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Rugby Union at the Olympic Games (defunct)

		Gold	Final	Silver	Bronze
1900, Oct 14+28	Paris FRA	USFSA FRA	---	Moseley Wanders RFC GBR SC 1880 Frankfurt GER	---
1904 - 1906	not in program
1908, Oct 26	London GBR	ANZ	32:3	Cornwall GBR	only two teams
1912	not in program
1920, Sep 05	Antwerpen BEL	USA	8:0	FRA	only two teams
1924, May 04-15	Paris FRA	USA	---	FRA	ROU

1908: ANZ = Australasia (combined team of Australia and New Zealand at the 1908 Olympics), the rugby team was represented by Australia alone

Sevens Rugby at the Olympic Games

After 92 years break (Sevens) Rugby was included again.

31.	2016, Aug 06 - 11	Rio de Janeiro BRA
32.	2021, Jul 26 - 31	Tokyo JPN

2021: The IOC postponed the Olympic Games to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rugby was originally scheduled on 2020, Jul 27 - Aug 01.

Men

	Gold	Final	Silver	Bronze
2016	FIJ	43:7	GBR	RSA
2021	FIJ	27:12	NZL	ARG

Women

	Gold	Final	Silver	Bronze
2016	AUS	24:17	NZL	CAN
2021	NZL	26:12	FRA	FIJ

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Rugby World Cup (RWC)

		Champions	Final	Runners-Up	Third place
1987, May 22 - Jun 20	Auckland NZL	NZL	29:9	FRA	WAL
1991, Oct 03 - Nov 02	London ENG	AUS	12:6	ENG	NZL
1995, May 25 - Jun 24	Johannesburg RSA	RSA	15:12aet	NZL	FRA
1999, Oct 01 - Nov 06	Cardiff WAL	AUS	35:12	FRA	RSA
2003, Oct 10 - Nov 22	Sydney AUS	ENG	20:17aet	AUS	NZL
2007, Sep 07 - Oct 20	Saint-Denis FRA	RSA	15:6	ENG	ARG
2011, Sep 09 - Oct 23	Auckland NZL	NZL	8:7	FRA	AUS
2015, Sep 18 - Oct 31	London ENG	NZL	34:17	AUS	RSA
2019, Sep 20 - Nov 02	Yokohama JPN	RSA	32:12	ENG	NZL
2023, Sep 08 - Oct 28	Paris FRA	RSA	12:11	NZL	ENG

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Women′s Rugby World Cup (WRWC)

The 1998 Women′s Rugby World Cup was the first world cup fully sanctioned by the IRB.

		Champions	Final	Runners-Up	Third place
1991, Apr 06-14	Cardiff WAL	USA	19:6	ENG	FRA NZL
1994, Apr 11-24	Edinburgh SCO	ENG	38:23	USA	FRA
1998, May 01-16	Amsterdam NED	NZL	44:12	USA	ENG
2002, May 13-25	Barcelona ESP	NZL	19:9	ENG	FRA
2006, Aug 31 - Sep 17	Edmonton CAN	NZL	25:17	ENG	FRA
2010, Aug 20 - Sep 05	London ENG	NZL	13:10	ENG	AUS
2014, Aug 01-17	Paris FRA	ENG	21:9	CAN	FRA
2017, Aug 09-26	Belfast IRL	NZL	41:32	ENG	FRA
2022, Oct 08 - Nov 12	Auckland NZL	NZL	34:31	ENG	FRA

1991: Officially, third place was shared between FRA and NZL. However, a match between a French and a New Zealand XV did take place on April 14, France winning 3:0. It is clear from records held by the RFU Rugby Museum that game was not scheduled as part of the tournament and is not included in any official tournament records after the event.
2022: Originally planned on 2021, Sep 18 - Oct 16 but postponed by World rugby on 2021, Mar 02 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWC Sevens)

