The final qualification repechage tournament for women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 19–20 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 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
|---|---|
 The tournament venue, Stade Louis II. | |
| Hosts |  Monaco |
| Date | 19–20 June 2021 |
| Nations | 11 |
Qualification winners | |
← 2016 2024 → | |
Twelve women's teams were eligible to compete in the repechage tournament, as high placing teams from the six continental Olympic qualification events. Jamaica was a late withdrawal from the tournament due to travel difficulties presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced the number of teams competing to eleven.[4]
France and Russia were the two best teams in the repechage, each going through the tournament undefeated. They claimed the two qualifying berths on offer for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.[2][5]
Teams
edit| Event | Dates | Location | Quota | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 South American Qualifying Tournament | 1–2 June 2019 |  Lima
|
2 |  Colombia Argentina
|
| 2019 RAN Women's Sevens | 6–7 July 2019 |  George Town
|
2 |  Mexico |
| 2019 European Qualifying Tournament | 13–14 July 2019 |  Kazan
|
2 | Russia France
|
| 2019 Africa Women's Sevens | 12–13 October 2019 |  Jemmal
|
2 |  Madagascar Tunisia
|
| 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship | 7–9 November 2019 |  Suva
|
2 |  Papua New Guinea Samoa
|
| 2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament | 9–10 November 2019 |  Guangzhou
|
2 |  Hong Kong Kazakhstan
|
| Total | 11 teams | |||
- Notes:
- ^ Jamaica was a late withdrawal from the tournament due to travel difficulties presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Pool stage
editThe teams were drawn into three pools with each team playing against all opponents in their own pool.[6] Due to the late withdrawal of Jamaica, all matches involving them were recorded as a bye for their opponents in Pool B.[4][7]
Pool A
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia (Q)
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 7 | +121 | 9 |
| Argentina (Q)
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 7 |
| Samoa (Q)
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 5 |
| Mexico
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 111 | −94 | 3 |
Pool B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan (Q)
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 6 |
| Tunisia (Q)
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 4 |
| Papua New Guinea
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 63 | −48 | 2 |
Pool C
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France (Q)
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 | +151 | 9 |
| Hong Kong (Q)
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 77 | −27 | 7 |
| Colombia (Q)
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 85 | −63 | 5 |
| Madagascar
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 80 | −61 | 3 |
Combined standings
editThe top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed teams on the combined pool standings progressed to the knockout stage.[8] The seedings were based on (a) highest pool placing, then (b) most competition points awarded (for a win, draw or loss) in the respective pool standings, and (c) greatest difference between points scored and conceded across all pool matches played.
| # | Team | Place | Pld | −/+ | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
1st C | 3 | +151 | 9 |
| 2 | Russia |
1st A | 3 | +121 | 9 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan |
1st B | 2 | +19 | 6 |
| 4 | Argentina |
2nd A | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| 5 | Hong Kong |
2nd C | 3 | –27 | 7 |
| 6 | Tunisia |
2nd B | 2 | +29 | 4 |
| 7 | Samoa |
3rd A | 3 | –32 | 5 |
| 8 | Colombia |
3rd C | 3 | –63 | 5 |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea |
3rd B | 2 | –48 | 2 |
| 10 | Madagascar |
4th C | 3 | –61 | 3 |
| 11 | Mexico |
4th A | 3 | –94 | 3 |
| Qualifier semi-finalists | |
|---|---|
| 1st placed in pool | |
| 2nd placed in pool | |
| Two best 3rd placed | |
Knockout stage
editWith two Olympic places available, the top eight women's teams from the pool stage were seeded into two separate four-team brackets. The winners of each bracket qualified for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.[5][6]
| Qualifier semi-finals | Qualifier final 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | Kazakhstan
| 29 | |||||||
| 6 | Tunisia
| 21 | |||||||
| 3 | Kazakhstan
| 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Russia
| 38 | |||||||
| 2 | Russia
| 29 | |||||||
| 7 | Samoa
| 0 | |||||||
| Qualifier semi-finals | Qualifier final 2 | ||||||||
| 4 | Argentina
| 5 | |||||||
| 5 | Hong Kong
| 24 | |||||||
| 5 | Hong Kong
| 0 | |||||||
| 1 | France
| 51 | |||||||
| 1 | France
| 52 | |||||||
| 8 | Colombia
| 0 | |||||||
Qualifier semi-finals
editQualifier finals
editPlacings
edit| Legend |
|---|
| Qualified to 2020 Summer Olympics |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | France
|
| Russia
| |
| 3 | Kazakhstan
|
| Hong Kong
| |
| 5 | Argentina
|
| Tunisia
| |
| Samoa
| |
| Colombia
| |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea
|
| Madagascar
| |
| Mexico
|
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Monaco has been selected to host the World Rugby Sevens Repechage". Asia Rugby. 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ a b "World Rugby and IOC confirm rugby sevens qualification process for Tokyo 2020". insidethegames.biz. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Monaco to host final Olympics rugby sevens qualifier". China News. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Zimbabwe enjoy winning start to Olympic Repechage in Monaco". Africa News. 19 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b "World Rugby Sevens Repechage ready for kick-off". Boxscore. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Match schedule Olympic Repechage Women's". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Olympic repechage: Women's pools". World Rugby. 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Competition format: Women's repechage". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.