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Vancouver’s favourite rugby tournament has pulled in a serious piece of hardware.

The HSBC Canada Sevens, which will run its fourth edition in March, was named Friday as Tournament of the Year on the 10-stop World Rugby Sevens Series for the 2017-18 season.

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Players and managers from the series’ competing teams rank each stop on nine categories, which include player welfare, items like travel, training facilities, liaison officers and medical support.

The Canada Sevens earned the top score in five of the categories.

Jamie Levchuk, who has headed tournament operations for the Canada Sevens since Day 1 and recently had all of Rugby Canada’s events placed under his authority, pointed to the work of staff, volunteers and the local business community for the tournament’s behind-the-scenes success.

“We are thrilled to have received this award, which is the result of a dedicated team working with strong and committed partners that are allowing us to deliver a world-class event year over year,” he said in a statement.