2018 Juegos Suramericanos Preview

The 2018 Juegos Suramericanos are almost here. Taking place at 2500m altitude the Bolivian city of Cochabamba host the 2018 edition of the South American Games. This year’s Juegos Suramericanos begin on Friday with Rugby 7’s featuring from Sunday to Tuesday (May 27-29).

There are both Men’s and Women’s Rugby 7’s competitions to look forward to. In both categories there are to be seven competing countries. They are demonstrated in the following table according to their rankings for the tournament.

MEN’S	WOMEN’S
Argentina	Brazil
Uruguay	Argentina
Chile	Peru
Brazil	Paraguay
Colombia	Uruguay
Paraguay	Colombia
Bolivia	Bolivia

Six countries have Men’s and Women’s teams competing. Those with only one are Chile and Peru. Chile has only sent a male side while Peru has only sent female.

The 2018 Juegos Suramericanos are to double as a qualifying tournament for the 2019 Pan American Games. Next year’s games will take place in Lima, Peru. Argentina (Men’s) and Peru (Women’s) are not competing for places in Lima as both are pre-qualified.

Favorites for Gold in the Men’s are Argentina. Los Pumas 7’s have a roster containing a combination of established and new players. Chile, Uruguay and Brazil are expected to be competing for Silver and Bronze with Chile the most likely to claim Silver.

In the Women’s it is altogether different. Favorites for Gold are Brazil. Argentina and Colombia are the countries likely to finish with Silver and Bronze respectively.

ARGENTINA MEN’S 7’s
Renzo Barbier, Tomás Buckley, Julián Domínguez, Severiano Escobio, Juan Cruz González, Máximo Provenzano, Maximiliano Filizzola, José Barros Sosa, Lucas Bellotto, Lucas Busdrago, Nicolás Menéndez, Tomás Passaro

BOLIVIA MEN’s 7’s
Sergio Cayo, Marcos Chavez Ibañez, Pablo Hernán Escalante Peñarrieta, Santiago García, Daniel Gareca Lino, Luis Gómez Guzman, David Jordan, Marcos Lavezzo, Sergio Méndez, Pablo José Orias, Ciro Rodrigo Miranda, Octavio Serrano Soliz

BRAZIL MEN’s 7’s
Daniel Lima, Douglas Rauth, Gustavo Barreiros, Lucas Drudi, Lucas Duque, Mateus Estrela, Matheus Cruz, Moisés Duque, Roberto Tenorio, Stefano Giantorno, Thiago Evaristo, Victor Silva

CHILE MEN’S 7’s
Benjamin Lobos, Felipe Brangier, Rodrigo Fernández, Juan Pablo Larenas, Francisco Metauze, Ignacio Silva Aninat, Marcelo Torrealba, Francisco Urroz, Martín Vallejos Sepulveda, Martín Felipe Verschae, Pedro Pablo Verschae, Lucas Westcott

COLOMBIA MEN’S 7’s
Andrés Felipe Alvarez, Jhojan Arango, Giovanny Flores, Neider García, Brayan Guzmán, Daniel Lopez, Juan Metaute, Daniel Moncada, Julian Navarro, Diver Salazar, Jhon Arley Urrutia, Alejandro Vanegas, Freyder Julian Velandia

PARAGUAY MEN’s
Horacio Aguero, Juan González, Carlos Bareiro, Gastón Navas, Sergio Alvarenga, Alejandro Feldman, Renato Cardona, Gonzalo Alvarado, Diego Argaña, Sebastián Urbieta, Rodrigo Arevalos, Camilo Orrego

URUGUAY MEN’S 7’s
Diego Ardao, Manuel Ardao, Joaquín Canessa, Eugenio Dell’acqua, Agustín Della Corte, Felipe Etcheverry, Tomás Etcheverry, Roberto Juanjuan Gaarese, James Mateo, Sebastián Agustín Schroeder, Juan Francisco Torres, Valentine Grille Dotti

ARGENTINA WOMEN’S 7’s
Anael Fernández Terenzi, Mayra Aguilar, Agostina Campos Ruiz, Florencia Moreno, Josefina Padellaro, Gimena Mattus, Jackeline Corso, Yamila Otero, Deborah Fretes Hernández, Sofía González, Valeria Montero, Paula Pedrozo

BOLIVIA WOMEN’s 7’s
Tania Ascarruniz, Shirley Argandoña, Nilda Eliana Ayaviri, Barbara Chavez, Teresa Butron, Maria José Lopez, Selene Mendieta, Ramilla Montellano, Raissa Izzy Morales, Paola Alejandra Peña, Maria Fernanda Suarez, Suleidy Zabala Huanca

