Singapore SVNS 2025 Pools

The pools for the HSBC Singapore SVNS 2025 were drawn after the final in Hong Kong, and the ruthless format used in Cape Town and the Challenger Series will be used over the two days of action at the National Stadium from 5-6 April.

Feature Photo by Alex Ho & Zach Franzen / World Rugby – Women’s and men’s team captains pose for a photo prior to the 2025 HSBC SVNS Singapore at Marina Bay on April 2, 2025 in Singapore. 

The teams will still be playing for vital ranking points but the race to finish in the top eight positions at the end of the sixth round of HSBC SVNS 2025 in Singapore next weekend has for the most part been confirmed – they will qualify for the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles on 3-4 May while the bottom four teams for the men and women (mostly confirmed) will enter the promotion and relegation matches with the qualifiers from the HSBC World Rugby Challenger Series which will be determined in Krakow in early April.

The results in Hong Kong mean that all eight of the men’s teams and six of the women’s teams have already secured their places in the World Championship.

• The men’s teams are: Argentina, Fiji, Spain, South Africa, France, New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain.
• The six confirmed women’s teams are;  New Zealand, Australia, France, USA, Canada and Japan.

Fiji Women are sitting on 38 points (7th), GB on 37 points (8th), Brazil on 32 points (9th). China is in 10th on 20 points.

New Zealand women and Argentina head into Singapore leading the current SVNS standings after five rounds; the New Zealand Black Ferns have an eight-point lead over Australia, while Argentina are 12 points ahead of Fiji and in pole position to become HSBC SVNS 2025 league winners.

HSBC SVNS Singapore Pools 2025

The pools for HSBC SVNS Singapore were allocated following the Hong Kong final – it should be noted the competition format involves four pools of three teams each, replicating the format used in Cape Town during the second round of HSBC SVNS 2025 and the recent Challenger Sevens in Cape Town.

All teams only play two pool matches, with the four group winners progressing straight to the semi-finals.

Women’s Pools

Olympic champions and SVNS leaders New Zealand are in women’s Pool A with Brazil and China. Reigning SVNS champions Australia will face Japan and Spain in Pool B. Pool C sees Olympic medallists Canada and the USA together with Great Britain. France, Fiji and Ireland compete in Pool D.

Pool A

• NZ
• Brazil
• China

New Zealand women’s captain Sarah Hirini said: “We had some really good success in Hong Kong and we want to continue that momentum here. The girls won here last year and I hope we can repeat the success this year too.

“It’s amazing that we have put ourselves in a good place to hopefully have a successful day one which would see us bring the league title home as we did last year so we’re really excited by that. It’s something we’ll focus on and enjoy if that comes to fruition but Brazil and China are tough and we need to rectify a few things from when we played them last weekend.”

Pool B

• Australia
• Japan
• Spain

Pool C

• Canada
• USA
• GB

Pool D

• France
• Fiji
• Ireland

Men‘s Pools

Men’s SVNS title favourites Argentina are in Pool A with Great Britain and South Africa. Olympic champions France will play Ireland and Kenya in Pool B. Australia, Spain and Uruguay will battle it out in Pool C. While Fiji, New Zealand and the USA are in Pool D.

Pool A

• Argentina
• GB
• South Africa

Argentina men’s captain Santiago Mare said: “Confidence is high after winning the last two tournaments but we are still looking forward to growing in Singapore, to doing things even better on the field and then get the results.

“Becoming league winners gives us a lot of motivation. It is the objective and we are working a lot, just focusing on our game play and our actions, not in the result. Every pool is very hard and every match is like a final so we have to be very clinical and play very well in the first two matches. It would mean a lot to become league winners so we are focusing on that.”

David Brits and Sebastiaan Jobb were called up to join the squad after the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, where the Blitzboks finished ninth overall. They will replace the injured Quewin Nortje and Gino Cupido respectively.

David Brits said. “We know that if we are at our best, we can beat anyone. Last weekend, we had some lapses, teams targeted us at the breakdowns and we battled to get decent possession. But that is done now, we will start this week with a clean slate and determined to deliver a great result.”

Pool B

• France
• Ireland
• Kenya

Pool C

• Australia
• Uruguay
• Spain

Pool D

• Fiji
• NZ
• USA

Perry Baker might be making a surprise appearance for the USA men after injuries have hit the squad hard. USA Rugby announced that there are four changes to the USA Men’s Sevens touring squad which include Perry Baker joining the roster as a reserve in Singapore. The player retired after the Olympics in Paris but has been travelling with the team as a coach for the SVNS tour of Asia and now might end up on the field

To be fair, when we spoke to him last year in Singapore he said he would be back!

USA Men’s 7s Head coach Simon Amor said via USA Rugby, “It’s been a very challenging situation with injuries but has given us an opportunity to develop our perseverance and fight through adversity…. Perry has been named to the squad – but will only be used if we pick up further injuries and we are down playable numbers, so he likely won’t run out. He is an assistant coach first and foremost and he’s focused on developing the players and using his skills in a coaching capacity. It’s great to have his experience here and he’s learning and developing so much as a coach.”

The current HSBC SVNS Standings can be seen here.

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HSBC SVNS 2025 News

• HSBC SVNS Singapore 2025 Events And Fan Guide.
• SEA 7s 2025 – Teams Confirmed.
• Third Leg Of HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger 2025 – Krakow.
• NZ Women Completed the Three-Peat And Argentina Won a Maiden Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.