Argentina national rugby sevens team

Argentina national rugby sevens team
Medal record
Olympic Games

Argentina
Union	Argentine Rugby Union
Emblem(s)	Yaguareté
Coach(es)	Santiago Gómez Cora
Captain(s)	Gastón Revol
Most caps	Santiago Gómez Cora (61)
Top scorer	Santiago Gómez Cora (1,178)
Most tries	Santiago Gómez Cora (230)
Team kit	Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	6 (First in 1993)
Best result	Runners-up (2009)
Official website
	uar.com.ar/category/seven/

The Argentina national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and, beginning in 2016, in the Summer Olympics.

The Argentine rugby sevens team has had some success in the World Rugby Sevens Series, finishing third in 2003-04, and finishing among the top six teams in five out of six seasons from 2003-04 to 2008-09. Argentina won the USA Sevens tournament in 2004 and again in 2009. During its peak, the Argentine team was led by Santiago Gómez Cora, who is ranked all-time first in tries (230), fifth in points (1,178), and third in appearances (61).

Argentina's best finish at the Rugby World Cup Sevens came in 2009, when the team reached the finals and finished as runners up.

Tournament history[]

* asterisk indicates a shared placing

Summer Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Quarter-finals	6th	6	3	3	0
2020	Bronze medal match	3rd	6	4	2	0
Total	Bronze medal match	2/2	12	7	5	0

Olympic Games History
2016	Pool stage	Argentina 17 – 14 United States	Win
	Pool stage	Argentina 14 – 21 Fiji	Loss
	Pool stage	Argentina 31 – 0 Brazil	Win
	Quarter-finals	Argentina 0 – 5 Great Britain	Loss
	5–8th place playoff Semi-final	Argentina 26 – 21 Australia	Win
	5–8th place playoff Fifth place	Argentina 14 – 17 New Zealand	Loss
2020	Pool stage	Argentina 29 – 19 Australia	Win
	Pool stage	Argentina 14 – 35 New Zealand	Loss
	Pool stage	Argentina 56 – 0 South Korea	Win
	Quarter-finals	Argentina 19 – 14 South Africa	Win
	Semi-finals	Argentina 14 – 26 Fiji	Loss
	Bronze medal	Argentina 17 – 12 Great Britain	Win

Rugby World Cup Sevens[]

Argentina at the 2018 USA Sevens in San Diego

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Plate final	9	7	5	2	0
1997	Plate quarters	13*	5	2	3	0
2001	Semifinals	*	7*	5	2	0
2005	Quarterfinal	5*	6	4	2	0
2009	Final		6	5	1	0
2013	Plate semifinal	11*	5	2	3	0
2018	Quarterfinal	5	4	3	1	0
	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	8/8	40	26	14	0

Pan American Games[]

Pan American Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2011	Final		6	5	1	0
2015	Final		6	5	1	0
2019	Final		5	5	0	0
Total			17	15	2	0

World Games[]

World Games^a
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2001^[1]	Did not participate
	Third playoff		5	3	2	0
2009	Third playoff	4	6	4	2	0
2013 ^[2]	Final		6	5	1	0
Total	0 Titles	3/4	17	12	5	0

Rugby X Tournament[]

Rugby X Tournament
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2019	Finals	Champions	5	4	1	0

World Rugby Sevens Series[]

Argentina is a "core team" on the World Rugby Sevens Series. Their best season was the 2003–04 World Sevens Series, when they finished third.

Key to tournament locations
	Africa and Middle East Asia
	Oceania Europe
	Americas					Argentine event

2010s[]

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Summary for Series XI to XX

World Sevens Series
XI 09–10		XII 10–11	XIII 11–12	XIV 12–13	XV 13–14

	7th* Dubai	9th Dubai	4th Dubai	9th Dubai	5th Dubai
	rd* George	6th George	11th* Port Elizabeth	4th Port Elizabeth	4th Port Elizabeth

	11th* Wellington	7th* Wellington	11th* Wellington	7th* Wellington	7th* Wellington
	rd* Adelaide	6th Adelaide	9th Gold Coast	5th Gold Coast	11th* Gold Coast

	11th* Los Angeles	7th* Las Vegas	6th Las Vegas	6th Las Vegas	7th* Las Vegas
	–	–	–	cancelled^† Mar Del Plata	–

