The men's rugby sevens tournament at the

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was held in Brazil. It was hosted at the

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, a temporary outdoor stadium constructed as part of the Deodoro

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Park in Rio de Janeiro. The tournament was held from 9 August to 11 August 2016, starting with group matches before finishing with the medal ceremony on 11 August. The 2016 Games marked the first time that rugby sevens has been played at the Olympics, and the first time since 1924 that any form of rugby had been played at the Olympics. The gold medal for

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represented the

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Olympic medal earned by Fiji at any Olympics. Great Britain won silver and South Africa defeated Japan to win the bronze medal.

Qualification

With Brazil being the hosts, their team automatically qualified despite their sevens team not regularly appearing in the World Rugby Sevens Series. The

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was the initial stage of qualification, with the top 4 teams at the end of the series gaining qualification to the 2016 Olympic Games. Between June and September 2015, each of the six regional rugby unions held an Olympic qualification event, where one team from each region qualified, bringing the total up to 11 teams qualified. The final spot was determined by a repechage tournament held in Monaco, where the winner of that event became the final team to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games. As a result of England finishing fourth in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series, Great Britain were awarded a spot in the Olympic Games, despite the other nations failing to qualify in the top 4. This is because Great Britain compete as one union in the Olympics and as several in international rugby (

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for England,

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, Scottish Rugby Union and the combined

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for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), which meant should one of either the England, Wales or Scotland teams qualify, then Great Britain would be awarded a spot in the Olympic Games. It was decided players based in Northern Ireland were not eligible to represent Great Britain in the rugby sevens tournament as these players represent the IRFU, and the union demanded that Northern Irish players that have committed to play for the Irish rugby union, only play for Ireland despite being eligible under IOC rules to compete for Great Britain. The three remaining unions agreed in advance of the 2013–14 Sevens World Series that their highest-finishing teams in that season would represent all three unions in the first stage of qualification.

Qualified teams

Squads

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 28 June 2016. The 12 teams were seeded based on their points they have accumulated over the past two seasons on the Sevens Series circuit. The four teams that qualified directly from the 2014–15 Sevens World Series were guaranteed a top four seeding, with their positioning determined by their combined score over the two seasons.

Competition schedule

The men's rugby tournament takes place over three days:Olympic Schedule
. Rio2016.com. Accessed 4 July 2016.

Match officials

World Rugby announced a panel of twelve match officials on 11 April 2016 for the men's sevens. Two Brazilians were later added as assistant referees. * Mike Adamson ( Great Britain) *

Federico Anselmi Federico Anselmi (born 29 August 1982) is a rugby union referee who represents the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR). He also is a referee for Major League Rugby in North America. Refereeing career Anselmi is a referee on the Sevens World Series circuit ...

( Argentina) * Nick Briant ( New Zealand) * Ben Crouse ( South Africa) *

Craig Joubert Craig Paul Joubert (born 8 November 1977) is a South African professional rugby union referee and a Referee Talent Development Coach at World Rugby. Joubert officiated in domestic first class matches in South Africa since 2003, in matches in the ...

(South Africa) * Richard Kelly (New Zealand) * Anthony Moyes (

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) * Matthew O'Brien (Australia) * Taku Otsuki (

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) *

Rasta Rasivhenge Fhatuwani 'Rasta' Rasivhenge (born in Johannesburg on 3 January 1986) is a South African rugby union referee who is a member of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) Premier Panel. He was appointed to referee the final of the rugby sevens tourname ...

(South Africa) * Alexandre Ruiz ( France) *

Marius van der Westhuizen Marius van der Westhuizen (born 6 January 1984) is a South African professional rugby union referee, currently on the Premier Panel of the South African Rugby Referees' Association. He is well known for his dominant match involvement and for ensu ...

(South Africa) * Henrique Platais ( Brazil) – Assistant referee * Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil) – Assistant referee

Pool stage

In pool play, each team plays one match against the other three teams in the group. Three points are awarded for a win, two points - for a draw, and one point - for a loss.Olympic draw and competition process
WorldRugby.org. Accessed 4 July 2016. Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. Third place teams drop to a third-placed teams table, where the top two third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals. Rankings are based on competition points; if teams are tied, the next tiebreaker is points difference.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Ranking of third-placed teams

The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds.

Knockout stage

The quarterfinals were scheduled for August 10, with the semifinals and finals scheduled for August 11.

