London Sevens

The London Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Twickenham Stadium in London each year. It is part of the IRB Sevens World Series, and since the 2011–12 series has been the last tournament of each season. The current titleholders are Fiji, who beat Samoa in the final at Twickenham on 13 May 2012.

Beginning with the 2013 edition, the event will not only be the final event in the series, but will also incorporate the new World Series Core Team Qualifier. In IRB Sevens terminology, "core teams" are those that are guaranteed a place in all series events in a given season. Unlike all other series events, the London Sevens will have 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 will involve 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 will become core teams for the next season.