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Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in Japan. It was hosted at Tokyo Stadium, which also served as a host stadium of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The tournament was played over three days from 29–31 July 2021.[1]

2020 Women's Olympic Rugby Sevens Tournament
Tokyo Stadium, where the Women's Rugby Sevens tournament was played
Tournament details
Host Japan
VenueTokyo Stadium
Date29–31 July 2021
Teams12
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up France
Third place Fiji
Fourth place Great Britain
← 2016
2024 →

The medals for the competition were presented by Octavian Morariu, Romania; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Alan Gilpin, Great Britain; World Rugby Secretary General.

Competition schedule edit

Legend
P Pool Stage PM Placing Matches ¼ Quarter-Finals ½ Semi-Finals B Bronze Medal Match F Gold Medal Match
Schedule[2][3]
Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31
Event M E M E M E
Women's P PM ¼ PM ½ PM B F

Qualification edit

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Event Dates Location Quotas Qualifier
Host nation — — 1   Japan
2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019 Various 4   New Zealand
  United States
  Canada
  Australia
2019 South American Qualifying Tournament 1–2 June 2019   Lima 1   Brazil
2019 RAN Women's Sevens 6–7 July 2019   George Town 0[note 1] —
2019 European Qualifying Tournament 13–14 July 2019   Kazan 1   Great Britain[note 2]
2019 Africa Women's Sevens 12–13 October 2019   Jemmal 1   Kenya[note 3]
2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship 7–9 November 2019   Suva 1   Fiji
2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament 9–10 November 2019   Guangzhou 1   China
2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament 19–20 June 2021   Monaco 2[note 1]   France
  ROC
Total 12
  • Notes:
  1. ^ a b With both the United States and Canada advancing to the tournament through securing top four slots in the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the spot for the RAN champion was re-allocated, allowing the final Olympic qualifying tournament to have two teams qualify for the Olympic Games.
  2. ^ Great Britain qualified for the Olympics through England's performance as England were the designated home nation that could earn Olympic qualification for Great Britain. Rugby sevens players from Scotland and Wales, however, were eligible to be selected for the British team at the Olympic Games.
  3. ^ South Africa won the qualifying tournament but declined their spot due to a policy against accepting spots from continental tournaments. Kenya, as runners-up, qualified instead.[4]

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand 3 3 0 0 88 28 +60 9 Quarter-finals
2   Great Britain 3 2 0 1 66 38 +28 7
3   ROC 3 1 0 2 47 59 −12 5
4   Kenya 3 0 0 3 19 95 −76 3
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.


29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
11:00
ROC  12–14  Great Britain
Try: Khamidova 1' m
Seredina 12' c
Con: Seredina (1/2) 13'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Brown (2) 4' c, 14' +1 c
Con: Aitchison (2/2) 4', 14' +1
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
11:30
New Zealand  29–7  Kenya
Try: Fluhler 1' m
Blyde (2) 3' c, 9' c
Woodman 5' m
Broughton 11' m
Con: Nathan-Wong (2/5) 3', 9'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Lindo 7' +1 c
Con: Okulu (1/1) 7' +1
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
18:30
New Zealand  26–21  Great Britain
Try: Blyde (3) 5' c, 7' m, 13' c
Nathan-Wong 9' c
Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4) 6', 9', 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Rowland 1' c
Jones 2' c
Joyce 4' c
Con: Aitchison (3/3) 1', 3', 4'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
19:00
ROC  35–12  Kenya
Try: Sozonova 2' c
Seredina 4' c
Shestakova 8' c
Tiron 9' c
Kukina 13' c
Con: Seredina (4/4) 2', 4', 8', 9'
Lushina (1/1) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Okelo (2) 5' c, 8' m
Con: Ndunde (1/2) 5'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
11:00
Great Britain  31–0  Kenya
Try: Joyce (2) 1' c, 6' m
Burton 3' m
Jones 9' c
Thomson 14' c
Con: Hunt (1/3) 2'
Rowland (1/1) 9'
Aitchison (1/1) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
13:00[note 1]
New Zealand  33–0  ROC
Try: Tui (2) 1' c, 6' c
Woodman 7' c
Fluhler (2) 10' c, 12' m
Con: Nathan-Wong (3/3) 2', 6', 7', 10
Willison (0/1)		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
  • Notes:
  1. ^ Originally scheduled for 11:30 but delayed due to weather

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 3 0 0 83 10 +73 9 Quarter-finals
2   Fiji 3 2 0 1 72 29 +43 7
3   Canada 3 1 0 2 45 57 −12 5
4   Brazil 3 0 0 3 10 114 −104 3
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.