9–12th place playoff

Semi-finals

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11th Place

9th Place Final

5–8th place playoff

Semi-finals

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Seventh Place

Fifth Place Final

Medal playoff

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal Match

Gold Medal Match

Final ranking

Player statistics

Try scorers

;6 tries * Carlin Isles ;5 tries *

Josua Tuisova Josua Tuisova Ratulevu (born 4 February 1994) is a Fijian rugby union player. A wing or centre, he currently plays for Racing 92 in France's Top 14. He won a gold medal in sevens as part of the Fiji team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Known for his ...

Billy Odhiambo Billy Odhiambo (born November 7, 1993) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. He was named in 's squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. He was also selected for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland. Odhiambo was part of Kenya's squad in the ...

Cecil Afrika Cecil Sebastian Afrika (born 3 March 1988) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team, where he plays at flyhalf. He also plays for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR). Afrika was a member of the ...

;4 tries *

Matías Moroni Matías Moroni (born 29 March 1991) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Newcastle Falcons and the Argentina national team. Club career Moroni played his youth in Los Molinos and th ...

Tom Cusack Thomas Cusack (born 1 March 1993) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for the , as well as serving as vice-captain in Super Rugby. Additionally, he previously represented Australia in rugby sevens. Earl ...

Osea Kolinisau Osea Kolinisau, OF (born 17 November 1985) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby (MLR). He captained the Fiji Sevens side to their first olympic gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Early life and edu ...

* Terry Bouhraoua *

Dan Norton Daniel John Norton (born 22 March 1988) is a former rugby union player. He is the leading all-time try scorer in the World Rugby Sevens Series with over 350 tries, beating the previous record of 244 held by Kenya's Collins Injera at the 2017 H ...

Lomano Lemeki Lomano Lemeki (レメキロマノラヴァ, born 20 January 1989) is a New Zealand born Tongan - Japanese rugby union player. He plays for Japan's sevens team and for the Honda Heat in Japan's Top League. Lemeki grew up in New Zealand befor ...

* Akira Ioane *

Rosko Specman Rosko Shane Specman (born 28 April 1989) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby, the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. He played rugby sevens for the South Africa national rugby sevens team between 20 ...

Marcos Poggi Marcos Poggi (born 31 August 1987) is a Spanish rugby sevens player. He was selected for 's 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad. In 2016, he was named in 's rugby sevens team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio Olympics. He was part of the team that w ...

* Danny Barrett ;3 tries * Gastón Revol *

Jesse Parahi Jesse Parahi (born 29 July 1989) is an Australian rugby union player. He plays rugby sevens for . He made his international debut at the 2010 Edinburgh Sevens. In November 2015 Parahi briefly left the Australian sevens team to play for Wests ...

Vatemo Ravouvou Vatemo Ravouvou (born 31 July 1990) is a Fiji rugby union player. He is currently playing for the Fiji sevens team. In August 2016, he signed for Western Sydney Rams to play in the 2016 National Rugby Championship. On April 27, 2018, it was a ...

Jerry Tuwai Seremaia Tuwai Vunisa (born 23 March 1989), also known as Jerry Tuwai, is a Fiji rugby union player who plays for the Fiji national rugby sevens team. Tuwai made his debut for at the 2014 Gold Coast Sevens. He was part of the Fiji Sevens team th ...

* Jasa Veremalua *

Dan Bibby Dan Bibby (born 6 February 1991) is an English rugby sevens player from Aspull, Wigan, Greater Manchester. He currently plays internationally as a fly half for the England national rugby sevens team and the Great Britain national rugby sevens t ...

* Teruya Goto *

Rieko Ioane Rieko Edward Ioane (; born 18 March 1997) is a New Zealand professional rugby union footballer who plays as a wing or as a centre for New Zealand team Blues in Super Rugby and the New Zealand national team. In his youth career, he was select ...

* Regan Ware * Kyle Brown * Seabelo Senatla ;2 tries * Santiago Álvarez * Axel Müller *

Con Foley Con Foley (born 19 September 1992) is a professional rugby union player. He is currently signed to the New Orleans Gold team in the United States and previously played for Australian sides North Harbour and Brisbane City. His usual position i ...

;2 tries (cont.) * Ed Jenkins *

Semi Kunatani Semi Kunabuli Kunatani (born 27 October 1990) is a Fiji rugby union player. He plays for the Fiji sevens team and also Top 14 side Castres . He previously played for Top 14 side, Stade Toulousain and Premiership Rugby side Harlequins. Kunatani ...