1.	1993, Apr 16-18	Edinburgh SCO
2.	1997, Mar 21-23	Hong Kong HKG
3.	2001, Jan 26-28	Mar del Plata ARG
4.	2005, Mar 18-20	Hong Kong HKG
5.	2009, Mar 05-07	Dubai UAE
6.	2013, Jun 28-30	Moskva RUS
7.	2018, Jul 20-22	San Francisco USA
8.	2022, Sep 09-11	Cape Town RSA

Men

	Champions	Final	Runners-Up	Third place
1993	ENG	21:17	AUS	---
1997	FIJ	24:21	RSA	---
2001	NZL	31:12	AUS	---
2005	FIJ	29:17	NZL	---
2009	WAL	19:12	ARG	---
2013	NZL	33:0	ENG	FIJ
2018	NZL	33:12	ENG	RSA
2022	FIJ	29:12	NZL	IRL

Women

Since 2009, a women′s tournament is included at the Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWC Sevens).

	Champions	Final	Runners-Up	Third place
2009	AUS	15:10	NZL	---
2013	NZL	29:12	CAN	USA
2018	NZL	29:0	FRA	AUS
2022	AUS	24:22	NZL	FRA

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Sevens World Series

The Sevens World Series is an annual series of international tournaments featuring national teams. Depending on their finishing position, the teams earn points accumulating over the complete series.

	Champions	Pts.	Runners-Up	Pts.	Third place	Pts.
1999/00	NZL	186	FIJ	180	AUS	118
2000/01	NZL	162	AUS	150	FIJ	124
2001/02	NZL	198	RSA	136	ENG	126
2002/03	NZL	112	ENG	108	FIJ	94
2003/04	NZL	128	ENG	122	ARG	98
2004/05	NZL	116	FIJ	88	ENG	86
2005/06	FIJ	144	ENG	122	RSA	110
2006/07	NZL	130	FIJ	128	SAM	122
2007/08	NZL	154	RSA	106	SAM	100
2008/09	RSA	132	FIJ	102	ENG	98
2009/10	SAM	164	NZL	149	AUS	122
2010/11	NZL	166	RSA	140	ENG	127
2011/12	NZL	167	FIJ	161	ENG	135
2012/13	NZL	173	RSA	132	FIJ	121
2013/14	NZL	180	RSA	152	FIJ	144
2014/15	FIJ	164	RSA	154	NZL	152
2015/16	FIJ	181	RSA	171	NZL	158
2016/17	RSA	192	ENG	164	FIJ	150
2017/18	RSA	182	FIJ	180	NZL	150
2018/19	FIJ	186	USA	177	NZL	162
2019/20	NZL	115	RSA	104	FIJ	83
2021	RSA	40	GBR	34	KEN	34
2021/22	AUS	126	RSA	124	FIJ	122
2022/23	NZL	200	ARG	179	FIJ	156

2019/20: In March 2020 suspended after six events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 30.06.2020 World Rugby canceled the remaining four events.
2021: Only two tournaments were played in Canada due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Women′s Sevens Challenge Cup (defunct)

		Champions	Final	Runners-Up	Third place
2011, Dec 02-03	Dubai UAE	CAN	26:7	ENG	AUS
2012, Mar 23-24	Hong Kong HKG	ENG	15:10	ENG	---
2012, May 12-13	London ENG	ENG	34:7	NED	CAN

The Women′s Sevens World Series replaced it.

Women′s Sevens World Series

The Women′s Sevens World Series is an annual series of international tournaments featuring national teams. Depending on their finishing position, the teams earn points accumulating over the complete series.
It is the successor of the Women′s Sevens Challenge Cup.

	Champions	Pts.	Runners-Up	Pts.	Third place	Pts.
2012/13	NZL	74	ENG	60	CAN	52
2013/14	NZL	96	AUS	92	CAN	80
2014/15	NZL	108	CAN	96	AUS	94
2015/16	AUS	94	NZL	80	CAN	74
2016/17	NZL	116	AUS	100	CAN	98
2017/18	AUS	92	NZL	90	FRA	68
2018/19	NZL	110	USA	100	CAN	94
2019/20	NZL	96	AUS	80	CAN	80
2020/21	The series was cancelled on Sep 11 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021/22	AUS	80	FRA	60	FIJ	60
2022/23	NZL	138	AUS	118	USA	108

2019/20. In March 2020 suspended after five events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 30.06.2020 World Rugby canceled the remaining three events.

