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Argentina have qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Los Pumas 7’s booked their place today by winning the South American men’s Olympic qualifying tournament in Santiago, Chile.
Today marked the second, and final, day of the Olympic qualifiers. To read about events from day one click here.
Day two began with Argentina, and Brazil well placed to advance to the Semi Finals. With respective wins in their final pool matches against Colombia, and Costa Rica they would be confirmed as pool winners. As it turned out both cruised to victory.
Additional remaining pool matches saw Paraguay, and Chile finishing second place in the pools. Paraguay saw too strong for Guatemala, winning 31-5; while Chile played their best rugby of the weekend in defeating Uruguay 42-5.
In the Semi Finals Brazil came close to losing to Paraguay. In a nervous performance Os Tupis 7’s were 14-12 winners with a player down. They had lost Felipe Sancery to a first half red card. In winning Brazil made the final and qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
The second Semi Final saw Argentina scoring all 35 of the game’s points to account for Chile. This set-up a final against Brazil and send Chile into the Bronze Final against Paraguay.
In the Bronze Final Chile would return to winning ways, easily beating Los Yákares 43-0. The win officially saw Los Cóndores 7’s qualifying for the Olympic Games repechage tournament.
Uruguay’s underwhelming results on both day one and two in Santiago would continue right up until the final match. Los Teros 7’s fell to a 17-5 defeat in the 5th Place Final against Colombia.
Finishing 7th was Peru who defeated Costa Rica 41-7 while 9th spot was claimed by Venezuela with a 22-12 win over Guatemala.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are to be the second edition of Rugby Sevens at the Olympics. The first were the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
There are to be 12 men’s teams competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Argentina is the 6th country to qualify. It joins hosts Japan in addition to Fiji, New Zealand, South Africa, and the USA.
The 7th qualifier will be confirmed next weekend in Georgetown, Cayman Islands. Eight teams will compete at the 2019 RAN Men’s Sevens – Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, and Trinidad & Tobago.
The winner from the RAN Men’s Sevens will qualify for Tokyo 2020 while the second, and third placed sides will join Brazil, and Chile in representing the Americas in the global repechage tournament.
DAY ONE RESULTS
POOL A
Colombia 41–0 Peru
Argentina 46–0 Guatemala
Paraguay 14–10 Colombia
Argentina 53–0 Peru
Colombia 29–12 Guatemala
Argentina 42–5 Paraguay
Paraguay 24–7 Peru
POOL B
Uruguay 36–0 Venezuela
Chile 51–0 Costa Rica
Brazil 19–15 Uruguay
Chile 53–0 Venezuela
Brasil 14–0 Chile
Uruguay 50–0 Costa Rica
Brazil 55–7 Venezuela
DAY TWO RESULTS
POOL A
Paraguay 31-5 Guatemala
Argentina 43-0 Colombia
Peru 40-12 Guatemala
POOL B
Brazil 60-0 Costa Rica
Chile 42-5 Uruguay
Venezuela 19-24 Costa Rica
SEMI FINAL: Argentina 35-0 Chile
SEMI FINAL: Brazil 14-12 Paraguay
9th PLACE FINAL: Venezuela 22-12 Guatemala
7th PLACE FINAL: Peru 41-7 Costa Rica
5th PLACE FINAL: Colombia 17-5 Uruguay
BRONZE FINAL: Chile 43-0 Paraguay
FINAL: Argentina 26-0 Brazil
