Suisse Rugby mission is to organise, govern and develop the sport of rugby in Switzerland across grassroots, referees, players, leagues to national teams.
Switzerland Rugby have selected SportLoMo for Membership, Registration and Events
They will also use SportLoMo’s Competition Management (scheduling, scoring and electronic team sheets) and Referees and Game Officials will be managed on the platform.
Sportlomo will add Italian to current available languages to facilitate Suisse Rugby.
WHO IS THE SWISS RUGBY UNION?
Creation
Joined International Rugby Board (World Rugby) in 1972. First Swiss rugby game was played in 1869, one of the oldest game ever recorded in rugby
Registered Rugby Clubs & Academies 63
Domestic Leagues 10
Registered Members 4,500
Events
Suisse Rugby Day, Finals’ day, Cup finals, Super Sevens, Juniors and Schools
National Teams
SWISS XV, SWISS A, SWISS U20, U18, U17, and U16
SWISS 7, SWISS 7 U18
SWISS XV Women, SWISS 7 Women, SWISS U18 Women
30,000 Posts Reach on Social Media
5,000 Facebook Fans
2,000 Views on Youtube for livestreaming of the matches
VISION
Qualify for Olympics 2024
Reach Rugby World Cup 2023 (France)
Develop Swiss Rugby and its structures for all involved stakeholders.
DEVELOPMENT
Member of World Rugby, Rugby Europe, Swiss Olympic and J&S.
Rugby education at school in Switzerland= 2’500 children in 2017/2018.
Objective = 3’000 children in 2018/2019
International matches streamed online on www.suisserugby.com
Suisse Rugby Budget more than doubled in the last 4 years.
GROWING COMPETITION STRUCTURE
PROJECTS
Increase the number of rugby players: FSR licensees + Licensed & unlicensed rugby players at schools = 8’000 rugby players in Switzerland in 2017/2018
Objective = 9’000 in 2018/2019
Increase visibility with more TV presence, more live stream views, more media coverage.
Creation of national rugby training center
(September 2018) = national facility to allow more training opportunities for young and senior elite players.
Creation of a Suisserugby club or event label (September 2018) to reward the best clubs in Switzerland as well as the events meeting Suisserugby Standards (criteria of training, number of young teams, referees…)
Increase number of certified coaches and referees as well as their level of certification, quality, and experience
RUGBY A TRULY RISING GLOBAL SPORT
130 Countries Playing Rugby
8.5 MILLION Rugby Players Worldwide
300 MILLION Regular Fans
479 MILLION TV Viewers at Rugby World Cup 2015
3.2 BILLION Global Olympic TV Audience
Switzerland Rugby is a Rapidly Growing National Sport
SPONSOR’S AVAILABLE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
NAMING RIGHTS OR SPONSORSHIP OF DOMESTIC COMPETITIONS
– NATIONAL LEAGUES
– SWISS CUP / FSR CUP
– SWISS SUPER 7’S
-YOUTH RUGBY TOURNAMENTS
Contact Nicolas Stepowski Head of Marketing Fédération Suisse de Rugby marketing@suisserugby.com M +41 21 588 1400