Canada national rugby sevens team explained

Country:	Canada
Union:	Rugby Canada
Emblem:	The Maple Leaf
Coach:	Sean White
Caps:	Nathan Hirayama (363)
Top Scorer:	Nathan Hirayama (1,859)
Most Tries:	Nathan Hirayama (147)
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Sevens:	yes
World Cup Apps:	8
Year:	1993
Best:	5th place, 2001

The Canada men’s national rugby sevens team competes at several international tournaments — the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games.

History

See main article: Rugby union in Canada.

Honours

2011 Pan American Games Gold medal
2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Plate Champions
2013 World Games Bronze medal
2015 Pan American Games Gold medal
2017 Singapore Sevens Cup Champions

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected to represent Canada during the 2023–24 SVNS tournament beginning in December 2023.

Note: Caps reflect the total number of SVNS events competed in as of the 2023 Dubai Sevens.

World Rugby Sevens Series

See main article: World Rugby Sevens Series. The principal competition in which the Canada national rugby sevens team regularly competes is the World Rugby Sevens Series. Canada is one of the core teams that plays in every Series tournament.

Results by season

width=70px	Season	width=55px	Rank	width=70px	Points	Tournaments	1st Cup	width=60px	2nd Silver	3rd Bronze	5th Plate	9th Bowl
1999–00	6th	60	10/10	0	-	Wellington	0	0
2000–01	8th	26	9/9	0	0	-	0	Shanghai
2001–02	12th	8	10/11	0	0	-	0	0
2002–03	12th	6	7/7	0	0	-	Hong Kong	Wellington
2003–04	9th	22	8/8	0	0	-	0	Dubai Hong Kong
2004–05	12th	2	7/7	0	0	-	0	USA
2005–06	12th	4	8/8	0	0	-	0	0
2006–07	13th	8	8/8	0	0	-	0	0
2007–08	16th	2	8/8	0	0	-	0	0
2008–09	15th	3	5/8	0	0	-	0	0
2009–10	11th	15	5/8	0	0	-	0	Hong Kong London
2010–11	15th	5	5/8	0	0	-	0	Hong Kong
2011–12	13th	33	5/9	0	0	0	0	USA
2012–13	12th	69	9/9	0	0	0	USA	Wellington
2013–14	6th	90	9/9	0	Scotland	USA	0	London
2014–15	9th	67	9/9	0	0	0	0	South Africa
2015–16	13th	40	10/10	0	0	0	0	Sydney Canada
2016–17	8th	98	10/10	Singapore	0	London	0	0
2017–18	9th	76	10/10	0	0	0	0	0
2018–19	11th	59	10/10	0	0	0	0	Paris
2019–20	8th	67	6/10^[1]	0	0	Canada	Hamilton	0
2021	4th	24	2/2	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22^†	14th	34 Ranking 36 Total	9/9	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	14th	39	11/11	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	12th	14	8/8	0	0	0	0	0

Third place games/Bronze finals were introduced in the 2011-12 season. Starting in the 2016-17 season, Silver and Bronze medals were introduced, 5th place replaced the Plate, the Challenge Trophy replace the Bowl, and the 13th place replaced the Shield.
^† Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby revised the method used for the series standings in the interest of fairness to teams not able to participate in all rounds of the 2021–22 season.^[2] This system excluded the two lowest-scored rounds from each team in the final standings. So, with nine tournaments in the series, only the best seven tournament results for each team contributed to the ranking points.^[2]

Totals

Last updated: 22 June 2024.

Major quadrennial tournaments

Canada competes to participate in two major global quadrennial tournaments — the Summer Olympics and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
Year	Round						Qualifying
	Did not qualify						Lost in QF of the Final Qualification Tournament
	Quarterfinals	8th	6	1	5	0	Won 40–5 vs Jamaica at the 2019 RAN Sevens
2024	Did not qualify						Lost in SF of the Final Qualification Tournament
Total	0 Titles	1/3	6	1	5	0

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position
1993	Bowl Semifinals	=15th	6	2	4	0
1997	Bowl Quarterfinals	=21st	5	0	5	0
2001	Quarterfinals	=5th	6	3	3	0
2005	Group Stage	=18th	8	3	5	0
2009	Plate Quarterfinals	=13th	4	2	2	0
2013	Plate Champions	9th	6	5	1	0
2018	Challenge Trophy	12th	5	2	3	0
2022	Challenge Trophy	13th	5	3	2	0
Total	0 Titles	8/8	45	20	25	0

Other tournaments

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position
1998	Quarterfinals	5th	5	3	1	1
2002	Plate semifinals	7th	5	2	3	0
2006	Quarterfinals	5th	4	2	2	0
2010	Bowl finals	10th	6	3	3	0
2014	Bowl champions	9th	6	4	2	0
2018	Pool round	=9th	3	1	2	0
2022	Quarterfinals	=7th	5	2	3	0
Total	0 Titles	7/7	34	17	16	1

Pan American Games

Pan Am Games record
Year	Round	Position
2011	Finals		6	6	0	0
2015	Finals		6	5	1	0
2019	Finals		5	3	2	0
2023	Finals		5	3	2	0
Total	2 Titles	4/4	22	17	5	0

World Games

World Games record
Year	Round	Position
2001	Quarter-finals	6th	6	1	5	0
2005	did not participate
2009	did not participate
2013	Semi-finals		6	4	2	0
Total	0 Titles	2/4	12	5	7	0

Rugby sevens was discontinued after the 2013 World Games due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.

Player records

The following shows the Canadian statistical leaders based on World Series play.

Most matches
Rank	Player	Matches
1		363
2		327
3		318
4		269
4		269
6	Phil Berna	242
7		239
8		214
9		209
10		202

Most points
Rank	Player	Points
1		1,859
2		973
3		782
4		725
5		622
6		580
7		553
8		480
9		392
10	Shane Thompson	375

Most tries
Rank	Player	Tries
1		147
2		144
3		126
4		124
5		116
6		107
7		95
8	Shane Thompson	75
9		63
9		63

Most conversions
Rank	Player
1		559
2		246
3		135
4		105
4	Cooper Coats	105
6		76
7		56
8		42
9		37
9	Pat Kay	37

Notes and References

Web site: World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont . www.world.rugby/ . World Rugby . 21 February 2021 . 22 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022153728/https://www.world.rugby/u20/news/568360 . dead .
Web site: Everything you need to know about the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 . World Rugby . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201190328/https://www.world.rugby/news/667275/hsbc-world-rugby-sevens-series-2022-explained . 1 December 2021 . 1 December 2021.