The Scottish leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series will be staged at Glasgow's Scotstoun Stadium in May.
Sevens event moved from Murrayfield to Scotstoun Stadium
The Scottish leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series will be staged at Glasgow's Scotstoun Stadium next May.
The event has previously been held at Murrayfield, the home of Scottish rugby, in Edinburgh but with Glasgow stepping up its preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games organisers have opted to take the event west.
Explaining the decision, IRB vice-chairman Bill Beaumont said: "Scotland is the home of sevens and today's announcement represents a further boost for the sport as we count down to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and rugby's return to the Olympic Games stage in Rio in 2016.
"We are confident that the Scottish Rugby's commitment to deliver a spectacular round of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Glasgow in 2012 and 2013 will be a huge success and engage new fans throughout Glasgow, across Scotland and from further afield."
Scotstoun Stadium will be the home of the Glasgow Warriors team from next season. Around 15,000 fans are expected to attend the tournament, which takes place on May 5-6 next year.
However, Ibrox is currently due to stage the rugby sevens matches at the Commonwealth Games.
The game of sevens is widely believed to have been invented in the Scottish Border town of Melrose in 1883.
