The heat is rising in the South of France as the FISU Rugby Sevens Championship is about to kick off

The Aix Marseille Provence 2024 FISU World University Championship Rugby Sevens will be streamed live on FISU.tv from 10-12 June. Get ready for two action-packed days, where the 20 teams will give their all to grasp the University World titles.

The venue

Maurice David, who the Aix-en-Provence stadium is named after was a lawyer, writer, philosopher and of course a keen rugby player. He would be proud to witness the passion for sports, the camaraderie and the excitement of competitions come to life in a venue that bears his name. It is the home stadium of Provence Rugby, a XV a side rugby team that plays in the French second division.

The teams

There will be 20 teams (10 men and 10 women) from 13 countries competing in Aix-en-Provence. South Africa, India, Japan, Spain, Poland, France and Australia will compete in both the men’s and the women’s games, Chili, Argentina and Singapore only have men’s teams and Canada, Mexico and Ireland only women.

The South African men’s team won the last edition back in 2018 in their neighbouring country, Namibia (with Australia winning silver and France bronze) and France took the women’s title (with Australia second and Belgium third). Rugby Sevens was also played at the Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade with Japan winning gold in both the men’s and the women’s competition.

The programme

On top of the thrilling competition, spectators, visitors as well as elementary school students will be kept entertained at the World University Championship’s village, set up at the crossroads between the stadium, the training ground and the rest area for the players. Rugby activities for all, booths run by student associations, stands showcasing local culture and products and also a pétanque pitches… everyone will be able to have fun there!

And on Tuesday 11 June, three conferences will also address topics related to rugby: “Fatigability, high-intensity efforts repetition and characterisation of physical activity in young rugby players.” by Galantine Paul, 3rd year PhD student in Sports Science. “Optimising sprint training in rugby union: the decisive contribution of Big Data.” by Maviel Clément, 2nd year PhD student in Sports Science as well as “Epidemiology of rugby injuries and concussion management”.

Livestream schedule

All games will be streamed live on so don’t miss any of the action!

Written by Thérèse Courvoisier