World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series


The World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby that includes men's and women's events. Sponsored by banking group HSBC, it is the second tier of competition below the World Rugby Sevens Series. Teams on the respective men's and women's tours of the Challenger Series compete for promotion to the first tier as a core team.
The inaugural men's tour for the Challenger Series in 2020 featured events in Chile and Uruguay. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby postponed the final event in Hong Kong until October 2020.
The women's tournament for the Challenger Series in the 2020 season was announced as a stand alone event hosted in South Africa. On 13 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby postponed the Challenger Series women's event without rescheduling a future date.

Teams

There are 16 teams on the men's tour for the 2020 Challenge Series, and 12 teams competing in the women's tournament at Stellenbosch.

Men's teams

Women's teams

Seasons

2020

Men's tour

The first season of the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series will be over three events. Two events in South America and a final play-off style event alongside the Hong Kong Sevens, which will consist of only the eight highest placed-teams from the previous two events.

Women's tour