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The Hong Kong Sevens (香港七人欖球賽) is considered the premier tournament on the World Sevens Series in Rugby Union . It is held annually at the end of March in Hong Kong and is organised by the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union . The tournament lasts 2.5 days, commencing on a Friday afternoon, and concluding on the Sunday evening. The Hong Kong Sevens were established in 1976 after a discussion between the chairman of the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union, South Africa n entrepreneur, A.D.C. "Tokkie" Smith and tobacco company executive Ian Gow. Ian Gow wanted his firm to sponsor a rugby tournament with top teams from throughout the world. On 1976-03-28 , clubs from Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Japan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Fiji participated in the first Hong Kong Sevens Tournament at the Hong Kong Football Club . The series then grew into a competition with national representative sevens sides competing, and with this growth, the tournament moved to the Hong Kong Government Stadium in 1982. In 1994, the venue was deemed to small for the tournament and was rebuilt into a 40-000 seat stadium now named the Hong Kong Stadium . Today, 24 national representative sides compete in the tournament. In 1997 and 2005, the Hong Kong Sevens was not held; taking its place was the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens , which Hong Kong hosted in both years. Fiji won both World Cup Sevens tournaments held in Hong Kong. The current tournaments title sponsors are Cathay Pacific and Credit Suisse . PAST CHAMPIONS
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