Sport Rugby sevens No. of teams 12 | Inaugural season 2001 Most recent
champion(s) Japan (2015) | |
The China Sevens, most recently hosted as the Shanghai Sevens, is an annual rugby union sevens tournament contested by national teams. The inaugural event, held in Shanghai, was a leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2001. The tournament moved to Beijing for 2002.
From 2009 to 2012 the tournament returned to Shanghai as an official event within the Asian Sevens Series. The series moved to the Chaoyang Stadium in Beijing for 2014, before returning to Shanghai in 2015. The Yuanshen Stadium is the main venue used for the rugby sevens in Shanghai.
International men's teams
A blue box around the year indicates tournaments included in the World Rugby Sevens Series.References
China Sevens Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA