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[[File:IRB London World Seven Series.jpg|thumb|[[England national rugby sevens team|England]] playing [[Spain national rugby sevens team|Spain]] at the 2008 London Sevens,]]
The '''London Sevens''' is an annual [[rugby sevens]] tournament held at [[Twickenham Stadium]] in [[London]]. It is part of the [[World Rugby Sevens Series]]. 
London was added to the World Series for the first time in 2001.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XamlBAAAQBAJ&dq=london+added+to+the+2000-01+irb+sevens+series&pg=PT198 "Twickenham: The Home of England Rugby"], Phil McGowan, Amberley Publishing, 2014.</ref> For many years the London Sevens was the last tournament of each season but the [[France Sevens|Paris Sevens]] became the last stop on the calendar in [[2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series|2018]]. 
The current titleholder of the London Sevens are Australia, who beat New Zealand in the 2022 final.

The London Sevens is one of the more popular stops on the World Series. The 2011 London Sevens set a single-day attendance record of over 54,000 fans, surpassing the attendance record set by the Dubai Sevens.<ref>[http://www.allblacks.com/News/16270/london-sevens-break-single-day-attendance-record "London Sevens break single day attendance record"], All Blacks, 23 May 2011.</ref> The tournament has also drawn over 100,000 fans over the course of the weekend, making it one of the largest attended recurring events on the Twickenham stadium calendar. <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XamlBAAAQBAJ&dq=london+added+to+the+2000-01+irb+sevens+series&pg=PT198 "Twickenham: The Home of England Rugby"], Phil McGowan, Amberley Publishing, 2014.</ref>

==2013 qualifier==
Uniquely, the 2013 edition was not only the final event in the series, but also incorporated the World Series Core Team Qualifier. In Sevens Series terminology, "core teams" are those that are guaranteed a place in all series events in a given season. Unlike all other series events, the 2013 London Sevens had only 12 teams competing for series points, namely the top 12 core teams on the season points table following the  season's penultimate tournament, the [[Scotland Sevens]]. The Core Team Qualifier involved eight teams—the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series; four teams advancing from the World Series Pre-Qualifier, held as part of the [[Hong Kong Sevens]]; and the three core teams at the bottom of the season table after the Scotland Sevens. The top three teams at the end of the Core Team Qualifier became core teams for the next season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/qualifying.html |title=HSBC World Sevens Series: Series Qualifying |publisher=[[World Rugby|International Rugby Board]] |accessdate=16 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002024459/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/qualifying.html |archive-date=2 October 2012 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

[[World Rugby]], then known as the International Rugby Board, chose to change its core team qualifying process in advance of the 2013–14 series, reducing the number of promotion/relegation places from three to one, and also using only the Hong Kong Sevens for the core team qualifier. Accordingly, the London Sevens returned to its traditional 16-team format from 2014 forward.

==Results by year==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!{{pad|2.4em}}Venue{{pad|2.4em}}
!colspan=3|Cup final
!colspan=3|Placings
|- bgcolor=lightgrey style="line-height:9px; font-size:85%; padding:0px;"
|colspan=2 style="font-weight:bold;" |
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Winner
|width=8%  style="font-weight:bold;" | Score
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Runner-up
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Plate
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Bowl
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Shield

|-
| [[2001 London Sevens|2001]]
| [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]]
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| 19–12
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| {{ru7-big|WAL}}
| –
|-
| [[2002 London Sevens|2002]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| 54–14
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| {{ru7-big|FRA}}
| {{ru7-big|GEO}}
|-
| [[2003 London Sevens|2003]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|ENG}}
| 31–24
|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
|{{ru7-big|SAM}}
|{{ru7-big|ARG}}
|-
| [[2004 London Sevens|2004]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|ENG}}
| 22–19
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| {{ru7-big|FRA}}
| {{ru7-big|POR}}
|-
| [[2005 London Sevens|2005]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| 21–12
| {{ru7-big|ENG}}
| {{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| {{ru7-big|SAM}}
| {{ru7-big|CAN}}
|-
| [[2006 London Sevens|2006]]
| Twickenham
|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| 54–14
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
|{{ru7-big|POR}}
|{{ru7-big|ITA}}
|-
| [[2007 London Sevens|2007]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| 29–7
|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| {{ru7-big|ENG}}
|{{ru7-big|KEN}}
|-
| [[2008 London Sevens|2008]]
| Twickenham
|{{ru7-big|SAM}}
| 19–14
|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| {{ru7-big|ESP}}
|-
| [[2009 London Sevens|2009]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|ENG}}
| 26–7
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}
|{{ru7-big|KEN}}
| {{ru7-big|CAN}}
|-
| [[2010 London Sevens|2010]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| 19–14
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| {{ru7-big|CAN}}
|{{ru7-big|KEN}}
|-
| [[2011 London Sevens|2011]] 
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| 24–14
|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}
|{{ru7-big|SAM}}
|{{ru7-big|SCO}}
| {{ru7-big|ENG}}
|-
| [[2012 London Sevens|2012]]
| Twickenham
|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| 38–15
| {{ru7-big|SAM}}
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| {{ru7-big|WAL}}
|-
| [[2013 London Sevens|2013]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| 47–12
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| {{ru7-big|ENG}}
|{{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| {{ru7-big|WAL}}
|-
| [[2014 London Sevens|2014]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| 52–33
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| {{ru7-big|CAN}}
| {{ru7-big|USA}}
|-
| [[2015 London Sevens|2015]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|USA}}
| 45–22
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| {{ru7-big|KEN}}
| {{ru7-big|JPN}}
|-
| [[2016 London Sevens|2016]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|SCO}}
| 27–26
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| {{ru7-big|WAL}}
| {{ru7-big|KEN}}

