Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host | Brazil |
Venue | Deodoro Stadium |
Date | 9–11 August 2016 |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Fiji (1st title) |
Runner-up | Great Britain |
Third place | South Africa |
Fourth place | Japan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 34 |
Tries scored | 175 (5.15 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Cecil Afrika (47 points) |
Most tries | Carlin Isles (6 tries) |
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women | ||
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men | women | |
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men | women | |
The men's
The gold medal for Fiji represented the first Olympic medal earned by Fiji at any Olympics.[1][2][3] Great Britain won silver and South Africa defeated Japan to win the bronze medal.[4]
Qualification
With Brazil being the hosts, their team automatically qualified despite their sevens team not regularly appearing in the
As a result of England finishing fourth in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series, Great Britain were awarded a spot in the Olympic Games, despite the other nations failing to qualify in the top 4. This is because Great Britain compete as one union in the Olympics and as several in international rugby (Rugby Football Union for England, Welsh Rugby Union, Scottish Rugby Union and the combined Irish Rugby Football Union for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), which meant should one of either the England, Wales or Scotland teams qualify, then Great Britain would be awarded a spot in the Olympic Games. It was decided players based in Northern Ireland were not eligible to represent Great Britain in the rugby sevens tournament as these players represent the IRFU, and the union demanded that Northern Irish players that have committed to play for the Irish rugby union, only play for Ireland despite being eligible under IOC rules to compete for Great Britain.[5][6][7] The three remaining unions agreed in advance of the 2013–14 Sevens World Series that their highest-finishing teams in that season would represent all three unions in the first stage of qualification.
Qualified teams
Nation | Means of qualification |
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Brazil | Host nation |
Fiji | 2014–15 Sevens World Series top 4 finishers |
Great Britain | |
New Zealand | |
South Africa | |
Argentina | 2015 CONSUR Sevens Champions |
United States |
2015 NACRA Sevens Champions |
France | 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Champions
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Japan | 2015 ARFU Sevens Champions |
Australia | 2015 Oceania Sevens Champions |
Kenya | 2015 Africa Cup Sevens Champions |
Spain | 2016 Final Olympic Qualification Champions
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Squads
Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 28 June 2016. The 12 teams were seeded based on their points they have accumulated over the past two seasons on the
Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 |
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Competition schedule
The men's rugby tournament takes place over three days:[10]
Date | Event |
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August 9 | 12 group play matches |
August 10 | 6 group play matches Quarterfinals |
August 11 | Semifinals Final and bronze matches Medal ceremony |
Match officials
World Rugby announced a panel of twelve match officials on 11 April 2016 for the men's sevens.[11][12] Two Brazilians were later added as assistant referees.
- Mike Adamson (Great Britain)
- Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
- Nick Briant (New Zealand)
- Ben Crouse (South Africa)
- Craig Joubert (South Africa)
- Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
- Anthony Moyes (Australia)
- Matthew O'Brien (Australia)
- Taku Otsuki (Japan)
- Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
- Alexandre Ruiz (France)
- Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
- Henrique Platais (Brazil) – Assistant referee
- Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil) – Assistant referee
Pool stage
In pool play, each team plays one match against the other three teams in the group. Three points are awarded for a win, two points - for a draw, and one point - for a loss.[13]
Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. Third place teams drop to a third-placed teams table, where the top two third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals. Rankings are based on competition points; if teams are tied, the next tiebreaker is points difference.[8][13]
Pool A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 45 | +40 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 7 | |
3 | United States
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 5 | |
4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 97 | −85 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
9 August 2016 13:00 |
United States | 14–17 | Argentina |
Try: Penalty try 11' c Barrett 12' c Con: Hughes (2/2) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Müller 4' c Luna 8' m Moroni 14' m Con: Revol (1/3) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) |
9 August 2016 13:30 |
A. Silva (1/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina) |
9 August 2016 18:00 |
Australia ) |
9 August 2016 18:30 |
Fiji | 21–14 | Argentina |
Try: Tuisova 2' c Taliga (2) 11' c, 12' c Con: Ravouvou (1/1) Kolinisau (2/2) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Sábato 5' c Álvarez 8' c Con: Revol (2/2) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) |
