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2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament
The tournament venue, UCD Bowl in Dublin.
HostsIreland Ireland
Date25–26 June 2016
Nations16
Final positions
Champions Spain
Runners-up Russia
Third Ireland
2020

The 2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament was a qualification tournament for the women's rugby sevens 2016 Summer Olympics which was held on 25–26 June 2016. The tournament used a round-robin format, with the top team qualifying directly to the Olympics.

The tournament took place at the UCD Bowl in Dublin, Ireland.

Teams

Means of qualification Completed date Venue Berths Qualified
2015 CONSUR Women's Sevens 7 June 2015 Argentina Santa Fe 2  Argentina
 Venezuela
2015 NACRA Women's Sevens 14 June 2015 United States Cary 2  Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobago
2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix 21 June 2015 Various 1  Russia
2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Repechage 19 July 2015 Portugal Lisbon 3  Ireland
 Portugal
 Spain
2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens 27 September 2015 South Africa Johannesburg 3  Madagascar
 Tunisia
 Zimbabwe
2015 FORU Women's Sevens Championships 15 November 2015 New Zealand Auckland 2  Cook Islands
 Samoa
2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships 29 November 2015 Various 3  China
 Hong Kong
 Kazakhstan
Total 16

1. Kenya, as the runners-up in the African qualifying tournament, would have qualified to this tournament, but instead qualified directly for the Olympics after South Africa withdrew. Madagascar, the fifth-place finisher in qualifying, was named as a replacement.

Pool stage

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 164 0 +164 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 79 62 +17 7
 Madagascar 3 1 0 2 29 97 –68 5
 Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 22 135 –113 3

Matches

25 June 2016
11:28
Samoa 57–5 Zimbabwe
25 June 2016
11:50
Russia 58–0 Madagascar
25 June 2016
14:34
Samoa 22–10 Madagascar
25 June 2016
14:56
Russia 59–0 Zimbabwe
25 June 2016
17:40
Zimbabwe 17–19 Madagascar
25 June 2016
18:02
Russia 47–0 Samoa

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 121 0 +121 9
 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 39 48 –9 7
 Venezuela 3 0 1 2 15 67 –52 4
 Mexico 3 0 1 2 5 65 –60 4

Matches

25 June 2016
10:44
Mexico 5–5 Venezuela
25 June 2016
11:06
Spain 38–0 Tunisia
25 June 2016
13:50
Mexico 0–22 Tunisia
25 June 2016
14:12
Spain 45–0 Venezuela
25 June 2016
16:56
Venezuela 10–17 Tunisia
25 June 2016
17:18
Spain 38–0 Mexico

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Ireland 3 3 0 0 87 12 +75 9
 China 3 2 0 1 58 22 +36 7
 Portugal 3 1 0 2 59 48 +11 5
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 5 127 –122 3

Matches

25 June 2016
12:12
China 24–5 Portugal
25 June 2016
12:34
Ireland 51–0 Trinidad and Tobago
25 June 2016
15:18
China 34–5 Trinidad and Tobago
25 June 2016
15:40
Ireland 24–12 Portugal
25 June 2016
18:24
Portugal 42–0 Trinidad and Tobago
25 June 2016
18:46
Ireland 12–0 China

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 69 22 +47 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 39 63 –24 7
 Hong Kong 3 0 1 2 39 50 –11 4
 Cook Islands 3 0 1 2 29 41 –12 4

Matches

25 June 2016
10:00
Argentina 5–36 Kazakhstan
25 June 2016
10:22
Hong Kong 12–12 Cook Islands
25 June 2016
13:06
Argentina 17–12 Cook Islands
25 June 2016
13:28
Hong Kong 12–21 Kazakhstan
25 June 2016
16:12
Kazakhstan 12–5 Cook Islands
25 June 2016
16:34
Hong Kong 15–17 Argentina

Knockout stage

Shield

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
  
 
  Madagascar10
  
  Mexico0
  Madagascar22
  
  Zimbabwe12
  Zimbabwe12
 
  Trinidad and Tobago5
 

Bowl

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
           
  
 
  Madagascar0
  
  Cook Islands7
  Cook Islands24
  
  Portugal14
  Portugal29
  
  Mexico0
  Cook Islands17
  
  Hong Kong12
  Hong Kong20
  
  Zimbabwe0
  Hong Kong24
  
  Venezuela5
  Venezuela17
 
  Trinidad and Tobago0
 

Plate

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
  
 
  Argentina17
  
  Tunisia7
  Argentina0
  
  China33
  Samoa5
 
  China28
 

Cup

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
           
  
 
  Russia34
  
  Argentina0
  Russia19
  
  Ireland10
  Ireland38
  
  Tunisia0
  Russia12
  
  Spain19
  Kazakhstan26
  
  Samoa0
  Kazakhstan0
  
  Spain28 Third place
  Spain21
  
  China0
  Ireland17
 
  Kazakhstan5
 

See also

References

  1. Olympic qualification tournaments
  2. Olympic sevens qualification explained
  3. Kenya women replace South Africa for Rio
  4. South Africa reject Olympic invitation
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