Westpac Stadium19–17
2002Westpac Stadium17–14
2003Westpac Stadium38–26
2004Westpac Stadium33–15
2005Westpac Stadium31–7
2006Westpac Stadium27–22
2007Westpac Stadium17–14
2008Westpac Stadium22–17
2009Westpac Stadium19–17
2010Westpac Stadium19–14
2011Westpac Stadium29–14
2012Westpac Stadium24–7
2013Westpac Stadium24–19
2014Westpac Stadium21–0
2015Westpac Stadium27–21
2016Westpac Stadium24–21
WinnerScore
2017Westpac Stadium26–5
2018Waikato Stadium24–17
2019Waikato Stadium38–0
2020Waikato Stadium27–5
World Series tournaments planned for Hamilton were cancelled in 2021 and 2022, due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023Waikato Stadium14–12

References

References

  1. (4 September 2021). "2021 Hamilton, Sydney Sevens cancelled due to COVID-19".
  2. (3 September 2021). "Four stages of World Rugby Sevens Series cancelled in space of an hour".
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