Rugby World Cup Sevens Winners List: Melrose Cup champions | History
The Rugby World Cup Sevens is the premier international rugby sevens tournament outside the Olympic Games. The competition is contested every four years, with tournaments for men's and women's national teams co-hosted at the same venues. It is organized by World Rugby, the sport's governing body.
The first tournament was held in Murray field in 1993 and took place every four years up to 2013. The tournament was then moved to 2018 to fit in the middle of the Olympic cycle and will continue on a four-year cycle.
All Blacks: New Zealand Fiji are the most successfull teams in the Men's Rugby World Cup Sevens history, Both teams has won the Most RWC7s titles & Awarded the Melrose Cup to the Men's Rugby 7s World Champions Three-Times each, followed and England and Wales have won the tournament one time each, while Argentina, Australia, and South Africa reached in the tournament finals but still without winning the title.
Australia has won the Inaugural women's Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in 2009 along with the Most recent tournament 2022 won by Australian women's in South Africa, while New Zealand also won two straight tournaments in 2013 and 2018.
The men’s rugby 7s consists of 24 teams divided into six pools of four with the pool winners and two best runners-up progressing to the quarter-finals.
The women’s rugby 7s contains 16 teams in four pools of four with the top two in each pool progressing to the quarter-finals.
New Zealand is the previous men's and women's world champions of Rugby World Cup Sevens (7s) having won both tournaments in 2018.
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Men's Rugby World Cup Sevens Winners List, History from 1993-2022.
1993 - Scotland -- England 21 – 17 Australia
1997 - Hong Kong -- Fiji 24 – 21 South Africa
2001 - Argentina -- New Zealand 31 – 12 Australia
2005 - Hong Kong -- Fiji 29 – 19 New Zealand
2009 - Dubai, UAE -- Wales 19 – 12 Argentina
2013 - Moscow, Russia -- New Zealand 33 – 0 England
2018 - San Francisco, USA -- New Zealand 33 – 12 England
2022 - Cape Town, South Africa -- Fiji 29 – 12 New Zealand
2026 -- TBD -- TBD
Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens Winners List, History from 2009-2022
2009 - UAE -- Australia 15 – 10 New Zealand
2013 - Moscow, Russia -- New Zealand 29 – 12 Canada
2018 - San Francisco, USA -- New Zealand 29 - 0 France
2022 - Cape Town, South Africa -- Australia 24 – 22 New Zealand
2026 -- TBD -- TBD
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