2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
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The final qualification repechage tournament for women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 19–20 June 2021 at Stade Louis II in Monaco.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled for a year earlier,[2] but was postponed until 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Twelve women's teams were eligible to compete in the repechage tournament, as high placing teams from the six continental Olympic qualification events. Jamaica was a late withdrawal from the tournament due to travel difficulties presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced the number of teams competing to eleven.[4]
France and Russia were the two best teams in the repechage, each going through the tournament undefeated. They claimed the two qualifying berths on offer for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.[2][5]
Teams
| Event | Dates | Location | Quota | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 South American Qualifying Tournament | 1–2 June 2019 |  Lima |
2 |  Colombia Argentina |
| 2019 RAN Women's Sevens | 6–7 July 2019 |  George Town |
2 |  Mexico |
| 2019 European Qualifying Tournament | 13–14 July 2019 |  Kazan |
2 | Russia France |
| 2019 Africa Women's Sevens | 12–13 October 2019 |  Jemmal |
2 |  Madagascar Tunisia |
| 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship | 7–9 November 2019 |  Suva |
2 |  Papua New Guinea Samoa |
| 2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament | 9–10 November 2019 |  Guangzhou |
2 |  Hong Kong Kazakhstan |
| Total | 11 teams | |||
- Notes:
- Jamaica was a late withdrawal from the tournament due to travel difficulties presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Pool stage
The teams were drawn into three pools with each team playing against all opponents in their own pool.[6] Due to the late withdrawal of Jamaica, all matches involving them were recorded as a bye for their opponents in Pool B.[4][7]
Pool A
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan (Q) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 6 |
| Tunisia (Q) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 4 |
| Papua New Guinea |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 63 | −48 | 2 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France (Q) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 | +151 | 9 |
| Hong Kong (Q) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 77 | −27 | 7 |
| Colombia (Q) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 85 | −63 | 5 |
| Madagascar |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 80 | −61 | 3 |
Combined standings
The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed teams on the combined pool standings progressed to the knockout stage.[8] The seedings were based on (a) highest pool placing, then (b) most competition points awarded (for a win, draw or loss) in the respective pool standings, and (c) greatest difference between points scored and conceded across all pool matches played.
| # | Team | Place | Pld | −/+ | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 1st C | 3 | +151 | 9 |
| 2 | Russia | 1st A | 3 | +121 | 9 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 1st B | 2 | +19 | 6 |
| 4 | Argentina | 2nd A | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 2nd C | 3 | –27 | 7 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 2nd B | 2 | +29 | 4 |
| 7 | Samoa | 3rd A | 3 | –32 | 5 |
| 8 | Colombia | 3rd C | 3 | –63 | 5 |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 3rd B | 2 | –48 | 2 |
| 10 | Madagascar | 4th C | 3 | –61 | 3 |
| 11 | Mexico | 4th A | 3 | –94 | 3 |
| Qualifier semi-finalists | |
|---|---|
| 1st placed in pool | |
| 2nd placed in pool | |
| Two best 3rd placed | |
Knockout stage
With two Olympic places available, the top eight women's teams from the pool stage were seeded into two separate four-team brackets. The winners of each bracket qualified for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.[5][6]
| Qualifier semi-finals | Qualifier final 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | Kazakhstan
| 29 | |||||||
| 6 | Tunisia
| 21 | |||||||
| 3 | Kazakhstan
| 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Russia
| 38 | |||||||
| 2 | Russia
| 29 | |||||||
| 7 | Samoa
| 0 | |||||||
| Qualifier semi-finals | Qualifier final 2 | ||||||||
| 4 | Argentina
| 5 | |||||||
| 5 | Hong Kong
| 24 | |||||||
| 5 | Hong Kong
| 0 | |||||||
| 1 | France
| 51 | |||||||
| 1 | France
| 52 | |||||||
| 8 | Colombia
| 0 | |||||||
Qualifier semi-finals
Qualifier finals
Placings
| Legend |
|---|
| Qualified to 2020 Summer Olympics |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | France |
| Russia | |
| 3 | Kazakhstan |
| Hong Kong | |
| 5 | Argentina |
| Tunisia | |
| Samoa | |
| Colombia | |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea |
| Madagascar | |
| Mexico |