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Men′s Sevens Rugby at the World Games (defunct)

The International World Games Association (IWGA, founded in 1981) organizes the World Games every 4 years. Thus, an International Sports Federation (IF) can become a member of the IWGA; it must satisfy two essential conditions:
The IF must be a member of GAISF (the umbrella organisation for all (Olympic and non-Olympic) international sports federations), and their sport does not belong to the current Olympic program.
Since 1989, the World Games are under the special patronage of the IOC.

		Gold	Final	Silver	Bronze
2001, Aug 25-26	Aikta JPN	FIJ	35:19	AUS	NZL
2005, Jul 22-23	Duisburg GER	FIJ	31:26	RSA	ARG
2009, Jul 24-25	Kaohsiung TPE	FIJ	43:10	POR	RSA
2013, Aug 01-02	Cali COL	RSA	33:24	ARG	CAN

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Under 21 World Championship (defunct)

		Champions	Final	Runners-Up	Third place
2002, Jun 12-28	Johannesburg RSA	RSA	24:21	AUS	NZL
2003, Jun 13-29	Oxford ENG	NZL	21:10	AUS	ARG
2004, Jun 11-27	Glasgow SCO	NZL	47:19	IRL	RSA
2005, Jun 09-25	Mendoza ARG	RSA	20:15	AUS	NZL
2006, Jun 09-25	Clermont-Ferrand FRA	FRA	24:13	RSA	NZL

The Junior World Championship replaced it.

Under 19 World Championship (defunct)

Originally a FIRA competition (and thus also limited to their members) it was transformed to a joint IRB/FIRA-AER Under 19 World Championship in 1992, eventually becoming the IRB Under 19 World Cup in 2004.
In 1995, the teams were placed into A to D tier divisions with promotion and relegation between them. 1999, reduced to two divisions A and B. The Junior World Championship replaced it.

		Champions	Final	Runners-Up	Third place
Junior World Rugby Championship (U20)
1969, Apr 02-06	Barcelona ESP	FRA	31:0	MAR	ROU
1970, Mar 25-29	Vichy FRA	FRA	26:6	ESP	ITA
1971, Apr 07-11	Casablanca MAR	FRA	27:0	ITA	ROU
1972, Mar 29 - Apr 02	Roma ITA	ROU	17:11	ESP	FRA
1973, Apr 18-22	București ROU	ROU	16:11	FRA	ESP
1974, Apr 11-15	Heidelberg FRG	FRA	29:6	ROU	ESP
1975, Mar 26-30	Madrid ESP	FRA	37:3	ROU	ESP
1976, Apr 18-25	Albi FRA	FRA	20:12	ROU	ESP
1977, Apr 06-10	Hilversum NED	FRA	32:3	ITA	POR
1978, Mar 22-26	Salsomaggiore Terme ITA	FRA	33:0	ITA	URS
1979, Apr 11-15	Lisboa POR	FRA	21:4	URS	ITA
1980, Apr 02-06	Tunis TUN	FRA	14:0	ITA	ESP
1981, Apr 15-19	Madrid ESP	FRA	48:0	ESP	ITA
1982, Apr 06-12	Genève SUI	FRA	33:0	ITA	ESP
1983, Mar 29 - Apr 03	Casablanca MAR	FRA	15:3	ITA	ESP
1984, Apr 18-22	Warszawa POL	ITA	---	FRA	ESP
1985, Apr 01-07	Bruxelles BEL	FRA	8:4	ITA	ROU
1986, Mar 24-30	București ROU	FRA	34:3	ITA	ROU
1987, Apr 13-19	Berlin FRG	ARG	15:14	FRA	URS
1988, Mar 28 - Apr 03	Makarska YUG	FRA	34:19	URS	ITA
1989, Mar 20-26	Lisboa POR	ARG	42:12	URS	FRA
1990, Apr 09-15	Treviso ITA	ARG	19:17	FRA	ITA
1991, Mar 24-31	Toulouse FRA	ARG	10:7	FRA	ITA
IRB/FIRA Under 20 World Championship
1992, Apr 12-19	Madrid ESP	FRA	22:18	ARG	ITA
1993, Apr 07-11	Lille FRA	ARG	31:29	FRA	ITA
1994, Mar 29 - Apr 03	Lyon FRA	RSA	41:18	ITA	FRA
1995, Apr 10-16	București ROU	FRA	27:12	ARG	RSA
1996, Mar 30 - Apr 07	Calvisano ITA	ARG	34:7	WAL	ROU
1997, Mar 22-30	Buenos Aires ARG	ARG	18:12	FRA	WAL
1998, Apr 04-12	Toulouse FRA	IRL	18:0	FRA	ARG
1999, Mar 26 - Apr 04	Newport WAL	NZL	25:0	WAL	RSA
IRB/UER Under 20 World Championship
2000, Apr 13-23	Dijon FRA	FRA	14:0	AUS	NZL
IRB/FIRA-AER Under 20 World Championship
2001, Apr 05-16	Santiago CHI	NZL	36:23	FRA	AUS
IRB/FIRA-AER Under 19 World Championship
2002, Mar 21-30	Treviso ITA	NZL	71:18	FRA	RSA
2003, Apr 09-20	Bondoufle FRA	RSA	22:18	NZL	FRA
IRB Under 19 World Cup
2004, Mar 27 - Apr 12	Durban RSA	NZL	34:11	FRA	RSA
2005, Apr 01-17	Durban RSA	RSA	20:15	NZL	AUS
2006, Apr 05-21	Dubai UAE	AUS	17:13	NZL	ENG
2007, Apr 04-21	Belfast IRL	NZL	31:7	RSA	AUS

