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Win Hong Kong Sevens Tickets

Win Sevens Tickets

The world’s greatest social sporting event happens at the end of March every year in our own backyard. Turning 40 this year, the Hong Kong Sevens has transformed rugby on a global level since its inception. The rugby is exhilarating, the atmosphere amazing – come join the fun.

Thanks to the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union, bc magazine has two 3-day tickets to give away to the 40th Anniversary Sevens. Entry is simple, use the entry form below, answer the devilishly hard question: Where does the HK Sevens take place? and follow bc magazine on Facebook and bcmagazinehk on Twitter.

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Entries close at midnight on the 22 March, 2015. Only the two winners will be contacted. By entering this game of skill, you agree to abide by Terms and Conditions of the competition.  

HK Sevens 2015 Official Draw

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The draw for the 40th Anniversary HK Sevens and the 18th Women’s Sevens took place in Lan Kwai Fong
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Rugby Week 2015

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As the HK Sevens turns 40, the Women’s Sevens are 18 and finally legal – here are the dates for your diary this March for what promises to be a fantastic week of sport and fun.

The Hong Kong Beach 5s
When: 21-22 March, 2015
Where: Repulse Bay Beach
How much: Free
More info: www.hkbeach5s.com

Kowloon Fest
When: 25 March, 2015
Where: Kings Park
How much: Free
More info: www.rugbyfest.org
Contact: [email protected]

Hong Kong Tens
When: 25-26 March, 2015
Where: Hong Kong Football Club
How much: tbc
More info: www.hongkongtens.com

Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens
When: 26-27 March, 2015
Where: 26-Kings Park, 27-HK Football Club, Final-HK Stadium
How much: Free
More info: www.facebook.com/hkwr.sevens

Hong Kong 7s
When: 27-29 March, 2015
Where: HK Stadium
How much: $1800 (sold out)
More info: www.hksevens.com

Hong Kong Sevens 2015 – Teams Announced

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As the Sevens turns 40, the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union (HKRFU) have announced details of the format and participating teams at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens. 2015 which takes place from March 27-29 at the Hong Kong Stadium.

The defending champions New Zealand will be joined by the other 14 core teams on the Sevens World Series: Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, United States of America and Wales.

The sixteenth team invited by World Rugby to round out the SWS core competition is Belgium who will be making their first appearance in Hong Kong. They become the 57th nation to have participated at the Sevens since the tournament’s inception in 1976.

As last year, a 12-team qualifying competition will accompany the core team action at the Hong Kong Stadium. The 12 teams, comprising two teams from each of World Rugby’s six regions, will be battling for the sole spot available for promotion to the Sevens World Series in the 2015/2016 season. The winner of the qualifier will replace the bottom placed team on the HSBC Sevens World Series after the completion of the final event on this year’s Series at Twickenham in May.

The twelve confirmed teams for the qualifier tournament are Russia and Spain from Europe, Papua New Guinea and Tonga from Oceania, Zimbabwe and Tunisia from Africa, Mexico and Guyana from the Americas and Uruguay and Brazil from South America.

Hong Kong as champions of the Asian Rugby Football Union’s regional sevens series in 2014, will be joined by South Korea as Asia’s representatives in the qualifier competition. 2013 Asian sevens champions Japan were victorious in last year’s international qualifier and are participating in the core Sevens World Series this season.

The official tournament draw for all 28 participating teams will be held in Hong Kong on February 16, 2015.

This year, Friday will see two rounds of the qualification pool matches played alongside the opening pool matches of the SWS core competition (one match per core team). Gates will be opened one hour earlier at 11am with the first kick-off at 1pm and matches finishing at 9pm.

Saturday sees the world’s best rugby sevens action taking place from 7am (first kick off at 9am) until 7:30pm while Sunday’s match action will kick off at 9:30am (gates open 7am).

Additional reporting HKRFU