2016 men's rugby sevens final Olympic qualification tournament

The final 2016 men's Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 18 and 19 June 2016 at Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, Monaco.[1] The tournament used a round-robin format.

2016 men's rugby sevens final Olympic qualification tournament
HostsMonaco Monaco
Date18–19 June 2016
Nations16
Final positions
Champions Spain
Runners-up Samoa
Third Russia
2020

The qualification tournament was won by Spain; as a result, they qualified for the 2016 Olympics.

Teams edit

Means of qualification Completed date Venue Berths Qualified
2015 CONSUR Sevens 7 June 2015   Santa Fe 2   Chile
  Uruguay
2015 NACRA Sevens 14 June 2015   Cary 2   Canada
  Mexico
2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series 12 July 2015 Various 1   Spain
2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament 19 July 2015   Lisbon 3   Germany
  Ireland
  Russia
2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships 8 November 2015   Hong Kong 3   Hong Kong
  South Korea
  Sri Lanka
2015 Oceania Sevens Championship 15 November 2015   Auckland 2   Samoa
  Tonga
2015 Africa Cup Sevens 15 November 2015   Johannesburg 3   Morocco
  Tunisia
  Zimbabwe
Total 16

Format edit

The teams are drawn into four pools, each containing four teams.

  • The top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup stage. The team that wins the Cup qualifies for the Olympic Games.
    • The losers of the Cup quarter-finals play off for the Plate .
  • The bottom two teams in each pool go into the Bowl.
    • The losers of the Bowl quarter-finals play off for the Shield.

Pool stage edit

Pool A edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Ireland 3 3 0 0 82 45 +37 9
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 68 34 +34 7
  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 40 59 –19 5
  Tonga 3 0 0 3 26 78 –52 3

Matches

18 June 2016
11:00
Samoa  26–0  Tonga
18 June 2016
11:22
Zimbabwe  12–24  Ireland
18 June 2016
14:15
Samoa  21–27  Ireland
18 June 2016
14:34
Zimbabwe  21–14  Tonga
18 June 2016
17:30
Tonga  12–31  Ireland
18 June 2016
17:52
Samoa  21–7  Zimbabwe

Pool B edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Germany 3 3 0 0 85 38 +46 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 109 21 +88 7
  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 54 69 –14 5
  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 19 139 –120 3

Matches

18 June 2016
11:44
Canada  33–0  Uruguay
18 June 2016
12:06
Germany  42–5  Sri Lanka
18 June 2016
14:59
Canada  57–0  Sri Lanka
18 June 2016
15:21
Germany  22–14  Uruguay
18 June 2016
18:14
Uruguay  40–14  Sri Lanka
18 June 2016
18:36
Canada  19–21  Germany

Pool C edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Russia 3 3 0 0 76 31 +45 9
  Chile 3 2 0 1 52 50 +2 7
  Morocco 3 1 0 2 50 73 –23 5
  Tunisia 3 0 0 3 38 62 –24 3

Matches

18 June 2016
12:28
Russia  26–19  Morocco
18 June 2016
12:50
Chile  19–12  Tunisia
18 June 2016
15:43
Russia  24–12  Tunisia
18 June 2016
16:05
Chile  33–12  Morocco
18 June 2016
18:56
Morocco  19–14  Tunisia
18 June 2016
19:20
Russia  26–0  Chile

Pool D edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  Hong Kong 3 3 0 0 64 17 +47 9
  Spain 3 2 0 1 54 31 +23 7
  South Korea 3 1 0 2 56 57 –1 5
  Mexico 3 0 0 3 27 96 –69 3

Matches

18 June 2016
13:12
Hong Kong  26–10  Mexico
18 June 2016
13:34
Spain  26–7  South Korea
18 June 2016
16:27
Hong Kong  19–7  South Korea
18 June 2016
16:49
Spain  28–5  Mexico
18 June 2016
19:42
Mexico  12–42  South Korea
18 June 2016
20:04
Hong Kong  19–0  Spain

Knockout stage edit

Shield edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Mexico19
 
 
 
  Sri Lanka22
 
  Sri Lanka24
 
 
 
  South Korea31
 
  South Korea33
 
 
  Tunisia19
 

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Zimbabwe19
 
 
 
  Mexico10
 
  Zimbabwe26
 
 
 
  Morocco19
 
  Morocco33
 
 
 
  Sri Lanka14
 
  Zimbabwe31
 
 
 
  Tonga5
 
  South Korea7
 
 
 
  Tonga41
 
  Tonga33
 
 
 
  Uruguay12
 
  Uruguay22
 
 
  Tunisia5
 

Plate edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Ireland19
 
 
 
  Canada24
 
  Canada24
 
 
 
  Hong Kong17
 
  Hong Kong24
 
 
  Chile5
 

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Ireland7
 
 
 
  Spain12
 
  Spain17
 
 
 
  Russia12
 
  Russia14
 
 
 
  Canada12
 
  Spain22
 
 
 
  Samoa19
 
  Hong Kong12
 
 
 
  Samoa31
 
  Samoa26
 
 
 
  Germany14 Third place
 
  Germany26
 
 
 
  Chile0
 
  Russia22
 
 
  Germany12
 

Overall edit

Pos Team Wn/Ls Pts Dif Pool
1 Spain 5–1 +36 D
2 Samoa 4–2 +62 A
3 Russia 5–1 +52 C
4 Germany 4–2 +50 B
5 Canada 4–2 +98 B
6 Hong Kong 4–2 +40 D
7 Ireland 3–2 +27 A
8 Chile 2–3 –43 C

References edit

  1. ^ "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 10 December 2015.