Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Rugby sevens at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Rugby sevens pictogram
Venue	Tokyo Stadium
Dates	26–31 July 2021
No. of events	2
Competitors	288 from 16 nations

Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 26 July to 31 July 2021 at the Tokyo Stadium. 24 teams (12 each for men and women) competed in the tournament.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The dates were modified due to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 games as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competition

The men's and women's rugby sevens competitions took place at Tokyo Stadium, a 2019 Rugby World Cup host venue. The men's sessions took place July 26–28 with the women's sessions happening July 29–31, 2021.

Changes

In a reverse to the 2016 schedule, the men's competition was played first over three days from July 27–29 with the women's competition taking place from July 30 through August 1 and culminating with the gold medal session.

There were two sessions on each competition day. The morning session kicked-off at 9 AM JST and ran until midday JST and the evening session began at 4:30 PM and finished at 7 PM. The medal matches took place in the evening sessions.^[6]

Qualification summary

Nation	Men's	Women's	Athletes
Argentina			12
Australia			24
Brazil			12
Canada			24
China			12
Fiji			24
France			12
Great Britain			24
Ireland			12
Kenya			24
Japan			24
New Zealand			24
ROC			12
South Africa			12
South Korea			12
United States			24
Total: 16 NOCs	12	12	288

Men's

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Event	Dates	Location	Quotas	Qualifier
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series	30 November 2018 – 2 June 2019	Various	4	Fiji
				United States
				New Zealand
				South Africa
2019 South American Qualifying Tournament	29–30 June 2019	Santiago	1	Argentina
2019 RAN Sevens	6–7 July 2019	George Town	1	Canada
2019 European Qualifying Tournament	13–14 July 2019	Colomiers	1	Great Britain[note 1]
2019 Oceania Sevens Championship	7–9 November 2019	Suva	1	Australia
2019 Africa Men's Sevens	8–9 November 2019	Johannesburg	1	Kenya
2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament	23–24 November 2019	Incheon	1	South Korea
2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament	19–20 June 2021	Monaco	1	Ireland[note 2]
Total				12

Women's

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Event	Dates	Location	Quotas	Qualifier
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series	20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019	Various	4	New Zealand
				United States
				Canada
				Australia
2019 South American Qualifying Tournament	1–2 June 2019	Lima	1	Brazil
2019 RAN Women's Sevens	6–7 July 2019	George Town	0[note 3]	—
2019 European Qualifying Tournament	13–14 July 2019	Kazan	1	Great Britain[note 1]
2019 Africa Women's Sevens	12–13 October 2019	Jemmal	1	Kenya[note 4]
2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship	7–9 November 2019	Suva	1	Fiji
2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament	9–10 November 2019	Guangzhou	1	China
2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament	19–20 June 2021	Monaco	2[note 3]	France
				ROC
Total				12

• Notes:

1. Great Britain earned qualification through England's placement as they were nominated as the country to earn qualification for Great Britain. However, they will be able to select players from Scotland and Wales.
2. The Irish rugby union teams represent the entire island of Ireland, and when representing the IRFU fly the four provinces flag of the IRFU as  Ireland. In the Olympic Games, however, they represent the Olympic Council of Ireland, and therefore play under the national flag of (the Republic of) Ireland. Northern Ireland players are, however, eligible to represent the team regardless of flag (according to the Good Friday Agreement, people who are born in Northern Ireland with Irish or British lineage can automatically obtain the nationality of (the Republic of) Ireland).
3. With both the United States and Canada advancing to the tournament through securing top four slots in the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the spot for the RAN champions was re-allocated to the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, which allowed two teams to qualify for the Olympic Games.
4. South Africa won the qualifying tournament but declined their spot due to a policy against accepting spots from continental tournaments. Kenya, as runners-up, qualified instead.^[7]

Competition schedule

Legend

P

Pool Stage

PM

Placing Matches

¼

Quarter-Finals

½

Semi-Finals

B

Bronze Medal Match

F

Gold Medal Match

Schedule^[8]^[9]

Date	Jul 26		Jul 27			Jul 28					Jul 29		Jul 30			Jul 31
Event	M	E	M	E		M		E			M	E	M	E		M		E
Men's	P			PM	¼	PM	½	PM	B	F
Women's											P			PM	¼	PM	½	PM	B	F

