Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pan American Games explained

Event:	Rugby sevens
Games:	2019
Venue:	Rugby sevens stadium
Dates:	July 26 –28, 2019
Competitors:	192
Nations:	12
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru was held from July 26th to 28th. The venue for the competition is the rugby sevens stadium located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster.^[1]

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 12 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 192 athletes were scheduled to compete.^[2] After making its debut at the 2015 edition, the women's tournament has been expanded to eight teams from six.

Medalists

Men's tournament

Participating nations

12 countries qualified rugby sevens teams . The numbers of participants qualified are in parentheses. Jamaica, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago are all scheduled to make their Pan American Games debut in the sport.

Qualification

Eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) received automatic qualification in the women's tournament only, along with seven other teams. Eight men's teams qualified through various tournaments as well.^[2]

Men

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies
Automatic qualification			3
2018 South American Games^[3]	27–29 May	Colcapirhua	2
2018 RAN Sevens^[4] ^[5]	22–23 September	Saint James	2
2019 Sudamérica Rugby Men's Sevens OQT	29–30 June	Santiago	1
Total			8

Women

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies
Host Nation			1
Automatic qualification			2
2018 South American Games^[6]	27–29 May	Colcapirhua	1
2018 RAN Women's Sevens	22–23 September	Saint James	2
2018 Valentín Martínez Tournament	9–10 November	Montevideo	1
2019 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens OQT	1–2 June	Lima	1
Total			8

External links

Results book

Notes and References

Web site: Pan American Schedule. 13 June 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 16 June 2019.
Web site: Qualification System manual. 25 April 2018. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018.
News: 29 May 2018. Against all odds Chile win Gold. Americas Rugby News. 1 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608123539/http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/05/29/against-the-odds-chile-win-gold/#. 2018-06-08. live.
Web site: 2018 RAN Sevens heads to Barbados. 22 March 2018. www.rugbyamericasnorth.com/. Rugby Americas North. 30 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180430050342/https://rugbyamericasnorth.com/2018-ran-sevens-heads-barbados/#. 2018-04-30. live.
Web site: Jamaica and Mexico win RAN Sevens. 24 September 2018. www.worldrugby.org/. World Rugby. 24 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924185837/https://www.worldrugby.org/news/367380?lang=en#. 2018-09-24. live.
News: 29 May 2018. Brazil Claim Gold in Cochabamba. Americas Rugby News. 1 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608123536/http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/05/29/brazil-claim-gold-in-cochabamba/#. 2018-06-08. live.