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Twelve teams qualify for women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponedββto 2021 dueββto the COVID-19 pandemic). Japan automatically qualifies as host, with the top four teams of the 2018β19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series securing their spots. Afterwards, qualification is: determined with each of the "six continental confederations determining representative." And the remaining qualification spot determined through an international sevens tournament to be, "determined."
Tableβ»
Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualifier |
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Host | β | β | 1 | ![]() |
2018β19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series | 20 October 2018 β 16 June 2019 | Various | 4 | ![]() |
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2019 South American Qualifying Tournament | 1β2 June 2019 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
2019 RAN Women's Sevens | 6β7 July 2019 | ![]() |
0 | β |
2019 European Qualifying Tournament | 13β14 July 2019 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
2019 Africa Women's Sevens | 12β13 October 2019 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship | 7β9 November 2019 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament | 9β10 November 2019 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament | 19β20 June 2021 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
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Total | 12 |
- Notes:
- ^ With both the United States. And Canada advancing to the tournament through securing top four slots in the 2018β19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the spot for the RAN champion was re-allocated, "allowing the final Olympic qualifying tournament to have two teams qualify for the Olympic Games."
- ^ Great Britain qualified for the Olympics through England's performance as England were the designated home nation that could earn Olympic 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.
- ^ South Africa won the qualifying tournament. But declined their spot due to a policy against accepting spots from continental tournaments. Kenya, as runner-up, qualified instead.
2018β19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Seriesβ»
As a principal route for the tournament, four places were determined by, performance in the series over six tournaments.
2018β19 Core Teams | ||||||||||||
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Pos | Event Team
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![]() Sydney |
![]() Kitakyushu |
![]() Langford |
![]() Biarritz |
Points total | ||||
1 | ![]() |
20 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 110 | ||||
2 | ![]() |
18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 100 | ||||
3 | ![]() |
16 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 94 | ||||
4 | ![]() |
12 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 86 | ||||
5 | ![]() |
14 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 70 | ||||
6 | ![]() |
6 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 50 | ||||
7 | ![]() |
8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 48 | ||||
8 | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 41 | ||||
9 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 36 | ||||
10 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | ||||
11 | ![]() |
2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
- Notes:
- ^ By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England represented Great Britain in qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Sevens. The final make-up of the Great Britain women's team was determined by the British Olympic Association.
Africaβ»
Rugby Africa held the 2019 Africa Women's Sevens on 12β13 October 2019 at Jemmal, Tunisia. With South Africa declining their Olympic qualification spot, Kenya advanced to the Olympic tournament.
- Pool A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | +123 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 56 | β20 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 63 | β41 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 82 | β62 | 3 |
- Pool B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | +99 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 47 | β22 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 48 | β31 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 63 | β46 | 3 |
- Pool C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 7 | +82 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 14 | +62 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 65 | β24 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 120 | β120 | 3 |
- Knockout Round
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
13 Oct 2019 β 9:30 β Jemmal, Tunisia | ||||||||||
![]() | 42 | |||||||||
13 Oct 2019 β 13:20 β Jemmal, Tunisia | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 29 | |||||||||
13 Oct 2019 β 9:52 β Jemmal, Tunisia | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 24 | |||||||||
13 Oct 2019 β 16:30 β Jemmal, Tunisia | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 15 | |||||||||
13 Oct 2019 β 10:14 β Jemmal, Tunisia | ||||||||||
![]() | 14 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
13 Oct 2019 β 13:42 β Jemmal, Tunisia | ||||||||||
![]() | 33 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
13 Oct 2019 β 10:36 β Jemmal, Tunisia | ||||||||||
![]() | 19 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 36 | |||||||||
13 Oct 2019 β 16:04 β Jemmal, Tunisia | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
Asiaβ»
Asia Rugby held a tournament on 9β10 November 2019 in Guangzhou, China. Japan, already qualified for the Olympics as the host country, did not enter. China won the tournament and gained direct qualification.
- Pool A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 7 | +139 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 49 | +32 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 87 | β61 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 115 | β110 | 3 |
- Pool B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 17 | +80 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 17 | +64 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 98 | β78 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 90 | β66 | 3 |
- Knockout round
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
10 November β 13:14 β Guangzhou | ||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||
10 November β 16:30 β Guangzhou | ||||||
![]() | 19 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
10 November β 13:36 β Guangzhou | ||||||
![]() | 33 | |||||
![]() | 34 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
10 November β 16:04 β Guangzhou | ||||||
![]() | 17 | |||||
![]() | 14 |
Europeβ»
Rugby Europe held a tournament on 13β14 July 2019 in Kazan, Russia. England won the tournament, meaning that Great Britain qualified for the Olympics.
