Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification explained

Twelve teams qualify for women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics . Japan automatically qualifies as host, with the top four teams of the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series securing their spots. Afterwards, qualification is determined with each of the six continental confederations determining a representative, and the remaining qualification spot determined through an international sevens tournament to be determined.[1] [2]

Table

EventDatesLocationQuotasQualifier
Host1
2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019Various4
2019 South American Qualifying Tournament1–2 June 2019 Lima1
2019 RAN Women's Sevens6–7 July 20190—
2019 European Qualifying Tournament13–14 July 2019 Kazan1
2019 Africa Women's Sevens12–13 October 2019 Jemmal1
2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship7–9 November 2019 Suva1
2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament9–10 November 2019 Guangzhou1
2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament19–20 June 2021[3] 2
Total12

2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

See main article: 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

As a principal route for the tournament, four places were determined by performance in the series over six tournaments.[4]

2018–19 Core Teams
Pos
Glendale
Dubai
Sydney
Kitakyushu
Langford
Biarritz		Points
total
120 20 20 12 20 18 110
218 14 16 16 16 20 100
316 18 12 20 12 16 94
412 16 18 10 18 12 86
514 8 10 14 14 10 70
66 10 3 18 10 3 50
78 12 8 6 8 6 48
810 6 14 8 2 1 41
94 3 6 3 6 14 36
103 2 4 4 4 4 21
112 4 2 2 3 8 21

Africa

See main article: 2019 Africa Women's Sevens.

Rugby Africa held the 2019 Africa Women's Sevens on 12–13 October 2019 at Jemmal, Tunisia.[5] With South Africa declining their Olympic qualification spot, Kenya advanced to the Olympic tournament.

Pool A
width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33001230+1239
32013656−207
31022263−415
30032082−623
Pool B
width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
3300990+999
32012547−227
31021748−315
30031763−463
Pool C
width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
3300897+829
32017614+627
31024165−245
30030120−1203
Knockout Round

Asia

See main article: 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Asia Rugby held a tournament on 9–10 November 2019 in Guangzhou, China.[6] Japan, already qualified for the Olympics as the host country, did not enter. China won the tournament and gained direct qualification.

Pool A
width=155 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33001467+1399
32018149+327
31022687–615
30035115–1103
Pool B
width=155 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33009717+809
32018117+647
31022098–785
30032490–663
Knockout round

Europe

See main article: 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Rugby Europe held a tournament on 13–14 July 2019 in Kazan, Russia.[7] England won the tournament, meaning that Great Britain qualified for the Olympics.

Teams eligible to compete in the tournament included:

Pool A
width=155 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33001255+1209
32016746+217
31024869–215
30035125–1203
Pool B
width=155 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33001105+1059
320111426+887
31022984–555
30035143–1383
Pool C
width=155 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33008912+779
320110319+847
31023488–545
300312119–1073
Knockout stage

North America

See main article: 2019 RAN Women's Sevens.

Rugby Americas North held the 2019 RAN Women's Sevens on 6–7 July 2019 at George Town, Cayman Islands. With the United States and Canada both qualifying through the Women's Sevens Series, the first and second placed teams Jamaica and Mexico advanced to the final qualifying tournament.[8]

width=160 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
550016424+14015
531111249+6310
53027342+319
52128861+277
510415156–1413
500520140–1200

Oceania

See main article: 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship.

Oceania Rugby held the 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship on 7–9 November 2019 at Suva, Fiji.[9] With Australia and New Zealand already qualified through the Women's Sevens Series, Fiji gained direct qualification to the Olympics while Papua New Guinea and Samoa advanced to the final qualifying tournament.

Pool B
width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33001890+1899
31024197–565
31022985–565
310227104–775
Pool C
width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33008822+669
32017436+387
31025645+115
30035120–1153
Knockout stage

South America

See main article: 2019 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Sudamérica Rugby held a tournament on 1–2 June 2019 in Lima, Peru.[10] Brazil won direct qualification to the Olympics while the second and third placed teams Colombia and Argentina advanced to the final qualifying tournament.

Pool A
width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
440020017+18312
43018050+3010
42026579–148
410336123–876
400415127–1124
Pool B
width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
431016431+13311
431015424+13011
42024564–198
410325112–876
40040157–1574
Knockout

Olympic qualification event

See main article: 2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.

A 12-team repechage tournament was scheduled to be held from 20 to 21 June 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new venue and date for the tournament has yet to be announced. Two runners-up from each of the six continental qualification tournaments will play, with the winner and runner-up advancing to the Olympic tournament.[11]

ContinentQualifiers
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
Total12

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Rugby and IOC confirm rugby sevens qualification process for Tokyo 2020. insidethegames.biz. 19 September 2018. 21 September 2018.
  2. Web site: QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020. World Rugby. 14 September 2018. 8 October 2018.
  3. Web site: world.rugby. Olympic repechage World Rugby. 2021-01-23. www.world.rugby.
  4. Web site: Schedule confirmed for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019. World Rugby. 7 June 2018. 23 September 2018.
  5. Web site: Africa Men and Women's Sevens, the two tournaments serving as qualification events for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, Tokyo 2020. Rugby Africa. 24 May 2019. 24 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Calendar 2019. Asia Rugby. 17 January 2019.
  7. Web site: Женский отбор на ОИ-2020 по регби-7 пройдет в Казани. Russian. ria.ru. 21 February 2019.
  8. Web site: Cayman Islands and Barbados to play host to 2019 RAN Competitions. Rugby Americas North. 13 February 2019. 13 February 2019.
  9. Web site: Rugby sevens regional qualifiers confirmed for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Oceania Rugby. 2 April 2019. 2 April 2019.
  10. Web site: Perú: se Entregó el Campo de Juego de Lima 2019. Spanish. Sudamérica Rugby. 28 March 2019. 31 March 2019.
  11. Web site: Olympic preparations for sevens teams up in the air . Rugby World . 1 August 2020.

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