Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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2016 Men's Olympic Rugby Sevens Tournament
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Aerial view of the Deodoro Stadium, where the Men's Rugby Sevens tournament took place.
Tournament details
Host nation  Brazil
Venue Deodoro Stadium
Date 9–11 August
No. of nations 12
Final positions
Champions  Fiji
Runner-up  Great Britain
Third place  South Africa
Fourth place  Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 34
Tries scored 175 (5.15 per match)
Top scorer(s) South Africa Cecil Afrika
(47 points)
Most tries United States Carlin Isles
(6 tries)
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Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Brazil, hosted at the Deodoro Stadium, a temporary outdoor stadium constructed as part of the Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park in Rio de Janeiro. The tournament was held from 9 August to 11 August 2016, starting with group matches before finishing with the medal ceremony on 11 August. The 2016 Games marked the first time that rugby sevens has played at the Olympics, and the first time since 1924 that any form of rugby has played at the Olympics.

The gold medal for Fiji represented the first ever Olympic medal earned by Fiji at any Olympics.[1][2][3]

Qualification[edit]

With Brazil being the hosts, their team automatically qualified despite their sevens team not regularly appearing in the World Rugby Sevens Series. The 2014–15 Sevens World Series was the initial stage of qualification, with the top 4 teams at the end of the series gaining qualification to the 2016 Olympic Games. Between June and September 2015, each of the six regional rugby unions held an Olympic qualification event, where one team from each region qualified, bring the total up to 11 teams qualified. The final spot was determined by a repechage tournament held in Monaco, where the winner of that event became the final team to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.

As a result of England finishing fourth in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series, Great Britain were awarded a spot in the Olympic Games, despite the other nations failing to qualify in the top 4. This is because Great Britain compete as one union in the Olympics and as several in international rugby (Rugby Football Union for England, Welsh Rugby Union, Scottish Rugby Union and the combined Irish Rugby Football Union for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), which meant should one of either the England, Wales or Scotland teams qualify, then Great Britain would be awarded a spot in the Olympic Games. It was decided players based in Northern Ireland were not eligible to represent Great Britain in the rugby sevens tournament as these players represent the IRFU, and the union demanded that Northern Irish players that have committed to play for the Irish rugby union, only play for Ireland despite being eligible under IOC rules to compete for Great Britain.[4][5][6] The three remaining unions agreed in advance of the 2013–14 Sevens World Series that their highest-finishing teams in that season would represent all three unions in the first stage of qualification.

Qualified teams[edit]

Nation Means of qualification
 Brazil Host nation
 Fiji 2014–15 Sevens World Series top 4 finishers
 Great Britain
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Argentina 2015 CONSUR Sevens Champions
 United States 2015 NACRA Sevens Champions
 France 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Champions
 Japan 2015 ARFU Sevens Champions
 Australia 2015 Oceania Sevens Champions
 Kenya 2015 Rugby Africa Sevens Champions
 Spain 2016 Final Olympic Qualification Champions

Squads[edit]

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Draw[edit]

The draw for the tournament took place on 28 June 2016. The 12 teams were seeded based on their points they have accumulated over the past two seasons on the Sevens Series circuit. The four teams that qualified directly from the 2014–15 Sevens World Series were guaranteed a top four seeding, with their positioning determined by their combined score over the two seasons.[7][8]

Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3

Competition schedule[edit]

The men's rugby tournament takes place over three days:[9]

Date Event
August 9 12 group play matches
August 10 6 group play matches
Quarterfinals
August 11 Semifinals
Final and bronze matches
Medal ceremony

Match officials[edit]

World Rugby announced a panel of twelve match officials on 11 April 2016 for the men's sevens.[10][11] Two Brazilians were latter added assistant referees.

Pool stage[edit]

In pool play, each team plays one match against the other three teams in the group. Three points are awarded for a win, two points - for a draw, and one point - for a loss.[12]

Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. Third place teams drop to a third-placed teams table, where the top two third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals. Rankings are based on competition points; if teams are tied, the next tiebreaker is points difference.[7][12]

Pool A[edit]

Pos Team
Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 3 3 0 0 85 45 +40 9 Quarter-finals
2  Argentina 3 2 0 1 62 35 +27 7
3  United States 3 1 0 2 59 41 +18 5
4  Brazil (H) 3 0 0 3 12 97 −85 3
Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.


9 August 2016
13:00
v
United States  14–17  Argentina
Try: Penalty try 11' c
Barrett 12' c
Con: Hughes (2/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Müller 4' c
Luna 8' m
Moroni 14' m
Con: Revol (1/3)
9 August 2016
13:30
v
Fiji  40–12  Brazil
Try: Veremalua (2) 6' c, 12' c
Kolinisau 8' c
Tuisova (2) 9' m, 13' c
Viriviri 10' c
Con: Kolinisau (2/2)
Ravouvou (3/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Claro 4' m
Albuquerque 14' c
Con: Duque (0/1)
A. Silva (1/1)
9 August 2016
18:00
v
United States  26–0  Brazil
Try: Niua 3' c
Ebner 7' c
Isles 13' m
Unufe 14' c
Con: Hughes (3/4)
 Report
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Matthew O'Brien (Australia)
9 August 2016
18:30
v
Fiji  21–14  Argentina
Try: Tuisova 2' c
Taliga (2) 11' c, 12' c
Con: Ravouvou (1/1)
Kolinisau (2/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Sábato 5' c
Álvarez 8' c
Con: Revol (2/2)
10 August 2016
13:00
v
Argentina  31–0  Brazil
Try: Müller 4' m
Revol 6' c
Álvarez 7' c
Schulz 11' c
Bruzzone 13' m
Con: Revol (3/5)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)
10 August 2016
13:30
v
Fiji  24–19  United States
Try: Kolinisau 6' c
Ravouvou 7' m
Mata 9' c
Kunatani 12' m
Con: Kolinisau (2/3)
Ravouvou (0/1)
 Report Try: Barrett 4' c
Baker 8' c
Ebner 13' m
Con: Hughes (2/3)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Pool B[edit]

Pos Team
Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 3 2 0 1 55 12 +43 7 Quarter-finals
2  France 3 2 0 1 57 45 +12 7
3  Australia 3 2 0 1 52 48 +4 7
4  Spain 3 0 0 3 17 76 −59 3
Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.


9 August 2016
11:00
v
Australia  14–31  France
Try: Parahi 8' c
Jenkins 9' c
Con: Stannard (2/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Bouhraoua (3) 4' c, 6' c, 14' c
Dall'igna 13' c
Con: Bouhraoua (4/4)
Pen: Bouhraoua (1/1) 7'
9 August 2016
11:30
v
South Africa  24–0  Spain
Try: Afrika (2) 1' c, 7' c
Senatla 8' m
Snyman 12' m
Con: Afrika (2/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)
9 August 2016
16:00
v
Australia  26–12  Spain
Try: Clark 1' c
Parahi 7' c
Porch 8' m
Foley 14' c
Con: Stannard (3/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Poggi (2) 2' m, 4' c
Con: Hernández (1/2)
9 August 2016
16:30
v
South Africa  26–0  France
Try: Geduld 1' c
Smith 4' c
Brown 6' m
Sage 12' c
Con: Afrika (3/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
10 August 2016
11:00
v
France  26–5  Spain
Try: Vakatawa (2) 4' c, 8' m
Cler 10' c
Aicardi 12' c
Con: Bouhraoua (3/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Sempere 14' m
Con: Genua (0/1)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Anthony Moyes (Australia)
10 August 2016
11:30
v
South Africa  5–12  Australia
Try: Senatla 11' m
Con: Kolbe (0/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Parahi 3' c
Cusack 6' m
Con: Stannard (1/2)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)

Pool C[edit]

Pos Team
Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain 3 3 0 0 73 45 +28 9 Quarter-finals
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 64 40 +24 7
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 59 40 +19 5
4  Kenya 3 0 0 3 19 90 −71 3
Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.


9 August 2016
12:00
v
Great Britain  31–7  Kenya
Try: Norton 2' m
Burgess 4' c
Bibby (2) 6' m, 12' c
Bennett 7' c
Con: Mitchell (3/4)
Bibby (0/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Odhiambo 8' c
Con: Adema (1/1)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
9 August 2016
12:30
v
New Zealand  12–14  Japan
Try: Curry 6' c
A. Ioane 10' m
Con: Kaka (1/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Goto 3' c
Soejima 12' c
Con: Lemeki (1/1)
Sakai (1/1)
9 August 2016
17:00
v
Great Britain  21–19  Japan
Try: Rodwell (2) 1' c, 2' c
Watson 13' c
Con: Mitchell (3/3)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Lemeki (2) 6' c, 14' m
Sakai 11' c
Con: Goya (1/1)
Sakai (1/2)
9 August 2016
17:30
v
New Zealand  28–5  Kenya
Try: Penalty try 3' c
Ioane 4' c
Pulu 11' c
Ormond 14' c
Con: Pulu (3/3)
Kaka (1/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Injera 1' m
Con: Adema (0/1)
10 August 2016
12:00
v
Kenya  7–31  Japan
Try: Injera 4' c
Con: Oliech (1/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Hano 1' c
Lemeki (2) 7' c, 13' m
Goya 9' m
Penalty try 11' c
Con: Goya (3/5)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Matthew O'Brien (Australia)
10 August 2016
12:30
v
New Zealand  19–21  Great Britain
Try: R. Ioane 9' m
Ware 11' c
Ormond 13' c
Con: Kaka (2/3)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Bennett 2' c
Davies 5' c
Norton 7' c
Con: Mitchell (3/3)

Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 B  Australia 3 2 0 1 52 48 +4 7 Knockout stage
2 C  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 59 40 +19 5
3 A  United States 3 1 0 2 59 41 +18 5
Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point differential; 3) Points scored; 4) Lots drawn by World Rugby

Knockout stage[edit]

The quarterfinals were scheduled for August 10, with the semifinals and finals scheduled for August 11.[9]

9–12th place playoff[edit]

 
 9–12th place semifinals Ninth Place
 
            
 
 10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
  United States 24
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  Brazil 12
 
  United States 24
 
 10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  Spain 12
 
  Spain 14
 
 
  Kenya 12
 
 Eleventh Place
 
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
  Brazil 0
 
 
  Kenya 24

9–12th place semifinals[edit]

10 August 2016
16:00
v
United States  24–12  Brazil
Try: Isles (3) 4' m, 7' m, 10' c
Barrett 6' c
Con: Hughes (2/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: D. Sancery 3' m
Bourda-Couhet 11' c
Con: Duque (1/2)
10 August 2016
16:30
v
Spain  14–12  Kenya
Try: Poggi (2) 7' c, 8' c
Con: Hernández (2/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Amonde 4' m
Odhiambo 12' c
Con: Adema (0/1)
Oliech (1/1) 12'
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Taku Otsuki (Japan)

Eleventh place game[edit]

11 August 2016
12:30
v
Brazil  0–24  Kenya
Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Odhiambo (3) 1' m, 6' c, 10 c
Ambaka 8' m
Con: Oliech (1/2)
Injera (0/1)
Adema (1/1)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)

Ninth place game[edit]

11 August 2016
13:00
v
United States  24–12  Spain
Try: Barrett 4' c
Isles (2) 7' m, 14' m
Unufe 12' c
Con: Hughes (1/2)
Wyles (1/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Fontes 2' m
López 10' c
Con: Genua (0/1)
Hernández (1/1)

5–8th place playoff[edit]

 
 Semi-finals Fifth Place
 
            
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
  New Zealand 24
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  France 19
 
  New Zealand 17
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  Argentina 14
 
  Argentina 26
 
 
  Australia 21
 
 Seventh Place
 
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
  France 12
 
 
  Australia 10

5–8th place semifinals[edit]

11 August 2016
13:30
v
New Zealand  24–19  France
Try: Ware (2) 2' m, 12' c
A. Ioane 8' m
R. Ioane 10' c
Con: Kaka (2/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Parez (2) 4' c, 7' m
Valleau 14' c
Con: Bouhraoua (2/3)
11 August 2016
14:00
v
Argentina  26–21  Australia
Try: Revol (2) 7' m, 10' c
Moroni (2) 11' c, 14' c
Con: Revol (3/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Cusack (2) 1' c, 2' c
Foley 6' c
Con: Stannard (3/3)

Seventh place game[edit]

11 August 2016
17:30
v
France  12–10  Australia
Try: Bouhraoua 6' m
Candelon 8' c
Con: Bouhraoua (1/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Hutchison 1' m
Jenkins 13' m
Con: Stannard (0/2)

Fifth place game[edit]

11 August 2016
18:00
v
New Zealand  17–14  Argentina
Try: A. Ioane 5' m
Mikkelson 9' m
R. Ioane 11' c
Con: Pulu (0/2)
Kaka (1/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Imhoff 13' c
Moroni 14' c
Con: Revol (2/2)

Medal playoff[edit]

 
 Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal
 
                    
 
 10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
  Fiji 12
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  New Zealand 7
 
  Fiji 20
 
 10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  Japan 5
 
  Japan 12
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  France 7
 
  Fiji 43
 
 10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  Great Britain 7
 
  Great Britain (a.e.t.) 5
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  Argentina 0
 
  Great Britain 7
 
 10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  South Africa 5 Bronze medal
 
  South Africa 22
 
 11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
  Australia 5
 
  Japan 14
 
 
  South Africa 54
 

Quarterfinals[edit]

10 August 2016
17:00
v
Fiji  12–7  New Zealand
Try: Kolinisau 2' m
Tuwai 8' c
Con: Ravouvou (0/1)
Kolinisau (1/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Kaka 6' c
Con: Pulu (1/1)
10 August 2016
17:30
v
Japan  12–7  France
Try: Tuqiri 8' m
Goto 7' c
Con: Sakai (1/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Cler 4' c
Con: Bouhraoua (1/1)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
10 August 2016
18:00
v
Great Britain  5–0 (a.e.t.)  Argentina
Try: Bibby 18'
Pen: Mitchell (0/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Pen: Revol (0/1)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
10 August 2016
18:30
v
South Africa  22–5  Australia
Try: Speckman 3' m
Senatla 5' m
Brown 10' c
Afrika 12' m
Con: Afrika (1/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Cusack 7' m
Con: Clark (0/1)

Semifinals[edit]

11 August 2016
14:30
v
Fiji  20–5  Japan
Try: Ravouvou 1' m
Tuisova 6' m
Kunatani 9' m
Tuwai 10' m
Con: Ravouvou (0/3)
Kolinisau (0/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Goto 4' m
Con: Lemeki (0/1)
11 August 2016
15:00
v
Great Britain  7–5  South Africa
Try: Norton 8' c
Con: Mitchell (1/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Brown 2' m
Con: Afrika (0/1)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Bronze medal game[edit]

11 August 2016
18:30
v
Japan  14–54  South Africa 3rd
Try: Kuwazuru 8' c
Goya 11' c
Con: Goya (2/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: De Jongh 1' c
Speckman (3) 3' c, 10' c, 19' c
Afrika (2) 12' c, 15' c
Geduld 17' m
Kolbe 20' c
Con: Afrika (5/6)
Geduld (2/2)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)

Gold medal game[edit]

11 August 2016
19:00
v
1st Fiji  43–7  Great Britain 2nd
Try: Kolinisau 1' m
Tuwai 3' c
Veremalua 7' m
Nakarawa 8' m
Ravouvou 10' c
Tuisova 14' c
Mata 19' c
Con: Ravouvou (1/2)
Kolinisau (2/4)
Taliga (1/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Norton 16' c
Con: Watson (1/1)

Final ranking[edit]

Rank Team Matches Points Avg points Tries Avg tries
1st  Fiji 6 160 26.67 26 4.33
2nd  Great Britain 6 92 15.33 14 2.33
3rd  South Africa 6 136 22.67 22 3.67
4  Japan 6 95 15.83 15 2.50
5  New Zealand 6 107 17.83 17 2.83
6  Argentina 6 102 17.00 16 2.67
7  France 6 95 15.83 14 2.33
8  Australia 6 88 14.67 14 2.33
9  United States 5 107 21.4 17 3.40
10  Spain 5 43 8.6 7 1.40
11  Kenya 5 55 11.00 9 1.80
12  Brazil 5 24 4.8 4 0.80

Statistics[edit]

Try scorers[edit]

Point scorers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Olympics Daytime". Rio 2016. 11 August 2016. CBC. 
  2. ^ "Fiji thrash Great Britain to win Olympic men's rugby sevens gold". Guardian. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016. 
  3. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Silver for GB as Fiji win sevens gold". BBC Sport. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016. 
  4. ^ [1][dead link]
  5. ^ [2][dead link]
  6. ^ Mackay, Duncan (23 March 2013). "Rio 2016 qualifying system for rugby sevens revealed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 April 2016. 
  7. ^ a b "Olympic Draw and Competition Process". World Rugby. Retrieved 28 June 2016. 
  8. ^ "Rugby sevens groups announced for Rio 2016 Olympic Games as stadium nears completion". Rio 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016. 
  9. ^ a b Olympic Schedule. Rio2016.com. Accessed 4 July 2016.
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  11. ^ "Olympic Games 2016 – Men's Sevens". World Rugby. Retrieved 12 April 2016. 
  12. ^ a b Olympic draw and competition process, WorldRugby.org. Accessed 4 July 2016.

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