2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens

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2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Tournament details
Host nation  USA
Venue AT&T Park
Avaya Stadium
Dates TBD –
← 2013
2022 →

The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens will be the seventh edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Organised by World Rugby, it was announced on 13 May 2015 that the tournament will be played at two stadiums in the San Francisco Bay Area: AT&T Park in San Francisco and Avaya Stadium in San Jose.[1]

Bidding

The bidding timeline for hosting the tournament was as follows:[2]

  1. 28 February 2014 —Interested countries declare their "intent to tender"
  2. 29 August 2014 — World Rugby (then the IRB) distributes the tender documentation
  3. 5 December 2014 — Countries submit their bids to World Rugby
  4. 13 May 2015 — World Rugby Council chooses the host country

The following 14 countries declared their interest in bidding to host the event:[3][4]

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Venues

USA Rugby selected the San Francisco Bay Area as the host candidate. Venues are the AT&T Park and Avaya Stadium, respectively home of the San Francisco Giants and San Jose Earthquakes.[5]

Venue Capacity Location Primary tenant
AT&T Park 42,000 San Francisco San Francisco Giants (Major League Baseball)
Avaya Stadium 18,000 San Jose San Jose Earthquakes (Major League Soccer)

Qualifying Process

Men's
Region Automatic Qualifiers Places Remaining
Africa 2
North America
/ Caribbean		 1
South America No Automatic Qualifiers 2
Asia No Automatic Qualifiers 3
Europe 5
Oceania 2
Women's
Region Automatic Qualifiers Places Remaining
Africa No Automatic Qualifiers 2
North America
/ Caribbean		 None
South America No Automatic Qualifiers 2
Asia No Automatic Qualifiers 2
Europe 5
Oceania 1

Qualified Teams

Men

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Main article: 2018 Men's Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying
Africa North America/Caribbean South America Europe Asia Oceania

Women

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Main article: 2018 Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying
Africa North America/Caribbean South America Europe Asia Oceania

(AQ) represents teams that automatically qualified for the Rugby World Cup Sevens Tournament.

See also

References

  1. ↑ USA to host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018, Worldrugby.com
  2. ↑ USA Rugby announces "intent to tender" for IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018, USARugby.com, 2 April 2014.
  3. ↑ 25 Unions vie to host Sevens World Series, IRB.com, 3 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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  5. ↑ San Francisco Tapped for RWC 7s Bid - Rugby Today, 17 December 2014
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