New Zealand were crowned men's and women's World Rugby Sevens Series champions this year after the competition was concluded early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The five remaining rounds of the competition were cancelled in June.

Three New Zealand players - Ruby Tui, Stacey Fluhler and Tyla Nathan-Wong - were named in the women's "Dream Team".

They were joined by Brittany Benn and Ghislaine Landry of Canada, Sharni Williams of Australia and Kristi Kirshe of the United States. 

Scott Curry of New Zealand feature in the men's Dream Team, alongside Fiji's Napolioni Bolaca and Aminiasi Tuimaba, Ireland's Jordan Conroy and Tavite Veredamu of France. 

South Africa's Selvyn Davids and JC Pretorius were also included. 

"It has been a dream of mine to make this team, but even so, I am still a bit stunned," said Pretorius.

"It is still sinking in and I am enjoying every minute of this. 

"We are pretty much a team where everyone contributes and as such, this is also reward to the rest of the guys, so I want to thank all of them as well for the award."

The teams were determined by the World Rugby Sevens Series Awards panel, comprising former international sevens players and series commentators,

Conroy and Fluhler were given another award for finishing as the top scorers in the men and women's competitions, respectively. 

Dan Norton of England and Nathan-Wong received the UL Mark of Excellence, while Bolaca and Lina Guerin were given the Cigna Pressure Play Award. 

The Ireland men's team and women's Fiji team earned the Capgemini Momentum Tracker, a stats-based award which goes to the team which recorded the highest momentum score on a tracker as a result of quantified performance and evolution scores.

Another stats-based accolade, the DHL Impact Player, was awarded to players with the best all round performances measured against four key criteria - offloads, carries, line-breaks and tackles.

Veredamu was given the men's award, with Fluhler receiving the women's. 

"It’s such a massive honour to receive these awards, and I do so on behalf of my team – I wouldn’t be able to be out there scoring tries if they weren’t working hard in the middle of the field," said Fluhler. 

World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont congratulated the winners. 

"On behalf of World Rugby I would like to congratulate all 24 women’s and men’s World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 award winners," he said.

"Although the series this year was forced to conclude early there was no shortage of speed, skill and spectacular tries on display from players and teams, combined with unpredictable and awe-inspiring moments that embody the values of the game and remind us that rugby sevens is a truly unique and thrilling sport that will once again showcase itself to the worldwide audience at the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year."