29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
9:00
France  12–5  Fiji
Try: Horta 7' c
Okemba 9' m
Con: Drouin (1/2) 7'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Riwai 3' m
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
9:30
Canada  33–0  Brazil
Try: Williams 6' c
Wardley (2) 9' c, 14' +1 m
Paquin 11' c
Landry 13' c
Con: Landry (4/5) 7', 9', 11', 13'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
16:30
Canada  12–26  Fiji
Try: Landry 7' c
Moleschi 13' m
Con: Landry (1/1) 7'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Ulunisau (2) 1' c, 8' m
Naimasi 3' c
Riwai 5' c
Con: Riwai (3/4) 1', 4', 6'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
17:00
France  40–5  Brazil
Try: Ciofani (2) 2' c, 4' m
Guérin (2) 6' c, 9' c
Ulutule 11' c
Grassineau 14' c
Con: Ulutule (2/3) 3', 7'
Izar (3/3) 9', 11', 14' +1		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Silva 8' m
Con: Kochhann (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
9:00
Fiji  41–5  Brazil
Try: Nakoci 4' c
Ulunisau (4) 5' c, 7' m, 10' m, 12' m
Naimasi 8' m
Likuceva 14' c
Con: Cavuru (2/4) 5', 5'
Riwai (1/3) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Silva 2' m
Con: Kochhann (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
9:30
Canada  0–31  France
(Tokyo 2020)Try: Okemba 1' c
Ciofani 4' m
Ulutule 7' c
Neisen 11' c
Jacquet 14' m
Con: Ulutule (2/2) 1', 7'
Izar (1/2) 11'
Drouin (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 59 33 +26 9 Quarter-finals
2   Australia 3 2 0 1 86 24 +62 7
3   China 3 1 0 2 53 54 −1 5
4   Japan (H) 3 0 0 3 7 94 −87 3
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts


29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
10:00
United States  28–14  China
Try: Thomas 5' c
Kirshe (2) 10' c, 12' c
Canett 14' c
Con: Heavirland (2/2) 6', 10'
Kelter (1/1) 13'
Canett (1/1) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Wang 3' c
Chen 14' +1 c
Con: Chen (1/1) 4'
Yu (1/1) 14' +1
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
10:30
Australia  48–0  Japan
Try: Caslick 1' c
Tonegato (3) 3' m, 7' +1 m, 10' m
Hayes (2) 6' c, 8' c
Levi (2) 11' c, 14' m
Con: Williams (3/3) 1', 6', 8'
Hinds (1/2) 12'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
17:30
Australia  26–10  China
Try: Williams 3' c
Caslick 6' m
Nathan 8' c
Ashby 9' c
Con: Williams (2/3) 3', 8'
Hinds (1/1) 9'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Yang 1' m
Tang 13' m
Con: Chen (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
18:00
United States  17–7  Japan
Try: Maher 1' m
Matyas 4' m
Ramsey 9' c
Con: Canett-Oca (0/2)
Heavirland (1/1) 9'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Koide 13' c
Con: Yamanaka (1/1) 13'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
10:00
China  29–0  Japan
Try: Xu (2) 1' c, 5' m
Wang 2' c
Tang 8' m
Yang 13' m
Con: Chen (2/4) 1', 2'
Yu (0/1)		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
10:30
Australia  12–14  United States
Try: Williams 5' c
Hayes 8' m
Con: Williams (1/2) 6'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Emba 9' c
Gustaitis 11' c
Con: Heavirland (2/2) 10', 11'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

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 C   China 3 1 0 2 53 54 −1 5 Quarter-finals
2 A   ROC 3 1 0 2 47 59 −12 5
3 B   Canada 3 1 0 2 45 57 −12 5
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference; 3) Points scored.

Knockout stage edit

9–12th place playoff edit

 
9–12th semi-finals9th place match
 
      
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
  Canada45
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  Brazil0
 
  Canada24
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  Kenya10
 
  Kenya21
 
 
  Japan17
 
11th place match
 
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
  Brazil21
 
 
  Japan12
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
16:30
Canada  45–0  Brazil
Try: Williams (3) 2' c, 6' m, 10' c
Paquin (2) 7' c, 8' c
Benn 8' c
Greenshields 14' c
Con: Landry (4/6) 3', 8', 9', 10'
Nicholas (1/1) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
17:00
Kenya  21–17  Japan
Try: Okulu 3' c
Omondi 7' c
Atieno 14' +1 c
Con: Okulu (3/3) 3', 8', 14' +1		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Hara 1' m
Koide 8' m
Kajiki 10' c
Con: Yamanaka (1/3) 10'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
9:00
Brazil  21–12  Japan
Try: Kochhann 2' c
Silva 7' c
Fioravanti 13' c
Con: Cerullo (2/2) 2', 7'
Kochhann (1/1) 13'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Hirotsu 3' c
Hara 6' m
Con: Yamanaka (1/2) 4'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
9:30
Canada  24–10  Kenya
Try: Williams 1' c
Farella 3' m, 8' m
Landry 10' c
Con: Landry (2/3) 1', 10'
Nicholas (0/1)		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Okello 5' m
Ochieng 13' m
Con: Okulu (0/2)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

5–8th place playoff edit

 
5–8th semi-finals5th place match
 
      
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
  ROC7
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  Australia35
 
  Australia17
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  United States7
 
