World Rugby has confirmed the locations for the 2026 HSBC SVNS Collection, with Valladolid in Spain and Bordeaux in France added as a part of a brand new European double-header to shut the season.
The revamped construction will see six regular-season rounds main right into a three-leg HSBC SVNS World Championship, which can decide the line-up for the 2027 high tier.
Dubai, Cape City, Singapore, Vancouver and Hong Kong return as established hosts, whereas the places for Australia and USA legs are set to be confirmed shortly.
Hong Kong will host the opening championship occasion on 17-19 April earlier than the collection concludes with back-to-back weekends in Valladolid (29-31 Might, 2026) and Bordeaux (5-7 June, 2026).
Occasions for HSBC SVNS 2 and three, the second and third divisions of the brand new three-tier mannequin, can even be introduced sooner or later.
The 2026 calendar begins in Dubai on 29-30 November, 2025 and can run via to Bordeaux in June 2026.
South Africa’s males and New Zealand’s girls will begin the season as defending HSBC SVNS World Champions after their wins in Los Angeles earlier this 12 months.
The brand new mannequin has been locked in for 3 years, offering certainty for groups and venues within the lead-up to the LA 2028 Olympic Video games.
Every spherical will host mixed males’s and ladies’s occasions with equal participation charges, sustaining gender parity throughout the board.
The 2026 top-tier line-up will characteristic:
Girls: Australia, Canada, Fiji, France, Nice Britain, Japan, New Zealand, USA
Males: Argentina, Australia, Fiji, France, Nice Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain
“Following a aggressive course of, we’re delighted to verify the places and dates for the new-look HSBC SVNS 2026 Collection, which includes a three-location World Championship, including to the joy for followers,” stated World Rugby Chief Government Alan Gilpin. “Shifting to a two-day format has confirmed a success with locations and we’re delighted with the extent of engagement and enthusiasm from cities and nationwide unions, who share our imaginative and prescient of advancing sevens on the world stage forward of the LA 2028 Olympic Video games.”
Followers will be capable to observe the motion on RugbyPass TV or via home broadcasters, as the game’s main males’s and ladies’s groups compete in a season designed to strengthen visibility and construct in the direction of the subsequent Olympic cycle.