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand	1	1	0	2
2	Fiji	1	0	1	2
3	France	0	1	0	1
4	Argentina	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Fiji Napolioni Bolaca Vilimoni Botitu Meli Derenalagi Sireli Maqala Iosefo Masi Waisea Nacuqu Kalione Nasoko Semi Radradra Aminiasi Tuimaba Asaeli Tuivuaka Jerry Tuwai Josua Vakurunabili Jiuta Wainiqolo	New Zealand Kurt Baker Dylan Collier Scott Curry Andrew Knewstubb Ngarohi McGarvey-Black Tim Mikkelson Sione Molia Etene Nanai-Seturo Tone Ng Shiu Amanaki Nicole William Warbrick Regan Ware Joe Webber	Argentina Santiago Álvarez Lautaro Bazán Lucio Cinti Felipe del Mestre Rodrigo Etchart Luciano González Rodrigo Isgro Santiago Mare Ignacio Mendy Marcos Moneta Matías Osadczuk Gastón Revol Germán Schulz
Women's tournament details	New Zealand Michaela Blyde Kelly Brazier Gayle Broughton Theresa Fitzpatrick Stacey Fluhler Sarah Hirini Shiray Kaka Tyla Nathan-Wong Risi Pouri-Lane Alena Saili Ruby Tui Tenika Willison Portia Woodman	France Coralie Bertrand Anne-Cécile Ciofani Caroline Drouin Camille Grassineau Lina Guérin Fanny Horta Shannon Izar Chloé Jacquet Carla Neisen Séraphine Okemba Chloé Pelle Jade Ulutule	Fiji Lavena Cavuru Raijieli Daveua Sesenieli Donu Laisana Likuceva Rusila Nagasau Ana Naimasi Alowesi Nakoci Roela Radiniyavuni Viniana Riwai Ana Maria Roqica Vasiti Solikoviti Lavenia Tinai Reapi Ulunisau

Men's competition

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	99	31	+68	9	Quarter-finals
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	99	54	+45	7
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	73	48	+25	5
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	10	148	−138	3

Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	3	3	0	0	85	40	+45	9	Quarter-finals
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	65	33	+32	7
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	50	64	−14	5
4	Japan (H)	3	0	0	3	31	94	−63	3

Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	64	31	+33	9	Quarter-finals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	50	48	+2	7
3	Ireland	3	1	0	2	43	59	−16	5
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	26	45	−19	3

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2021. Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

Knockout stage

Medal playoff

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	27 July – Tokyo Stadium
	New Zealand	21
					28 July – Tokyo Stadium
	Canada	10
					New Zealand	29
	27 July – Tokyo Stadium
					Great Britain	7
	Great Britain	26
									28 July – Tokyo Stadium
	United States	21
									New Zealand	12
	27 July – Tokyo Stadium
									Fiji	27
	South Africa	14
					28 July – Tokyo Stadium
	Argentina	19
					Argentina	14
	27 July – Tokyo Stadium
					Fiji	26			Bronze medal match
	Fiji	19
									28 July – Tokyo Stadium
	Australia	0
									Great Britain	12
									Argentina	17

Women's competition

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	88	28	+60	9	Quarter-finals
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	66	38	+28	7
3	ROC	3	1	0	2	47	59	−12	5
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	19	95	−76	3

Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	83	10	+73	9	Quarter-finals
2	Fiji	3	2	0	1	72	29	+43	7
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	45	57	−12	5
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	10	114	−104	3

Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	59	33	+26	9	Quarter-finals
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	86	24	+62	7
3	China	3	1	0	2	53	54	−1	5
4	Japan (H)	3	0	0	3	7	94	−87	3

Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Medal playoff

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	30 July – Tokyo Stadium
	New Zealand	36
					31 July – Tokyo Stadium
	ROC	0
					New Zealand (a.e.t.)	22
	30 July – Tokyo Stadium
					Fiji	17
	Fiji	14
									31 July – Tokyo Stadium
	Australia	12
									New Zealand	26
	30 July – Tokyo Stadium
									France	12
	United States	12
					31 July – Tokyo Stadium
	Great Britain	21
					Great Britain	19
	30 July – Tokyo Stadium
					France	26			Bronze medal match
	France	24
									31 July – Tokyo Stadium
	China	10
									Fiji	21
									Great Britain	12

See also

• Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

References

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External links

• Rugby Sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Results book Archived 2021-07-31 at the Wayback Machine