the rugby world cup sevens is world rugby's equivalent to the (15-man) rugby world cup. it is also held every four years, and was originally scheduled in the odd-numbered years in which the 15-man rwc was not held. the competition was first held in 1993. new zealand won in 2001, were losing finalists to fiji in 2005, and won the most recent edition in 2013 in moscow. the 2013 edition was originally intended to be the last because of the impending establishment of an olympic sevens tournament in 2016. world rugby (then known as the irb) later decided to retain the world cup sevens, and established a new four-year cycle in which the world cup would be held in even-numbered non-olympic years. as such, the next edition was held in 2018 in the san francisco bay area.