# Women's SVNS

The World Rugby SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successor to the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup held the previous season. The competition has been sponsored by banking group HSBC since 2015.
The series, the women's counterpart to the World Rugby Sevens Series, provides elite-level women's competition between rugby nations. As with the men's Sevens World Series, teams compete for the title by accumulating points based on their finishing position in each tournament.

## History

The first 2012–13 series consisted of four tournaments on three continents. The first two events were hosted by the United Arab Emirates (specifically Dubai) and the United States, both of which host events in the men's version. The other two events were hosted by China and the Netherlands.
For the second series in 2013–14, five tournaments took place; a sixth had initially been announced, but never materialized. All nations that hosted events in 2012–13 hosted in the second season, with the added event hosted by Brazil.
The series expanded to six events for 2014–15. The Dubai, Brazil, USA, and Netherlands events remained on the schedule. China was not on the 2014–15 schedule. New rounds of the series were launched in Canada (specifically in Greater Victoria) and London.
Initially, the 2015–16 series was announced with only four events, with London and the Netherlands dropping from the schedule, but a fifth event was eventually added, hosted by France. Events in Australia and Japan were added in 2016–17. With the USA hosting the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, the USA was not on the 2017–18 schedule.
The USA Women's Sevens returned to the schedule for the 2018–19 series, but the event was moved within the season to become the opening event. The same season saw three events move to new locations. First, the USA event moved from Las Vegas to the Denver suburb of Glendale, Colorado. The Australian Women's Sevens, as well as the country's corresponding event in the men's Sevens Series, moved within Sydney from Sydney Football Stadium to Sydney Showground Stadium. This was necessary because the Football Stadium was demolished, with an entirely new stadium to be built on the same site. Finally, the France Women's Sevens, originally set for Paris, was moved to Biarritz, with the date also being moved forward by two weeks. This change was promoted by both World Rugby and the French Rugby Federation (FFR) as "enabl[ing] the FFR to maximise the visibility, attendance and impact of hosting the final round of the record-breaking series."

## Tournaments
### Current events

The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series expanded to eight tournaments in 2019–20. From 2020 to 2022, however, several of these events had to be cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Event | Stadium | City | Joined |
| Dubai | The Sevens | Dubai | 2012–13 |
| South Africa | Cape Town Stadium | Cape Town | 2019–20 |
| Australia | Perth Rectangular Stadium | Perth | 2016–17 |
| USA | Dignity Health Sports Park | Los Angeles | 2023–24 (rejoined) |
| Canada | BC Place | Vancouver | 2014–15 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Stadium | Hong Kong | 2019–20 |
| Singapore | National Stadium | Singapore | 2023–24 |
* ↑ Refers to the first event hosted by that country, not necessarily at the current site.

### Former hosts of current events

| Event | Stadium | City | First held | Last held |
| Australia | Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| Australia | Sydney Showground Stadium | Sydney | 2018–19 | 2018–19 |
| Australia | Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney | 2022–23 | 2022–23 |
| Australia | Western Sydney Stadium | Sydney | 2018–20 | 2018–20 |
| Canada | Westhills Stadium | Langford (Victoria) | 2014–15 | 2021–22 |
| USA | BBVA Stadium | Houston | 2012–13 | 2012–13 |
| USA | Fifth Third Bank Stadium | Kennesaw (Atlanta) | 2013–14 | 2015–16 |
| USA | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney (Las Vegas) | 2016–17 | 2016–17 |
| USA | Infinity Park | Glendale (Denver) | 2012–13 | 2019–20 |
* ↑ Most recently known for sponsorship reasons as Allianz Stadium; demolished and in process of replacement by a new stadium on the same site.
* ↑ Known for sponsorship reasons as Spotless Stadium when it hosted the series in 2018–19.
* ↑ Known for sponsorship reasons as Bankwest Stadium Stadium when it hosted the series in 2019–20.
* ↑ Known for sponsorship reasons as Starlight Stadium when it last hosted the series in 2021–22.
* ↑ Known as BBVA Compass Stadium when it hosted the series in 2012–13.
* ↑ United States was not included the 2017–18 women's series due to its hosting of the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens instead (although it did host the corresponding men's Sevens Series event in that season).

### Previous events

| Event | Stadium (Capacity) | City | Joined | Ended |
| China | Guangzhou University City Stadium | Guangzhou | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
| São Paulo | Arena Barueri | Barueri (São Paulo) | 2013–14 | 2015–16 |
| London | Twickenham Stoop | London | 2014–15 | 2014–15 |
| France | Stade Gabriel Montpied | Clermont-Ferrand | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
| France | Parc des Sports Aguiléra | Biarritz | 2018–19 | 2018–19 |
| France | Stade Jean-Bouin | Paris | 2017–18 | 2017–18 |
| France | Stade Ernest-Wallon | Toulouse | 2021–22 | 2022–23 |
| Japan | Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu | Kitakyushu | 2016–17 | 2018–19 |
| Netherlands | NRCA Stadium | Amsterdam | 2012–13 | 2014–15 |
| New Zealand | Waikato Stadium | Hamilton | 2019–20 | 2022–23 |
| Spain | Estadio Ciudad de Málaga | Málaga | 2021–22 | 2021–22 |
| Spain | Estadio de La Cartuja | Seville | 2021–22 | 2021–22 |
| Spain | Metropolitano Stadium | Madrid | 2023–24 | 2023–24 |

### Sponsorship

Unlike the men's Sevens Series, which has enjoyed title sponsorship by banking giant HSBC in recent years, the Women's Sevens Series did not have a title sponsor until 2015–16. HSBC is now the title sponsor of both the men's and women's series.

## Historical results
### Results by season

Summary of the top six placegetters for each series:
| Series | Season | Rds | Champion | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth |
| I | 2012–13 | 4 | $_{(74pts)}$ | England | Canada | United States | Russia | Australia |
| II | 2013–14 | 5 | $_{(96pts)}$ | Australia | Canada | England | Russia | Spain |
| III | 2014–15 | 6 | $_{(108pts)}$ | Canada | Australia | England | United States | France |
| IV | 2015–16 | 5 | $_{(94pts)}$ | New Zealand | Canada | England | France | United States |
| V | 2016–17 | 6 | $_{(116pts)}$ | Australia | Canada | Fiji | Russia | United States |
| VI | 2017–18 | 5 | $_{(92pts)}$ | New Zealand | France | Canada | United States | Russia |
| VII | 2018–19 | 6 | $_{(110pts)}$ | United States | Canada | Australia | France | England |
| VIII | 2019–20 | 5 | $_{(96pts)}$ | Australia | Canada | France | United States | Russia |
| The 2020–21 season was cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| IX | 2021–22 | 6 | $_{(80pts)}$ | France | Fiji | Ireland | New Zealand | United States |
| X | 2022–23 | 7 | $_{(138pts)}$ | Australia | United States | France | Ireland | Fiji |
| XI | 2023–24 | 8 | Australia | France | New Zealand | Canada | United States | Ireland |

### Season placings by team

Tally of top six placings in the series for each team, updated after the 2022–23 season:
| Team | Champ­ion | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Top-3 Apps | Top-6 Apps |
| New Zealand | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | 10 | 11 |
| Australia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| France | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Canada | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| United States | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| England | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Fiji | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ireland | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Russia | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Spain | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |

### SVNS League Results

Summary of the top six placegetters for the regular season (since 2024):
| Series | Season | Rds | Champion | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth |
| XI | 2023–24 | 7 | $_{(126pts)}$ | Australia | France | United States | Canada | Fiji |