Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2020 Women's Olympic Rugby Sevens Tournament
Tokyo Stadium, where the Women's Rugby Sevens tournament was played
Tournament details
Host Japan
VenueTokyo Stadium
Date29–31 July 2021
Teams12
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up France
Third place Fiji
Fourth place Great Britain
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The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in Japan. It was hosted at Tokyo Stadium, which also served as a host stadium of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The tournament was played over three days from 29–31 July 2021.[1]

The medals for the competition were presented by Octavian Morariu, Romania; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Alan Gilpin, Great Britain; World Rugby Secretary General.

Competition schedule

Legend
P Pool Stage PM Placing Matches ¼ Quarter-Finals ½ Semi-Finals B Bronze Medal Match F Gold Medal Match
Schedule[2][3]
Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31
Event M E M E M E
Women's P PM ¼ PM ½ PM B F

Qualification

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Event Dates Location Quotas Qualifier
Host nation — — 1  Japan
2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019 Various 4  New Zealand
 United States
 Canada
 Australia
2019 South American Qualifying Tournament 1–2 June 2019 Peru Lima 1  Brazil
2019 RAN Women's Sevens 6–7 July 2019 Cayman Islands George Town 0[note 1] —
2019 European Qualifying Tournament 13–14 July 2019 Russia Kazan 1  Great Britain[note 2]
2019 Africa Women's Sevens 12–13 October 2019 Tunisia Jemmal 1  Kenya[note 3]
2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship 7–9 November 2019 Fiji Suva 1  Fiji
2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament 9–10 November 2019 China Guangzhou 1  China
2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament 19–20 June 2021  Monaco 2[note 1]  France
 ROC
Total 12
  • Notes:
  1. ^ a b With both the United States and Canada advancing to the tournament through securing top four slots in the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the spot for the RAN champion was re-allocated, allowing the final Olympic qualifying tournament to have two teams qualify for the Olympic Games.
  2. ^ Great Britain qualified for the Olympics through England's performance as England were the designated home nation that could earn Olympic qualification for Great Britain. Rugby sevens players from Scotland and Wales, however, were eligible to be selected for the British team at the Olympic Games.
  3. ^ South Africa won the qualifying tournament but declined their spot due to a policy against accepting spots from continental tournaments. Kenya, as runners-up, qualified instead.[4]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 88 28 +60 9 Quarter-finals
2  Great Britain 3 2 0 1 66 38 +28 7
3 ROC 3 1 0 2 47 59 −12 5
4  Kenya 3 0 0 3 19 95 −76 3
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.


29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
11:00
ROC 12–14 Great Britain
Try: Khamidova 1' m
Seredina 12' c
Con: Seredina (1/2) 13'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Brown (2) 4' c, 14' +1 c
Con: Aitchison (2/2) 4', 14' +1
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
11:30
New Zealand 29–7 Kenya
Try: Fluhler 1' m
Blyde (2) 3' c, 9' c
Woodman 5' m
Broughton 11' m
Con: Nathan-Wong (2/5) 3', 9'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Lindo 7' +1 c
Con: Okulu (1/1) 7' +1
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
18:30
New Zealand 26–21 Great Britain
Try: Blyde (3) 5' c, 7' m, 13' c
Nathan-Wong 9' c
Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4) 6', 9', 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Rowland 1' c
Jones 2' c
Joyce 4' c
Con: Aitchison (3/3) 1', 3', 4'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
19:00
ROC 35–12 Kenya
Try: Sozonova 2' c
Seredina 4' c
Shestakova 8' c
Tiron 9' c
Kukina 13' c
Con: Seredina (4/4) 2', 4', 8', 9'
Lushina (1/1) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Okelo (2) 5' c, 8' m
Con: Ndunde (1/2) 5'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
11:00
Great Britain 31–0 Kenya
Try: Joyce (2) 1' c, 6' m
Burton 3' m
Jones 9' c
Thomson 14' c
Con: Hunt (1/3) 2'
Rowland (1/1) 9'
Aitchison (1/1) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
13:00[note 1]
New Zealand 33–0 ROC
Try: Tui (2) 1' c, 6' c
Woodman 7' c
Fluhler (2) 10' c, 12' m
Con: Nathan-Wong (3/3) 2', 6', 7', 10
Willison (0/1)		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
  • Notes:
  1. ^ Originally scheduled for 11:30 but delayed due to weather

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 83 10 +73 9 Quarter-finals
2  Fiji 3 2 0 1 72 29 +43 7
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 45 57 −12 5
4  Brazil 3 0 0 3 10 114 −104 3
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.


