2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour
{{Short description|Rugby sevens competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox Rugby World Sevens
| name = 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
| series = Men's tour – Series V
| countries = {{plainlist|
- {{Runion|RSA}}
- {{Runion|POL}} }}
| date = 1 March – 4 May 2025
| nations = 12
| top point scorer =
| top try scorer =
| prevseason = 2024
| nextseason = 2026
|promoted=}}
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.
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.{{Cite web |last=worldrugby.org |title=World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 schedule announced |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/976592/schedule-confirmed-for-hsbc-world-rugby-sevens-challenger-2025lang=en |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.world.rugby}}
Teams
There are 12 men's national teams competing in the Challenger Series for 2024.
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| Date qualified
! Means of qualification ! Nation | |
|---|---|
| rowspan="2" |27 October 2024
| rowspan="2" | 2024 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens | {{ru7|CHI}} | |
| {{ru7|BRA}} | |
| rowspan=3| 30 June 2024
|rowspan=3| 2024 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series | {{ru7|GER}} | |
| {{ru7|POR}} | |
| {{ru7|GEO}} | |
| 24 November 2024
| {{ru7|CAN}} | |
| rowspan="2" |7 July 2024
| rowspan="2" |2024 Africa Men's Sevens | {{ru7|UGA}} | |
| {{ru7|MAD}} | |
| rowspan="2" | 10 November 2024
|rowspan=2| 2024 Asia Rugby Sevens Series | {{ru7|HKG}} | |
| {{ru7|JPN}} | |
| rowspan=2| 8 December 2024
|rowspan=2| 2024 Oceania Sevens Championship | {{ru7|SAM}} | |
| {{ru7|TON}} | |
| Totals | 6 || 12 |
Schedule
The official schedule for the 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series is:{{cite web |title=World Rugby Challenger Series |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/976592/schedule-confirmed-for-hsbc-world-rugby-sevens-challenger-2025 |access-date= |website=world.rugby |publisher=World Rugby |quote=}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2025 Itinerary |
| bgcolor="#efefef"
! Leg !City ! Stadium ! Dates ! Winner |
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" | Cape Town Stadium | 1–2 March | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{ru7|CHI}}}} |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |Cape Town Stadium | 7–8 March | style="text-align:left;" | {{nowrap|{{ru7|POR}}}} |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium |11–12 April | style="text-align:left;" | {{nowrap|{{ru7|POR}}}} |
Standings
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger – Men's Series IV | |||
| style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:120%;"|{{noflag}} !{{diagonal split header|Team|Event |style=font-size:120%;vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid transparent}} !style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;;"|{{flagd|RSA }} !style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;;"|{{flagd|RSA}} !style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;;"|{{flagd|POL}} ! style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:120%;" |Total | |||
| style="line-height:8px;"
!data-sort-type="number" max-width=4em | !!data-sort-type="text" max-width=12em | !data-sort-type="number" max-width=8em | !!data-sort-type="number" max-width=8em | ! ! data-sort-type="number" max-width="5em" | | |||
| bgcolor=83F28F
| 1 | align="left" |{{nowrap|{{ru7|POR}}}} | 12 | 20 | 20 | 52 |
| bgcolor="83F28F"
| 2 |align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|GER}}}} | 16 | 18 | 16 | 50 |
| bgcolor=83F28F
| 3 |align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|CAN}}}} | 18 | 16 | 14 | 48 |
| bgcolor=83F28F
| 4 | align="left" |{{nowrap|{{ru7|SAM}}}} | 14 | 12 | 18 | 44 |
| bgcolor=CEFAD0
| 5 |align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|CHI}}}} |20 | 8 | 10 | 38 |
| bgcolor=CEFAD0
| 6 |align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|JPN}}}} | 6 | 14 | 8 | 28 |
| bgcolor=CEFAD0
|7 | align="left" |{{nowrap|{{ru7|MAD}}}} | 10 | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| bgcolor=CEFAD0
| 8 |align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|TON}}}} | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| 9
| align="left" |{{nowrap|{{ru7|UGA}}}} | 8 | 2 | - | 10 |
| 10
|align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|GEO}}}} | 2 | 6 | - | 8 |
| 11
| align="left" |{{nowrap|{{ru7|HKG}}}} | 4 | 3 | - | 7 |
| 12
|align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|BRA}}}} | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%; margin-top:25px;" |
| colspan=2| Legend |
|---|
| style="background:#83F28F;"|Green
|Qualified for Core Team Qualifier |
| style="background:#CEFAD0;"|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.{{cite web |title=World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 in Cape Town |url=https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/challenger-series/2025/cape-town-1 |website=www.world.rugby |access-date=12 March 2025}} 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==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| style="width:11.0em;"| Team
! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| P | Played}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Won}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| D | Drawn}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Lost}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points against}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Points difference}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| TF | Tries for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| BP | Bonus Points}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| Pts | Points}} | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#cfc
| align="left" |{{ru7|GER}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14 | +43 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|JAP}}
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 45 | –10 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|GEO}}
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 52 | –33 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
==Pool B==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| style="width:11.0em;"| Team
! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| P | Played}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Won}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| D | Drawn}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Lost}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points against}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Points difference}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| TF | Tries for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| BP | Bonus Points}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| Pts | Points}} | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#cfc
| align="left" |{{ru7|CHI}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|POR}}
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|TON}}
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 43 | –7 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
==Pool C==
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| style="width:11.0em;"| Team
! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| P | Played}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Won}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| D | Drawn}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Lost}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points against}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Points difference}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| TF | Tries for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| BP | Bonus Points}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| Pts | Points}} | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#cfc
| align="left" |{{ru7|SAM}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|UGA}}
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 46 | -5 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|BRA}}
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 43 | –15 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
==Pool D==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| style="width:11.0em;"| Team
! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| P | Played}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Won}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| D | Drawn}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Lost}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points against}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Points difference}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| TF | Tries for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| BP | Bonus Points}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| Pts | Points}} | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#cfc