BRAZIL WOMEN’S 7’s
Amanda Araujo, Beatriz Futuro, Bianca Silva, Eshyllen Coimbra, Haline Scatrut, Isadora Cerullo, Leila Silva, Luiza Campos, Mariana Nicolau, Rafaela Zanellato, Raquel Kochhann, Thaila da Silva

COLOMBIA WOMEN’S 7’s
Nicole Acevedo, Maria Isabel Arzuaga, Catalina Arango, Isabel Benitez, Khaterinne Paola Medina, Laura Mejía, Carmen Questa, Leidy Soto, Valentina Tapias Cano, Maria Camila Valle, Maria Osorio Zuluaga

PARAGUAY WOMEN’S 7’s
Ingrid Alfonso, Paula Denis, Claudia Fernández, Ceclia Benza, Natalia Justiniano, Lizandry Centurión, Aracelli Nicollini, Maira Méndez, Guilietta Romero, Cinthia Cristaldo, Estela Servín, Lucero Viveros

PERU WOMEN’S 7’s
Lucy Alvarado, Natalia Correa, Maria Samantha Chuquivala, Maria Gracia Domínguez, Michelle Flores Cordero, Raysa González, Beatriz Guizado, Andrea Ortega, Alisson Pachas, Rosemary Quesada, Lieneke Ratto, Melissa Vargas de la Jara

URUGUAY WOMEN’S 7’s
Tamara Ancheta, Adriana Altamiranda, Nadia Belen Santurion, Jessica Centurión, Lucia Martínez, Estefania Pérez, Tatiana Picos, Pamela Queijo, Dahianne Tellechea, Natalia Verocai, Maria Victoria Villaamil

FIXTURES
SUNDAY
Men’s: Chile vs Colombia (10:00am)
Men’s: Bolivia vs Argentina (10:30am)
Men’s: Paraguay vs Uruguay (10:00am)
Men’s: Brazil vs Uruguay (11:06am)
Men’s: Argentina vs Paraguay (11:28am)
Men’s: Bolivia vs Chile (11:50am)
Men’s: Bolivia vs Colombia (1:18pm)
Men’s: Chile vs Paraguay (1:40pm)
Men’s: Brazil vs Argentina (2:02pm)
Men’s: Uruguay vs Colombia (3:30pm)

Women’s: Argentina vs Paraguay (10:00am)
Women’s: Brazil vs Colombia (11:22am)
Women’s: Bolivia vs Peru (11:44am)
Women’s: Brazil vs Paraguay (11:26am)
Women’s: Bolivia vs Uruguay (12:12pm)
Women’s: Colombia vs Peru (12:34pm)
Women’s: Brazil vs Paraguay (12:56pm)
Women’s: Argentina vs Uruguay (3:08pm)

MONDAY
Men’s: Bolivia vs Uruguay (11:06am)
Men’s: Brazil vs Paraguay (11:28am)
Men’s: Argentina vs Colombia (11:50am)
Men’s: Uruguay vs Chile (1:18pm)
Men’s: Bolivia vs Paraguay (1:40pm)
Men’s: Brazil vs Colombia (2:02pm)

Women’s: Bolivia vs Argentina (10:00am)
Women’s: Paraguay vs Colombia (10:22am)
Women’s: Brazil vs Uruguay (10:44am)
Women’s: Bolivia vs Colombia (12:12am)
Women’s: Uruguay vs Paraguay (12:34am)
Women’s: Argentina vs Peru (12:56am)
Women’s: Brazil vs Peru (3:08pm)
Women’s: Argentina vs Chile (3:30pm)

TUESDAY
Men’s: Colombia vs Chile (11:06am)
Men’s: Argentina vs Paraguay (11:28am)
Men’s: Paraguay vs Uruguay (11:50am)
Men’s: Bolivia vs Brazil (1:40pm)
Men’s: Colombia vs Paraguay (1:18pm)
Men’s: Brazil vs Chile (2:36pm)
Men’s: Argentina vs Uruguay (3:30pm)

Women’s: Uruguay vs Peru (10:00am)
Women’s: Bolivia vs Brazil (10:22am)
Women’s: Argentina vs Colombia (10:44am)
Women’s: Uruguay vs Colombia (12:12pm)
Women’s: Bolivia vs Paraguay (12:34pm)
Women’s: Paraguay vs Peru (2:24pm)
Women’s: Brazil vs Argentina (3:08pm)

* All times are local.