2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series

Sixteen nations competed at each event, drawn into four pools of four teams.[3][4] Following the pool matches at each tournament, the top eight teams (two teams from each pool) played off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams.[5] The bottom eight teams after the pool matches played off for the lower-ranked placings from ninth to sixteenth at each tournament. The winner of the series was determined by the overall points standings gained across all events in the season.[6]

The fifteen "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for 2019–20 are:

Ireland joined as a core team for the first time after winning the 2019–20 World Series qualifier held in Hong Kong. They replaced Japan who were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed core team in 2018–19. However, Japan will play in several tournaments as the wild card team in preparation to host the Olympic tournament.

The official schedule for the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series was:[7]

2019–20 Itinerary

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	5–7 December 2019	South Africa
South Africa	Cape Town Stadium	Cape Town	13–15 December 2019	New Zealand
New Zealand	FMG Stadium Waikato	Hamilton	25–26 January 2020	New Zealand
Australia	Bankwest Stadium	Sydney	1–2 February 2020	Fiji
United States	Dignity Health Sports Park	Los Angeles	29 February – 1 March 2020	South Africa
Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	7–8 March 2020	New Zealand
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	TBC September 2020 [1]
France	Stade Jean-Bouin	Paris	TBC September 2020 [1]
Singapore	National Stadium	Singapore	10–11 October 2020 [2]
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	16–18 October 2020 [2]

The Singapore and Hong Kong events were originally scheduled to be played in April 2020 but were postponed due to health concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to October 2020.[2]

Official standings for the 2019–20 series:

2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series XXI
Pos	Event  Team	Dubai	Cape Town	Hamil­ton	Sydney	Los Angeles	Van­couver	London	Paris	Singa­pore	Hong Kong	Points total
1	New Zealand	19	22	22	13	17	22					115
2	South Africa	22	19	7	19	22	15					104
3	Fiji	8	15	8	22	19	11					83
4	Australia	13	5	17	12	15	19					81
5	England	17	7	15	15	10	13					77
6	France	12	17	19	8	11	7					74
7	United States	10	8	12	17	13	12					72
8	Canada	7	6	13	7	7	17					57
9	Argentina	11	13	11	10	8	3					56
10	Ireland	5	12	5	11	12	4					49
11	Scotland	3	10	6	6	4	8					37
12	Kenya	4	11	10	1	3	6					35
13	Samoa	15	4	2	2	5	5					33
14	Spain	6	3	4	4	6	10					33
15	Wales	2	1	1	5	2	2					13
16	Japan	1	2	3	3	–	1					10
17	South Korea	–	–	–	–	1	–					1

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour	Core team in 2019–20 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2020–21 World Rugby Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2019–20 season
Yellow	Invited team

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• Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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