2023 RAN Sevens explained

Countries:	Canada
Date:	August 19–20; 2023
Nations:	7
Matches:	16
Prevseason:	2022 (Nov)
Nextseason:	2024

The 2023 RAN Sevens are a North American rugby sevens tournament for the Rugby Americas Northregion of World Rugby that took place at the Starlight Stadium, Langford, British Columbia on 19 and 20 August 2023; they were held in Canada for the second time. The defending champions are Jamaica. The winners will earn qualification to the 2024 Olympics.^[1]

Format

The teams are divided into two round-robin pools and each play matches against their pool opponents. The top two sides in each pool advance to the Cup semi-finals, from which the winners advance to the final / third-place matches.

The remaining teams that did not qualify for the Cup rounds compete in a Plate round-robin pool for fifth to seventh place.

Teams

The six teams competing in British Columbia were:^{[2] [3]}

, and withdrew before the tournament.

Pool stage

All times in Pacific Time Zone

Legend
Advanced to Cup semi-finals
Advanced to Cup quarter-finals

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Pool A

width=175	Team	width=25 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=25 abbr="Won"	W	width=25 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=25 abbr="Lost"	L	width=32 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=32 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=32 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=25 abbr="Points"	Pts
	2	2	0	0	102	0	102	6
	2	1	0	1	35	47	–12	4
	2	0	0	2	7	97	–90	2

Pool B

width=175	Team	width=25 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=25 abbr="Won"	W	width=25 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=25 abbr="Lost"	L	width=32 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=32 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=32 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=25 abbr="Points"	Pts
	2	2	0	0	59	12	47	6
	2	1	0	1	41	21	20	4
	2	0	0	2	0	67	–67	2

Knockout stage

Cup

Standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2024 Olympics
Qualified for the 2024 Repechage

width=50	Rank	width=240	Team
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Notes and References

1. Web site: MacKinnon . Carly . 2023-03-31 . Canada Named Host Country for the 2023 Rugby Americas North Sevens, Qualification Event for Olympic Games Paris 2024 . 2023-08-18 . Rugby Americas North . en-US.
2. Web site: MacKinnon . Carly . 2023-05-03 . Senior Men's and Women's Teams Announced for 2023 RAN 7s . 2023-08-18 . Rugby Americas North . en-US.
3. Web site: MacKinnon . Carly . 2023-08-02 . 2023 RAN Sevens: Updated Teams, Format, and Event Schedule . 2023-08-18 . Rugby Americas North . en-US.
4. Web site: RAN Sevens | Rugby Americas North .