29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
9:00
France 12–5 Fiji
Try: Horta 7' c
Okemba 9' m
Con: Drouin (1/2) 7'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Riwai 3' m
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
9:30
Canada 33–0 Brazil
Try: Williams 6' c
Wardley (2) 9' c, 14' +1 m
Paquin 11' c
Landry 13' c
Con: Landry (4/5) 7', 9', 11', 13'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
16:30
Canada 12–26 Fiji
Try: Landry 7' c
Moleschi 13' m
Con: Landry (1/1) 7'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Ulunisau (2) 1' c, 8' m
Naimasi 3' c
Riwai 5' c
Con: Riwai (3/4) 1', 4', 6'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
17:00
France 40–5 Brazil
Try: Ciofani (2) 2' c, 4' m
Guérin (2) 6' c, 9' c
Ulutule 11' c
Grassineau 14' c
Con: Ulutule (2/3) 3', 7'
Izar (3/3) 9', 11', 14' +1		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Silva 8' m
Con: Kochhann (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
9:00
Fiji 41–5 Brazil
Try: Nakoci 4' c
Ulunisau (4) 5' c, 7' m, 10' m, 12' m
Naimasi 8' m
Likuceva 14' c
Con: Cavuru (2/4) 5', 5'
Riwai (1/3) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Silva 2' m
Con: Kochhann (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
9:30
Canada 0–31 France
(Tokyo 2020)Try: Okemba 1' c
Ciofani 4' m
Ulutule 7' c
Neisen 11' c
Jacquet 14' m
Con: Ulutule (2/2) 1', 7'
Izar (1/2) 11'
Drouin (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 59 33 +26 9 Quarter-finals
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 86 24 +62 7
3  China 3 1 0 2 53 54 −1 5
4  Japan (H) 3 0 0 3 7 94 −87 3
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts


29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
10:00
United States 28–14 China
Try: Thomas 5' c
Kirshe (2) 10' c, 12' c
Canett 14' c
Con: Heavirland (2/2) 6', 10'
Kelter (1/1) 13'
Canett (1/1) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Wang 3' c
Chen 14' +1 c
Con: Chen (1/1) 4'
Yu (1/1) 14' +1
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
10:30
Australia 48–0 Japan
Try: Caslick 1' c
Tonegato (3) 3' m, 7' +1 m, 10' m
Hayes (2) 6' c, 8' c
Levi (2) 11' c, 14' m
Con: Williams (3/3) 1', 6', 8'
Hinds (1/2) 12'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
17:30
Australia 26–10 China
Try: Williams 3' c
Caslick 6' m
Nathan 8' c
Ashby 9' c
Con: Williams (2/3) 3', 8'
Hinds (1/1) 9'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Yang 1' m
Tang 13' m
Con: Chen (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
18:00
United States 17–7 Japan
Try: Maher 1' m
Matyas 4' m
Ramsey 9' c
Con: Canett-Oca (0/2)
Heavirland (1/1) 9'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Koide 13' c
Con: Yamanaka (1/1) 13'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
10:00
China 29–0 Japan
Try: Xu (2) 1' c, 5' m
Wang 2' c
Tang 8' m
Yang 13' m
Con: Chen (2/4) 1', 2'
Yu (0/1)		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
10:30
Australia 12–14 United States
Try: Williams 5' c
Hayes 8' m
Con: Williams (1/2) 6'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Emba 9' c
Gustaitis 11' c
Con: Heavirland (2/2) 10', 11'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

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 C  China 3 1 0 2 53 54 −1 5 Quarter-finals
2 A ROC 3 1 0 2 47 59 −12 5
3 B  Canada 3 1 0 2 45 57 −12 5
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference; 3) Points scored.

Knockout stage

9–12th place playoff

 
9–12th semi-finals9th place match
 
      
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
 Canada45
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 Brazil0
 
 Canada24
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 Kenya10
 
 Kenya21
 
 
 Japan17
 
11th place match
 
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
 Brazil21
 
 
 Japan12
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
16:30
Canada 45–0 Brazil
Try: Williams (3) 2' c, 6' m, 10' c
Paquin (2) 7' c, 8' c
Benn 8' c
Greenshields 14' c
Con: Landry (4/6) 3', 8', 9', 10'
Nicholas (1/1) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
17:00
Kenya 21–17 Japan
Try: Okulu 3' c
Omondi 7' c
Atieno 14' +1 c
Con: Okulu (3/3) 3', 8', 14' +1		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Hara 1' m
Koide 8' m
Kajiki 10' c
Con: Yamanaka (1/3) 10'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
9:00
Brazil 21–12 Japan
Try: Kochhann 2' c
Silva 7' c
Fioravanti 13' c
Con: Cerullo (2/2) 2', 7'
Kochhann (1/1) 13'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Hirotsu 3' c
Hara 6' m
Con: Yamanaka (1/2) 4'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
9:30
Canada 24–10 Kenya
Try: Williams 1' c
Farella 3' m, 8' m
Landry 10' c
Con: Landry (2/3) 1', 10'
Nicholas (0/1)		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Okello 5' m
Ochieng 13' m
Con: Okulu (0/2)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

5–8th place playoff

 
5–8th semi-finals5th place match
 
      
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
 ROC7
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 Australia35
 
