Rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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Dates17–20 August
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Rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 20 August at the in Nanjing, China. The 2014 Games marked the debut of Rugby sevens at the Youth Olympics as it was voted an Olympic sport for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Qualification[]

A total of 6 teams will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 12 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was given a spot to compete in the girls’ tournament. The six male and five other female teams were decided at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Moscow, Russia from 28–30 June 2013.[2] The top ranking nation from each of the six regional unions qualified a team (in the girls’ tournament NACRA and CONSUR were combined).[3]

However, due to the rule where nations may only qualify a single team sport (field hockey, football, handball and rugby sevens) in each gender some teams had to make a choice in which sport to participate in. Any declined teams were reallocated to the next best ranked team at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in the same regional union. Should none remain the spot would go to the next best ranked team not yet qualified.[3]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997.[3]

Participating teams[]

Regional Unions Boys Girls
Africa (CAR)  Kenya  Tunisia
Asia (ARFU)  Japan  China
Europe (FIRA-AER)  France  Spain
North America and Caribbean (NACRA)  United States  Canada
 United States
South America (CONSUR)  Argentina -
Oceania (FORU)  Fiji  Australia

Schedule[]

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[4]

All times are CST (UTC+8)
Event Date Event Day Starting Time Event Details
August 17 Sunday 09:00
16:00		 Boys' Group Stage
Girls' Group Stage
August 18 Monday 09:00
16:00		 Boys' Group Stage
Girls' Group Stage
August 19 Tuesday 09:00 Boys' Group Stage
Girls' Group Stage
August 19 Tuesday 15:30 Boys' 5-6 Match
Girls' 5-6 Match
Boys' Semifinals
Girls' Semifinals
August 20 Wednesday 09:00 Boys' Medal Matches
Girls' Medal Matches

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia1001
 France1001
3 Argentina0101
 Canada0101
5 China*0011
 Fiji0011
Totals (6 nations)2226

Events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys'
 France (FRA)







Arthur Retière
Alexandre Roumat
Atila Septar
Sacha Valleau
 Argentina (ARG)







Bautista Delguy



 Fiji (FIJ)











Girls'
 Australia (AUS)


Shenae Ciesiolka
Dominique du Toit
Kellie-Marie Gibson
Raecene McGregor

Tiana Penitani
Amber Pilley


 Canada (CAN)


Pamphinette Buisa
Hannah Darling







Charity Williams 		 China (CHN)




Liu Xiaoqian





Yan Meiling
Yang Feifei

References[]

  1. ^ Wilson, Stephen (August 13, 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Youth Olympic Games Sevens teams confirmed". International Rugby Board. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Qualification System: Rugby Sevens" (PDF). International Rugby Board. May 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Rugby sevens" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

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