Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pan American Games

Rugby sevens at the XVIII Pan American Games
Rugby sevens pictogram
Venue Rugby sevens stadium
Dates July 27 –28, 2019
Competitors 192
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Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held from July 27th to 28th. The venue for the competition is the rugby sevens stadium located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster.

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 12 athletes) will compete in each tournament. This means a total of 192 athletes are scheduled to compete.[1] After making its debut at the 2015 edition, the women's tournament has been expanded to eight teams from six.


Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
Women's tournament

Participating nations

11 countries have qualified rugby sevens teams so far. The numbers of participants qualified are in parentheses. Jamaica, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago are all scheduled to make their Pan American Games debut in the sport.

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) received automatic qualification in the women's tournament only, along with seven other teams. Eight men's teams qualified through various tournaments as well.[1]

Men

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Automatic qualification N/A N/A 3  Argentina
 Canada
 United States
2018 South American Games[2] 27–29 May Bolivia Colcapirhua 2  Chile
 Uruguay
2018 RAN Sevens[3][4] 22–23 September Barbados Saint James 2  Jamaica
 Guyana
2019 CONSUR Sevens May TBD 1
Total8

Women

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Peru
Automatic qualification N/A N/A 2  Canada
 United States
2018 South American Games[5] 27–29 May Bolivia Colcapirhua 1  Brazil
2018 RAN Women's Sevens[3][4] 22–23 September Barbados Saint James 2  Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobago
2018 Valentín Martínez Tournament November Uruguay Montevideo 1
2019 CONSUR Sevens May TBD 1
Total8

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Against all odds Chile win Gold". Americas Rugby News. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 "2018 RAN Sevens heads to Barbados". www.rugbyamericasnorth.com/. Rugby Americas North. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Jamaica and Mexico win RAN Sevens". www.worldrugby.org/. World Rugby. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Brazil Claim Gold in Cochabamba". Americas Rugby News. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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