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
Venue	Tokyo Stadium
Date	29–31 July 2021
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	Great Britain
	← 2016 2024 →

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[edit]

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[edit]

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	Lima	1	Brazil
2019 RAN Women's Sevens	6–7 July 2019	George Town	0^{[note 1]}	—
2019 European Qualifying Tournament	13–14 July 2019	Kazan	1	Great Britain^{[note 2]}
2019 Africa Women's Sevens	12–13 October 2019	Jemmal	1	Kenya^{[note 3]}
2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship	7–9 November 2019	Suva	1	Fiji
2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament	9–10 November 2019	Guangzhou	1	China
2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament	19–20 June 2021	Monaco	2^{[note 1]}	France
2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament	19–20 June 2021	Monaco	2^{[note 1]}	ROC
Total				12

Notes:

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ 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[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	88	28	+60	9	Quarter-finals
2	Great Britain	3	2	1	66	38	+28	7
3	ROC	3	1	2	47	59	−12	5
4	Kenya	3	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
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
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
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
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
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
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:

^ Originally scheduled for 11:30 but delayed due to weather

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	83	10	+73	9	Quarter-finals
2	Fiji	3	2	1	72	29	+43	7	Quarter-finals
3	Canada	3	1	2	45	57	−12	5
4	Brazil	3	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
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
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
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
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
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
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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	59	33	+26	9	Quarter-finals
2	Australia	3	2	1	86	24	+62	7
3	China	3	1	2	53	54	−1	5
4	Japan (H)	3	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
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
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
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
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
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
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[edit]

The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	China	3	1	2	53	54	−1	5	Quarter-finals
2	A	ROC	3	1	2	47	59	−12	5	Quarter-finals
3	B	Canada	3	1	2	45	57	−12	5

Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference; 3) Points scored.

Knockout stage[edit]

9–12th place playoff[edit]

9–12th semi-finals		9th place match

30 July – Tokyo Stadium

Canada	45
		31 July – Tokyo Stadium
Brazil	0
		Canada	24
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
		Kenya	10
Kenya	21

Japan	17
		11th place match

		31 July – Tokyo Stadium

		Brazil	21

		Japan	12

30 July 2021
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
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
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
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[edit]

5–8th semi-finals		5th place match

31 July – Tokyo Stadium

ROC	7
		31 July – Tokyo Stadium
Australia	35
		Australia	17
31 July – Tokyo Stadium
		United States	7
United States	33

China	14
		7th place match

		31 July – Tokyo Stadium

		ROC	10

		China	22

31 July 2021
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
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
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
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[edit]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal match

30 July – Tokyo Stadium

New Zealand	36
		31 July – Tokyo Stadium
ROC	0
		New Zealand (a.e.t.)	22
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
		Fiji	17
Fiji	14
				31 July – Tokyo Stadium
Australia	12
				New Zealand	26
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
				France	12
United States	12
		31 July – Tokyo Stadium
Great Britain	21
		Great Britain	19
30 July – Tokyo Stadium
		France	26	Bronze medal match
France	24
				31 July – Tokyo Stadium
China	10
				Fiji	21

				Great Britain	12

Quarter-finals[edit]

30 July 2021
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
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
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
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[edit]

31 July 2021
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
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[edit]

31 July 2021
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[edit]

31 July 2021
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

Team details

New Zealand

France

Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Matches were delayed by 30 minutes due to lightning in the area

Final ranking[edit]

Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Avg points	Tries	Avg tries
	New Zealand	6	172	28.67	28	4.67
	France	6	145	24.17	23	3.83
	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[edit]

^ "Tokyo Olympics 2021 Rugby sevens TV Guide, Schedule". SportNar. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^ "Schedule – Rugby Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ "Rugby Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ "Kenya qualify for Tokyo 2020 despite Rugby Africa Women's Sevens final defeat". www.insidethegames.biz. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
^ "Overall Team Statistics" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[North_America-4] 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.

[GB-5] 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.

[Africa-7] 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]

[NZLROC-8] Originally scheduled for 11:30 but delayed due to weather

[QFDelay-9] Matches were delayed by 30 minutes due to lightning in the area

[1] "Tokyo Olympics 2021 Rugby sevens TV Guide, Schedule". SportNar. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[2] "Schedule – Rugby Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

[3] "Rugby Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

[6] "Kenya qualify for Tokyo 2020 despite Rugby Africa Women's Sevens final defeat". www.insidethegames.biz. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[10] "Overall Team Statistics" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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