The final qualification repechage tournament for women's
rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 26 July to 31 July 2021 at the Tokyo Stadium. 24 teams (12 each for men and women) competed in the tournament. The dates were modified due to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 ga ...
was held on 19–20 June 2021 at
Stade Louis II
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in
Monaco
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. The tournament was originally scheduled for a year earlier,
but was postponed until 2021 due to the global
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Twelve women's teams were eligible to compete in the repechage tournament, as high placing teams from the six continental
Olympic qualification events. Jamaica was a late withdrawal from the tournament due to travel difficulties presented by the global
COVID-19 pandemic
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, which reduced the number of teams competing to eleven.
[
]France
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and Russia
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were the two best teams in the repechage, each going through the tournament undefeated. They claimed the two qualifying berths on offer for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.[
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Teams
* Notes:
Pool stage
The teams were drawn into three pools with each team playing against all opponents in their own pool.[
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Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Combined standings
The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed teams on the combined pool standings progressed to the knockout stage.
Knockout stage
With two Olympic places available, the top eight women's teams from the pool stage were seeded into two separate four-team brackets. The winners of each bracket qualifed for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.[
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Qualifier semi-finals
Qualifier finals
Placings
See also
* 2020 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
The final qualification repechage tournament for men's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 18–20 June 2021 at Stade Louis II in Monaco. The tournament was originally scheduled for a year earlier, but was postponed until 2021 due ...
References
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Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
Olympic Qualification Tournament
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