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World Rugby Under 20 Championship

The IRB decided to fold its under-19 and under-21 world championships into a two-tiered under-20 tournament structure starting in 2008. The top tier, the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, feature up to 16 teams, while eight teams compete in the second-tier World Rugby Under 20 Trophy (2008 - 2014 IRB Junior World Trophy - JWRT).

		Champions	Final	Runners-Up	Third place
IRB Junior World Championship (JWC)
2008, Jun 06-22	Swansea WAL	NZL	38:3	ENG	RSA
2009, Jun 05-21	Tokyo JPN	NZL	44:28	ENG	RSA
2010, Jun 05-21	Rosario ARG	NZL	62:17	AUS	RSA
2011, Jun 10-26	Padova ITA	NZL	33:22	ENG	AUS
2012, Jun 04-22	Newlands RSA	RSA	22:16	NZL	WAL
2013, Jun 05-23	Vannes FRA	ENG	23:15	WAL	RSA
2014, Jun 02-20	Auckland NZL	ENG	21:20	RSA	NZL
World Rugby Under 20 Championship
2015, Jun 02-20	Cremona ITA	NZL	21:16	ENG	RSA
2016, Jun 07-25	Salford ENG	ENG	45:21	IRL	ARG
2017, May 31 - Jun 18	Tbilisi GEO	NZL	64:17	ENG	RSA
2018, May 30 - Jun 17	Béziers FRA	FRA	33:25	ENG	RSA
2019, Jun 04-22	Rosario ARG	FRA	24:23	AUS	RSA
2020, Jun 28 - Jul 18	ITA	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Mar 20
2021 - 2022		not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023, Jun 24 - Jul 14	Athlone RSA	FRA	50:14	IRL	RSA

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Sevens Rugby at Youth Olympic Games

2.	2014, Aug 17-20	Nanjing CHN
3.	2018, Oct 13-15	Buenos Aires ARG

Boys

	Gold	Final	Silver	Bronze
2014	FRA	42:22	ARG	FIJ
2018	ARG	24:14	FRA	JPN

Girls

	Gold	Final	Silver	Bronze
2014	AUS	38:10	CAN	CHN
2018	NZL	15:12	FRA	CAN

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Last modified: 07.12.2023