The men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in

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. It was hosted at the

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, a temporary outdoor stadium constructed as part of the Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park in

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. 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 Fiji 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

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. The 2014–15 Sevens World Series 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

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, 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,

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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 ( Rugby Football Union for England, Welsh Rugby Union,

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and the combined Irish Rugby Football Union 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

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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 (

) * Federico Anselmi (

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) * Nick Briant (

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) * Ben Crouse (

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) *

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(South Africa) * Richard Kelly (New Zealand) * Anthony Moyes ( Australia) * Matthew O'Brien (Australia) * Taku Otsuki ( Japan) * Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) * Alexandre Ruiz (

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) * Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa) * Henrique Platais (

) – 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

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Carlin Isles Carlin Isles (born November 21, 1989) is an American rugby union player who plays for the United States national rugby sevens team. With 202 tries, Isles is first for the United States in career tries scored, ahead of teammate Perry Baker. Isles ...

;5 tries * Josua Tuisova * Billy Odhiambo * Cecil Afrika ;4 tries * Matías Moroni * Tom Cusack * Osea Kolinisau *

Terry Bouhraoua Terry Bouhraoua (born 29 August 1987) is a French rugby union and rugby union sevens player who plays for the France national rugby sevens team. His position is scrum-half. Bouhraoua was born in Châteaudun, France. He began professional rugb ...

* Dan Norton * Lomano Lemeki *

Akira Ioane Akira Ioane (born 16 June 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player. Ioane plays blindside flanker and number 8 for the Auckland rugby union team in the Mitre 10 Cup, for the Blues in the Super Rugby competition and was selected for the All Blac ...

* Rosko Specman * Marcos Poggi * Danny Barrett ;3 tries *

Gastón Revol Gastón Revol (born November 26, 1986) is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays rugby sevens for . He debuted at the 2009 London Sevens. Revol captained at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also captained Argentina again at the 2022 Rugby World ...

* Jesse Parahi * Vatemo Ravouvou * Jerry Tuwai *

Jasa Veremalua Jasa Veremalua (born 29 May 1988) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for the Tel Aviv Heat. He played for San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays for the Fiji sevens team. Veremalua made his debut for at the 2013 W ...

* Dan Bibby * Teruya Goto * Rieko Ioane *

Regan Ware Regan Edward Ware (born 7 August 1994) is a New Zealand rugby sevens and rugby union player. He debuted for New Zealand at the 2015 Dubai Sevens tournament. Ware was selected for the New Zealand squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Jan ...

* Kyle Brown *

Seabelo Senatla Seabelo Mohanoe Senatla (born 10 February 1993) is a South African rugby union player for the South African Sevens Side. He also plays for in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. His regular position is winger. Senatla was a member of the So ...

;2 tries * Santiago Álvarez * Axel Müller * Con Foley ;2 tries (cont.) * Ed Jenkins * Semi Kunatani * Viliame Mata * Kitione Taliga * Damien Cler * Stephen Parez * Virimi Vakatawa * Mark Bennett *

James Rodwell James Rodwell (born 23 August 1984) is an English professional rugby sevens player who was part of the national England national rugby sevens team, squad from 2008 to 2019. He ended his career with records as the Worlds most capped sevens playe ...

* Kazuhiro Goya *

Collins Injera Collins Injera (born 18 October 1986) is a Kenyan rugby player. He holds the second place for number of tries scored on the World Rugby Sevens Series with 271. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens team. Career In ...

* Lewis Ormond *

Justin Geduld Justin Gilberto Geduld (born 1 October 1993) is a South African rugby union player, currently contracted to SARU as a sevens rugby player, as well as playing domestic rugby union for . His regular position is centre. He was a member of the S ...

* Nate Ebner * Maka Unufe ;1 try * Nicolás Bruzzone *

Pablo Fontes Pablo Fontes (born 27 December 1995) is a Spanish rugby union player. He competed for the Spain national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He started his career playing in Club de Rugby Majadahonda and has played in Alcobendas Rugby ...

* Juan Imhoff * Ángel López * Fernando Luna * Franco Sábato *

Germán Schulz Germán Schulz (born February 5, 1994) is an Argentine rugby sevens player. He competed for at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Schulz also represented Argentina at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens ...