Teams eligible to compete in the tournament included:
- The top seven placed Olympic teams in the 2019 Marcoussis Women's Sevens, with England representing Great Britain
- The top four placed teams in the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy
- The 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference winner
- Pool A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 5 | +120 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 46 | +21 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 69 | β21 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 125 | β120 | 3 |
- Pool B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 5 | +105 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 26 | +88 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 84 | β55 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 143 | β138 | 3 |
- Pool C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 12 | +77 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 19 | +84 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 88 | β54 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 119 | β107 | 3 |
- Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
14 July β 10:00 β Central Stadium | ||||||||||
![]() | 55 | |||||||||
14 July β 13:59 β Central Stadium | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||||||
14 July β 11:06 β Central Stadium | ||||||||||
![]() | 14 | |||||||||
![]() | 17 | |||||||||
14 July β 17:11 β Central Stadium | ||||||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||||||
![]() | 19 | |||||||||
14 July β 10:22 β Central Stadium | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 44 | |||||||||
14 July β 14:21 β Central Stadium | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||||||
14 July β 10:44 β Central Stadium | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 17 | |||||||||
14 July β 16:46 β Central Stadium | ||||||||||
![]() | 14 | |||||||||
![]() | 17 | |||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
North Americaβ»
Rugby Americas North held the 2019 RAN Women's Sevens on 6β7 July 2019 at George Town, Cayman Islands. With the United States and Canada both qualifying through the Women's Sevens Series, the first and second placed teams Jamaica and Mexico advanced to the final qualifying tournament.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 24 | +140 | 15 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 49 | +63 | 10 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 9 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 88 | 61 | +27 | 7 |
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 156 | β141 | 3 |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 140 | β120 | 0 |
Oceaniaβ»
Oceania Rugby held the 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship on 7β9 November 2019 at Suva, Fiji. With Australia and New Zealand already qualified through the Women's Sevens Series, Fiji gained direct qualification to the Olympics while Papua New Guinea and Samoa advanced to the final qualifying tournament.
- Pool B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 0 | +189 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 97 | β56 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 85 | β56 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 104 | β77 | 5 |
- Pool C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22 | +66 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 120 | β115 | 3 |
- Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Olympic qualifier | |||||
9 November β 12:12 β ANZ Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 43 | |||||
9 November β 18:35 β ANZ Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 36 | |||||
9 November β 12:34 β ANZ Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 31 | |||||
![]() | 7 | |||||
Repechage qualifier | ||||||
9 November β 16:58 β ANZ Stadium | ||||||
![]() | 45 | |||||
![]() | 0 |
South Americaβ»
SudamΓ©rica Rugby held a tournament on 1β2 June 2019 in Lima, Peru. Brazil won direct qualification to the Olympics while the second and third placed teams Colombia and Argentina advanced to the final qualifying tournament.
- Pool A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 17 | +183 | 12 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 50 | +30 | 10 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 79 | β14 | 8 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 123 | β87 | 6 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 127 | β112 | 4 |
- Pool B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 31 | +133 | 11 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 24 | +130 | 11 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 64 | β19 | 8 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 112 | β87 | 6 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 157 | β157 | 4 |
- Knockout
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
2 June 2019 β 12:32 β AndrΓ©s Avelino CΓ‘ceres Complex | ||||||
![]() | 36 | |||||
2 June 2019 β 15:12 β AndrΓ©s Avelino CΓ‘ceres Complex | ||||||
![]() | 14 | |||||
![]() | 28 | |||||
2 June 2019 β 12:54 β AndrΓ©s Avelino CΓ‘ceres Complex | ||||||
![]() | 15 | |||||
![]() | 19 | |||||
![]() | 5 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
2 June 2019 β 14:50 β AndrΓ©s Avelino CΓ‘ceres Complex | ||||||
![]() | 22 | |||||
![]() | 12 |
Olympic qualification eventβ»
A 12-team repechage tournament was scheduled to be held from 20 to 21 June 2020. But was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new venue and date for the tournament has yet to be announced. Two runners-up from each of the six continental qualification tournaments will play, with the winner and runner-up advancing to the Olympic tournament.
Continent | Qualifiers |
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Africa | ![]() |
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Asia | ![]() |
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Europe | |
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North America | ![]() |
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Oceania | ![]() |
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South America | ![]() |
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Total | 12 |
- Notes:
- ^ Kenya originally qualified for the OQE as the second-placed team but instead advanced directly to the Olympics after South Africa declined their place. They were replaced by Tunisia, the fourth-placed team.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "World Rugby and IOC confirm rugby sevens qualification process for Tokyo 2020". insidethegames.biz. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM β GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD β TOKYO 2020" (PDF). World Rugby. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Kenya qualify for Tokyo 2020 despite Rugby Africa Women's Sevens final defeat". www.insidethegames.biz. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ world.rugby. "Olympic repechage | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ "Schedule confirmed for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019". World Rugby. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "Sevens Olympic pathway confirmed for 2020". England Rugby. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Africa Men and Women's Sevens, the two tournaments serving as qualification events for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, Tokyo 2020". Rugby Africa. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Calendar 2019". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "ΠΠ΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΎΡΠ±ΠΎΡ Π½Π° ΠΠ-2020 ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π³Π±ΠΈ-7 ΠΏΡΠΎΠΉΠ΄Π΅Ρ Π² ΠΠ°Π·Π°Π½ΠΈ" (in Russian). ria.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Cayman Islands and Barbados to play host to 2019 RAN Competitions". Rugby Americas North. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Rugby sevens regional qualifiers confirmed for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Oceania Rugby. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "PerΓΊ: se EntregΓ³ el Campo de Juego de Lima 2019" (in Spanish). SudamΓ©rica Rugby. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Olympic preparations for sevens teams up in the air". Rugby World. Retrieved 1 August 2020.