France and Australia crowned HSBC SVNS 2024 Champions

At the end of the most drama-filled, high stakes rugby sevens event in history, France men and Australia women were crowned HSBC SVNS 2024 Champions at the inaugural Grand Final in Madrid.

France beat Argentina 19-5 in a pulsating men’s final, with Fiji winning bronze

Australia overcome France 26-7 to claim women’s gold, while New Zealand take bronze

USA, Kenya, Uruguay and Spain secure men’s HSBC SVNS 2025 status with Play Off victories

China, Spain, Japan and Brazil earn places on women’s HSBC SVNS 2025 with Qualifier wins

France’s Antoine Dupont and Canada’s Carissa Norsten win SVNS 2024 ‘Rookie of the Year’ awards, while Ireland’s Terry Kennedy and Australia’s Maddison Levi are top try scorers

World Rugby Chief Executive Alan Gilpin said: “HSBC SVNS 2024 has surely been the most high quality and hotly contested season in history. Today’s inaugural Grand Final in Madrid showcased the very best of rugby sevens with more excitement, jeopardy and entertainment than ever before on a single day of sevens.

“Congratulations to SVNS Champions Australia and France and to all the eight teams that secured their status on HSBC SVNS 2025 with victory in the Play Off finals today. Our thanks and gratitude to our excellent hosts in Madrid, and to our title partner HSBC for their unwavering support.

“We now look forward to what promises to be a blockbuster Olympic Games for rugby sevens, with just 52 days to go until our sport has the honour of kicking off the Games on 24 July, two days ahead of the Opening Ceremony, in a packed Stade de France, which will no doubt have an electrifying atmosphere to welcome some of the fittest, fastest, strongest and most skilful athletes in the world.”

The twelfth and final men’s and women’s spot in the Olympic Games will be decided at the Olympic Repechage in Monaco on 21-23 June, before all attention turns to the Olympic Games in Paris.