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The Argentina national rugby sevens team competes in the
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World Rugby Sevens Series
The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...
, in the Rugby World Cup Sevens
Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...
, and, beginning in 2016, in the Summer Olympics.
The Argentine rugby sevens team has had some success in the World Rugby Sevens Series
The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...
, finishing third in 2003-04, and finishing among the top six teams in five out of six seasons from 2003-04 to 2008-09. Argentina won the USA Sevens
The USA Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held annually during March in the United States. The USA Sevens is the largest annual rugby competition in North America, drawing over 60,000 fans, and is broadcast live in the United States by ESPN. ...
tournament in 2004 and again in 2009. During its peak, the Argentine team was led by Santiago Gómez Cora, who is ranked all-time first in tries (230), fifth in points (1,178), and third in appearances (61).
Argentina's best finish at the Rugby World Cup Sevens
Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...
came in 2009, when the team reached the finals and finished as runners up.
Tournament history
: * asterisk indicates a shared placingSummer Olympic Games
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Pan American Games
World Games
Rugby X Tournament
World Rugby Sevens Series
Argentina is a "core team" on the World Rugby Sevens Series. Their best season was the2003–04 World Sevens Series
The 2003–04 Sevens World Series was the fifth edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The series was held over eight tournaments, an increase of one over the previous yea ...
, when they finished third.
2010s
Team
Current squad
Player records
The following shows leading career Argentina players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.Previous squads
* 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens SeriesTournament wins
See also
* Argentina national rugby union team *Rugby union in Argentina
Rugby union in Argentina is a hugely popular team sport. The first rugby match played in the country dates back to 1873, as the game was introduced by the British. The Argentina national team, sometimes referred to as the Pumas, have competed at ...
Notes
Rugby sevens was discontinued at the
World Games
The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 d ...
after 2013 due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.
References
External links
*WorldRugby profile
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