Women's SVNS
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This article is about the women's rugby sevens competition. For the men's rugby sevens competition, see 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.[1] The competition has been sponsored by banking group HSBC since 2015.[2]
Quick Facts Formerly, Sport ...
Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 SVNS | |
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Sport | Rugby sevens |
Founded | 2012; 12 years ago (2012) |
First season | 2012–13 |
No. of teams | 12 (2023–24) |
Most recent champion(s) | New Zealand (2023–24) |
Most titles | New Zealand (8 titles) |
Qualification | Challenger Series |
TV partner(s) | List of broadcasters |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Official website | www |
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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.