One of the annual events of the Project of international municipal BRICS cooperation was the International Rugby-7 Tournament among youth municipal teams.

The decision to hold the tournament meets the task of strengthening the sports cooperation of the BRICS countries, one of the priority areas of the project. The team sport of rugby was chosen in light of the idea of unification for the common goal which is a victory. RUGBY, as a team game, has a high potential and is currently developing rapidly and actively in the Russian Federation, the host country of the project.

The idea of implementing the tournament was aimed at:

- International experience exchange of the best practices in the preparation and training of teams, as well as conducting the game;

- Popularization of rugby in Russia and the BRICS countries;

- Creation of a platform for the identification and selection of promising players.

The first International Rugby-7 Tournament among the youth municipal teams from the BRICS countries was held on August 18 and September 22, 2019, in St. Petersburg. The participants of the first, regional, stage of the tournament were teams from St. Petersburg ("Narvskaya Zastava U20", "Bars"), the Republic of Karelia ("Vottovaara") and Veliky Novgorod ("Varyag"). At the end of this stage, the second, international, round was held between the teams "Narvskaya Zastava U20" and "Team India" from the Republic of India for the title of champion of the I International Rugby-7 Tournament-7 among the youth municipal teams from the BRICS countries. The winner of the tournament was the Russian team.

Representatives of municipal communities, large public and scientific organizations, business communities, regional and federal authorities of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa became the spectators of the final stage of the tournament. Foreign guests were shown the level of rugby and the high degree of involvement of young people in the sport. Authorized representatives of the BRICS municipalities agreed on the participation of teams from all five countries in the 2020 tournament, as well as increasing the number of participants (up to 2 teams from each country).