About Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 will be held in Moscow, Russia between 28-30 June. It will be the sixth RWC Sevens and the second comprising a men’s and women’s tournament, following the event in Dubai in 2009.

The defending men’s champions are Wales. Australia were the inaugural women’s champions.

The men’s tournament in 2013 is made up of 24 teams and the women’s tournament comprises 16 teams. The men will be competing for the Melrose Cup, and the women for the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy.

The inaugural RWC Sevens was held in 1993 in Scotland, the home of Rugby Sevens. The first Rugby Sevens game was held in Melrose, a small town in Scotland from which the men’s trophy gets its name.

A number of the teams playing in the men’s tournament take part in the HSBC Sevens World Series, whilst some of the women’s teams have been honing their sevens skills on the inaugural IRB Women’s Sevens World Series circuit, which kicked off in Dubai in November 2012.

Previous winners:

Men's

Women's