* Viliame Mata * Kitione Taliga *

Damien Cler Damien Cler (born 2 October 1983) is a French rugby seven forward who competed at the 2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 20 ...

* Stephen Parez *

Virimi Vakatawa Virimi Vakatawa (born 1 May 1992) is a Fijian-born French professional rugby union player who plays as a centre or a wing for Bristol Bears and the French national team. Arrived in France in 2010 and having obtained a French passport, he join ...

* Mark Bennett * James Rodwell *

Kazuhiro Goya is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for . He played at the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships where Japan beat Hong Kong to qualify for the Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: ...

* Collins Injera *

Lewis Ormond Lewis Ormond (born 5 February 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a Back (rugby union), back for the New Zealand national rugby sevens team, New Zealand national sevens team. International career Born in Hāwer ...

* Justin Geduld *

Nate Ebner Nathan Ebner (born December 14, 1988) is an American football safety and special teamer who is a free agent, and a rugby sevens player for the United States national rugby sevens team. Ebner played rugby union (15-a-side) on the US Under-19 ...

* Maka Unufe ;1 try *

Nicolás Bruzzone Nicolás Bruzzone (born October 24, 1985) is an Argentine rugby sevens former player. He competed for at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He initially missed out on Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, in ...

* Pablo Fontes *

Juan Imhoff Juan José Imhoff (born 11 May 1988 in Rosario) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing and fullback. Club career He played for Duendes Rugby Club, from 2009 to 2011, in the Nacional de Clubes, which he won twice, in 2009 a ...

* Ángel López * Fernando Luna *

Franco Sábato Franco Sábato (born January 13, 1990) is an Argentine rugby sevens player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da ...

* Germán Schulz * Cameron Clark *

Henry Hutchison Henry Hutchison (born 12 February 1997) is a professional rugby union player who represents Australia in rugby sevens. Born in Sydney, NSW and playing for Randwick at club level, he debuted for Australia in December 2015. Hutchison attend ...

John Porch John Porch (born 4 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union player, currently playing for Irish side Connacht. Porch joined Irish province Connacht, who compete in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup, ah ...

* Gustavo Albuquerque * Laurent Bourda-Couhet * Felipe Claro *

Daniel Sancery Daniel Sancery (born 27 May 1994), is a Brazilian rugby union player currently contracted to French team SC Graulhet. He mostly plays as a wing, but can also play full-back. Career Domestic He joined French team SC Albi from UA Gaillac. During t ...

Leone Nakarawa Lieutenant Leone Nakarawa (born 2 April 1988) is a Fijian rugby union, rugby union footballer and Olympic gold medalist. He plays as a Lock (rugby union), Second-Row forward for RC Toulonnais, Toulon and represents the Fiji national rugby union ...

Samisoni Viriviri Samisoni Viriviri Nasagavesi (born 25 April 1988) is a Fiji rugby union player. He played for the Fiji sevens team, and in 2014 won the World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award after leading the 2013-14 World Rugby Sevens Series in tries sc ...

* Jérémy Aicardi ;1 try (cont.) * Julien Candelon * Manoël Dall'igna *

Sacha Valleau Sacha Valleau (born 8 October 1996) is a French rugby sevens player. He represented at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is a fan of EFL Championship The English Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short o ...

Phil Burgess Phillip Burgess (born 1 July 1988) is an English rugby sevens player who plays for the England national rugby sevens team on the World Rugby Sevens Series.. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ...

* James Davies *

Marcus Watson Marcus Watson (born September 16, 1989, in Houston, Texas) is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Misioneros in the USL Premier Development League. Career Youth and amateur Instead of attending college and playing co ...

* Kazushi Hano *

Yusaku Kuwazuru is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the Japanese club Coca-Cola Red Sparks in the Top League. He was part of the squad that played at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens and won the World Series Qualifier for the 2014–15 Sevens World Serie ...

Katsuyuki Sakai is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the Japanese club Toyota Industries Shuttles in the Top League. He also plays rugby sevens for Japan's national rugby sevens team and was named in their 2016 Summer Olympics squad. He captained t ...

* Kameli Soejima *

Lote Tuqiri Lote Daulako Tuqiri (born 23 September 1979) is a former professional dual-code rugby footballer who primarily played as a winger across both codes. He represented Australia in both rugby league and rugby union, and Fiji in rugby league. Tuqir ...

Willy Ambaka William Ambaka Ndayara (born 14 May 1990) is a Kenyan rugby union player, currently playing for the Kenya national rugby sevens team, Kenyan national sevens team as well as for in New Zealand's Mitre 10 Cup. He has previously played professional ...

