World Rugby has confirmed the HSBC SVNS schedule for the Series and World Championship for 2027, with all 2025/26 host cities returning as the global celebration of rugby sevens continues to build momentum on the road to qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
The 2027 Series will once again visit Dubai, Cape Town, Singapore, Perth, Vancouver and New York before culminating in the HSBC SVNS World Championship across Hong Kong, Valladolid and Bordeaux.
The announcement follows a landmark 2026 competition which saw New Zealand's women and South Africa's men claim the HSBC SVNS Series titles in New York, before Australia's women and South Africa's men were crowned HSBC SVNS World Champions, capping another memorable season of world-class rugby sevens.
Record-breaking 2025/26 Series
The 2026 season attracted more than 530,000 fans across the Series, a 21 per cent increase from 2025, while Hong Kong set a new single-day attendance record of 41,457 fans on the way to a total crowd of 113,395 at Kai Tak Sports Park.
HSBC SVNS also surpassed one billion social media impressions for the second consecutive season, with digital engagement increasing by 60 per cent year-on-year and player followings growing by more than 13 per cent as the sport continued to reach new audiences around the world.
HSBC SVNS continues to demonstrate its importance in developing international talent, with around 50 players who previously competed on the Series now representing their nations across the Nations Championship and World Rugby Nations Cup, underlining the strength of rugby sevens' high-performance pathway.
In 2025, World Rugby confirmed an evolved HSBC SVNS competition model designed to deliver long-term financial sustainability and grow the global reach of rugby sevens in the lead-up to the LA 2028 Olympics. Designed to bring fans closer to the action than ever before, the refreshed three-tier structure promises more high-stakes clashes, more rising stars, and more world-class sevens rugby across the globe with the opportunity for teams to progress from regional competition to the top-level HSBC SVNS 1 within a year.
- New three-level SVNS model designed to tackle shifting media and sports trends, enhancing appeal for fans and hosts
- Clearer, faster pathway from regional competition to SVNS World Championship Series within a single season, with an expanded 13-tournament calendar from 2026
- Integrated tournaments with equal participation fees and representation for men’s and women’s teams
Schedule information for HSBC SVNS 2 and 3 will follow in due course.