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2020 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament

The final qualification repechage tournament for men's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 18–20 June 2021 at Stade Louis II in Monaco.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled for a year earlier,[2] but was postponed until 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

2020 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
The tournament venue, Stade Louis II.
HostsMonaco Monaco
Date18–20 June 2021
Nations9
Final positions
Champions Ireland
Runners-up France
Series details
Top try scorerJordan Conroy (11)
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Twelve men's teams were eligible to compete in the repechage tournament, being the second and third ranked teams from the six continental qualifiers. Two teams, Brazil and China, withdrew a month before the competition due to challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] A third team, Uganda, had to withdraw after members of their squad recorded positive COVID-19 test results on arrival in Monaco. This reduced the number of teams competing to nine.[5]

Ireland won the repechage tournament, defeating France by 28–19 in the final, to qualify for the men's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.[2][5]

Teams edit

Event Dates Location Quota Qualifier
2019 South American Qualifying Tournament 29–30 June 2019   Santiago 2   Brazil [note 1]
  Chile
2019 RAN Sevens 6–7 July 2019   George Town 2   Jamaica
  Mexico
2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament 13–14 July 2019   Colomiers 2   France
  Ireland
2019 Oceania Sevens Championship 7–9 November 2019   Suva 2   Samoa
  Tonga
2019 Africa Men's Sevens 8–9 November 2019   Johannesburg 2   Uganda [note 2]
  Zimbabwe
2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament 23–24 November 2019   Incheon 2   China [note 1]
  Hong Kong
Total 9 teams
  • Notes:
  1. ^ a b Brazil and China withdrew a month before the tournament due to challenges presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
  2. ^ Uganda was a late withdrawal from the tournament following positive COVID-19 test results from the squad on arrival in Monaco.[5]

Pool stage edit

The teams were drawn into two pools with each team playing against all opponents in their own pool.[6] Due to the late withdrawal of Uganda, all matches involving them were recorded as a bye for their opponents in Pool B.[5][7]

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Ireland (Q) 4 4 0 0 126 17 +109 12
  Samoa (Q) 4 3 0 1 156 38 +118 10
  Zimbabwe 4 2 0 2 64 81 −17 8
  Tonga 4 1 0 3 43 128 −85 6
  Mexico 4 0 0 4 17 142 −125 4
18 June 2021
18:00
Zimbabwe  21–0  Mexico
Try: Magaramombe 4'c
Muneta 11'c
Phiri 13'c
Con: Musumhi (2/2) 4', 12'
Mangongo (1/1) 13'		Report
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)
19 June 2021
9:28
Samoa  69–5  Mexico
Try: Apelu Maliko 1'c
Rimoni (2) 2'c, 8'm
Scanlan (2) 3'c, 4'c
Falaniko (3) 6'c, 9'c, 11'm
Afa 8'm
Tavita 10'm
Sapeti 13'c
Con: Matavao (6/9) 1', 3', 3', 4', 7', 10'
Falaniko (1/2) 14'		ReportTry: Sámano 7'm
Con: Rodríguez (0/1)
Cards: Guerrero   2' to 4'
Stade Louis II, Monaco
19 June 2021
9:50
Ireland  31–10  Zimbabwe
Try: Conroy (2) 0'c, 3'm
Kennedy (3) 4'c, 5'c, 7'm
Con: Dardis (3/5) 1', 5', 7'		ReportTry: Mavara 10'm
Boshi 14'm
Con: Musumhi (0/2)
Stade Louis II, Monaco
19 June 2021
12:12
Ireland  31–0  Mexico
Try: Kennedy (2) 2'c, 6'c
Conroy 4'c
Fitzpatrick (2) 7'm, 9'm
Con: Cribbin (3/5) 2', 4', 7'		Report
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
19 June 2021
12:34
Samoa  47–5  Tonga
Try: Apelu Maliko (2) 1'c, 9'c
Milford 6'c
Rimoni (2) 7'c, 10'c
Falaniko 12'c
Tapeneko 13'm
Con: Matavao (1/1) 2'
Falaniko (4/4) 7', 7', 11', 12'
Apelu Maliko (1/1) 8'
Leitufia (0/1)		ReportTry: Taumoepeau 4'm
Con: Halaifonua (0/1)
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
19 June 2021
15:24
Ireland  43–0  Tonga
Try: Kennedy (3) 1'm, 5'm, 7'c
McNulty 3'm
Conroy (3) 7'c, 10'c, 11'c
Con: Cribbin (4/7) 7', 7', 11', 12'		Report
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
19 June 2021
17:39
Samoa  33–7  Zimbabwe
Try: Apelu Maliko (2) 0'c, 3'c
Matavao 4'c
Falaniko (2) 6'c, 12'm
Con: Matavao (4/5) 1', 3', 4', 6'
Cards: Rimoni   4' to 6'		ReportTry: Musumhi 7'c
Con: Musumhi (1/1) 7'
Cards: Mangongo   10' to 12'
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
19 June 2021
18:01
Tonga  21–12  Mexico
Try: Vaea 5'c
Taufa 7'c
Fekitoa 13'c
Con: Fekitoa (2/2) 5', 7'
Halaifonua (1/1)
Cards: Vaea   0' to 2'		ReportTry: Chávez 3'm
Sámano 6'c
Con: Rodríguez (1/2) 7'
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
20 June 2021
12:55
Tonga  17–26  Zimbabwe
Try: Manu 0'm
Timani 5'm
Kilioni 10'c
Con: Halaifonua (1/1) 10'
Fekitoa (0/1)
Ram (0/1)		ReportTry: Mangongo (2) 6'c, 12'c
Mashawi 7'c
Katsvere 7'm
Con: Musumhi (3/4) 6', 7', 12'
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
20 June 2021
13:17
Samoa  7–21  Ireland
Try: Falaniko 8'c
Con: Matavao (1/1) 8'		ReportTry: Horan 4'c
Conroy 7'c
Kelly 9'c
Con: Dardis (3/3) 4', 7', 9'
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  France (Q) 3 3 0 0 119 12 +107 9
  Hong Kong (Q) 3 2 0 1 62 56 +6 7
  Chile 3 1 0 2 53 74 –21 5
  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 10 102 –92 3
19 June 2021
10:12
France  40–0  Jamaica
Try: Siega 5'c
Zeghdar 6'c
Barraque 8'c
Laugel 9'c
Valleau 11'm
Bouhraoua 13'c
Con: Barraque (5/6) 5', 7', 9', 10', 13'
Cards: Veredamu   13' to 14'		Report
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
19 June 2021
12:56
Hong Kong  31–5  Jamaica
Try: Yiu (2) 1'm, 7'c
Woodward 5'm
McQueen 7'c
Hood 10'c
Con: Webb (2/4) 7', 8'
Hood (1/1) 10'		ReportTry: Caton-Brown 3'm
Con: Adamson (0/1)
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)
19 June 2021
13:18
France  43–7  Chile
Try: Siega (2) 3'm, 6'c
Zeghdar 4'c
Barraque 7'c
Mignot (2) 10'm, 12'c
Laugel 14'm
Con: Barraque (4/7) 5', 6', 7', 12'		ReportTry: Huici 7'c
Con: Tredinick (1/1) 7'
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
19 June 2021
15:46
Hong Kong  26–15  Chile
Try: Morrison 1'c
Yiu 11'c
Webb 12'c
McQueen 13'm
Con: Webb (3/4) 2', 12', 13'
Cards: Woodward   5' to 7'		ReportTry: De Vidts 5'm
Huici 7'm
Jana 7'm
Con: Strabucchi (0/3)
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
19 June 2021
18:45
Chile  31–5  Jamaica
Try: Edwards 1'm
Huici 5'c
Brangier 7'c
Goñi 9'm
Blanc 12'c
Con: Tredinick (2/4) 6', 7'
Strabucchi (1/1) 13'		ReportTry: Caton-Brown 3'm
Con: Adamson (0/1)
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
20 June 2021
14:01
France  36–5  Hong Kong
Try: Parez 2'c
Mignot 5'm
Riva 6'c
Laugel 8'm
Siega 12'c
O'Connor 13'm
Con: Riva (1/1) 3'
Jean-Pascal Barraque (2/5) 6', 12'
Cards: Veredamu   3' to 5'		ReportTry: Denmark 9'm
Con: Webb (0/1)
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

