Rugby Sevens first appeared in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. That tournament, from men’s event Fiji was the champions team and got the gold medalist for the first time ever. Team Great Britain was the silver medalist & South Africa was the bronze medalist also.
On the other hand, from the women’s event, Australia was the gold medalist, New Zealand was the silver medalist & Canada was the bronze medalist. For the 2nd time, this sport will appear at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Japan.
Rugby Sevens at the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games
The coming Summer Olympics tournament, Rugby Sevens sport will be started from 27th July to 31st July 2021 at the Tokyo Stadium. However, 12 teams from both events men & women in a total of 24 teams will participate in this tournament.
Rugby Sevens at the 2021 Summer Olympics Teams Info
Men’s Rugby Sevens Teams at Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics
The 12 teams will participate in the 2021 Summer Olympic Games from both men’s and women’s. Here Japan was qualified as host country and other teams were from six continental confederations and top 4 teams from the World Rugby Sevens Series 2018-19 competition.
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And other continental confederations are the South American Qualifying Tournament 2019, European Qualifying Tournament 2019, Africa Men’s Sevens 2019, Final Olympic Qualification Tournament 2019, Asian Qualifying Tournament 2019, Oceania Sevens Championship 2019, RAN Sevens 2019. Here is the Rugby Sevens Men’s Teams list.
| Japan | South Africa | Australia |
| Fiji | Argentina | Kenya |
| United States | Canada | South Korea |
| New Zealand | Great Britain |
Women’s Rugby Sevens Teams at Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics
And here women’s teams were qualified from as same as men’s teams qualifying competitions. Those confederations such as World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2018-19, South American Qualifying Tournament 2019, European Qualifying Tournament 2019, RAN Women’s Sevens 2019, Africa Women’s Sevens 2019, Asian Qualifying Tournament 2019, Oceania Women’s Sevens Championship 2019, Final Olympic Qualification Tournament 2020.
Here is the Rugby Sevens Women’s Teams list.
| Japan | Australia | Fiji |
| New Zealand | Brazil | China |
| United States | Great Britain | |
| Canada | Kenya |
Rugby Sevens Schedule & Fixtures of Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics
| Date | Time | Event |
| 26th July | 9:00 – 12:00 16:30 – 19:30 | Men’s Pool Round (6 matches) Men’s Pool Round (6 matches) |
| 27th July | 9:00 – 12:00 16:30 – 19:30 | Men’s Pool Round (6 matches) Men’s Placing Matches & Quarter-Finals |
| 28th July | 9:00 – 12:00 16:30 – 19:30 | Men’s Placing Matches & Semi-Finals Men’s Placing Matches & Finals |
| 29th July | 9:00 – 12:00 16:30 – 19:30 | Women’s Pool Round Women’s Pool Round |
| 30th July | 9:00 – 12:00 16:30 – 19:30 | Women’s Pool Round Women’s Placing Matches & Quarter-Finals |
| 31st July | 9:00 – 12:00 16:30 – 19:30 | Women’s Placing Matches & Semi-Finals Women’s Placing Matches & Finals |
Rugby Sevens Results at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
| Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Fiji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