 Australia17
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 United States7
 
 United States33
 
 
 China14
 
7th place match
 
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
 ROC10
 
 
 China22
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
10:00
ROC 7–35 Australia
Try: Zdrokova 7' c
Con: Seredina (1/1) 8'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Nathan 1' c
Tonegato 3' c, 9' c
Paki 12' c
Levi 14' c
Con: Hinds (3/3) 2', 4', 9'
Williams (2/2) 12', 14'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
10:30
United States 33–14 China
Try: Thomas 1' c, 3' c
Tapper 6' c
Maher 10' m, 14' c
Con: Heavirland (4/5) 1', 3', 7', 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Wang 1' c
Chen 9' c
Con: Chen (2/2) 2', 9'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
16:30
ROC 10–22 China
Try: Tiron 3' m
Seredina 5' m
Con: Seredina (0/2)		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Wang 7' m
Yang 8' c
Xu 9' m
Chen 12' m
Con: Chen (1/4) 8'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
17:00
Australia 17–7 United States
Try: Nathan 5' m
Ashby 8' m
Hayes 12' c
Con: Williams (0/2)
Hinds (1/1) 12'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Kirshe 10' c
Con: Heavirland (1/1) 10'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

Medal playoff

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 
 New Zealand36
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 ROC0
 
 New Zealand (a.e.t.)22
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 Fiji17
 
 Fiji14
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 Australia12
 
 New Zealand26
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 France12
 
 United States12
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 Great Britain21
 
 Great Britain19
 
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 France26 Bronze medal match
 
 France24
 
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
 
 China10
 
 Fiji21
 
 
 Great Britain12
 

Quarter-finals

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
17:30
New Zealand 36–0 ROC
Try: Fitzpatrick 1' c
Broughton 2' c
Blyde 4' c
Woodman (2) 8' c, 13' m
Tui 10' c
Con: Nathan-Wong (2/4) 1', 8'
Pouri-Lane (1/2) 10'		(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
18:30[note 1]
Fiji 14–12 Australia
Try: Nakoci 1' c
Naimasi 3' c
Con: Riwai (2/2) 1', 3'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Nathan 6' m
Caslick 13' c
Con: Williams (0/1)
Hinds (1/1) 13'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
19:00[note 1]
United States 12–21 Great Britain
Try: Kirshe 11' m
Tapper 14' c
Con: Heavirland (1/2) 14'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Joyce (2) 1' c, 8' c
Brown 2' c
Con: Aitchison (3/3) 1', 2', 8'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
19:30[note 1]
France 24–10 China
Try: Okemba (2) 4' c, 10' m
Drouin 6' m
Ciofani 9' c
Con: Ulutule (2/2) 4', 9'
Drouin (0/1)
Izar (0/1)		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Tang (2) 1' m, 12' m
Con: Chen (0/2)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo


Semi-finals

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
11:00
New Zealand 22–17 (a.e.t.) Fiji
Try: Broughton (2) 2' m, 16' m
Woodman 10' c
Fluhler 14' m
Con: Nathan-Wong (1/3) 11'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Solikoviti 4' c, 9' m
Ulunisau 14+' m
Con: Riwai (1/3) 4'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
11:30
Great Britain 19–26 France
Try: Joyce (2) 5' c, 7' m
Smith 11' c
Con: Aitchison (1/2) 6'
Hunt (1/1) 11'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Ciofani (2) 1' c, 8' m
Okemba 3' c
Bertrand 7' c
Con: Drouin (2/3) 2', 3'
Ulutule (1/1) 7', 9'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo


Bronze medal match

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
17:30
Fiji 21–12 Great Britain
Try: Nakoci 1' c, 6' c
Ulunisau 10' c
Con: Riwai (3/3) 1', 6', 10'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Jones 9' m, 12' c
Con: Aitchison (0/1)
Hunt (1/1) 12'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo


Gold medal match

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
18:00
New Zealand 26–12 France
Try: Blyde 1' c
Broughton 5' m
Fluhler 6' c
Nathan-Wong 11' c
Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4) 1', 7', 11'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Drouin 3' m
Ciofani 8' c
Con: Drouin (1/2) 9'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
  • Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Matches were delayed by 30 minutes due to lightning in the area

Final ranking

Rank Team Matches Points Avg points Tries Avg tries
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 6 172 28.67 28 4.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France 6 145 24.17 23 3.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji 6 124 20.67 20 3.33
4  Great Britain 6 118 19.67 18 3.00
5  Australia 6 150 25.00 24 4.00
6  United States 6 111 18.50 17 2.83
7  China 6 99 16.50 17 2.83
8  ROC 6 64 10.67 10 1.67
9  Canada 5 114 22.80 18 3.60
10  Kenya 5 50 10.00 8 1.60
11  Brazil 5 31 6.20 5 1.00
12  Japan 5 36 7.20 6 1.20

Source[5]

References

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  2. ^ "Schedule – Rugby Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Rugby Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Kenya qualify for Tokyo 2020 despite Rugby Africa Women's Sevens final defeat". www.insidethegames.biz. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Overall Team Statistics" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.