Uruguay Sevens Explained

Uruguay Sevens
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Founded:1989
Teams:16 (2020)
Champ Season:2020

The Uruguay Sevens, branded as Seven Punta, is an annual international rugby sevens tournament. Currently held in the capital Montevideo, it was hosted as the Punta del Este Sevens in the resort city of the same name for three decades from 1989 onwards.[1] The tournament retains that history in its branding.

The event was formerly part of the IRB Sevens World Series for the inaugural season in 2000. In recent years it has been part of the Sudamérica Sevens Series and the World Sevens Challenger Series.

The tournament is organised by the Old Boys Club, usually in January or February. It attracts the participation of clubs from Uruguay and neighboring countries such as Argentina, as well as selected provincial and national teams.

Internationally, it is the highest profile Uruguayan rugby event,[2] and has attracted players of the calibre of Jonah Lomu in the past,[3] [4] as well as teams like Fiji, Argentina, New Zealand, Samoa and Belgium Barbarians

International sevens

The tournament was first played in 1989 and featured mostly club teams from Uruguay and Argentina in the early years. Its history as an international event grew in the 1990s when many of the best players and teams in the world travelled to Uruguay for the Seven Punta.

International 7s and World Series: 1993 to 2001

The inaugural Punta del Este International Sevens tournament in 1993 attracted teams from Australia, France, England and New Zealand, as well as neighbours Argentina and Paraguay, plus Uruguay itself as host. The final was won by New Zealand, defeating Australia in a closely fought match by 26–19. Other national teams including Fiji, Tonga and Samoa were added to the field in subsequent years as the tournament grew in status. Punta del Este was included as a stop on the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series but was dropped from the tour after the inaugural season. After one further event in 2001, won by Argentina who defeated New Zealand by 26–21 in the final, the international sevens at Punta del Este ceased.

SeasonVenueCup finalPlacingsRefs
Punta del EsteWinnerScoreRunner-upPlateBowl
For club & invitational 1989 to 1992 — See § Early years
1993Estadio Domingo Burgueño26–19
Buenos Aires
Cuyo		[5]
[6]
1994Estadio Domingo Burgueño35–12
Rosario
Cote d'Aquitaine		[7]
[8]
1995Estadio Ginés Cairo Medina36–19
Aus Barbarians		FIRA[9]
[10]
[11]
1996Estadio Domingo Burgueño31–26
Buenos Aires
Old Boys		[12]
1997 Estadio Domingo Burgueño35–14[13]
1998Estadio Domingo Burgueño42–19?[14]
1999Estadio Domingo Burgueño38–44n/a[15]
2000Estadio Domingo Burgueño42–19[16]
2001Estadio Domingo Burgueño26–21
Paysandú		[17]
[18]

Key:

Dark blue line indicates a tournament included in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

Select teams events: 2005 and 2012

After the tournament was restarted in 2003 as an event for club teams, some national and invitational sides began to be attracted back to play against the clubs, and occasionally a parallel international tournament was included again at the Punta del Este Sevens. The first was an IRB satellite competition in 2005 which included several national teams. In 2012, an all-selection tournament for national and invitational teams was played, with Argentina defeating South Africa's academy to win the final.

SeasonVenueCup finalPlacingsRefs
Punta del EsteWinnerScoreRunner-upThirdFourth
2005
Estadio Domingo Burgueño38–14
Moby Dick
BFL Mercosur		[19]
[20]
[21]
2012Estadio Domingo Burgueño
22–5[22]
[23]

International sevens: 2017 onward

From 2017 to 2019 the Seven Punta was included on the annual Sudamérica Rugby Sevens series, and contested by selected international teams. In 2020 the tournament was part of the World Sevens Challenger Series. It was relocated for the first time to Montevideo but kept the Seven Punta name. Japan won the cup final in 2020, defeating host nation Uruguay in extra time.

