SVNS World Championship semi-final pairings, results and standings

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The battle to become HSBC SVNS 2025 champions began in exciting fashion on day one of the World Championship in Los Angeles, while a large and vocal crowd at the venue for the Olympic Games LA28 rugby sevens competition also cheered the high stakes HSBC SVNS Play Off matches.

The HSBC SVNS World Championship features the eight top ranked men’s and women’s teams from HSBC SVNS 2025 competing in two pools of four teams each.

At the end of a thrilling first day of sevens action at Dignity Health Sports Park there were four teams left in the fight to take the titles as the semi-finals were decided.

Women’s Olympic champions New Zealand were in unstoppable form with a hat-trick of victories over Canada, Great Britain and Japan to seal top spot in pool A.

Olympic silver medallists Canada join the Black Ferns Sevens in the semi-finals where they will face reigning SVNS champions Australia who finished day one with a perfect win record after dispatching France, Fiji and the USA to lead pool B.

The hosts and Olympic bronze medallists recovered to beat Fiji and France and claim their place in the semi-finals where they will face New Zealand.

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It was tight at the top of men’s pool B as Spain, New Zealand and Australia tied on seven points each and it was Australia who narrowly missed out on the semi-finals due to an inferior points difference.

South Africa overcame Argentina 29-21 in the last match of the day to secure top spot in pool A as both teams reached the semi-finals.

Spain will face Argentina while New Zealand’s All Blacks Sevens will take on South Africa in what promise to be hotly contested semi-finals.

New Zealand women and Argentina men are aiming to back-up the HSBC SVNS 2025 League Winners titles they claimed in Singapore at the sixth and final regular season round in April.

May 4th Results:

Men’s – Championship:

• Pool Championship B (Pitch One):
  Spain 7s (ESP) 10 – 15 Australia 7s (AUS)

• Pool Championship B (Pitch One):
  Fiji 7s (FIJ) 12 – 17 New Zealand 7s (NZL)

• Pool Championship A (Pitch One):
  South Africa 7s (RSA) 19 – 10 France 7s (FRA)

• Pool Championship A (Pitch One):
  Argentina 7s (ARG) 33 – 26 Great Britain 7s (GBR)

Women’s – Championship:

• Pool Championship B (Pitch One):
  Australia 7s (AUS) 26 – 5 Fiji 7s (FIJ)

• Pool Championship A (Pitch One):
  South Africa 7s (RSA) 19 – 10 France 7s (FRA)

• Pool Championship A (Pitch One):
  Argentina 7s (ARG) 33 – 26 Great Britain 7s (GBR)

• Pool Championship A (Pitch One):
  Canada 7s (CAN) 26 – 0 Japan 7s (JPN)

• Pool Championship A (Pitch One):
  New Zealand 7s (NZL) 41 – 12 Great Britain 7s (GBR)

May 5th Matches:

Women’s – Championship:

• Pool Championship B (Pitch One):
  Australia 7s (AUS) 33 – 17 France 7s (FRA)

• Pool Championship B (Pitch One):
  USA 7s (USA) 31 – 19 Fiji 7s (FIJ)

• Pool Championship A (Pitch One):
  New Zealand 7s (NZL) 41 – 5 Canada 7s (CAN)

• Pool Championship A (Pitch One):
  Japan 7s (JPN) 7 – 34 Great Britain 7s (GBR)

• 5th Place Play-Off (Pitch One):
  France 7s (FRA) vs Australia 7s (AUS)

• 7th Place Play-Off (Pitch One):
  Japan 7s (JPN) vs France 7s (FRA)

• 5th Place Play-Off (Pitch One):
  Great Britain 7s (GBR) vs Fiji 7s (FIJ)

• Cup Semi Finals (Pitch One):
  Australia 7s (AUS) vs Canada 7s (CAN)

• Cup Semi Finals (Pitch One):
  New Zealand 7s (NZL) vs USA 7s (USA)

May 5th (Finals):

Women’s:

• 12:16 AM: Play-Off Final (Pitch One)

• 12:40 AM: Play-Off Final (Pitch One)

Men’s:

• 1:04 AM: Play-Off Final (Pitch One)

• 1:28 AM: Play-Off Final (Pitch One)

• 2:05 AM: 3rd Place Play-Off (Pitch One)

• 2:33 AM: 3rd Place Play-Off (Pitch One)

• 3:05 AM: Cup Final (Pitch One)

• 3:41 AM: Cup Final (Pitch One)