Summer Olympics 2020 / Rugby

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Rugby at the
2020 Olympics
2020 Summer Olympics logo new.svg
Rugby sevens pictogram.svg
information
venue JapanJapan Tokyo
Competition venue Tokyo Stadium
Teams 24 (12 Venus symbol (female), 12 Mars symbol (male))
decisions 2
Rio de Janeiro 2016

Two competitions in 7-a-side rugby are to be held at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo . Twelve teams each should take part in the tournaments for women and men. The games will be played at Tokyo Stadium .

Time schedule

The following sequence was planned for the games in summer 2020. The exact schedule for 2021 has not yet been set.

7-a-side rugby schedule
Competitions July August
27. 28. 29 30th 31. 1.
Men Gouden medaille.svg
Women Gouden medaille.svg
         qualification   Gouden medaille.svg   Medal decision

Balance sheet

Medalist

discipline gold silver bronze
Men
Women

Men's tournament

The following teams were able to qualify for the men's Olympic rugby tournament:

Qualifying competition date place Places Qualified teams
host September 7, 2013 ArgentinaArgentina Buenos Aires 1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan
World Rugby Sevens Series 2019 June 16-30, 2019 different places 4th Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
South American qualifying tournament June 29-30, 2019 ChileChile Santiago de Chile 1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Rugby 7th North / Central American Championship 2019 July 6-7, 2019 Cayman IslandsCayman Islands George Town 1 CanadaCanada Canada
European qualifying tournament July 13-14, 2019 FranceFrance Colomiers 1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Oceania 7 Rugby Championship 2019 November 7th - 9th, 2019 FijiFiji Suva 1 AustraliaAustralia Australia
Africa 7th Rugby Championship 2019 November 9-10, 2019 South AfricaSouth Africa Johannesburg 1 KenyaKenya Kenya
Asian qualifying tournament November 23-24, 2019 Korea SouthSouth Korea Incheon 1 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
Olympic qualifying tournament June 20-21, 2020 1
total 12 11

Women's tournament

The following teams were able to qualify for the women's Olympic rugby tournament:

Qualifying competition date place Places Qualified teams
host September 7, 2013 ArgentinaArgentina Buenos Aires 1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan
World Rugby Sevens Series 2019 October 20, 2018 - June 16, 2019 different places 4th Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Flag of the United States.svg United States
CanadaCanada Canada
AustraliaAustralia Australia
South American qualifying tournament June 1-2, 2019 PeruPeru Lima 1 BrazilBrazil Brazil
Rugby 7th North / Central American Championship 2019 July 6-7, 2019 Cayman IslandsCayman Islands George Town 0 1 -
European qualifying tournament July 13-14, 2019 RussiaRussia Kazan 1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Africa 7th Rugby Championship 2019 October 12-13, 2019 TunisiaTunisia Ever 1 KenyaKenya Kenya 2
Oceania 7 Rugby Championship 2019 November 7th - 9th, 2019 FijiFiji Suva 1 FijiFiji Fiji
Asian qualifying tournament November 9-10, 2019 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Guangzhou 1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China
Olympic qualifying tournament June 20-21, 2020 2 1
total 12 10
1 Since both the United States and Canada have already qualified via the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Olympic qualifying tournament has been expanded to include a quota place.
2South Africa won the qualifying tournament, but declined this seat as it refused to accept places in continental tournaments. Instead, Kenya qualified second.

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