France men and Australia women won the HSBC SVNS 2024 Champions in Madrid.
France beat Argentina 19-5 in the men’s final, with Fiji winning bronze over New Zealand.
Australia prevented a French double, overcoming France 26-7 thanks to a Maddison Levi treble, to claim women’s gold, while New Zealand won bronze beating Canada.
USA, Kenya, Uruguay and Spain secured men’s HSBC SVNS 2025 status with Play Off qualifications. While China, Spain, Japan and Brazil earn places on the women’s HSBC SVNS 2025 series.
Everyone will be weary of a resurgent Fiji, who beat New Zealand twice over the weekend, with the Olympics on the horizon. Rugby sevens kicks off the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in Stade de France on 24 July
Australian women were outstanding all weekend in Madrid, seeing off New Zealand 19-21 in a thrilling semi-final comeback.
The newly introduced promotion-relegation Play Off competition featured teams ranked ninth to twelfth in SVNS 2024 competing with the top four teams from the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024.
Samoa and Canada lost their places on the HSBC SVNS series as the USA and Spain retained their spots. Kenya and Uruguay will join them after wins over Germany and Chile respectively.
