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Chile completed an historic sevens double over the weekend as they won the Viña del Mar Sevens in style to claim their first ever Sudamérica title. After going unbeaten at Punta del Este a week ago, the Cóndores met defeat for the first time in the pool stage but recovered to dominate the second day of the competition.
The pool stage suggested that South Africa were the team to beat as they emerged unbeaten from the highly competitive Pool A. Their win over Chile brought a half to the eight-game winning streak of the eventual champions and put the South Africans in a favorable Quarter Final draw against Uruguay.
Pool B saw Colombia defeat both the USA and Canada. In another upset the young Canadian side defeated Argentina in convincing fashion. Germany came through Pool C unscathed though they faced stern challenges from Russia and Portugal.
The Quarter Finals were thrown into an uproar as Uruguay stunned South Africa in the first match. Chile then got past a confident German side and Portugal thrashed Colombia, the latter running out of steam on Day Two.
After beating Argentina in the Punta final by just one score, Chile then produced a remarkable 35-0 win over Argentina in the Semi Final. Uruguay had just enough to beat Portugal in the other Semi, but had nothing left in the tank as they were well-beaten by the Cóndores in a one-sided final.
Chilean captain Felipe Brangier was named player of the tournament.
The results confirm Chile as the 16th team at the Las Vegas and Vancouver stops of the HSBC Sevens Series. They will also travel to Hong Kong along with Uruguay to contend for core status for the 2019-2020 HSBC circuit.
FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS
1 Chile
2 Argentina
3 Portugal
4 Uruguay
5 Germany
6 South Africa
7 USA
8 Russia
9 Colombia
10 Canada
11 Paraguay
12 Brazil
DAY ONE RESULTS
POOL A
South Africa 34-12 Uruguay
Chile 21-7 Brazil
Brazil 7-14 South Africa
Chile 21-10 Uruguay
Uruguay 33-7 Brazil
South Africa 19-10 Chile
POOL B
USA 19-14 Canada
Argentina 33-21 Colombia
Colombia 19-5 USA
Canada 21-7 Argentina
Colombia 14-10 Canada
Argentina 19-14 USA
POOL C
Portugal 24-12 Russia
Germany 31-0 Paraguay
Germany 24-19 Russia
Portugal 47-7 Paraguay
Russia 31-0 Paraguay
Germany 17-12 Portugal
DAY TWO RESULTS
9TH PLACE SEMI FINALS
USA 35-0 Brazil
Paraguay 17-12 Canada
CUP QUARTER FINALS
Uruguay 14-12 South Africa
Argentina 22-14 Russia
Chile 17-7 Germany
Portugal 36-12 Colombia
5th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Russia 19-15 Germany
South Africa 15-0 Colombia
CUP SEMI FINALS
Chile 35-0 Argentina
Uruguay 19-14 Portugal
11th PLACE FINAL
Brazil 24-17 Canada
9th PLACE FINAL
USA 26-5 Paraguay
7th PLACE FINAL
Germany 47-5 Colombia
5th PLACE FINAL
South Africa 22-5 Russia
BRONZE FINAL
Argentina 31-21 Portugal
CUP FINAL
Chile 31-7 Uruguay
