Currently held in the capital Montevideo,[1] it was hosted as the Punta del Este Sevens in the resort city of the same name for three decades from 1989 onwards.

[6] The inaugural Punta del Este International Sevens tournament in 1993 attracted teams from Australia, France, England and New Zealand, as well as neighbours Argentina and Paraguay, plus Uruguay itself as host.

[7] Other national teams including Fiji, Tonga and Samoa were added to the field in subsequent years as the tournament grew in status.

Punta del Este was included as a stop on the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series but was dropped from the tour after the inaugural season.

After one further event in 2001, won by Argentina who defeated New Zealand by 26–21 in the final,[8] the international sevens at Punta del Este ceased.

[22] In 2012, an all-selection tournament for national and invitational teams was played, with Argentina defeating South Africa's academy to win the final.