Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Brazil. It was hosted at the Deodoro Stadium, a temporary outdoor stadium constructed as part of the Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park in Rio de Janeiro. The tournament was held from 9 August to 11 August 2016, starting with group matches before finishing with the medal ceremony on 11 August. The 2016 Games marked the first time that rugby sevens has been played at the Olympics, and the first time since 1924 that any form of rugby had been played at the Olympics.

2016 Men's Olympic Rugby Sevens Tournament
Aerial view of the Deodoro Stadium, where the Men's Rugby Sevens tournament was played.
Tournament details
Host nation Brazil
VenueDeodoro Stadium
Date9–11 August 2016
No. of nations12
Final positions
Champions Fiji
Runner-up Great Britain
Third place South Africa
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Tries scored175 (5.15 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cecil Afrika
(47 points)
Most tries Carlin Isles
(6 tries)
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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 World Rugby Sevens Series. The 2014–15 Sevens World Series was the initial stage of qualification, with the top 4 teams at the end of the series gaining qualification to the 2016 Olympic Games. Between June and September 2015, each of the six regional rugby unions held an Olympic qualification event, where one team from each region qualified, bringing the total up to 11 teams qualified. The final spot was determined by a repechage tournament held in Monaco, where the winner of that event became the final team to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.

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
NationMeans of qualification
 BrazilHost nation
 Fiji2014–15 Sevens World Series top 4 finishers
 Great Britain
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Argentina2015 CONSUR Sevens Champions
 United States2015 NACRA Sevens Champions
 France2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Champions
 Japan2015 ARFU Sevens Champions
 Australia2015 Oceania Sevens Champions
 Kenya2015 Africa Cup Sevens Champions
 Spain2016 Final Olympic Qualification Champions

Squads
Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team 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 Sevens Series circuit. The four teams that qualified directly from the 2014–15 Sevens World Series were guaranteed a top four seeding, with their positioning determined by their combined score over the two seasons.[8][9]

Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3

Competition schedule

The men's rugby tournament takes place over three days:[10]

DateEvent
August 912 group play matches
August 106 group play matches
Quarterfinals
August 11Semifinals
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.

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
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 3 1 0 2 59 41 +18 5
4  Brazil 3 0 0 3 12 97 −85 3
Source: World Rugby
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)
9 August 2016
13:30
Fiji  40–12  Brazil
Try: Veremalua (2) 6' c, 12' c
Kolinisau 8' c
Tuisova (2) 9' m, 13' c
Viriviri 10' c
Con: Kolinisau (2/2)
Ravouvou (3/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Claro 4' m
Albuquerque 14' c
Con: Duque (0/1)
A. Silva (1/1)
9 August 2016
18:00
United States  26–0  Brazil
Try: Niua 3' c
Ebner 7' c
Isles 13' m
Unufe 14' c
Con: Hughes (3/4)
 Report
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Matthew O'Brien (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)
10 August 2016
13:00
Argentina  31–0  Brazil
Try: Müller 4' m
Revol 6' c
Álvarez 7' c
Schulz 11' c
Bruzzone 13' m
Con: Revol (3/5)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)
10 August 2016
13:30
Fiji  24–19  United States
Try: Kolinisau 6' c
Ravouvou 7' m
Mata 9' c
Kunatani 12' m
Con: Kolinisau (2/3)
Ravouvou (0/1)
 Report Try: Barrett 4' c
Baker 8' c
Ebner 13' m
Con: Hughes (2/3)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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
Source: World Rugby
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'
9 August 2016
11:30
South Africa  24–0  Spain
Try: Afrika (2) 1' c, 7' c
Senatla 8' m
Snyman 12' m
Con: Afrika (2/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)
9 August 2016
16:00
Australia  26–12  Spain
Try: Clark 1' c
Parahi 7' c
Porch 8' m
Foley 14' c
Con: Stannard (3/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Poggi (2) 2' m, 4' c
Con: Hernández (1/2)
9 August 2016
16:30
South Africa  26–0  France
Try: Geduld 1' c
Smith 4' c
Brown 6' m
Sage 12' c
Con: Afrika (3/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
10 August 2016
11:00
France  26–5  Spain
Try: Vakatawa (2) 4' c, 8' m
Cler 10' c
Aicardi 12' c
Con: Bouhraoua (3/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Sempere 14' m
Con: Genua (0/1)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Anthony Moyes (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
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
Source: World Rugby
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)
9 August 2016
17:00
Great Britain  21–19  Japan
Try: Rodwell (2) 1' c, 2' c
Watson 13' c
Con: Mitchell (3/3)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Lemeki (2) 6' c, 14' m
Sakai 11' c
Con: Goya (1/1)
Sakai (1/2)
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)
10 August 2016
12:00
Kenya  7–31  Japan
Try: Injera 4' c
Con: Oliech (1/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Hano 1' c
Lemeki (2) 7' c, 13' m
Goya 9' m
Penalty try 11' c
Con: Goya (3/5)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Matthew O'Brien (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)

