Chile the best of Americas on Day One of Sevens Challenger Series

Chile were the best of the Americas on day one of the Sevens Challenger Series in Viña del Mar. Los Cóndores were victorious in all of their three matches today, while Zimbabwe were second placed in the pool with wins over Brazil and Mexico.

The day one results see Chile qualifying for the Quarter Finals. Also reaching the final eight were Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

The additional competitors from the Americas – Brazil, Colombia, Mexico Paraguay and Uruguay all missed out on reaching the Quarter Finals.

Mexico’s win over Brazil saw Las Serpientes handing the bottom spot of the pool to Brazil. Both Colombia and Paraguay were also winless, while Uruguay recovered from a sluggish first two matches to defeat Portugal in their third; and Jamaica had a 2-1 record for the day, with their win coming against Colombia.

DAY ONE RESULTS

POOL A
Tonga 26-12 Portugal
Japan 17-12 Uruguay
Tonga 10-0 Uruguay
Japan 40-0 Portugal
Portugal 7-39 Uruguay
Japan 33-7 Tonga

POOL B
Jamaica 10-12 Papua New Guinea
Hong Kong 26-0 Colombia
Jamaica 26-5 Colombia
Hong Kong 36-0 Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea 22-17 Colombia
Hong Kong 14-7 Jamaica

POOL C
Uganda 24-14 Italy
Germany 48-0 Paraguay
Uganda 47-0 Paraguay
Germany 24-17 Italy
Italy 45-15 Paraguay
Germany 19-12 Uganda

POOL D
Zimbabwe 21-14 Brazil
Chile 45-0 Mexico
Zimbabwe 24-15 Mexico
Chile 43-7 Brazil
Brazil 10-19 Mexico
Chile 24-19 Zimbabwe