2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series


The 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 20th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This series also, for the second time, doubled as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the top four countries qualifying automatically.
Fiji finished first in the Series, winning five of the ten tournaments. The United States finished in a best-ever second place, reaching the semifinals in all ten tournaments. The relegation battle was a three-way competition going into the final rounds involving Japan, Kenya, and Wales, with Japan finishing last to be relegated from the Series next season. The World Series Qualifier tournament saw Ireland promoted to core status for the first time for the 2019–20 season.

Core teams

Japan was promoted to core team status for the season after winning the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier. They replaced Russia, which was relegated after finishing as the last place core team on the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series was:
LegStadiumCityDatesWinner
United Arab EmiratesThe Sevens StadiumDubai30 November – 1 December 2018
South AfricaCape Town StadiumCape Town8–9 December 2018
New ZealandFMG Stadium WaikatoHamilton26–27 January 2019
AustraliaSpotless StadiumSydney2–3 February 2019
United StatesSam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas1–3 March 2019
CanadaBC PlaceVancouver9–10 March 2019
[2019 2019 Hong Kong Sevens|Hong Kong Sevens|Hong Kong]Hong Kong StadiumHong Kong5–7 April 2019
SingaporeNational StadiumSingapore13–14 April 2019
EnglandTwickenham StadiumLondon25–26 May 2019
FranceStade Jean-BouinParis1–2 June 2019

Standings

The final standings after completion of the ten tournaments of the series are shown in the table below.
The points awarded to teams at each tournament, as well as the overall season totals, are shown. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers. A dash is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.
Official standings for the 2018–19 series were:

Pos.		United Arab Emirates

Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2018–19 series, by team:
Team Gold Silver BronzeFourthTotal
51118
21216
2–215
142310
–2–13
–1–12
–1–12
––3–3
–––11
Totals1010101040

Players

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerTries
1United States

Dream Team

ForwardsBacks

Impact award

Tour LegPlayerPoints
DubaiUnited Statessortname|Perry|Baker

Tournaments

Dubai

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup'21–5
5th Place'24–19
Challenge Trophy'33–24
13th Place'31–7

Cape Town

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup'29–15
5th Place'14–7
Challenge Trophy'38–14
13th Place'33–26

Hamilton

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup38–0
5th Place24–19
Challenge Trophy36–7
13th Place33–10

Sydney

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup21–5
5th Place12–10
Challenge Trophy10–7
13th Place25–5

Las Vegas

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup27–0
5th Place19–14
Challenge Trophy15–14
13th Place21–12

Vancouver

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup21–12
5th Place26–19
Challenge Trophy35–21
13th Place15–10

Hong Kong

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup21–7
5th Place21–14
Challenge Trophy26–24
13th Place19–14
World Series Qualifier28–7

Singapore

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup20–19
5th Place19–17
Challenge Trophy22-19
13th Place21-5

London

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup43–7
5th Place35–14
Challenge Trophy26–17
13th Place29–14

Paris

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup35–24
5th Place40–5
Challenge Trophy28–12
13th Place31–26