Colombia women's national rugby sevens team

The Colombia women's national rugby sevens team participates at several international tournaments. Colombia qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] Their biggest achievement is the bronze medal won at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.[3][4]

Colombia
UnionColombian Rugby Federation
Nickname(s)Las tucanes (The toucans)
Coach(es)Laurent Palau
Captain(s)Alejandra Betancur
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup
Appearances0

Colombia placed second at the 2019 Sudamérica Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Peru, earning them a place at the final qualification tournament. They were knocked out of the Qualifier semi-finals at the 2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament by France.[5][6] Colombia qualified for their first Sevens World Cup after finishing as runners-up at the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens. The 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens will be held in South Africa.[7]

Tournament history edit

Summer Olympics edit

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  2016 Placement round 12th 5 0 5 0
  2020 Did not qualify
  2024
Total 0 Titles 1/1 5 0 5 0

Rugby World Cup Sevens edit

Rugby World Cup Sevens record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  2009 Did not qualify
  2013
  2018
  2022 15th-place Final 16th 4 0 4 0
Total 0 Titles 1/4 4 0 4 0

Pan American Games edit

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  2015 5th playoff 5th equal 6 1 3 2
  2019 Semifinals   5 3 2 0
Total 0 Titles 1/1 6 1 2 3

South American Championship edit

  • 2004 - 3rd
  • 2005 - 4th
  • 2007 - 2nd
  • 2008 - 5th
  • 2009 - 5th
  • 2010 - 2nd
  • 2011 - 5th
  • 2012 - 2nd
  • 2013 - 5th
  • 2014 - 4th
  • 2015 - 1st
  • 2016 - 3rd
  • 2017 (Villa Carlos Paz) - 3rd
  • 2018 - 3rd
  • 2019 (Lima) - 2nd
  • 2019 (Montevideo) - 3rd
  • 2020 - 3rd
  • 2021 - 2nd

Players edit

Previous squad edit

The following is the Colombia roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

Head coach: Laurent Palau

Backs Forwards
2 Nathalie Marchino 1 Nicole Acevedo
4 Khaterinne Medina 3 Alejandra Betancur (c)
6 Isabel Romero 5 Ana Ramírez
8 Solangie Delgado 7 Estefanía Ramírez
9 Camila Lopera 10 Guadalupe López
11 Sharon Acevedo
12 Laura González

References edit

  1. ^ worldrugby.org. "Colombia and Argentina book spots at Rio 2016". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  2. ^ "Argentina and Colombia win South American rugby sevens tournament and guarantee their places at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  3. ^ EFE (2019-07-28). "Colombia logró histórica medalla en el rugby siete femenino". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  4. ^ "Colombia women aim for a second Olympics: We will never forget the joy of qualifying | Women in Rugby". www.women.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  5. ^ "World Rugby Sevens Repechage ready for kick-off - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  6. ^ "Final squads confirmed ahead of Olympic Repechage kick-off in Monaco - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  7. ^ world.rugby (2021-11-13). "BRAZIL AND COLOMBIA QUALIFY FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  8. ^ "Colombia named their Olympic squad". World Rugby. 13 July 2016.

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