A Look at the 2026 Schedule for Canadian National Teams
It’s New Year’s Eve, time to celebrate the past year, you can view our four articles that highlight the past year, January to March, April to June, July to September and October to December. It’s also time to look at 2026. The national women’s XVs will be playing their Pacific Four series in April/May then a new WXV Global in the fall. England will be visiting in October for at least two matches. Canada didn’t host any Pacific Four matches in 2025 so are due to host some in 2026. The men’s national XVs will be part of the Nations Cup and that schedule is already known, 3 July matches at home and 3 away matches in Europe in November. As for 7s the women have already completed 2 tournaments in the 2025/26 season and have their next tournament in Singapore at the end of January. The men are in the SVNS 3 tournament in January, they have to finish top two to continue their season.
The following is the Nations Cup schedule for 2026, the Tier 1 countries play in a separate Nations Championship.
Nations Cup Summer Series
Matches will be held in the Americas region, with Samoa playing their matches in South America and Tonga playing their matches in North America.
Round 1
4 July 2026
Canada v Spain
Chile v Romania
Samoa v Hong Kong
Tonga v Zimbabwe
United States v Portugal
Uruguay v Georgia
Round 2
11 July 2026
Canada v Portugal
Chile v Hong Kong
Samoa v Georgia
Tonga v Spain
United States v Zimbabwe
Uruguay v Romania
Round 3
18 July 2026
Canada v Zimbabwe
Chile v Georgia
Samoa v Romania
Tonga v Portugal
United States v Spain
Uruguay v Hong Kong
Nations Cup Fall Series
European teams will host all of their matches at home. Hong Kong will play their first two matches in Europe, with the third (against Tonga) being held in Hong Kong. Zimbabwe will host their games in England.
Round 4
7 November 2026
Georgia v Tonga
Hong Kong v Canada
Portugal v Samoa
Romania v United States
Spain v Chile
Zimbabwe v Uruguay
Round 5
14 November 2026
Georgia v Canada
Hong Kong v United States
Portugal v Chile
Romania v Tonga
Spain v Uruguay
Zimbabwe v Samoa
Round 6
21 November 2026
Georgia v United States
Hong Kong v Tonga
Portugal v Uruguay
Romania v Canada
Spain v Samoa
Zimbabwe v Chile