10 August 2016 13:00 |
Bruzzone 13' m Con: Revol (3/5) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Mike Adamson (Great Britain) |
10 August 2016 13:30 |
New Zealand ) |
Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 7 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 7 | |
4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 76 | −59 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
9 August 2016 11:00 |
Australia | 14–31 | France |
Try: Parahi 8' c Jenkins 9' c Con: Stannard (2/2) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Bouhraoua (3) 4' c, 6' c, 14' c Dall'igna 13' c Con: Bouhraoua (3/3) Inigo (1/1) Pen: Bouhraoua (1/1) 7' |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Mike Adamson (Great Britain) |
9 August 2016 11:30 |
New Zealand ) |
9 August 2016 16:00 |
Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Poggi (2) 2' m, 4' c Con: Hernández (1/2) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) |
9 August 2016 16:30 |
New Zealand ) |
10 August 2016 11:00 |
Australia ) |
10 August 2016 11:30 |
South Africa | 5–12 | Australia |
Try: Senatla 11' m Con: Kolbe (0/1) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Parahi 3' c Cusack 6' m Con: Stannard (1/2) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France) |
Pool C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 45 | +28 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 7 | |
3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 5 | |
4 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 90 | −71 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
9 August 2016 12:00 |
Great Britain | 31–7 | Kenya |
Try: Norton 2' m Burgess 4' c Bibby (2) 6' m, 12' c Bennett 7' c Con: Mitchell (3/4) Bibby (0/1) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Odhiambo 8' c Con: Adema (1/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France) |
9 August 2016 12:30 |
New Zealand | 12–14 | Japan |
Try: Curry 6' c A. Ioane 10' m Con: Kaka (1/2) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Goto 3' c Soejima 12' c Con: Lemeki (1/1) Sakai (1/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa) |
9 August 2016 17:00 |
New Zealand ) |
9 August 2016 17:30 |
New Zealand | 28–5 | Kenya |
Try: Penalty try 3' c Ioane 4' c Pulu 11' c Ormond 14' c Con: Pulu (3/3) Kaka (1/1) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Injera 1' m Con: Adema (0/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina) |
10 August 2016 12:00 |
Australia ) |
10 August 2016 12:30 |
New Zealand | 19–21 | Great Britain |
Try: R. Ioane 9' m Ware 11' c Ormond 13' c Con: Kaka (2/3) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Bennett 2' c Davies 5' c Norton 7' c Con: Mitchell (3/3) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) |
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 |
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1 | B | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | C | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 5 | |
3 | A | United States
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point differential; 3) Points scored; 4) Lots drawn by World Rugby
Knockout stage
The quarterfinals were scheduled for August 10, with the semifinals and finals scheduled for August 11.[10]
9–12th place playoff
Semi-finals | 9th Place Final | |||||
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||
United States | 24 | |||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||
Brazil | 12 | |||||
United States | 24 | |||||
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||
Spain | 12 | |||||
Spain | 14 | |||||
Kenya | 12 | |||||
11th Place | ||||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||
Brazil | 0 | |||||
Kenya | 24 |
Semi-finals
10 August 2016 16:00 |
United States | 24–12 | Brazil |
Try: Isles (3) 4' m, 7' m, 10' c Barrett 6' c Con: Hughes (2/4) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: D. Sancery 3' m Bourda-Couhet 11' c Con: Duque (1/2) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Ben Crouse (South Africa) |
10 August 2016 16:30 |
Spain | 14–12 | Kenya |
Try: Poggi (2) 7' c, 8' c Con: Hernández (2/2) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Amonde 4' m Odhiambo 12' c Con: Adema (0/1) Oliech (1/1) 12' |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Taku Otsuki (Japan) |
11th Place
11 August 2016 12:30 |
Brazil | 0–24 | Kenya |
Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Odhiambo (3) 1' m, 6' c, 10 c Ambaka 8' m Con: Oliech (1/2) Injera (0/1) Adema (1/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France) |
9th Place Final
11 August 2016 13:00 |
United States | 24–12 | Spain |
Try: Barrett 4' c Isles (2) 7' m, 14' m Unufe 12' c Con: Hughes (1/2) Wyles (1/2) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Fontes 2' m López 10' c Con: Genua (0/1) Hernández (1/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) |
5–8th place playoff
Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||
New Zealand | 24 | |||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||
France | 19 | |||||
New Zealand | 17 | |||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||
Argentina | 14 | |||||
Argentina | 26 | |||||
Australia | 21 | |||||
7th Place | ||||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||
France | 12 | |||||
Australia | 10 |
Semi-finals
11 August 2016 13:30 |
New Zealand | 24–19 | France |
Try: Ware (2) 2' m, 12' c A. Ioane 8' m R. Ioane 10' c Con: Kaka (2/4) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Parez (2) 4' c, 7' m Valleau 14' c Con: Bouhraoua (2/3) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina) |
11 August 2016 14:00 |
