The World Schools Festival 2023 is returning to Thailand from 12-17 December the organisers have confirmed, and they want to expand the youth tournament with more teams and divisions.
Updated December 11 2023
The first World Schools Festival (WSF) to be held at the Pattana Sports Resort in Thailand in 2022 ran from 11-18 December and featured 8 Boys teams in the Cup competition, with two additional Open Teams.
What Schools Categories Are There – WSF 2023
The first edition in 2022 had some late changes but with a longer lead-in and preparation, and fewer pandemic complications, WSF 2023 is hoping to expand the tournament.
“We are planning to go bigger and even better in 2023 and adding 3 new 8-team competition categories for U18s men and women to compete. These new competitions will be added to the WSF week, alongside the Cup competition, and ensure more opportunities for schools and teams to participate.”
(These below were the target number of entries)
- Boys Schools Champions Cup – 8 Schools – Invite only by WSF
- Boys Schools Conference – 8 Schools – open to any school
- Boys Open – 8 teams – open to any academy, club or invitational team
- Girls Tens – 8 teams – open to any school, team or club
Image Credit: WSF
What Schools Are Playing – World Schools Festival 2023
The organisers announced this week that the first school for the Cup had been confirmed “We are delighted to announce our first Cup participants for this year’s World Schools Festival – Welcome back Cardiff and Vale, representing the great rugby nation of Wales! Stay tuned for more announcements.”
Confirmed Boys Teams – Champions Cup
- Cardiff and Vale (Wales)
- Hartpury College Boys
- St Michael’s College (Ireland)
- EG Jansen (South Africa)
- Westlake Boys (New Zealand)
- Oakdale Landbou (South Africa)
- Eton College (England)
- Rugby Travel
Confirmed Boys Open Teams
- Odyssey Spartans
- Odyssey Knights
- Dubai Tigers (UAE)
- Rugby Travel Academy Barbarians (South Africa)
- Southern Legion
- Rugby Travel Academy Barbarians (International)
USA Steelers had been announced but do not appear on the scheduled fixture list*
Confirmed Girls 7s Teams
- Hartpury College Girls Oaks
- Hartpury College Girls Acorns
- Malaysian NRDP Girls *
- Mabyangporn Wittayakhon
- Omnoi
- Odyssey
- Thai Invitational
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