Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pan American Games

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Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pan American Games
Rugby sevens pictogram
VenueRugby sevens stadium
DatesJuly 26 –28, 2019
Competitors192 from 12 nations
«2015
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Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru was held from July 26th to 28th. The venue for the competition is the rugby sevens stadium located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster.[1]

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 12 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 192 athletes were scheduled to compete.[2] After making its debut at the 2015 edition, the women's tournament has been expanded to eight teams from six.

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada1102
2 Argentina1001
3 United States0112
4 Colombia0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details
 Argentina  Canada  United States
Women's tournament
details
 Canada  United States  Colombia

Participating nations[edit]

12 countries qualified rugby sevens teams . The numbers of participants qualified are in parentheses. Jamaica, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago are all scheduled to make their Pan American Games debut in the sport.

Qualification[edit]

Eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) received automatic qualification in the women's tournament only, along with seven other teams. Eight men's teams qualified through various tournaments as well.[2]

Men[edit]

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Automatic qualification 3  Argentina
 Canada
 United States
2018 South American Games[3] 27–29 May Bolivia Colcapirhua 2  Chile
 Uruguay
2018 RAN Sevens[4][5] 22–23 September Barbados Saint James 2  Guyana
 Jamaica
2019 Sudamérica Rugby Men's Sevens OQT 29–30 June Chile Santiago 1  Brazil
Total 8

Women[edit]

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Peru
Automatic qualification 2  Canada
 United States
2018 South American Games[6] 27–29 May Bolivia Colcapirhua 1  Brazil
2018 RAN Women's Sevens[4][5] 22–23 September Barbados Saint James 2  Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobago
2018 Valentín Martínez Tournament 9–10 November Uruguay Montevideo 1  Argentina
2019 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens OQT 1–2 June Peru Lima 1  Colombia
Total 8

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Against all odds Chile win Gold". Americas Rugby News. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-08. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b "2018 RAN Sevens heads to Barbados". www.rugbyamericasnorth.com/. Rugby Americas North. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-30. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Jamaica and Mexico win RAN Sevens". www.worldrugby.org/. World Rugby. 24 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Brazil Claim Gold in Cochabamba". Americas Rugby News. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-08. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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