Argentina | 26–21 | Australia |
Try: Revol (2) 7' m, 10' c Moroni (2) 11' c, 14' c Con: Revol (3/4) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Cusack (2) 1' c, 2' c Foley 6' c Con: Stannard (3/3) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa) |
Seventh Place
11 August 2016 17:30 |
New Zealand ) |
Fifth Place Final
11 August 2016 18:00 |
New Zealand | 17–14 | Argentina |
Try: A. Ioane 5' m Mikkelson 9' m R. Ioane 11' c Con: Pulu (0/2) Kaka (1/1) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Imhoff 13' c Moroni 14' c Con: Revol (2/2) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) |
Medal playoff
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold Medal Match | ||||||||
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||||||
Fiji | 12 | |||||||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 7 | |||||||||
Fiji | 20 | |||||||||
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||||||
Japan | 5 | |||||||||
Japan | 12 | |||||||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||||||
France | 7 | |||||||||
Fiji | 43 | |||||||||
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||||||
Great Britain | 7 | |||||||||
Great Britain (a.e.t.) | 5 | |||||||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||||||
Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
Great Britain | 7 | |||||||||
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||||||
South Africa | 5 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||
South Africa | 22 | |||||||||
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium | ||||||||||
Australia | 5 | |||||||||
Japan | 14 | |||||||||
South Africa | 54 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
10 August 2016 17:00 |
Fiji | 12–7 | New Zealand |
Try: Kolinisau 2' m Tuwai 8' c Con: Ravouvou (0/1) Kolinisau (1/1) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Kaka 6' c Con: Pulu (1/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) |
10 August 2016 17:30 |
New Zealand ) |
10 August 2016 18:00 |
Great Britain | 5–0 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
Try: Bibby 18' Pen: Mitchell (0/1) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Pen: Revol (0/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France) |
Semi-finals
11 August 2016 14:30 |
Fiji | 20–5 | Japan |
Try: Ravouvou 1' m Tuisova 6' m Kunatani 9' m Tuwai 10' m Con: Ravouvou (0/3) Kolinisau (0/1) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Goto 4' m Con: Lemeki (0/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Mike Adamson (Great Britain) |
11 August 2016 15:00 |
New Zealand ) |
Bronze-medal match
Gold-medal match
11 August 2016 19:00 |
Fiji | 43–7 | Great Britain |
Try: Kolinisau 1' m Tuwai 3' c Veremalua 7' m Nakarawa 8' m Ravouvou 10' c Tuisova 14' c Mata 19' c Con: Ravouvou (1/2) Kolinisau (2/4) Taliga (1/1) | Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby) | Try: Norton 16' c Con: Watson (1/1) |
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) |
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Final ranking
Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Avg points | Tries | Avg tries |
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Fiji | 6 | 160 | 26.67 | 26 | 4.33 | |
Great Britain | 6 | 92 | 15.33 | 14 | 2.33 | |
South Africa | 6 | 136 | 22.67 | 22 | 3.67 | |
4 | Japan | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 15 | 2.50 |
5 | New Zealand | 6 | 107 | 17.83 | 17 | 2.83 |
6 | Argentina | 6 | 102 | 17.00 | 16 | 2.67 |
7 | France | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 14 | 2.33 |
8 | Australia | 6 | 88 | 14.67 | 14 | 2.33 |
9 | United States |
5 | 107 | 21.4 | 17 | 3.40 |
10 | Spain | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 7 | 1.40 |
11 | Kenya | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 9 | 1.80 |
12 | Brazil | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 4 | 0.80 |
Player statistics
Try scorers
- 6 tries
- 5 tries
- 4 tries
- 3 tries
- 2 tries
- 1 try
- Nicolás Bruzzone
- Pablo Fontes
- Juan Imhoff
- Ángel López
- Fernando Luna
- Franco Sábato
- Germán Schulz
- Cameron Clark
- Henry Hutchison
- John Porch
- Gustavo Albuquerque
- Laurent Bourda-Couhet
- Felipe Claro
- Daniel Sancery
- Leone Nakarawa
- Samisoni Viriviri
- Jérémy Aicardi
- Julien Candelon
- Manoël Dall'igna
- Sacha Valleau
- Phil Burgess
- James Davies
- Marcus Watson
- Kazushi Hano
- Yusaku Kuwazuru
- Katsuyuki Sakai
- Kameli Soejima
- Lote Tuqiri
- Willy Ambaka
- Andrew Amonde
- Scott Curry
- Gillies Kaka
- Tim Mikkelson
- Augustine Pulu
- Juan de Jongh
- Cheslin Kolbe
- Dylan Sage
- Kwagga Smith
- Philip Snyman
- César Sempere
- Perry Baker
- Folau Niua
Point scorers
- 43 points
- 42 points
- 38 points
- 37 points
- 30 points
- 25 points
- 22 points
- 20 points
- 19 points
- 15 points
- 14 points
- 13 points
- 12 points
- 11 points
- 10 points
- 8 points
- 7 points
- 6 points
- 5 points
- Nicolás Bruzzone
- Pablo Fontes
- Juan Imhoff
- Ángel López
- Fernando Luna
- Franco Sábato
- Germán Schulz
- Cameron Clark
- Henry Hutchison
- John Porch
- Gustavo Albuquerque
- Laurent Bourda-Couhet
- Felipe Claro
- Daniel Sancery
- Leone Nakarawa
- Samisoni Viriviri
- Jérémy Aicardi
- Julien Candelon
- Manoël Dall'igna
- Sacha Valleau
- Phil Burgess
- James Davies
- Kazushi Hano
- Yusaku Kuwazuru
- Kameli Soejima
- Lote Tuqiri
- Willy Ambaka
- Andrew Amonde
- Scott Curry
- Tim Mikkelson
- Juan de Jongh
- Cheslin Kolbe
- Dylan Sage
- Kwagga Smith
- Philip Snyman
- César Sempere
- Perry Baker
- Folau Niua
- 4 points
- 2 points
- Lucas Duque
- André Silva
- Vincent Inigo
- Chris Wyles
See also
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