SeasonVenueCup finalPlacingsRefs
Punta del EsteWinnerScoreRunner-upThirdFourth
2017Estadio Domingo Burgueño22–21
USA Falcons		[24]
[25]
2018Estadio Domingo Burgueño21−5[26]
2019Estadio Domingo Burgueño7–5
[27]
MontevideoWinnerScoreRunner-upThirdFourth
2020Estadio Charrua[28] 5–0
(a.e.t.)		[29]

Key:

Light blue line indicates a tournament included in the Sudamérica Rugby Sevens series.
Green line indicates a tournament included in the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.

Club and invitational tournament

Early years: 1989 to 1992

The first four tournaments featured mainly South American club teams although host club Old Boys organised an invitational team known as "Anzacs Old Boys" which won the Cup in 1991 and 1992.[30] That team featured notable players from Australia and New Zealand, including John Eales, Jason Little, Eric Rush and Frank Bunce alongside players such as South American representative Gabriel Travaglini.[31] [32] In 1993 the tournament became the Punta del Este International Sevens and featured selected national teams from around the world.

SeasonVenueCup finalRefs
Club & InvitationalWinner <-- comment outScore -->Runner-up
1989Estadio Domingo Burgueño-->
Banco Nación
1990Estadio Domingo Burgueño-->
Pueyrredón
1991Estadio Domingo BurgueñoAnzacs Old Boys -->
Los Tilos
1992Estadio Domingo BurgueñoAnzacs Old Boys -->
Pueyrredón

Gold Cup: 2003 onwards

Following a one year hiatus after the international sevens had ended in 2001, the event was restarted in 2003 as a tournament for club teams in a return to roots.[30] For the fourteen seasons from 2003 to 2016, the tournament was contested mainly by club teams, but with the occasional national representative selections and sponsored invitational teams[33] entered in the same division.[30] Since 2017, club teams have competed in a separate division to international selections.

A Gold Cup is awarded to the champion team. Silver and Bronze Cups were usually awarded to teams winning the lower bracket playoffs, although the minor placings in the top bracket were given recognition in 2017.

SeasonVenueGold CupPlacingsRefs
Club & invitationalWinnerScoreRunner-upSilver CupBronze Cup
No tournament in 2002
2003Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Old Boys		13–7
Old Christians
La Tablada
Pucaru[es]		[34]
[35]
[36]
2004Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Hindú		22–19
La Ballena
Marista Mendoza		[37]
[38]
[39]
2005Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Alumni		27–14
Hindú
Old Christians		n/a[40]
[41]
2006Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Moby Dick 		24–5
Jockey de Salta
Old Christians
Pucaru[es]		[42]
[43]
2007Estadio Domingo Burgueño
San Isidro CASI		26–17
Moby Dick
Hindú
San Isidro SIC		[44]
2008Estadio Domingo Burgueño25–0
Buenos Aires
Jockey de Salta		[45]
2009Estadio Domingo Burgueño34–14
Los Tordos		[46]
[47]
2010Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Buenos Aires		17–12Bridgestone VII[48]
[49]
2011Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Buenos Aires		19–10
Salta [es]
Córdoba Athletic
Moby Dick		[50]
2012Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Personal VII		19–10
Moby Dick
Buenos Aires
Paysandú Clubs
2013Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Buenos Aires		39–0
Moby Dick
Jockey de Salta		[51]
2014Estadio Domingo Burgueño19–14
Moby Dick
Pucará		[52]
2014–15Punta del Este Polo & Country Club
Moby Dick		15–7
Pucará		[53]
Punta del Este Polo & Country Club
Córdoba Athletic		21–5
Moby Dick
Pucará
Liceo Naval		[54]
[55]
Club & invitationalWinnerScoreRunner-upThirdFourth
2017Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Córdoba Athletic		28–7
La Tablada
Trébol
Carrasco Polo		[56]
[57]
No club competition in 2018
2019Estadio Domingo Burgueño
17–12
Old Boys
La Tablada
Trébol
Club – Seven de Old BoysWinnerScoreRunner-upSilver CupBronze Cup
2019–20Estadio Charrua, Montevideo
Old Boys		15–10

Lobos		?[58]
[59]

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External links

Notes and References

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