Teams can apply at any time after applications are opened (this is notified on the web site). You do not need to be invited to apply, anyone can apply from anywhere in the world. There is no closing date for applications as we can sometimes find places at a late stage, for example if another team calls off. However, the earlier you apply, the better your chance of getting a place.

Dutch Men’s Sevens teams can only apply after they have been invited to do so. The invites are made in the weeks before the tournament. Dutch men’s sevens are invited based upon how the teams have performed at the Amsterdam Sevens in the past, how they have performed during the season and the performance in the Dutch National Sevens tournament (usually held in the weekend before the Amsterdam Sevens). Each year we also have one place (The Chairman’s Pick) for a Dutch team who would not normally get to play in the Amsterdam Sevens but are celebrating an Anniversary or some other noteworthy event. Once invited, the teams fill in an application in the same way as other teams.

Applications can only be made via this web site. You need to have your contact information, your "Club" information and an application. If you have used the system before your contact details and club details will already be in the system. The steps you need to take are outlined on the web site, click on "Entering a team" (go to "Entering a team"). You will receive an e-mail that your application has been received.

The entry fee includes entry to the tournament for 12 players and 3 officials (3 extra players for the Veterans 10s). If you need more tickets there is a field you can enter the number you require.
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We will send a confirmation that you have a place. Without a confirmation you do not (yet) have a guaranteed place at the Amsterdam Sevens. We try to confirm as early as possible to allow you as much time as possible to arrange your trip.

At any time you can check the status of your application by going to the "Teams and Applications" screen on the IT system on the web site. This will show the date your place was confirmed.
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You should pay the entrance fee as soon as possible. If teams fail to pay the entry fee after reminders are sent their place could be awarded to another team. We have a strict "No pay, no play" policy. When we receive your payment we will send you an e-mail confirming we have received your payment and you will also be able to see the date we received it on the "Teams and Applications" screen.

The only way to pay the entry fee is by a bank transfer. The bank details are

Stichting Rugby Promotie Amsterdam
ABN/AMRO account number 42.88.58.945.
The bank address is:
Houtplein, Haarlem, Nederland.
The Swiftcode (a.k.a. BIC) for ABN-AMRO is: ABNANL2A
IBAN = NL46ABNA0428858945
Please make sure you include the name of the team with the payment.
Please make sure you pay all bank charges.
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In addition to arranging your own transport to the tournament and your hotel accommodation you should also arrange the following:
If any of your players need visas you will need to apply for these around 8 weeks before the tournament. Details of visa requirements are elsewhere on the web site but in general nationals of the Pacific Islands (Fiji, Tonga etc.), Africa (including South Africa) and Eastern Europe will need visas.

Arrange Travel and Medical Insurance. We have excellent first aid facilities, including a doctor, on site who do a roaring trade during the weekend. If you need to go the hospital you will need insurance. This can be covered by the European Health Insurance Card which is available in all EU countries (it is free from the NHS in the UK) or your private insurance.

Most teams stay in the centre of Amsterdam. The tournament is held about 8 kilometers from the centre. Public Transport (from Amsterdam Central Station) is excellent but some teams prefer to arrange a coach or mini-coaches. There is some helpful advice elsewhere on this web site.
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When you fill in your application it is important you include as much information as possible in the description of the team. This information (and your web site if you have one) will help us in the acceptance and seeding processes. We also use the team description for the tournament programme and the web site so that people can see who is coming. Based upon your information we will rewrite the description (usually in late March or early April) to meet the printing deadlines. You can see, and change, the description on the "Teams and Applications" screen at any time.
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The Regulations for the three tournaments will be placed on the web site. This will give the rules on player registration, the laws to be applied and the structure of the tournament for the current year.

In the two or three weeks before the tournament you will receive an e-mail asking for more information.

Who will be your weekend contact and his/her mobile number? We need this in case we need to contact teams.

Your team colours. This helps to ensure the referees do not put the scores in the wrong way round.

Your hotel, where applicable.

Are you coming to the Friday evening reception?

The players you will be registering. This can be filled in at any time up to the start of the tournament.
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Registering your team. You need to register your team. You will receive an envelope containing all you need to get into the tournament, to pick up your match ball at the tournament and to get your team photograph taken. You can register on Friday Evening at the reception with a few free beers or you can pick it up at the Entrance to the Tournament between 08:30 and 09:30 on Saturday morning. If you do not register in time your place will be given to one of the two reserve teams we always have present.

Once inside the tournament you need to pick up your match ball before your first match and get your team photograph taken some time during the morning. To encourage you to get your photographs taken before lunch your tokens for lunches on Saturday and Sunday and a warm . dinner on Saturday evening will be given to you by the photographer when he has taken your photograph.

You need to find a changing room. With up to 100 teams looking for changing rooms it makes you will need to get in, get changed and take your kit with you.

The fixtures for Saturday will be available on-line from about Wednesday before the tournament. During the tournament the scores will be available on-line as the results are entered into the system.

The fixtures for Sunday are available on-line about one hour after the matches finish at 17:00.

You need to turn up on time for matches. We have a very full timetable and cannot allow matches to start slipping. The referees have instructions to give a couple of minutes leeway but if there is no sign of a team at that stage, to award the match to the team that showed up.

The bars will stay open until 20:00 on Saturday and 19:00 on Sunday. The party then moves to Café Corso and Susies Saloon in the centre of Amsterdam.
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We will try to get the Tournament report onto the web site by Monday.

We will send out the team photographs by post after the Tournament.

You can also check all of the scores from the tournament on-line.
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If you are having any problems, contact the organizers. We have been able to help solve problems in the past, including a few players to strengthen a squad weakened by call-offs and injuries or helping to find hotels.

Occasionally teams experience problems in organizing their trip to the Amsterdam Sevens that we cannot solve such as sponsors pulling out, injuries to players, visa problems etc. We appreciate that these things can happen and take a lenient view to teams calling off. Teams that call off more than 4 weeks before the tournament will receive their entry fee back (minus bank charges). Teams that do not show up without notifying us will forfeit their entry fee and one of the reserve teams we always have available on Saturday morning will take their place. If you call off between 4 weeks before and a couple of days before we will use our discretion.
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