After two years of cancelled rugby, South Africans are excited to hear that the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 will be back in Cape Town just two months after hosting the Sevens World Cup.
Cape Town, South Africa (01 June 2022) – World Rugby has announced the dates and places for the HSBC Sevens tournament, and Cape Town is one of them!
This year the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 starts on the 4th of November 2022 in Hong Kong. The events to follow will be split between eleven tournaments with mixes of men’s and women’s events.
Cape Town, South Africa, will play host from the 9th to the 11th of December at the DHL Stadium, just two months after hosting the Sevens World Cup in September 2022. All teams competing in the series have a chance to earn their place in the Olympic events for 2024. Olympic qualification will be achieved by the top four women’s and men’s teams.
“Fans around the world can mark their calendars and look ahead with excitement and certainty to a Series which promises to be highly competitive and intense from the start to finish with Paris 2024 Olympic qualification on offer for the top four women’s and men’s teams in the 2023 Series standings.” – Alan Gilpin, World Rugby Chief Executive
Capetonians are excited that the event will be returning to the city just months after the world cup and the Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, shared hope that the event will be able to take place with a stadium at full capacity.
“I was excited to see World Rugby’s announcement yesterday that the HSBC Sevens tournament will return to Cape Town after a two-year hiatus. The tournament will be played on the weekend of 9 to11 December and will see Cape Town’s own DHL Stadium playing host to the world’s best male and female sevens rugby players.
It is fantastic to see renowned international events such as this return to the Mother City. Not only is the economic boost that results from events like this crucial for our post-Covid economic recovery, but this also reinforces Cape Town’s status as an international events destination.
We repeat our call on national government to drop all remaining capacity limits and allow full stadiums for large sporting events like this.
Cape Town is ready to welcome all players and fans to our shores for a sports-, fun-, and entertainment-filled summer.” – Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis
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