Vancouver Sevens 2023 Pools

The Vancouver Sevens 2023 pools have been confirmed which will see the Women and Men in action on the HSBC World Sevens Series in Canada with the tournament taking place 3-5 March 2023. This is the first time the women’s Series will be played inside BC Place Stadium alongside the men in Vancouver.

Updated 2 March 2023

This will also mark the 200th men’s tournament in HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series history.

The 28 captains of the sevens rugby teams who will do battle for the highly coveted HSBC Canada Sevens crowns gathered on the traditional territory of Tsleil-Waututh Nation (cover photo) and Canada women’s co-captain Breanne Nicholas said: “We’re very excited to be playing on our home turf alongside the men. We know what it’s like in Langford, and we’re ready for the hype of Vancouver. Playing alongside the men is not only positive for the growth of rugby in Canada but the growth of women’s sport in Canada.”

Men’s Pools – Vancouver Sevens 2023

Series leaders NZ will look to follow up their win in LA to extend their lead before the teams move to the two events in Asia at the end of March with the Hong Kong and Singapore events taking place back to back.

Japan are in a tough Pool B with Argentina, SA and France. while Chile is again the invitational team.

Photo credit: Mike Lee – KLC fotos for World Rugby

Ireland captain Harry McNulty said: “Back-to-back tournaments are always tough, and with the three-day tournament it means one less training day, but we love coming to Vancouver – it’s always a great crowd so we’re excited to push on from last week. For us it was great to get three wins in the pool but disappointing to not win anything on day two, so we’re really looking forward to putting in another good performance this weekend.”

Pool A

• New Zealand
• Samoa
• Spain
• United States

Pool B

• Argentina
• South Africa
• France
• Japan

Photo credit: Mike Lee – KLC fotos for World Rugby – Japan’s Kameli Raravou Latianara Soejima charges through the Fiji defense on day one of the HSBC Los Angeles Sevens at Dignity Health Sports Park on 25 February 2023 in Los Angeles, United States.

Pool C

• Fiji
• Great Britain
• Uruguay
• Kenya

Pool D

• Australia
• Ireland
• Canada
• Chile

The Men’s Vancouver 7s fixtures and results will be published here.

Women’s Pools – Vancouver Sevens 2023

NZ is leading the Women’s Series too and is in Pool A with Fiji, GB and Colombia who are the invitational team for the Canada Sevens.

Should the New Zealand’s women’s team reach the cup finals, they will be the second nation to officially qualify for Paris 2024 – after France qualifies as the hosts.

Black Ferns women’s captain Sarah Goss said: “I have only seen that (New Zealand can qualify for Paris 2024) in the media and we haven’t actually talked about that as a team. We’re just trying to get better and better as the tournament goes along and we’re very happy with how we’re sitting but we probably won’t be too happy unless we continue that momentum we’ve already built.”

Japan is in Pool B with defending champions Australia, France and Spain.

Pool A

• New Zealand
• Fiji
• Great Britain
• Colombia

Pool B

• Australia
• France
• Japan
• Spain

Pool C

• USA
• Ireland
• Canada
• Brazil

The Women’s Vancouver 7s fixtures and results will be published here.

How to watch the Canada Vancouver Sevens Rugby?

The sevens are live-streamed on World Rugby digital platforms including www.world.rugby, YouTube and Facebook in countries where there is no national broadcaster covering the event.

Sevens Rugby News 2023

• Results from LA Sevens 2023.
• HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens 2023.
• 2023 Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens Tickets.
• Borneo Sevens 2023 Teams.