|- bgcolor=lightgrey style="line-height:9px; font-size:85%; padding:0px;"
|colspan=2 style="font-weight:bold;" |
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Winner
|width=8%  style="font-weight:bold;" | Score
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Runner-up
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Third
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Fourth
|width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Fifth
|-
| [[2017 London Sevens|2017]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|SCO}}
| 12–7
| {{ru7-big|ENG}}
| {{ru7-big|CAN}}
| {{ru7-big|USA}}
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
|-
| [[2018 London Sevens|2018]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| 21–17
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
| {{ru7-big|IRE}}
| {{ru7-big|ENG}}
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
|-
| [[2019 London Sevens|2019]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| 43–7
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| {{ru7-big|USA}}
| {{ru7-big|FRA}}
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
|-
| colspan=100%| ''World Series tournaments planned for London were cancelled in 2020{{hsp}}<ref>{{cite web |title=HSBC London Sevens cancelled |url=https://www.twickenhamstadium.com/news/match-days/hsbc-london-sevens-cancelled |website=Twickenham Stadium |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918080722/https://www.twickenhamstadium.com/news/match-days/hsbc-london-sevens-cancelled |archive-date=18 September 2020 |date=30 June 2020}}</ref> and 2021,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Terry |title=Rugby sevens world tour coming to Commonwealth Stadium |url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/other-sports/jones-rugby-sevens-world-tour-coming-to-commonwealth-stadium |work=The Edmonton Sun |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210911115411/https://edmontonsun.com/sports/other-sports/jones-rugby-sevens-world-tour-coming-to-commonwealth-stadium |archive-date=11 September 2021 |date=9 July 2021}}</ref> due to [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports#Rugby union|impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic]].''
|-
| [[2022 London Sevens|2022]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|AUS}}
| {{su|a=r|w=1em|lh=1.5em|p=19–14|b=<sup>([[Extra time#Rugby_sevens|a.e.t.]])</sup>}}
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| {{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| {{ru7-big|SAM}}
| {{ru7-big|RSA}}
|-
| [[2023 London Sevens|2023]]
| Twickenham
| {{ru7-big|ARG}}
| 35–14
| {{ru7-big|FIJ}}
| {{ru7-big|SAM}}
| {{ru7-big|NZL}}
| {{ru7-big|FRA}}
|}

==Multiple winners==
The teams that have won the tournament, as part of the World Rugby Sevens Series, on multiple occasions are: 

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team !! Titles !! Years 
|-
| New Zealand
|align=center| 5 || [[2001 London Sevens|2001]], [[2002 London Sevens|2002]], [[2007 London Sevens|2007]], [[2013 London Sevens|2013]], [[2014 London Sevens|2014]]
|-
| Fiji
|align=center| 4 || [[2006 London Sevens|2006]], [[2012 London Sevens|2012]], [[2018 London Sevens|2018]], [[2019 London Sevens|2019]] 
|-
| England
|align=center| 3 || [[2003 London Sevens|2003]], [[2004 London Sevens|2004]], [[2009 London Sevens|2009]]
|-
| Australia
|align=center| 2 || [[2010 London Sevens|2010]], [[2022 London Sevens|2022]]
|-
| Scotland
|align=center| 2 || [[2016 London Sevens|2016]], [[2017 London Sevens|2017]]
|-
| South Africa
|align=center| 2 || [[2005 London Sevens|2005]], [[2011 London Sevens|2011]]
|}

==See also==
* [[London Women's Sevens]] — This event was held in 2012, 2013, and 2015.

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100419021521/http://ur7s.com/tournaments/london7s London Sevens Profile on UR7s.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081119232628/http://www.londonsevens.co.uk/ London Sevens]
*{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060816052253/http://www.irbsevens.com/Schedule/London/Media+Centre/ London Sevens Media Centre from the IRB]}}
*{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20050608001637/http://www.irbsevens.com/Schedule/London/Squad+Details/ Squad Details]}}

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