| 2016 Women's Olympic Rugby sevens Tournament | |
| Type: | women sevens |
| Image Caption: | Aerial view of the Deodoro Stadium, where the Women's Rugby Sevens tournament took place |
| Host: | Brazil |
| Venue: | Deodoro Stadium |
| Date: | 6–8 August 2016 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Champion: | Australia |
| Count: | 1 |
| Runnerup: | New Zealand |
| Third: | Canada |
| Fourth: | Great Britain |
| Matches: | 34 |
| Tries: | 180 |
| Top Scorer: |  Portia Woodman(50 points) |
| Most Tries: | Portia Woodman (10 tries) |
| Succeeded By: | 2020 |
The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Brazil, hosted at the Deodoro Stadium, a temporary outdoor stadium constructed as part of the Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park in Rio de Janeiro. The tournament was held from 6 August to 8 August 2016, starting with group matches before finishing with the medal ceremony on 8 August.
Australia beat New Zealand 24–17 in the final.[1] [2] Canada secured the bronze medal with a win over Great Britain.[3]
With Brazil being the hosts, their team automatically qualified despite their sevens team not regularly appearing in the top 6 on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the initial stage of qualification, where the top 4 teams at the end of the series gaining qualification to the 2016 Olympic Games. Between June and September 2015, each of the six regional rugby unions held an Olympic qualification event, where one team from each region qualified, bring the total up to 11 team qualified. The final spot was determined by a repechage tournament held in Monaco, where the winner of that event became the final team to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.
As a result of England finishing fourth in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series, Great Britain were awarded a spot in the Olympic games, despite the other nations failing to qualify in the top 4. This is because Great Britain compete as one union in the Olympics and as several in international rugby (England, Wales, Scotland and a combined union from Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland), which meant should one of either the England, Wales or Scotland teams qualify, then Great Britain would be awarded a spot in the Olympic Games. It was decided players based in Northern Ireland were not eligible to represent Great Britain in the rugby sevens tournament as these players represent the IRFU, and the union demanded that Northern Irish players, that have committed to play for the Irish rugby union, only play for Ireland despite being eligible under IOC rules to compete for Great Britain.[4] [5] [6] The three remaining unions agreed in advance of the 2013–14 Sevens World Series that their highest-finishing teams in that season would represent all three unions in the first stage of qualification.
| Nation | Means of qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | ||
| 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series top 4 finishers | ||
| 2015 CONSUR Women's Sevens Champions | ||
| 2015 NACRA Women's Sevens Champions | ||
| 2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Champions | ||
| 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens Champions | ||
| 2015 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship Champions | ||
| 2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships Champions | ||
| 2016 Women's Final Olympic Qualification Tournament Champions |
See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads.
On 11 April 2016, World Rugby announced a panel of twelve match officials for the women's sevens.[7] [8] Two Brazilians were later added as assistant referees.
The draw for the tournament took place on 28 June 2016. The 12 teams were seeded based on their points they have accumulated over the past two seasons on the Women's Sevens Series circuit. The four teams that qualified directly from the 2014–15 Women's Sevens World Series were guaranteed a top four seeding, with their positioning determined by their combined score over the two seasons.[9] [10]
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. Third place teams drop to a third-placed teams table, where the top two third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.[9]
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The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds.
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| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Avg points | Tries | Avg tries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 166 | 27.67 | 28 | 4.67 | |||
| 6 | 156 | 26.00 | 26 | 4.33 | |||
| 6 | 136 | 22.67 | 22 | 3.67 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 134 | 22.33 | 22 | 3.67 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 98 | 16.33 | 16 | 2.67 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 105 | 17.50 | 17 | 2.83 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 64 | 10.67 | 10 | 1.67 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 62 | 7.75 | 10 | 1.67 | ||
| 9 | 5 | 86 | 17.20 | 13 | 2.60 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 7 | 1.40 | ||
| 11 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 7 | 1.40 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 2 | 0.40 |
Emilee Cherry Ellia Green
Kayla Moleschi Karen Paquin
Camille Grassineau Caroline Ladagnous
Marie Yamaguchi
Janet Musindalo Okelo Huriana Manuel Nicole Beck Chloe Dalton
Paula Ishibashi Cláudia Teles Jade Le Pesq
Abbie Brown Natasha Hunt Jasmine Joyce Emily Scarratt Emily Scott Danielle Waterman Joanne Watmore Amy Wilson-Hardy Ano Kuwai Celestine Navalayo Masinde
Marina Bravo Amaia Erbina Iera Etxebarría Patricia García
Joanne Fa'avesi Kathryn Johnson Shannon Parry Evania Pelite Amy Turner Sharni Williams Amanda Araújo Luiza Campos Isadora Cerullo Mariana Barbosa Ramalho Haline Scatrut Brittany Benn Jen Kish Kelly Russell Natasha Watcham-Roy Charity Williams
Sharon Acevedo Khaterinne Medina Audrey Amiel Fanny Horta Elodie Guiglion Marjorie Mayans Heather Fisher Katy McLean Yuka Kanematsu Yume Okuroda Doreen Remour Nziwa Irene Awino Otieno Kelly Brazier Gayle Broughton Theresa Fitzpatrick Tyla Nathan-Wong Ruby Tui Niall Williams María Casado Bárbara Pla Ryan Carlyle Lauren Doyle Richelle Stephens Emilee Cherry Ellia Green Kayla Moleschi Kelly Russell Karen Paquin Camille Grassineau Caroline Ladagnous Marie Yamaguchi Janet Musindalo Okelo Huriana Manuel Nicole Beck Paula Ishibashi Cláudia Teles Pauline Biscarat Abbie Brown Natasha Hunt Jasmine Joyce Emily Scarratt Danielle Waterman Joanne Watmore Amy Wilson-Hardy Ano Kuwai Celestine Navalayo Masinde Marina Bravo Amaia Erbina Iera Etxebarría Joanne Fa'avesi Kathryn Johnson Shannon Parry Evania Pelite Amy Turner Sharni Williams Amanda Araújo Luiza Campos Isadora Cerullo Mariana Barbosa Ramalho Haline Scatrut Brittany Benn Jen Kish Natasha Watcham-Roy Charity Williams Sharon Acevedo Khaterinne Medina Audrey Amiel Fanny Horta Elodie Guiglion Marjorie Mayans Heather Fisher Yuka Kanematsu Doreen Remour Nziwa Irene Awino Otieno Gayle Broughton Theresa Fitzpatrick Ruby Tui Niall Williams María Casado Bárbara Pla Ryan Carlyle Lauren Doyle