Rugby sevens at the 2019 Summer Universiade

Following the FISU regulations, The maximum of 8 teams in rugby sevens events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level will be selected by ^[2]

• The entry and the payment of guarantee;
• Those 4 teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition and/or FISU World University Championships will be automatically qualified;
• Those 2 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition and/or FISU World University Championships will be replaced by new applying teams;
• The host is automatically qualified;
• The remaining teams will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and ISF ranking.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	—	—	1	Italy
Top four of previous edition of Summer Universiade	14–17 July 2013	Kazan	3	Russia  France  South Africa
The best place at the last World University Championships	12–14 July 2018	Swakopmund	1	Australia
Continental Quotas	—	—	3	Argentina  Japan  Romania
Wild Card	—	—	1	Canada
Total			8

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	—	—	1	Italy
Top three of previous edition of Summer Universiade	14–17 July 2013	Kazan	2	Russia  Canada
Top four of previous edition of World University Championships	12–14 July 2018	Swakopmund	3	France  Belgium  South Africa
Continental Quotas	—	—	2	Argentina  Japan
Total			8

Following the FISU regulations, draw of pool will be based on following by.^[2]

• Previous World University Championships results
• Participation in previous Summer Universiades
• Continental representation
• World Rugby Rankings

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
South Africa(1)  France(3)	Argentina(5)  Italy	Russia  Canada	Japan  Romania

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
France(1)  Belgium(3)	South Africa(4)  Canada	Argentina  Japan	Russia  Italy