Rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Rugby Sevens; at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Youth Olympic Sports Park
Dates	17–20 August

Rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 20 August at the Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China. The 2014 Games marked the debut of Rugby sevens at the Youth Olympics as it was voted an Olympic sport for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Qualification

A total of 6 teams will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 12 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was given a spot to compete in the girls’ tournament. The six male and five other female teams were decided at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Moscow, Russia from 28–30 June 2013.[2] The top ranking nation from each of the six regional unions qualified a team (in the girls’ tournament NACRA and CONSUR were combined).[3]

However, due to the rule where nations may only qualify a single team sport (field hockey, football, handball and rugby sevens) in each gender some teams had to make a choice in which sport to participate in. Any declined teams were reallocated to the next best ranked team at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in the same regional union. Should none remain the spot would go to the next best ranked team not yet qualified.[3]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997.[3]

Participating teams

Regional Unions	Boys	Girls
Africa (CAR)	Kenya	Tunisia
Asia (ARFU)	Japan	China
Europe (FIRA-AER)	France	Spain
North America and Caribbean (NACRA)	United States	Canada United States
South America (CONSUR)	Argentina	-
Oceania (FORU)	Fiji	Australia

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[4]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 17	Sunday	09:00 16:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 18	Monday	09:00 16:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 19	Tuesday	09:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 19	Tuesday	15:30	Boys' 5-6 Match Girls' 5-6 Match Boys' Semifinals Girls' Semifinals
August 20	Wednesday	09:00	Boys' Medal Matches Girls' Medal Matches

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	1	0	0	1
1	France	1	0	0	1
3	Argentina	0	1	0	1
3	Canada	0	1	0	1
5	China*	0	0	1	1
5	Fiji	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys'	France (FRA) Alex Arrate Faraj Fartass Alex Gracbling Alexandre Lagarde Martin Laveau Alexandre Nicque Alexandre Pilati Arthur Retière Alexandre Roumat Atila Septar Sacha Valleau Matthieu Voisin	Argentina (ARG) Jose Barros Sosa Lautaro Bazan Velez Vicente Boronat Enrique Camerlinckx Juan Cruz Camerlinckx Juan Ignacio Conil Vila Manuel de Sousa Carrusca Bautista Delguy Indalecio Ledlesma Hugo Miotti Mariano Romanini Isaac Sprenger	Fiji (FIJ) Josaia Cokaibusa Waisea Daroko Timoci Meya Ratu Nawabalavu Sailasa Powell Alipate Qaraniqio Filipe Qoro Navitalai Ralawa Joseva Rauga Semi Tabacule Ratu Uluiviti Eminoni Vuidravuwalu
Girls'	Australia (AUS) Brooke Anderson Marioulla Belessis Shenae Ciesiolka Dominique du Toit Kellie-Marie Gibson Raecene McGregor Caitlin Morgan Tiana Penitani Amber Pilley Mackenzie Sadler Tayla Stanford Laura Waldie	Canada (CAN) Moanda Anglo Catherine Boudreault Pamphinette Buisa Hannah Darling Chanelle Edwards-Challenger Ashley Gordon Lauren Kerr Jenna Morrison Kaitlyn Richard Cass Schmidt Maddy Seatle Charity Williams	China (CHN) Gao Xue Gao Yueying Li Tian Ling Chen Liu Xiaoqian Luo Yawen Shen Yingying Sun Caihong Wang Tingting Wu Fan Yan Meiling Yang Feifei

References

Wilson, Stephen (August 13, 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
"Youth Olympic Games Sevens teams confirmed". International Rugby Board. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
"Qualification System: Rugby Sevens" (PDF). International Rugby Board. May 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
"Sport Explanatory Brochure: Rugby sevens" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

External links

Official Results Book – Rugby

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[1] Wilson, Stephen (August 13, 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

[2] "Youth Olympic Games Sevens teams confirmed". International Rugby Board. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

[Rugby-3] "Qualification System: Rugby Sevens" (PDF). International Rugby Board. May 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

[4] "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Rugby sevens" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 21 June 2014.