2025–26 SVNS

The 2025–26 SVNS will be the 27th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national sevens teams, known as the SVNS. It will take place between November 2025 and June 2026. The SVNS has been run by World Rugby since 1999.

Teams and format

The number of teams were reduced from 12 to 8 for both men's and women's. The 4 lowest placed men's and women's teams at the end of the final league event in 2024–25 season were relegated from the series for the 2025–26 season. The men's relegated teams were Kenya, Uruguay, Ireland and USA. The women's relegated teams were Brazil, China, Ireland and Spain.
The tournament takes place over seven months and consists of 9 events, with the final three events making up the World Championship, and consisting of the 8 Division 1 teams, and the top 4 SVNS Division 2 teams.

Tour venues

The schedule for the series was finalised on 1 September 2025.

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Men's Winner	Women's Winner
Dubai	The Sevens Stadium	Dubai	29–30 November 2025
South Africa	DHL Stadium	Cape Town	6–7 December 2025
Singapore	National Stadium	Singapore	31 January – 1 February 2026
Australia	HBF Park	Perth	7–8 February 2026
Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	7–8 March 2026
United States	Sports Illustrated Stadium	New York	14–15 March 2026
Hong Kong	Kai Tak Sports Park	Hong Kong	17–19 April 2026
Spain	José Zorrilla Stadium	Valladolid	29–31 May 2026
France	Stade Atlantique	Bordeaux	5–7 June 2026

Standings

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. Bronze indicates the event third place finishers. An asterisk indicates a tied placing. A dash is recorded where a team did not compete.