Sri Lanka Sevens

Sri Lanka Sevens
Tournament logo in 2015
SportRugby sevens
Founded1999
(Kandy)

2015 (re-est. Colombo)
No. of teams24
Most recent
champion(s)		 Japan (2019)
Most titles Japan (6 titles)

The Sri Lanka Sevens is an annual international rugby sevens tournament held in Sri Lanka.[1] Sponsored by telecommunications provider Dialog, the event has been part of the Asian Sevens Series since 2015. It was founded in 1999 as the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s.

For ten seasons from 1999 to 2008, the tournament was hosted by the Kandy Sports Club at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy. National men's teams from Asia and Europe were regular competitors. The event moved to Colombo for the 2009 and 2010 seasons after the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union formed a partnership with the Tharunyata Hetak youth organisation to organise the Sri Lanka Sevens tournament.[2]

The international team format was replaced in 2011 by the Carlton Super Sevens series, a competition featuring ten domestic Sri Lankan franchises. After four seasons the international format was re-established for 2015 with the Dialog Sri Lanka Sevens, held in Colombo.

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