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Three countries from the Americas have officially expressed interest to World Rugby in hosting the 2022 RWC Sevens. This is more so than ever before with a grand total of 11 unions in the running.
Argentina, the Cayman Islands, and Jamaica were among those announced today by World Rugby as having expressed interest in applying to host the event which will take place in September or October 2022.
Following the addition of Rugby Sevens into the Olympic Games for Rio de Janeiro 2016, there is greater interest than ever in staging the abbreviated form of the Rugby World Cup.
In addition to Argentina, the Cayman Islands, and Jamaica interest was also expressed by France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Qatar, Scotland, South Africa, and Tunisia.
The application phase is not yet over, meaning additional unions may yet be added to the eleven named today by World Cup. The cut-off date for applications is July 16 with World Rugby set to announce the hosts on October 29.
The 2018 RWC Sevens took place in San Francisco, California. The event had an attendance record of 100,000 people. It was the second time the tournament has taken place in the Americas. The prior occasion was in January 2001 with Mar del Plata, Argentina hosting the tournament.
The inaugural RWC Sevens tournament took place in 1993. It was hosted in Edinburgh, Scotland in large part due to the close proximity to Melrose, where Rugby Sevens was born. In 1997 British Hong Kong hosted the tournament with independent Hong Kong then hosting in 2005. Dubai and Moscow hosted the other tournaments in 2009, and 2013 respectively.