  United States33
 
 
  China14
 
7th place match
 
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
  ROC10
 
 
  China22
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
10:00
ROC  7–35  Australia
Try: Zdrokova 7' c
Con: Seredina (1/1) 8'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Nathan 1' c
Tonegato 3' c, 9' c
Paki 12' c
Levi 14' c
Con: Hinds (3/3) 2', 4', 9'
Williams (2/2) 12', 14'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
10:30
United States  33–14  China
Try: Thomas 1' c, 3' c
Tapper 6' c
Maher 10' m, 14' c
Con: Heavirland (4/5) 1', 3', 7', 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Wang 1' c
Chen 9' c
Con: Chen (2/2) 2', 9'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
16:30
ROC  10–22  China
Try: Tiron 3' m
Seredina 5' m
Con: Seredina (0/2)		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Wang 7' m
Yang 8' c
Xu 9' m
Chen 12' m
Con: Chen (1/4) 8'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
17:00
Australia  17–7  United States
Try: Nathan 5' m
Ashby 8' m
Hayes 12' c
Con: Williams (0/2)
Hinds (1/1) 12'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Kirshe 10' c
Con: Heavirland (1/1) 10'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

Medal playoff edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
  New Zealand36
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  ROC0
 
  New Zealand (a.e.t.)22
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  Fiji17
 
  Fiji14
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  Australia12
 
  New Zealand26
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  France12
 
  United States12
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  Great Britain21
 
  Great Britain19
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  France26 Bronze medal match
 
  France24
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
  China10
 
  Fiji21
 
 
  Great Britain12
 

Quarter-finals edit

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
17:30
New Zealand  36–0  ROC
Try: Fitzpatrick 1' c
Broughton 2' c
Blyde 4' c
Woodman (2) 8' c, 13' m
Tui 10' c
Con: Nathan-Wong (2/4) 1', 8'
Pouri-Lane (1/2) 10'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
18:30[note 1]
Fiji  14–12  Australia
Try: Nakoci 1' c
Naimasi 3' c
Con: Riwai (2/2) 1', 3'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Nathan 6' m
Caslick 13' c
Con: Williams (0/1)
Hinds (1/1) 13'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
19:00[note 1]
United States  12–21  Great Britain
Try: Kirshe 11' m
Tapper 14' c
Con: Heavirland (1/2) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Joyce (2) 1' c, 8' c
Brown 2' c
Con: Aitchison (3/3) 1', 2', 8'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
19:30[note 1]
France  24–10  China
Try: Okemba (2) 4' c, 10' m
Drouin 6' m
Ciofani 9' c
Con: Ulutule (2/2) 4', 9'
Drouin (0/1)
Izar (0/1)		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Tang (2) 1' m, 12' m
Con: Chen (0/2)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo


Semi-finals edit

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
11:00
New Zealand  22–17 (a.e.t.)  Fiji
Try: Broughton (2) 2' m, 16' m
Woodman 10' c
Fluhler 14' m
Con: Nathan-Wong (1/3) 11'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Solikoviti 4' c, 9' m
Ulunisau 14+' m
Con: Riwai (1/3) 4'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
11:30
Great Britain  19–26  France
Try: Joyce (2) 5' c, 7' m
Smith 11' c
Con: Aitchison (1/2) 6'
Hunt (1/1) 11'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Ciofani (2) 1' c, 8' m
Okemba 3' c
Bertrand 7' c
Con: Drouin (2/3) 2', 3'
Ulutule (1/1) 7', 9'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo


Bronze medal match edit

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
17:30
Fiji  21–12  Great Britain
Try: Nakoci 1' c, 6' c
Ulunisau 10' c
Con: Riwai (3/3) 1', 6', 10'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Jones 9' m, 12' c
Con: Aitchison (0/1)
Hunt (1/1) 12'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo


Gold medal match edit

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
18:00
New Zealand  26–12  France
Try: Blyde 1' c
Broughton 5' m
Fluhler 6' c
Nathan-Wong 11' c
Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4) 1', 7', 11'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Drouin 3' m
Ciofani 8' c
Con: Drouin (1/2) 9'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
  • Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Matches were delayed by 30 minutes due to lightning in the area

Final ranking edit

Rank Team Matches Points Avg points Tries Avg tries
    New Zealand 6 172 28.67 28 4.67
    France 6 145 24.17 23 3.83
    Fiji 6 124 20.67 20 3.33
4   Great Britain 6 118 19.67 18 3.00
5   Australia 6 150 25.00 24 4.00
6   United States 6 111 18.50 17 2.83
7   China 6 99 16.50 17 2.83
8   ROC 6 64 10.67 10 1.67
9   Canada 5 114 22.80 18 3.60
10   Kenya 5 50 10.00 8 1.60
11   Brazil 5 31 6.20 5 1.00
12   Japan 5 36 7.20 6 1.20

Source[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tokyo Olympics 2021 Rugby sevens TV Guide, Schedule". SportNar. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Schedule – Rugby Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Rugby Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Kenya qualify for Tokyo 2020 despite Rugby Africa Women's Sevens final defeat". www.insidethegames.biz. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Overall Team Statistics" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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