2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour
Rugby sevens competition
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The 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series for men's rugby sevens teams is the fifth season of the second-tier World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series that allows a promotion pathway to the top-level SVNS.
| 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series | |
|---|---|
| Men's tour – Series V | |
| Hosts | |
| Date | 1 March – 4 May 2025 |
| Nations | 12 |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The men's challenger tour with 12 national teams competing and will be played at same venues as their men's counterparts in Cape Town and Kraków. The top four team gain entry to the 2025 Los Angeles 2024–25 SVNS core team qualifier.[1]
Teams
There are 12 men's national teams competing in the Challenger Series for 2024.
| Date qualified | Means of qualification | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 27 October 2024 | 2024 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens |  Chile |
 Brazil | ||
| 30 June 2024 | 2024 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series |  Germany |
 Portugal | ||
 Georgia | ||
| 24 November 2024 | 2024 RAN Sevens |  Canada |
| 7 July 2024 | 2024 Africa Men's Sevens |  Uganda |
 Madagascar | ||
| 10 November 2024 | 2024 Asia Rugby Sevens Series |  Hong Kong |
 Japan | ||
| 8 December 2024 | 2024 Oceania Sevens Championship |  Samoa |
 Tonga | ||
| Totals | 6 | 12 |
Schedule
The official schedule for the 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series is:[2]
| Leg | City | Stadium | Dates | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | Cape Town Stadium | 1–2 March | Chile |
| 2 | Cape Town | Cape Town Stadium | 7–8 March | Portugal |
| 3 | Kraków | Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium | 11–12 April | Portugal |
Standings
| Pos. | Event Team |
 Cape Town |
Cape Town |
 Kraków |
Points total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal |
12 | 20 | 20 | 52 |
| 2 | Germany |
16 | 18 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Canada |
18 | 16 | 14 | 48 |
| 4 | Samoa |
14 | 12 | 18 | 44 |
| 5 | Chile |
20 | 8 | 10 | 38 |
| 6 | Japan |
6 | 14 | 8 | 28 |
| 7 | Madagascar |
10 | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 8 | Tonga |
3 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | Uganda |
8 | 2 | - | 10 |
| 10 | Georgia |
2 | 6 | - | 8 |
| 11 | Hong Kong |
4 | 3 | - | 7 |
| 12 | Brazil |
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Green | Qualified for Core Team Qualifier |
| Light Green | Qualified for Final Stage |
Cape Town 1
Pool stage
The first event of the series took place at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, between 1-2 March. Teams were split into 4 Pools of 3 teams, facing each other in a single round-robin.[3] The highest ranked team of each pool would advance to the semi-finals for 1st-4th place. The second-ranked teams would compete for 5th-8th, and the last ranked teams in the pools would compete for 9th-12th.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 12 | +47 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| Madagascar |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 72 | -30 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Hong Kong |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 63 | –17 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
9th to 12th playoffs
| 9th place semifinals | 9th place final | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Tonga | 43 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Brazil | 7 | |||||
| Tonga | 19 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 21 | |||||
| Georgia | 0 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 29 | |||||
| 11th place final | ||||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||
| Georgia | 34 | |||||
5th to 8th playoffs
| 5th place semifinals | 5th place final | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Portugal | 47 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Uganda | 5 | |||||
| Portugal | 22 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Madagascar | 19 | |||||
| Japan | 26 | |||||
| Madagascar | 28 | |||||
| 7th place final | ||||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Uganda | 17 | |||||
| Japan | 7 | |||||
Cup
| Cup Semifinals | Cup Final | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Chile | 31 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Samoa | 14 | |||||
| Chile | 33 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||
| Germany | 19 | |||||
| Canada | 24 | |||||
| 3rd place final | ||||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Samoa | 14 | |||||
| Germany | 19 | |||||
Final placings
Cape Town 2
Pool stage
The second event of the series took place at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, between 7-8 March.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| Georgia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Madagascar |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 55 | –24 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Pool D
Play-offs
9th to 12th playoffs
| 9th place semifinals | 9th place final | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Uganda | 17 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Madagascar | 33 | |||||
| Madagascar | 24 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 10 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 24 | |||||
| Brazil | 19 | |||||
| 11th place final | ||||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Uganda | 36 | |||||
| Brazil | 12 | |||||
5th to 8th playoffs
| 5th place semifinals | 5th place final | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Tonga | 26 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Georgia | 12 | |||||
| Tonga | 14 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Samoa | 35 | |||||
| Chile | 19 | |||||
| Samoa | 24 | |||||
| 7th place final | ||||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Georgia | 5 | |||||
| Chile | 15 | |||||
Cup
| Cup Semifinals | Cup Final | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Canada | 14 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Germany | 24 | |||||
| Germany | 7 | |||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Portugal | 12 | |||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||
| Portugal | 36 | |||||
| 3rd place final | ||||||
| Athlone Stadium, South Africa | ||||||
| Canada | 28 | |||||
| Japan | 15 | |||||
Final placings
Kraków
Pool stage
The third event of the series will take place in Kraków, Poland.
The top eight placed men's teams will progress to the third round in Kraków.
The four men's teams with the most cumulative points gained across the three Challenger rounds will then qualify for the SVNS Play Off in Los Angeles on 3 – 4 May.