2020 Men's Olympic Rugby Sevens Tournament | |
Type: | sevens |
Image Caption: | Tokyo Stadium, where the Men's Rugby Sevens tournament was played |
Host: | Japan |
Venue: | Tokyo Stadium |
Date: | 26–28 July 2021 |
Nations: | 12 |
Champion: | FIJ |
Count: | 2 |
Runnerup: | NZL |
Third: | ARG |
Fourth: | GBR |
Matches: | 34 |
Tries: | 193 |
Top Scorer: | Andrew Knewstubb (37 points) |
Most Tries: | Marcos Moneta (6 tries) |
Preceded By: | 2016 |
Succeeded By: | 2024 |
The men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in Japan. It was hosted at Tokyo Stadium, which also served as a host stadium of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The tournament was played over three days from 26–28 July 2021.[1] The tournament was won by the returning champions, Fiji.
P | Pool Stage | PM | Placing Matches | ¼ | Quarter-Finals | ½ | Semi-Finals | B | Bronze Medal Match | F | Gold Medal Match |
Date | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | ||||||||
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Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | |||||
Men's | P | PM | ¼ | PM | ½ | PM | B | F |
See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.
Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualifier | |
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Host | 1 | ||||
2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series | 30 November 2018 – 2 June 2019 | Various | 4 | ||
2019 South American Qualifying Tournament | 29–30 June 2019 | Santiago | 1 | ||
2019 RAN Sevens | 6–7 July 2019 | George Town | 1 | ||
2019 European Qualifying Tournament | 13–14 July 2019 | Colomiers | 1 | ||
2019 Oceania Sevens Championship | 7–9 November 2019 | Suva | 1 | ||
2019 Africa Men's Sevens | 8–9 November 2019 | 1 | |||
2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament | 23–24 November 2019 | Incheon | 1 | ||
2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament | 19–20 June 2021 | Monaco | 1 | ||
Total | 12 |
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The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds.
data-sort-type="number" | Rank ! | Team | Matches | Points | Avg points | Tries | Avg tries |
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6 | 157 | 26.17 | 24 | 4.00 | |||
6 | 161 | 26.83 | 24 | 4.00 | |||
6 | 149 | 24.83 | 23 | 3.83 | |||
4 | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 18 | 3.00 | ||
5 | 6 | 128 | 21.50 | 19 | 3.17 | ||
6 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 15 | 2.50 | ||
7 | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 18 | 3.00 | ||
8 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 13 | 2.17 | ||
9 | 5 | 69 | 13.80 | 11 | 2.20 | ||
10 | 5 | 74 | 14.80 | 12 | 2.40 | ||
11 | 5 | 69 | 13.80 | 11 | 2.20 | ||
12 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 5 | 1.00 |