Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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The men'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 26–28 July 2021.[1] The tournament was won by the returning champions, Fiji.
 Tokyo Stadium, where the Men's Rugby Sevens tournament was played | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Japan |
| Venue | Tokyo Stadium |
| Date | 26–28 July 2021 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Fiji (2nd title) |
| Runner-up |  New Zealand |
| Third place |  Argentina |
| Fourth place |  Great Britain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Tries scored | 193 (5.68 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andrew Knewstubb (37 points) |
| Most tries | Marcos Moneta (6 tries) |
← 2016 2024 → | |
Competition schedule
| P | Pool Stage | PM | Placing Matches | ¼ | Quarter-Finals | ½ | Semi-Finals | B | Bronze Medal Match | F | Gold Medal Match |
| Date | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | ||||
| Men's | P | PM | ¼ | PM | ½ | PM | B | F | ||
| Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series | 30 November 2018 – 2 June 2019 | Various | 4 | Fiji |
| United States | ||||
| New Zealand | ||||
| South Africa | ||||
| 2019 South American Qualifying Tournament | 29–30 June 2019 | Santiago | 1 | Argentina |
| 2019 RAN Sevens | 6–7 July 2019 | George Town | 1 | Canada |
| 2019 European Qualifying Tournament | 13–14 July 2019 | Colomiers | 1 | Great Britain[note 1] |
| 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship | 7–9 November 2019 | Suva | 1 | Australia |
| 2019 Africa Men's Sevens | 8–9 November 2019 | Johannesburg | 1 | Kenya |
| 2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament | 23–24 November 2019 | Incheon | 1 | South Korea |
| 2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament | 19–20 June 2021 | Monaco | 1 | Ireland[note 2] |
| Total | 12 | |||
- Notes:
- ^ Great Britain earned qualification through England's placement as they were nominated as the country to earn 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.
- ^ The Irish rugby union teams represent the entire island of Ireland, and when representing the IRFU fly the four provinces flag of the IRFU as Ireland. In the Olympic Games, however, they represent the Olympic Council of Ireland, and therefore play under the national flag of (the Republic of) Ireland. Northern Ireland players are, however, eligible to represent the team regardless of flag. According to the Good Friday Agreement, people who are born in Northern Ireland with Irish or British lineage can automatically obtain the nationality of (the Republic of) Ireland.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 31 | +68 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 54 | +45 | 7 | |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 5 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 148 | −138 | 3 |
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 40 | +45 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 7 | |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 5 | |
| 4 | Japan (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 94 | −63 | 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 5 | |
| 4 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 3 |
Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2021. Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
Ranking of third-placed teams
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 | A | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | B | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 5 | |
| 3 | C | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 5 |
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference; 3) Points scored.
9–12th place playoff
| Semi-finals | 9th place match | |||||
| 27 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||
| Ireland | 31 | |||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||
| Ireland | 0 | |||||
| 27 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||
| Kenya | 22 | |||||
| Kenya | 21 | |||||
| Japan | 7 | |||||
| 11th place match | ||||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||
| South Korea | 19 | |||||
| Japan | 31 | |||||
Eleventh place match
| Semi-finals | 5th place match | |||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||
| Canada | 14 | |||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||
| United States | 21 | |||||
| United States | 7 | |||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||
| South Africa | 28 | |||||
| South Africa | 22 | |||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||
| 7th place match | ||||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 27 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 21 | |||||||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 10 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 29 | |||||||||
| 27 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 7 | |||||||||
| Great Britain | 26 | |||||||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 21 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
| 27 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 27 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 19 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
| 27 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Fiji | 19 | |||||||||
| 28 July – Tokyo Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| Great Britain | 12 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 17 | |||||||||
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| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Avg points | Tries | Avg tries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 6 | 157 | 26.17 | 24 | 4.00 | |
| New Zealand | 6 | 161 | 26.83 | 24 | 4.00 | |
| Argentina | 6 | 149 | 24.83 | 23 | 3.83 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 5 | South Africa | 6 | 128 | 21.50 | 19 | 3.17 |
| 6 | United States | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 7 | Australia | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 8 | Canada | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 9 | Kenya | 5 | 69 | 13.80 | 11 | 2.20 |
| 10 | Ireland | 5 | 74 | 14.80 | 12 | 2.40 |
| 11 | Japan | 5 | 69 | 13.80 | 11 | 2.20 |
| 12 | South Korea | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 5 | 1.00 |
Source[4]
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics 2021 Rugby sevens TV Guide, Schedule". SportNar. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Schedule – Rugby Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Rugby Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Overall Team Statistics" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.