![]() ![]() The strength and global competitiveness of sevens is growing at pace, as evident at the recent HSBC USA Sevens in Las Vegas where Chile men’s team reached the Challenge Trophy semi-final and last year when Ireland men’s secured the bronze medal at the HSBC London Sevens. “Throughout the global regional sevens competitions, we have also seen the emergence of teams who can compete among the best of the world when on the world series. Since the outstanding success of Rio 2016 we have seen sevens grow both on and off the pitch, with the men’s and women’s world series becoming more competitive and the sport attracting new global audiences across the world series and Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018, where broadcast coverage reached over nine million viewers in the US and a record digital audience. World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont said: “Rugby sevens inclusion in the Olympic Games was a defining moment for the sport. It will feature 12 women’s and 12 men’s teams with the second and third team in each regional competition invited to participate. The final opportunity for Olympic qualification will be at the men’s and women’s World Rugby Olympic Repechage tournament which will take place in a window between the end of the regional qualifiers and June 2020. ![]() ![]() TBC, 2019: Africa - Men’s and Women’s qualifier Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Regional Qualification tournament schedule:ġ-2 June, 2019: South America - Lima, Peru (women’s)Ģ9- 30 June, 2019: South America – Santiago, Chile (men’s)Ħ-7 July, 2019: North America – George Town, Cayman Islands (combined)ġ3-14 July, 2019: European - Colomiers, France (men’s)ġ3-14 July, 2019: European - Kazan, Russia (women’s)ħ-9 November, 2019: Oceania – Suva, Fiji (combined)ĩ-10 November, 2019: Asia – Guangzhou, China (women’s)Ģ3-24 November, 2019: Asia – Incheon, Korea (men’s) VIEW THE RUGBY SEVENS OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION PATHWAY> The two highest-ranked teams will automatically go into the World Rugby Olympic Repechage tournament, where the top two teams would secure Olympic qualification. In the case of North America, should two women’s teams qualify from the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, there will not be a direct qualification place from the region. The women’s regional qualifiers will take place across the six World Rugby regions with the winners of Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania and South America automatically securing their ticket to Tokyo 2020. The winner of each tournament will secure their ticket to Tokyo 2020. In the men’s regional qualifiers there are a maximum of six qualification places available with tournaments taking place across each of the six World Rugby regions Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, South America and North America. The United States has showed significant improvement since a Rio 2016 quarterfinal exit and could contend for a medal.With the top four placed teams in the men’s and women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series the first to guarantee Olympic qualification, the regional qualifiers will form the heart of a truly global qualification process that promotes universality and competitivity. New Zealand could have a rugby gold medal sweep in sight should the men prevail, as the women’s team has been similarly dominant in recent international competition. The following day sees the beginning of the women’s tournament, which concludes July 31. Medal matches for the men’s tournament are slated for the early morning (Eastern Time) of Wednesday, July 28. Defending Olympic champions Fiji face a difficult gold medal defense as New Zealand enters the competition in dominant form. Play begins Monday, July 26, with the first two rounds of pool play in the men’s tournament as the United Stats aims for a first Olympic medal behind speedster backs Carlin Isles and Perry Baker. Matches last just 14 minutes (two seven-minute halves) and full sessions generally run up to three hours in length. ![]() Rugby sevens action comes fast and furious at the Olympic Games, with multiple six-match sessions per day. ![]()
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