| align="left" |{{ru7|CAN}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 12 | +47 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|MAD}}
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 72 | -30 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|HK}}
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 63 | –17 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
=Play-offs=
== 9th to 12th playoffs ==
{{Round4-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high
|RD1=9th place semifinals
|RD2=9th place final
|Consol=11th place final
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|TON}}|43|{{ru7|BRA}}|7
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|GEO}}|0|{{ru7|HK}}|29
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|TON}}|19|{{ru7|HK}}|21
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|BRA}}|0|{{ru7|GEO}}|34
}}
== 5th to 8th playoffs ==
{{Round4-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high
|RD1=5th place semifinals
|RD2=5th place final
|Consol=7th place final
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|POR}}|47|{{ru7|UGA}}|5
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|JAP}}|26|{{ru7|MAD}}|28
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|POR}}|22|{{ru7|MAD}}|19
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|UGA}}|17|{{ru7|JPN}}|7
}}
== Cup ==
{{Round4-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high
|RD1=Cup Semifinals
|RD2=Cup Final
|Consol=3rd place final
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|CHI}}|31|{{ru7|SAM}}|14
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|GER}}|19|{{ru7|CAN}}|24
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|CHI}}|33|{{ru7|CAN}}|7
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|SAM}}|14|{{ru7|GER}}|19
}}
=Final placings=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;" |
| Place
! style="width:11em; text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team |
|---|
| {{gold1}}
|align=left|{{ru7|CHI}} |
| {{silver2}}
|align=left|{{ru7|CAN}} |
| {{bronze3}}
|align=left|{{ru7|GER}} |
| 4
|align=left|{{ru7|SAM}} |
| 5
|align=left|{{ru7|POR}} |
| 6
|align=left|{{ru7|MAD}} |
| 7
|align=left|{{ru7|UGA}} |
| 8
|align=left|{{ru7|JAP}} |
| 9
|align=left|{{ru7|HK}} |
| 10
|align=left|{{ru7|TON}} |
| 11
|align=left|{{ru7|GEO}} |
| 12
|align=left|{{ru7|BRA}} |
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==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| style="width:11.0em;"| Team
! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| P | Played}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Won}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| D | Drawn}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Lost}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points against}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Points difference}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| TF | Tries for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| BP | Bonus Points}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| Pts | Points}} | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#cfc
| align="left" |{{ru7|JAP}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|CHI}}
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|HK}}
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 43 | –19 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
==Pool B==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| style="width:11.0em;"| Team
! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| P | Played}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Won}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| D | Drawn}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Lost}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points against}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Points difference}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| TF | Tries for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| BP | Bonus Points}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| Pts | Points}} | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#cfc
| align="left" |{{ru7|CAN}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|TON}}
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|UGA}}
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 59 | –33 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
==Pool C==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| style="width:11.0em;"| Team
! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| P | Played}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Won}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| D | Drawn}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Lost}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points against}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Points difference}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| TF | Tries for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| BP | Bonus Points}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| Pts | Points}} | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#cfc
| align="left" |{{ru7|GER}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|GEO}}
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|MAD}}
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 55 | –24 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
==Pool D==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| style="width:11.0em;"| Team
! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| P | Played}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Won}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| D | Drawn}} ! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Lost}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points against}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Points difference}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| TF | Tries for}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| BP | Bonus Points}} ! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| Pts | Points}} | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#cfc
| align="left" |{{ru7|POR}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|SAM}}
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| align="left" |{{ru7|BRA}}
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 76 | –62 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
=Play-offs=
== 9th to 12th playoffs ==
{{Round4-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high
|RD1=9th place semifinals
|RD2=9th place final
|Consol=11th place final
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|UGA}}|17|{{ru7|MAD}}|33
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|HK}}|24|{{ru7|BRA}}|19
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|MAD}}|24|{{ru7|HK}}|10
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|UGA}}|36|{{ru7|BRA}}|12
}}
== 5th to 8th playoffs ==
{{Round4-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high
|RD1=5th place semifinals
|RD2=5th place final
|Consol=7th place final
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|TON}}|26|{{ru7|GEO}}|12
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|CHI}}|19|{{ru7|SAM}}|24
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|TON}}|14|{{ru7|SAM}}|35
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|GEO}}|5|{{ru7|CHI}}|15
}}
== Cup ==
{{Round4-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high
|RD1=Cup Semifinals
|RD2=Cup Final
|Consol=3rd place final
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|CAN}}|14|{{ru7|GER}}|24
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|JAP}}|14|{{ru7|POR}}|36
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|GER}}|7|{{ru7|POR}}|12
|Athlone Stadium, South Africa
|{{ru7|CAN}}|28|{{ru7|JAP}}|15
}}
=Final placings=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;" |
| Place
! style="width:11em; text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team |
|---|
| {{gold1}}
|align=left|{{ru7|POR}} |
| {{silver2}}
|align=left|{{ru7|GER}} |
| {{bronze3}}
|align=left|{{ru7|CAN}} |
| 4
|align=left|{{ru7|JAP}} |
| 5
|align=left|{{ru7|SAM}} |
| 6
|align=left|{{ru7|TON}} |
| 7
|align=left|{{ru7|CHI}} |
| 8
|align=left|{{ru7|GEO}} |
| 9
|align=left|{{ru7|MAD}} |
| 10
|align=left|{{ru7|HK}} |
| 11
|align=left|{{ru7|UGA}} |
| 12
|align=left|{{ru7|BRA}} |
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.
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/challenger-series Official website]
{{2024–25 SVNS}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series - Men's tour}}