Combined standings edit

After completion of the pool stage, the top two teams from each pool progressed to the knockout stage, with the winner of the final gaining qualification for the Olympic Sevens in Tokyo.[8][5] Seedings for the knockouts were based on (a) pool placing, (b) competition points awarded (for a win, draw or loss) in the respective pool standings, and (c) difference between points scored and conceded across all pool matches played.

# Team Place Pld −/+ Pts
1   Ireland 1st A 4 +109 12
2   France 1st B 3 +107 9
3   Samoa 2nd A 4 +118 10
4   Hong Kong 2nd B 3 +6 7
5   Zimbabwe 3rd A 4 –17 8
6   Chile 3rd B 3 –21 5
7   Tonga 4th A 4 –85 6
8   Jamaica 4th B 3 –92 3
9   Mexico 5th A 4 –125 4
Key
Semi-finalists Eliminated
  1st placed in pool   3rd placed in pool
  2nd placed in pool   4th placed in pool
    5th placed in pool

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 June 16:23
 
 
  France31
 
20 June 19:07
 
  Samoa0
 
  France19
 
20 June 16:45
 
  Ireland28
 
  Ireland28
 
 
  Hong Kong5
 

Semi-finals edit

20 June
16:23
France  31–0  Samoa
Try: Barraque (2) 3'c, 4'm
Bouhraoua (2) 7'c, 13'c
Siega 8'm
Con: Barraque (2/4) 4', 7'
Parez (1/1) 14'		Report
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
20 June
16:45
Ireland  28–5  Hong Kong
Try: Conroy (2) 0'c, 5'c
Horan 2'c
McNulty 7'c
Con: Dardis (4/4) 0', 2', 5', 8'		ReportTry: Herbert 12'm
Con: McQueen (0/1)
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

Final edit

20 June
19:07
France  19–28  Ireland
Try: Parez 5'c
Riva 6'm
Bouhraoua 14'c
Con: Barraque (2/3) 5', 14'		ReportTry: Kennedy 0'c
Conroy (2) 9'c, 10'c
McNulty 13'c
Con: Dardis (4/4) 1', 9', 11', 14'
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Placings edit

Legend
Qualified to 2020 Summer Olympics
Rank Team
1   Ireland
2   France
3   Samoa
  Hong Kong
5   Zimbabwe
6   Chile
  Tonga
8   Jamaica
  Mexico

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Monaco has been selected to host the World Rugby Sevens Repechage". Asia Rugby. 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  2. ^ a b "World Rugby and IOC confirm rugby sevens qualification process for Tokyo 2020". insidethegames.biz. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Monaco to host final Olympics rugby sevens qualifier". China News. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Hong Kong men's and women's rugby sevens teams drawn in qualifying repechage". South China Morning Post. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e "World Rugby Sevens Repechage ready for kick-off". Boxscore. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Match schedule Olympic Repechage Men's". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Olympic repechage: Men's pools". World Rugby. 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Competition format: Men's repechage". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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