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Rugby Sevens At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's Tournament
The rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament was the men's event of the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens competition held every four years. It was held at the Coventry Stadium from 29 to 31 July 2022. Venue The rugby sevens tournaments were originally scheduled to take place at Villa Park, but instead took place at the Coventry Stadium in Coventry. The adjacent Coventry Arena was used for judo and wrestling. Qualification England qualified as host nation, nine nations qualified via the World Rugby Sevens Series, and six nations booked their places in regional qualification tournaments. ;Notes Competition format On 8 July 2022, the pools' formation was announced. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the medal round knockout stage, and the remaining teams will compete for a ninth to sixteenth place. Pool stage Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Knockout stage Medal place matches Quarter–finals Semiâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry Building Society Arena
The Coventry Building Society Arena (often shortened to the CBS Arena or just simply Coventry Arena, and formerly known as the Ricoh Arena) is a complex in Coventry, England. It includes a 32,609-seater stadium which is currently home to football team, Championship club Coventry City F.C. along with facilities which include a exhibition hall, a hotel and a casino. The site is also home to Arena Park Shopping Centre, containing one of UK's largest Tesco Extra hypermarkets. Built on the site of the Foleshill gasworks, it is named after its sponsor, Coventry Building Society who entered into a ten-year sponsorship deal in 2021. For the 2012 Summer Olympics, where stadium naming sponsorship was forbidden, the stadium was known as the City of Coventry Stadium. Originally built as a replacement for Coventry City's Highfield Road ground, the stadium was initially owned and operated by Arena Coventry Limited (ACL), with Coventry City as tenants. ACL was owned jointly by Coventry City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