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 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 3 1 0 2 59 41 +18 5
Source: Rio2016
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-finals9th Place Final
 
      
 
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
 United States24
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 Brazil12
 
 United States24
 
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 Spain12
 
 Spain14
 
 
 Kenya12
 
11th Place
 
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
 Brazil0
 
 
 Kenya24

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)
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)

5–8th place playoff
 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
 New Zealand24
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 France19
 
 New Zealand17
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 Argentina26
 
 
 Australia21
 
7th Place
 
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
 France12
 
 
 Australia10

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)
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)

Seventh Place
11 August 2016
17:30
France  12–10  Australia
Try: Bouhraoua 6' m
Candelon 8' c
Con: Bouhraoua (1/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Hutchison 1' m
Jenkins 13' m
Con: Stannard (0/2)

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)

Medal Playoff
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold Medal Match
 
          
 
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 
 Fiji12
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 New Zealand7
 
 Fiji20
 
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 Japan5
 
 Japan12
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 France7
 
 Fiji43
 
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 Great Britain7
 
 Great Britain 5 (a.e.t.)
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 Argentina0
 
 Great Britain7
 
10 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 South Africa5 Bronze Medal Match
 
 South Africa22
 
11 August 2016 – Deodoro Stadium
 
 Australia5
 
 Japan14
 
 
 South Africa54
 

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)
10 August 2016
17:30
Japan  12–7  France
Try: Tuqiri 8' m
Goto 7' c
Con: Sakai (1/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Cler 4' c
Con: Bouhraoua (1/1)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Richard Kelly (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)
10 August 2016
18:30
South Africa  22–5  Australia
Try: Speckman 3' m
Senatla 5' m, 12' m
Brown 10' c
Con: Afrika (1/4)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Cusack 7' m
Con: Clark (0/1)

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)
11 August 2016
15:00
Great Britain  7–5  South Africa
Try: Norton 8' c
Con: Mitchell (1/1)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: Brown 2' m
Con: Afrika (0/1)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Bronze Medal Match
11 August 2016
18:30
Japan  14–54  South Africa
Try: Kuwazuru 8' c
Goya 11' c
Con: Goya (2/2)
 Report (Rio 2016)
Report (World Rugby)		 Try: De Jongh 1' c
Speckman (3) 3' c, 10' c, 19' c
Afrika (2) 12' c, 15' c
Geduld 17' m
Kolbe 20' c
Con: Afrika (5/6)
Geduld (2/2)
Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)

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)

Final ranking
RankTeamMatchesPointsAvg pointsTriesAvg tries
 Fiji616026.67264.33
 Great Britain69215.33142.33
 South Africa613622.67223.67
4 Japan69515.83152.50
5 New Zealand610717.83172.83
6 Argentina610217.00162.67
7 France69515.83142.33
8 Australia68814.67142.33
9 United States510721.4173.40
10 Spain5438.671.40
11 Kenya55511.0091.80
12 Brazil5244.840.80

Player statistics

Try scorers

Point scorers

See also

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