The final qualification repechage tournament for men's

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was held on 18–20 June 2021 at

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. The tournament was originally scheduled for a year earlier, but was postponed until 2021 due to the global

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. Twelve men's teams were eligible to compete in the repechage tournament, being the second and third ranked teams from the six continental qualifiers. Two teams,

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and

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, withdrew a month before the competition due to challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. A third team,

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, had to withdraw after members of their squad recorded positive

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test results on arrival in Monaco. This reduced the number of teams competing to nine.

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won the repechage tournament, defeating

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by 28–19 in the final, to qualify for the men's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.

Teams

* Notes:

Pool stage

The teams were drawn into two pools with each team playing against all opponents in their own pool. Due to the late withdrawal of

, all matches involving them were recorded as a bye for their opponents in Pool B.

Pool A

Pool B

Combined standings

After completion of the pool stage, the top two teams from each pool progressed to the knockout stage, with the winner of the final gaining qualification for the Olympic Sevens in Tokyo. Seedings for the knockouts were based on (a) pool placing, (b) competition points awarded (for a win, draw or loss) in the respective pool standings, and (c) difference between points scored and conceded across all pool matches played.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Placings

References

{{reflist Final Olympic Qualification Tournament Olympic Qualification Tournament

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