The HSBC Vancouver SVNS 2025 Pools were drawn for the fourth round of HSBC SVNS, which will take place from 21-23 February 2025. The tournament also features an invitational tournament for the men which will include the hosts, Japan, and Trinidad and Tobago and Canadian leg of the series celebrates its 10 year anniversary.
Updated 20 February 2025
Photo Credit – World Rugby – Captains of the world’s top 12 men’s and women’s teams gathered on the shores of Sunset Beach on Tuesday afternoon in Downtown Vancouver.
There will be 70 matches over three days at HSBC SVNS Vancouver with Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team kicking off their campaign on Friday, February 21 against Brazil – this will be the team’s first match on home soil since their silver medal performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
HSBC SVNS Perth marked the first time in tournament history that the women’s cup final was the last match played, and this milestone will also be made in Vancouver.
The 24 teams were met with a traditional welcome from Mike Billy Sr, hereditary chief from Squamish Nation who shared two of their canoes.
Heading into the Vancouver SVNS, New Zealand leads Australia by two points in the women’s standings with New Zealand on 56 points, reigning SVNS champions Australia on 54 points, with France in third on 48 points.
It is extremely tight at the top of the men’s standings with Fiji, Argentina and Spain level on 48 points – Spain has reached three consecutive semi-finals this season.
Japan Sakura 7s are now 6th in the standings and just behind Canada – they are in Pool C in Vancouver and could well secure another top-8 finish as they will face Fiji, GB, and France.
China had their best finish in Perth and are now in 10th on the log with 13 Series points, 1 point behind Brazil and 4 behind Ireland who occupy the crucial 8th spot which would avoid the relegation battle in LA in the final round of the season.
For the fans, there will also be seven rugby-themed light installations set up in iconic spots around downtown Vancouver.
The standings for the women and men can be seen here.
HSBC SVNS Vancouver 2025 Pools – Women
Pool A
- Australia
- Canada
- Brazil
- Spain
Canada women’s captain Piper Logan said: “We’re feeling super confident coming off a fourth place finish in Perth and we’ve had a really good two weeks of training. We love Vancouver SVNS, it’s our favourite tournament of the year. It’s really important to help continue to grow the game in Canada especially with our silver medal in Paris. There’s been a lot of traction with rugby here, so to have a home competition and have people come and see us play is really important.”
Canada Women Olympian, Charity Williams currently sits at 99 career SVNS tries to date and will be hopeful of breaking the 100 tries milestone, and 500 points in Vancouver.
Australia women’s captain Isabella Nasser added, “Vancouver is always really exciting, the enclosed stadium makes it different and the synthetic grass makes it a really fast and exciting game. If you want to see fun, exciting rugby with awesome energy and crowd and lots of competition, then you should be there!”
Pool B
- New Zealand
- USA
- China
- Ireland
Chinese Squad
- Gu Yaoyao
- Wang Wanyu
- Chen Keyi
- Liao Jiuli
- Chen Can
- Zhou Yan
- Jiang Yutong
- Kang Chengtian
- Ge Chenjie
- Liu Xueya (debut)
- Chen Ziying
- Wang Zhaojing
- Le Zhang
Pool C
Photo Credit – JRFU
- France
- Japan
- Fiji
- Great Britain
Japanese Squad
The JRFU confirmed its squad for the Vancouver SVNS 2025, saying that the members of the Japan Women’s Sevens National Team (Sakura Sevens) will be touring Canada from February 16-25.
- Yukino Tsujisaki
- Chiaki Saegusa
- Honoka Tsutsumi
- Marin Kajiki
- Hanako Utsumi
- Hana Nagata
- Mayu Yoshino
- Suzuha Okamoto
- Natsumi Takahashi
- Seika Ohashi
- Minako Taniyama
- Ria Anoku
21. Himawari Matsuda (debut)
HSBC SVNS Vancouver 2025 Pools – Men
Pool B, in particular, is another pool of death and features NZ, South Africa, Australia and Ireland!
Pool A
- Argentina
- France
- Great Britain
- Kenya
Argentina men’s captain, Santiago Mare said: “We are very happy to be back in Vancouver, it’s a city that we really like and we have beautiful memories from the past years playing here. We are expecting a great atmosphere and know everyone will enjoy the tournament.”
Pool B
- Australia
- South Africa
- New Zealand
- Ireland
Blitzboks co-captain Impi Visser wants to improve on their disapointing ninth-place finish from 2024, “Last time around, we were a bit disjointed, and it showed in our play. Credit to the management who sorted all the little niggles out, as we arrived here a happy and determined squad, cold as it may be in Vancouver. The environment they created allows the relationships among the players to be as healthy as they can be, and we all flourish as a group because of that.
A good result here will help a lot towards our build-up for the Grand Finale in a couple of months. We are not results driven per se, and rather focussed on the execution and effort of our game plan, but a good result will be of great value to us.”
Pool C
- Spain
- Fiji
- Uruguay
- USA
The next SVNS leg after Vancouver sees back-to-back rounds in Asia – Hong Kong from 28-30 March 2025, and Singapore from 5-6 April 2025.
2025 HSBC SVNS Vancouver Invitational Sevens Tournament
The invitational men’s team matches involving Canada, Japan and Trinidad & Tobago will be integrated into the HSBC SVNS Vancouver schedule at BC Place. The fixtures will be a double round robin, with three games on February 21 and three games on February 22.”
The JRFU announced the men’s SDS Squad here.
The full schedule details and kick-off times for HSBC SVNS Vancouver are available online.
- Canada vs Trinidad and Tobago – Friday, February 21, 2025
- Canada vs Japan – Friday, February 21, 2025
- Japan vs Trinidad and Tobago – Friday, February 21, 2025
- Canada vs Trinidad and Tobago – Saturday, February 22, 2025
- Canada vs Japan – Saturday, February 22, 2025
- Japan vs Trinidad and Tobago – Saturday, February 22, 2025
Photo Credit: JRFU – 2025 HSBC SVNS Vancouver Invitational Sevens Tournament – Japan Men’s SDS
How To Watch The HSBC SVNS 2024-2025
RugbyPassTV will again be streaming the events in certain regions with World Rugby saying, “Fans around the globe can watch the HSBC SVNS action live on www.rugbypass.tv or via their domestic broadcaster.”
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