2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament

2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament
The tournament venue, UCD Bowl in Dublin.
Hosts	Ireland
Date	25–26 June 2016
Nations	16
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runners-up	Russia
Third	Ireland
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The 2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament was a qualification tournament for the women's rugby sevens 2016 Summer Olympics which was held on 25–26 June 2016. ^[1][2] The tournament used a round-robin format, with the top team qualifying directly to the Olympics.

The tournament took place at the UCD Bowl in Dublin, Ireland.

Teams[]

Means of qualification	Completed date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2015 CONSUR Women's Sevens	7 June 2015	Santa Fe	2	Argentina
				Venezuela
2015 NACRA Women's Sevens	14 June 2015	Cary	2	Mexico
2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix	21 June 2015	Various	1	Russia
2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Repechage	19 July 2015	Lisbon	3	Ireland
				Portugal
				Spain
2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens	27 September 2015	Johannesburg	3	[1]
				Tunisia
2015 FORU Women's Sevens Championships	15 November 2015	Auckland	2	Cook Islands
				Samoa
2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships	29 November 2015	Various	3	China
				Hong Kong
				Kazakhstan
Total			16

^ 1. Kenya, as the runners-up in the African qualifying tournament, would have qualified to this tournament, but instead qualified directly for the Olympics after South Africa withdrew.^[3] Madagascar, the fifth-place finisher in qualifying, was named as a replacement.^[4]

Pool stage[]

Pool A[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	164	0	+164	9
Samoa	3	2	0	1	79	62	+17	7
	3	1	0	2	29	97	–68	5
	3	0	0	3	22	135	–113	3

Matches

Pool B[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	121	0	+121	9
Tunisia	3	2	0	1	39	48	–9	7
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	15	67	–52	4
Mexico	3	0	1	2	5	65	–60	4

Matches

Pool C[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Ireland	3	3	0	0	87	12	+75	9
China	3	2	0	1	58	22	+36	7
Portugal	3	1	0	2	59	48	+11	5
	3	0	0	3	5	127	–122	3

Matches

Pool D[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	69	22	+47	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	39	63	–24	7
Hong Kong	3	0	1	2	39	50	–11	4
Cook Islands	3	0	1	2	29	41	–12	4

Matches

Knockout stage[]

Shield[]

	Semi-finals				Final
		10
	Mexico	0
						22
						12
		12
		5

Bowl[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
		0
	Cook Islands	7
					Cook Islands	24
					Portugal	14
	Portugal	29
	Mexico	0
									Cook Islands	17
									Hong Kong	12
	Hong Kong	20
		0
					Hong Kong	24
					Venezuela	5
	Venezuela	17
		0

Plate[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	Argentina	17
	Tunisia	7
					Argentina	0
					China	33
	Samoa	5
	China	28

Cup[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Russia	34
	Argentina	0
					Russia	19
					Ireland	10
	Ireland	38
	Tunisia	0
									Russia	12
									Spain	19
	Kazakhstan	26
	Samoa	0
					Kazakhstan	0
					Spain	28			Third place
	Spain	21
	China	0
									Ireland	17
									Kazakhstan	5

See also[]

• Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

References[]