	13th* Hong Kong	13th* Hong Kong	6th Hong Kong	13th* Hong Kong	11th* Hong Kong
	–	–	7th* Tokyo	10th Tokyo	13th Tokyo

	6th Edinburgh	11th* Edinburgh	7th* Glasgow	6th Glasgow	10th Glasgow
	rd* London	7th* London	4th London	7th* London	10th London

8/8 62 pts 7th ^[3]		8/8 38 pts 8th ^[4]	9/9 92 pts 7th ^[5]	9/9 84 pts 10th ^[6]	9/9 75 pts 9th ^[7]
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012). ^† World 7s component cancelled due to demands on UAR joining The Rugby Championship.

World Rugby Sevens Series
XVI 14–15		XVII 15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19

	5th Dubai	7th* Dubai
	4th Port Elizabeth	nd Cape Town

	10th Wellington	6th Wellington
	6th Gold Coast	5th Sydney

	10th Las Vegas	7th* Las Vegas
	–	7th* Vancouver

	7th* Hong Kong	9th Hong Kong
	14th Tokyo	4th Singapore

	10th Glasgow	4th Paris
	10th London	6th London

9/9 80 pts 8th ^[8]		10/10 119 pts 5th
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012). :^† World 7s component cancelled

Team[]

Current squad[]

Player records[]

The following shows leading career Argentina players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Tries scored^[9]
No.	Player	Tries
1	Santiago Gomez Cora	230
2		120
3		76
4		71
5		66

Previous squads[]

2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series

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Squad to 2016 Summer Olympics

show1993 RWC7s Squad
Lisandro Arbizu (Belgrano Athl.) Pedro Baraldi (Jockey Club, Rosario) Gonzalo Camardón (Alumni) Fernando del Castillo (Jockey Club, Rosario) (Duendes) Hernán García Simón (Pueyrredón) Horacio Herrera (Córdoba Athl.) Gustavo Jorge (Pucará) Santiago Mesón (Tucumán R.C.) Martín Terán (Tucumán R.C.) Cristian Viel Temperley (Newman) Coach: Ricardo Paganini Miguel Setién.

show1997 RWC7s Squad
Lisandro Arbizu (Belgrano Athl.) Cristian Viel Temperley (Newman) Facundo Soler (Tala) (Duendes) Pablo Bouza (Duendes) Santiago Phelan (CASI) Leandro Lobrauco (Atlético del Rosario) Gonzalo Camardón (Alumni) Eduardo Simone (Liceo Naval) Marcos Garicoche (CASI) Coach: Bernardo Otaño

show2001 RWC7s Squad
Diego Albanese (Grenoble, FFR) Pedro Baraldi (Jockey Club, Rosario) Felipe Contepomi (Bristol, RFU) Ignacio Corleto (Narbonne, FFR) Martín Gaitán (CASI) Francisco Leonelli (La Tablada) José Núñez Piossek (Huirapuca) Santiago Phelan (CASI) Agustín Pichot (Bristol, RFU) Hernán Senillosa (Hindú) Coach: Gonzalo Albarracín.

show2005 RWC7s Squad
(Hindú Club) Lucas Borges (Pucará) Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (Liceo Naval) Santiago Gomez Cora (Lomas Athletic) Fernando Higgs (Los Tordos) Francisco Leonelli Morey (La Tablada) Lucio López Fleming (SIC) Federico Martín Aramburú (Biarritz Olympique, FFR) Andrés Romagnoli (San Fernando) Martín Schusterman (Plymouth Albion, RFU) Federico Serra Miras (SIC) Coach: Hernán Rouco Oliva

show2009 RWC7s Squad
Martín Bustos Moyano (Córdoba Athl.) Dino Tomás Cáceres (Tucumán Lawn Tennis) Gonzalo Camacho (Buenos Aires C&RC) Agustín Figuerola (CASI) Pablo Gómez Cora (Lomas Athletic) Santiago Gomez Cora (Lomas Athletic) Lucas González Amorosino (Pucará) Lucio López Fleming (SIC) Francisco Merello (Regatas Bella Vista) Santiago Piccaluga (Newman) Martín Rodríguez (Atlético del Rosario) Horacio San Martín (Tala) Coach: Duncan Forrester

show2014 London Sevens Squad^[12]
Martin Chiappesoni Felipe Nougues Fernando Luna Lucas de Vincenzi Nicolas Coronel Diego Palma Ramiro Moyano Franco Sabato Joaquin Cachi Paz Gaston Revol Agustin Cortes Gonzalo Gutierrez Taboada