* Cameron Clark * Henry Hutchison * John Porch * Gustavo Albuquerque * Laurent Bourda-Couhet * Felipe Claro * Daniel Sancery * Leone Nakarawa * Samisoni Viriviri * Jérémy Aicardi ;1 try (cont.) *

Julien Candelon Julien Candelon (born July 8, 1980 in Agen) is a professional rugby union winger currently playing for USA Perpignan in the Top 14. Candelon has earned two caps for the France national team, the first one coming on 18 June 2005 against South Afr ...

* Manoël Dall'igna * Sacha Valleau * Phil Burgess * James Davies * Marcus Watson *

Kazushi Hano is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was in 's team for the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constitut ...

* Yusaku Kuwazuru * Katsuyuki Sakai *

Kameli Soejima Kameli Soejima (副島亀里, ''Soejima Kameli'', born June 1, 1983) is a Fijian born Japanese rugby union player. He represents Japan in rugby sevens and made his debut at the 2014 Dubai Sevens. He is Japan's top try-scorer in the 2015–16 ...

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. Tuqi ...

* Willy Ambaka *

Andrew Amonde Andrew Noel Omondi Amonde (born 25 December 1983) is a Kenyan rugby union player and television producer. He plays for Kenya's national sevens team and has been its captain since 2012. Amonde captained Kenya's Olympic sevens team at the 2016 Su ...

* Scott Curry * Gillies Kaka * Tim Mikkelson * Augustine Pulu * Juan de Jongh * Cheslin Kolbe * Dylan Sage *

Kwagga Smith Albertus Stephanus Smith (born 11 June 1993), known professionally as Kwagga Smith, is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the in Super Rugby and Yamaha Júbilo in the Japanese Top League. His regular positi ...

* Philip Snyman * César Sempere *

Perry Baker Perry Baker (born June 29, 1986) is an American rugby sevens player for the United States national rugby sevens team. With over 230 tries, Baker currently ranks first among Americans and third among all players in career tries scored in the Worl ...

* Folau Niua

Point scorers

;43 points *

;42 points * Cecil Afrika ;38 points * Osea Kolinisau ;37 points *

;30 points *

;25 points * Vatemo Ravouvou * Josua Tuisova * Billy Odhiambo ;22 points * Kazuhiro Goya * Lomano Lemeki ;20 points * Matías Moroni * Tom Cusack * Tom Mitchell * Dan Norton *

* Roscko Speckman * Marcos Poggi * Danny Barrett *

Madison Hughes Madison John Hughes (born October 26, 1992) is a rugby union player who was the captain of the United States national rugby sevens team from 2014 until he stepped away from the team in late 2021. Hughes was named captain of the United States nati ...

;19 points * Gillies Kaka ;15 points * Jesse Parahi * Jerry Tuwai *

* Dan Bibby * Teruya Goto * Rieko Ioane *

* Kyle Brown ;14 points *

;13 points * Augustine Pulu ;12 points * James Stannard * Kitione Taliga ;11 points * Katsuyuki Sakai ;10 points * Santiago Álvarez * Axel Müller * Con Foley * Ed Jenkins * Semi Kunatani * Viliame Mata * Damien Cler * Stephen Parez * Virimi Vakatawa * Mark Bennett *

* Lewis Ormond * Nate Ebner * Maka Unufe ;8 points * Francisco Hernández ;7 points * Marcus Watson ;6 points * James Stannard * Samuel Oliech ;5 points * Nicolás Bruzzone *

* Juan Imhoff * Ángel López * Fernando Luna * Franco Sábato ;5 points (cont.) *

* Cameron Clark * Henry Hutchison * John Porch * Gustavo Albuquerque * Laurent Bourda-Couhet * Felipe Claro * Daniel Sancery * Leone Nakarawa * Samisoni Viriviri * Jérémy Aicardi *

* Manoël Dall'igna * Sacha Valleau * Phil Burgess * James Davies *

* Yusaku Kuwazuru *

* Willy Ambaka *

* Scott Curry * Tim Mikkelson * Juan de Jongh * Cheslin Kolbe * Dylan Sage *

* Philip Snyman * César Sempere *

* Folau Niua ;4 points * Biko Adema ;2 points * Lucas Duque * André Silva * Vincent Inigo *

Chris Wyles Chris Wyles (born 13 September 1983) was an American-English rugby union player. Until his retirement from international rugby in January 2016, Wyles had represented the United States in three World Cups (2007, 2011 and 2015). He was the USA E ...

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Men Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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