Host nation USA | Dates TBD – | |
Venue AT&T Park
Avaya Stadium | ||
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.
Contents
Bidding
The bidding timeline for hosting the tournament was as follows:
- 28 February 2014 —Interested countries declare their "intent to tender"
- 29 August 2014 — World Rugby (then the IRB) distributes the tender documentation
- 5 December 2014 — Countries submit their bids to World Rugby
- 13 May 2015 — World Rugby Council chooses the host country
The following 14 countries declared their interest in bidding to host the event:
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.
Qualifying process
Teams automatically qualified by reaching the quarterfinals (for men) or semifinals (for women) at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Qualified Teams
Men
Women
(AQ) represents teams that automatically qualified for the Rugby World Cup Sevens Tournament.