2019 HSBC Canada Sevens rugby tournament in Vancouver

Rugby: 2022 Canada Sevens will move beforehand, scheduled for April

The exchange is due to "the current COVID-19 situations in British Columbia," the event organizers said.

As first suggested with the aid of Postmedia in advance this week, Rugby Canada confirmed Thursday that the famous annual match has been shifted again  months.

The 2022 event, a part of the World Rugby Sevens Series, will now take place April 16-17. It turned into firstly scheduled for Feb. 26-27.

The exchange is because of “the modern-day COVID-19 conditions in British Columbia,” the match organizers said in a press launch. And shifting the date again to April additionally offers them the first-class possibility to have a full crowd, a match source confirmed.

The Canada Women’s Sevens stay scheduled for April 30 and May 1 in Langford, near Victoria.

The last complete-ability Canada Sevens turned into in March 2020, days earlier than the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 changed into inflicting a worldwide pandemic. About 38,000 fanatics were in attendance for the 2020 match at B.C. Place Stadium.

Rugby Canada ran  Canada Sevens tournaments final September, in Vancouver and Edmonton. Those activities proved to be the best tournaments that World Rugby became in a position to pull off for the 2021 series and maximum of the predominant nations had been not able to participate.

“The annual HSBC Canada Sevens match is rated as one of the great rugby events within the world and is strongly supported by using rugby enthusiasts, sports activities enthusiasts and the community at big,” Jamie Levchuk, Rugby Canada’s managing director of commercial enterprise operations, stated in a assertion.

“The choice to reschedule is primarily based on the unfolding COVID-19 conditions in B.C., and has been made with attention for the health and welfare of players, enthusiasts, personnel and wider society. Should the COVID-19 pandemic hold as a protection concern for longer than anticipated, we are able to paintings with World Rugby and stakeholders to maintain the 2022 HSBC Canada Sevens at a time while the conditions are proper. We want to thank the tournaments’ fanatics and valued companions for their continued assist and expertise as we alter to ensure the protection and well-being of all.”

The new date for the Canada Sevens places them every week after the Singapore Sevens, however with the greater day received via visiting east throughout the global date line, the pairing is in reality alternatively friendly for player welfare.

The Los Angeles Sevens, originally scheduled for a week after the Canada Sevens on the primary weekend in March, were rescheduled by means of World Rugby as well. That event will now appear Aug. 27-28 and could serve as the 2021-22 season finale, taking area two weeks before the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. vancouver 7s tv stream

Tournament passes that have already been purchased continue to be valid and will robotically transfer to the brand new April dates. Passes for the brand new tournament dates are now to be had for purchase via Rugby.