2023 Sevens Challenger Series – April 28-30

South Africa took one step closer towards promotion by winning the opening tournament of the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2023 last Saturday at Markötter Stadium.

Opening tournament winners South Africa women will be looking to go for back-to-back gold and receive the coveted qualification to the Sevens World Series in 2024. They headline Pool D and are joined by Thailand, Madagascar and Paraguay.

First round finalists Belgium have been drawn against Czechia, Colombia and Papua New Guinea in Pool E, while Pool F features China, Poland, Hong Kong China and Mexico.

Watch the tournament on the World Rugby Youtube.

Pools

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

South AfricaBelgiumChina
ThailandCzechiaPoland
MadagascarColombiaHong Kong
ParaguayPapua New GuineaMexico

Schedule & Results

Date

Time (CST)

Team 1

Score

Team 2

Score

Event

April 282:00 AMPoland17Hong Kong17Pool Play
April 282:00 AMCzechia24Colombia17Pool Play
April 282:22 AMChina43Mexico7Pool Play
April 282:22 AMBelgium43Papua New Guinea0Pool Play
April 284:22 AMThailand19Madagascar7Pool Play
April 284:44 AMSouth Africa29Paraguay0Pool Play
April 285:16 AMCzechia15Papua New Guinea10Pool Play
April 285:16 AMPoland39Mexico7Pool Play
April 285:38 AMBelgium12Colombia5Pool Play
April 285:38 AMChina29Hong Kong0Pool Play
April 287:19 AMThailand12Paraguay26Pool Play
April 287:46 AMSouth Africa19Madagascar5Pool Play
April 292:00 AMHong Kong19Mexico7Pool Play
April 292:00 AMColombia19
Papua New Guinea
7Pool Play
April 292:22 AMChina24Poland7Pool Play
April 292:22 AMMadagascar12Paraguay7Pool Play
April 294:10 AMBelgium19Czechia5Pool Play
April 294:32 AMSouth Africa38Thailand0Pool Play
April 296:54 AMBelgium40Hong Kong59/10th QFs
April 297:16 AMChina39Paraguay09/10th QFs
April 297:38 AMMadagascar24Mexico0Cup QFs
April 297:38 AMCzechia17Poland5Cup QFs
April 298:00 AMThailand34Papua New Guinea0Cup QFs
April 298:00 AMSouth Africa31Colombia0Cup QFs
April 302:00 AMHong Kong12Paraguay57th/8th SFs
April 302:22 AMPoland14Colombia127th/8th SFs
April 302:54 AMBelgium22China55th/6th SFs
April 302:54 AMMexico10Paraguay245th/6th SFs
April 303:16 AMCzechia0South Africa24Cup SFs
April 303:16 AMMadagascar14Thailand22Cup SFs
April 304:52 AMHong Kong10Poland247th/8th
April 304:52 AMParaguay0Colombia245th/6th
April 305:46 AMChina31Czechia15Bronze Final
April 306:33 AMBelgium14South Africa17Cup Final

Past Results

  • 2022
  • 2021 – cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • 2020 – cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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