Tournament wins[]

Event	Venue	Cup
Event	Venue	Winner	Final Score	Runner-up
2004 USA Sevens	Home Depot Center, Los Angeles	Argentina	21 – 12	New Zealand
2009 USA Sevens	Petco Park, San Diego	Argentina	19 – 14	England

Notes[]

^a Rugby sevens was discontinued at the World Games after 2013 due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.

References[]

^ "World Games VI – Akita, Japan". Rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "2010 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
^ "2011 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
^ "2012 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
^ "2013 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
^ "2014 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
^ "2015 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
^ World Rugby website, current as of 15 March 2020
^ "Argentina World Cup duo selected for the Rio". World Rugby. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ http://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/134384-un-guino-del-destino-nicolas-bruzzone-participara-de-los-jjoo-seleccionado-de-rugby
^ 2014 London Sevens Squad Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

[r7-wg-2001-1] "World Games VI – Akita, Japan". Rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[r7-2010-3] "2010 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.

[r7-2011-4] "2011 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.

[r7-2012-5] "2012 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.

[r7-2013-6] "2013 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.

[r7-2014-7] "2014 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.

[r7-2015-8] "2015 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.

[9] World Rugby website, current as of 15 March 2020

[10] "Argentina World Cup duo selected for the Rio". World Rugby. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[11] ttp://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/134384-un-guino-del-destino-nicolas-bruzzone-participara-de-los-jjoo-seleccionado-de-rugby

[12] 2014 London Sevens Squad Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Fernando Luna	(1990-05-12)May 12, 1990 (aged 26)	28	178	Córdoba Athletic
2	FW	Santiago Álvarez	(1994-02-17)February 17, 1994 (aged 22)	22	100	CASI
3	FW	Germán Schulz	(1994-02-05)February 5, 1994 (aged 22)	18	120	Tala
4	FW	Juan Pablo Estelles	(1988-05-05)May 5, 1988 (aged 28)	3	60	Atlético del Rosario
5	FW	Axel Müller	(1993-11-25)November 25, 1993 (aged 22)	21	212	Marista
6	BK	Matías Moroni	(1991-03-29)March 29, 1991 (aged 25)	13	139	CUBA
7	BK	Javier Rojas	(1991-04-15)April 15, 1991 (aged 25)	10	243	Universitario
8	BK	Gastón Revol (c)	(1986-11-26)November 26, 1986 (aged 29)	49	566	La Tablada
9	BK	Rodrigo Etchart	(1994-01-24)January 24, 1994 (aged 22)	19	175	SIC
10	BK	Bautista Ezcurra	(1995-01-16)January 16, 1995 (aged 21)	10	107	Hindú
11	BK	Juan Imhoff	(1988-05-11)May 11, 1988 (aged 28)	2	5	Racing 92
12	BK	Franco Sábato	(1990-01-13)January 13, 1990 (aged 26)	25	205	Alumni
13	BK	Nicolás Bruzzone	(1985-10-24)October 24, 1985 (aged 30)	54	292

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World Rugby Sevens Series core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Ireland Kenya New Zealand Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain United States Wales
Teams with Rugby World Cup Sevens experience	Chile Chinese Taipei Cook Islands Georgia Hong Kong Italy Jamaica Japan Latvia Morocco Namibia Netherlands Papua New Guinea Philippines Portugal Romania Russia South Korea Tonga Tunisia Uganda Uruguay Zimbabwe
Other teams	American Samoa Andorra Afghanistan Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Cayman Islands China Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Germany Great Britain Guam Guyana Hungary India Indonesia Iran Kazakhstan Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Moldova Montenegro Nauru New Caledonia Niue Norway Pakistan Paraguay Peru Poland Qatar Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Thailand Tokelau Trinidad & Tobago Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Wallis and Futuna West Indies
Defunct	Arabian Gulf Czechoslovakia East Germany West Germany USSR Yugoslavia