Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The rugby sevens tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 13 to 15 October in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Rugby sevens
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueClub Atlético de San Isidro
Dates13–15 October
No. of events2 (1 boys, 1 girls)

12 rugby sevens teams, total 144 athletes, participated in the tournament. The rugby sevens competition took place at Club Atlético de San Isidro in San Isidro.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is limited to participation in 1 team sports (Futsal, Beach handball, Field Hockey, and Rugby Sevens) per each gender with the exception of the host country who can enter one team per sport. Also at rugby sevens each NOC can enter a maximum of 1 team of 12 athletes per both genders. To be eligible to participate in the Youth Olympics, athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2001.[1]

As hosts, Argentina has the right to directly qualify 1 team per both genders on account of Sudamérica Rugby quota. The best ranked NOC in each of the 5 Continental Qualification Tournaments will obtain quota place.[1]

Boys' qualification
Mean of qualification DateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation——1 Argentina
2017 Asia Rugby U17 Sevens[2]9–10 September 2017 Tainan 1 Japan
North American Qualifier[3]2–4 March 2018 Las Vegas 1 United StatesA
Oceanian Qualifier[4]21–22 April 2018 Sydney 1 SamoaA
2018 U18 European Sevens Championship[5]5–6 May 2018 Šiauliai 1 France
2018 African Youth Games[6]19–21 July 2018 Algiers 1 South Africa
South American Qualifier—— 0—
Total6
^A Canada and Australia won their respective tournaments, but through team sports quotas are sending their boys' field hockey teams instead. As such, the United States and Samoa qualify in their place as respective runners-up.[7][8]

Girls' qualification
Mean of qualification DateHostVacanciesQualified
2017 ARU Girls' Sevens Championships[9]29–30 November 2017 United Arab Emirates 1 KazakhstanB
North American Qualifier[10]2–4 March 2018 Las Vegas 1 Canada
South American Qualifier[11]3–4 March 2018 São José dos Campos 1 Colombia
Oceanian Qualifier[4]21–22 April 2018 Sydney 1 New Zealand
2018 U18 Women's European Sevens Championship[12]28–29 April 2018 Vichy 1 France
2018 African Youth Games[13]19–21 July 2018 Algiers 1 Tunisia
Total6
^B Japan won the Asian championships, but through team sports quotas is sending its girls' futsal team instead. Kazakhstan is the next best ranked team without a team qualified for girls.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina*1001
 New Zealand1001
3 France0202
4 Canada0011
 Japan0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys
  Argentina
Lucio Cinti
Ramiro Costa
Marcos Elicagaray
Juan González
Matteo Graziano
Julián Hernández
Ignacio Mendy
Marcos Moneta
Bautista Pedemonte
Julián Quetglas
Nicolás Roger
Tomás Vanni		  France
Dorian Bellot
Erwan Dridi
Martin Dulon
Baptiste Germain
Sasha Gue
Théo Louvet
Yoram Moefana
Yann Peysson
Calum Randle
Cheikh Tiberghien
Joachim Trouabal
Tani Vili		  Japan
Ryo Eto
Kentaro Fujii
Kanji Futamura
Kippei Ishida
Ryosuke Kan
Taisei Konishi
Tyler Main
Junya Matsumoto
Kaito Nakanishi
Jo Ohba
Haruhiko Uemura
Hibiki Yamada
Girls
  New Zealand
Carys Dallinger
Tiana Davison
Tynealle Fitzgerald
Iritana Hohaia
Azalleyah Maaka
Mahina Paul
Risaleaana Pouri-Lane
Kiani Tahere
Montessa Tairakena
Kalyn Takitimu-Cook
Arorangi Tauranga
Hinemoa Watene		  France
Axelle Berthoumieu
Alycia Christiaens
Mélanie Daumalle
Charlotte Escudero
Lucy Hapulat
Salomé Maran
Alice Muller
Lou Noel
Aurélie Plantefeve
Méline Puech
Celia Roue
Chloé Sanz		  Canada
Delaney Aikens
Taylor Black
Kendra Cousineau
Hunter Czeppel
Olivia De Couvreur
Brooklynn Feasby
Elizabeth Gibson
Madison Grant
Carmen Izyk
Aliesha Lewis
Maggie Mackinnon
Keyara Wardley

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