The Women’s HSBC World Sevens Series

The HSBC Women’s Sevens Series, which is part of the HSBC SVNS, runs
alongside the men’s tournament, featuring 12 core teams in each event.
The women’s sevens series tournaments are held at the same locations as the
men’s, with six regular-season events leading up to a Grand Final. The women’s
series showcases 12 core teams, and the top eight teams after the sixth round
qualify for the Grand Final, where the champions are crowned.
The HSBC SVNS, gives leading rugby players across six continents the chance to
experience global, elite level, high-performance sevens competition and coupled
with the spike in interest after the Olympic Games, the series has sparked
significant growth in the women’s game with increased appetite for broadcast, live
streaming and social media.
South Africa were relegated from the 2024 Series and China earned promotion as
a core team for 2025 after winning the 2024 HSBC Sevens Challenger in Krakow,
Poland.
The season will build up to the World Championship event in Los Angeles, where
the top eight men’s and women’s teams will compete for the title, and
promotion/relegation playoffs will furthermore determine the 2026 lineup.
The core teams for the Women’s tournament in 2025 are: