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2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men

This is the qualifications of the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens aimed at selecting men's rugby sevens national teams that appeared in the finals in San Francisco. A total of 55 nations took part in the qualifying process.

General edit

The tournament is organized by World Rugby to be held on 20–22 July 2018, with twenty-four teams in attendance. Automatic qualification is extended to the host and the eight quarterfinalists of the previous World Cup. Four more teams qualified based on placement in the 2016-17 World Rugby Sevens Series, and the remainder are to be decided in each of the six regions' respective tournaments.[1]

Qualified teams edit

Africa North America South America Asia Europe Oceania
Automatic qualification
  Kenya
  South Africa 		  United States   England
  France
  Wales 		  Australia
  Fiji
  New Zealand
2016–17 World Series
  Canada   Argentina   Scotland   Samoa
Regional Qualifiers
  Uganda
  Zimbabwe 		  Jamaica   Chile
  Uruguay 		  Hong Kong
  Japan 		  Ireland
  Russia 		  Papua New Guinea
  Tonga

Qualifying edit

Legend
Qualified to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Already qualified

Africa edit

Main article: 2017 Africa Cup Sevens

Ten teams competed in Rugby Africa's Sevens tournament on 6–7 October 2017 in Kampala, Uganda, and contested the two qualifying slots. By making it to the finals then winning, Uganda makes its first ever World Cup appearance.[2]

Rank Team
    Uganda
    Zimbabwe
    Madagascar
4   Zambia
5   Tunisia
6   Senegal
7   Morocco
8   Botswana
9   Ghana
10   Mauritius

North America edit

Main article: 2017 RAN Sevens

The qualifying tournament, which is also Rugby Americas North Sevens, took place at the Campo Marte in Mexico City, 25–26 November 2017.[3] Jamaica won the tournament to make its first World Cup appearance.

Rank Team
    Jamaica
    Guyana
    Mexico
4   Trinidad and Tobago
5   Cayman Islands
6   Bermuda
7   Barbados
8   Dominican Republic
9   British Virgin Islands
10   Curaçao

South America edit

Main article: 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens

The 2017 Bolivarian Games rugby sevens tournament on 19–21 November served as the first part of the South American qualification process. Silver-winning Paraguay advanced to the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, where from 6–14 January they compete alongside Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and some invitational teams.[4] After the two tournaments, respective third and fourth-place finishers Uruguay and Chile qualified.[5]

Asia edit

Main article: 2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series

From 1 September to 14 October, eight teams competed in Hong Kong, Incheon and Colombo for two World Cup slots. Japan and Hong Kong respectively rounded up the top two teams, making them eligible for the World Cup.[6]

Rank Team Hong Kong Incheon Colombo Points
    Japan 12 10 10 32
    Hong Kong 10 8 12 30
    South Korea 8 12 7 27
4   Sri Lanka 5 5 8 18
5   China 7 7 2 16
6   Philippines 4 2 5 11
7   Malaysia 2 4 4 10
8   Chinese Taipei 1 1 1 3

Europe edit

Main article: 2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

From 4 June to 16 July 2017, twelve teams competed at the Sevens Grand Prix in Moscow, Łódź, Clermont-Ferrand and Exeter, of which nine contested two World Cup spots with England, France and Wales already automatically qualified.

Rank Team Moscow Łódź Clermont-Ferrand Exeter Points
    Russia 16 20 18 20 74
    Ireland 20 16 20 16 72
    Spain 18 18 16 6 58
4   Wales 3 14 12 18 47
5   Germany 8 12 14 8 42
6   France 12 8 10 4 34
7   Georgia 6 6 6 12 30
8   Portugal 10 2 1 14 27
9   England 4 10 3 10 27
10   Italy 14 4 4 3 22
11   Belgium 2 3 8 2 15
12   Poland 1 1 2 1 5

Oceania edit

Main articles: 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship and Rugby sevens at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games

Thirteen teams competed on 10–11 November 2017 in Suva, Fiji, of which nine teams sought one of the two allotted World Cup slots based upon their placement with Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Samoa already qualified.[7] With Papua New Guinea claiming that slot, the second continental slot was awarded to the champion of the 2017 Pacific Mini Games tournament on 8–9 December.[8] Through edging out Solomon Islands for the Bronze Medal, only behind Fiji and Samoa, Tonga qualified.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 Qualification Process". rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Uganda and Zimbabwe qualify for RWC Sevens 2018". World Rugby. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Mexico City to Host 2017 Rugby Americas North Sevens Tournament - Rugby Americas North". rugbyamericasnorth.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. ^ "#7s – Tres torneos sudamericanos en los próximos meses" (in Spanish). 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Uruguay and Chile qualify for RWC Sevens 2018". World Rugby. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Hong Kong Triumph In Colombo With Extra Time Win Over Japan". Asia Rugby. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Top teams for Oceania 7s championship". Fiji Times. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". World Rugby. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Samoa wins the gold but Tonga secures the bigger prize". van2017.com. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

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