* Andrew Amonde * Scott Curry *

Gillies Kaka Gillies Gene Kaka (born 28 May 1990 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand Olympian rugby union player for the Hino Red Dolphins. Career Kaka plays for the New Zealand National Rugby Sevens team. He made his debut at the Wellington Sevens. Kaka ha ...

Tim Mikkelson Tim Mikkelson (born 13 August 1986 in Matamata) is a New Zealand rugby union player. Mikkelson plays for the New Zealand national rugby sevens team and is the most capped player in the team's history, surpassing former captain DJ Forbes record ...

Augustine Pulu Augustine Pulu (born 4 January 1990) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Japan Rugby League One club Hino Red Dolphins. Born in New Zealand, he represents Tonga at international level after qualifying on ancestry ...

Juan de Jongh Juan Leon de Jongh (born 15 April 1988) is a South African rugby union footballer. He was one of the stars of Vodacom WP's ABSA Currie Cup campaign in 2009 and he made his debut against the . He became the first choice inside centre for the Stor ...

Cheslin Kolbe Cheslin Kolbe (born 28 October 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and for in the Top 14 in France. His regular position is Wing (rugby union), wing, but he also plays ...

Dylan Sage Dylan Michael Sage (born 24 January 1992) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby, the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. He was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 20 ...

* Kwagga Smith *

Philip Snyman Philippus Albertus Borman Snyman (born 26 March 1987) is a South African rugby union footballer. He is the current captain of South Africa's National Rugby 7s Team, Blitzbokke. He also plays as a centre or winger for the Cheetahs in both Super ...

César Sempere César Sempere (born 26 May 1984, in Villajoyosa) is a Spanish rugby union player. He plays fly-half and fullback for El Salvador. Sempere plays for the Spanish rugby union team. Professional career The Spaniard has been capped 56 times by Spa ...

* Perry Baker *

Folau Niua Folau Niua (born January 27, 1985) is an American rugby union former player. He played fly-half for the United States national rugby sevens team from 2011 to 2022, and holds the U.S. record for most tournament appearances with over 65 caps. Earl ...

Point scorers

;43 points * Terry Bouhraoua ;42 points *

;38 points *

;37 points * Gastón Revol ;30 points * Carlin Isles ;25 points *

;22 points *

;20 points *

* Tom Mitchell *

* Akira Ioane * Seabelo Senatla * Roscko Speckman *

* Danny Barrett * Madison Hughes ;19 points *

;15 points *

* Jasa Veremalua *

* Teruya Goto *

* Regan Ware * Kyle Brown ;14 points * Justin Geduld ;13 points *

;12 points *

James Stannard James Stannard (born 21 February 1983) is an Australian rugby union footballer. He can operate as a scrum-half or fly-half. He previously played for the Western Force and Brumbies Super Rugby. Stannard was an Australia sevens player and was a ...

* Kitione Taliga ;11 points *

;10 points * Santiago Álvarez * Axel Müller *

* Ed Jenkins *

* Viliame Mata *

* Stephen Parez *

* Mark Bennett * James Rodwell * Collins Injera *

* Maka Unufe ;8 points * Francisco Hernández ;7 points *

;6 points *

* Samuel Oliech ;5 points *

* Pablo Fontes *

* Ángel López * Fernando Luna *

;5 points (cont.) * Germán Schulz * Cameron Clark *

* Gustavo Albuquerque * Laurent Bourda-Couhet * Felipe Claro *

* Jérémy Aicardi * Julien Candelon * Manoël Dall'igna *

* James Davies * Kazushi Hano *

* Kameli Soejima *

* Andrew Amonde * Scott Curry *

* Kwagga Smith *

* Perry Baker *

;4 points *

Biko Adema Biko Wolfgang Adema (born September 1, 1987) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. He was selected for to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. He was a member of Kenya's squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2013 Rugby World Cup S ...

;2 points * Lucas Duque * André Silva * Vincent Inigo * Chris Wyles

References

External links

Official website
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Qualification

Qualified teams

Squads

Draw

Competition schedule

Match officials

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

9–12th place playoff

Semi-finals

11th Place

9th Place Final

5–8th place playoff

Semi-finals

Seventh Place

Fifth Place Final

Medal playoff

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze Medal Match

Gold Medal Match

Final ranking

Player statistics

Try scorers

Point scorers

See also

References

External links