How will the new Seven format for the 2025/2026 season

ByDavid Mitchell
How will the new Seven format for the 2025/2026 season

In early 2025, World Rugby announced changes in the SVNS Series format for the 2025/2026 seasonwho just communicated the dates and cities for the Development of its next edition. All rugby, in Disney+ Premium plan.

After the evaluation of the sports scene and consultations with interested parties, the international entity that regulates the global rugby designed a three divisions model, which expands the series of 10 to 13 events in 2026. Division 1 of the SVNS Series will reduce the number of fixed equipment from twelve to eight per gender, competing in a series of six tournaments and all events will adopt a two -day format.

The highest category in the SVNS will be made up of eight teams which will play six tournaments from November to March. Then, three final stages called SVNS World Championship will be played, to which the four best SVNS 2 teams will be added to reach the figure of 12 teams that will determine the final positions for the season 2026/2027.

The Pumas 7’s is one of the selected that will act in this version of the SVNS 2025/2026, and the other teams will be: Australia, Fiji, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa and Spain.

With regard to the activity of the Yaguaretés in 2026 there are also news. In January, the women’s team will play the SVNS 3, in which it will fight for a place in the SVNS 2 that will be played in February and March through two stages. There, he will look for one of the four passages to the aforementioned three final stages World Championship and who expect in the female branch: Australia, Canada, the United States, Fiji, France, Great Britain, Japan and New Zealand.

This will be the new HSBC SVNS model

Regular three divisions

  • Division 1 – Eight male and eight female teams compete in six SVNS Series events

  • Division 2 – Six teams by genre compete in a second division in three events

  • Division 3 – A single Challenger tournament with eight teams by gender classifying from regional competitions.

Other data to be taken into account

  • The closure of the season will determine the world champion: Three SVNS World Championship Series events with the twelve best male and female teams (eight of division 1, four of division 2).

  • Integrated tournaments with equal participation and representation fees for male and female teams.

  • The teams can advance from the regional qualifiers and compete for the World Championship in a single season.

  • Expanded calendar: thirteen tournaments throughout the 2026 season.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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