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The key South American Men’s Rugby event of the year 2021 will take place this Saturday and Sunday in San José, Costa Rica. Nine Latin American countries will compete at the Estadio Nacional de San José for the regional title and for two places at the Rugby World Cup Sevens.
South American countries Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Central American republics Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua and the host country will play on Saturday, November 27 and Sunday, November 28.
The competition is not only the prestigious South American Sevens; it is more than that. The tournament champions and runners-up will qualify for the 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa.
PLAYER ROSTERS
BRAZIL
Felipe Sancery, Daniel Sancery, Lucas Müller, Francisco Bouzas, Laurent Bourda-Couhet, Adrio Luiz de Melo, Gabriel Quirino, Lucas Tranquez, André Arruda, Daniel Lima, Douglas Rauth, Robert Tenório
CHILE
Lucca Avelli, Julio Blanc, Felipe Brangier, Santiago Edwards, Joaquín Huici, Vicente Urbina, Ernesto Tchimbo, Cristobal Game, Tomás Alvorado, Luca Strabucci, Benjamín Videla, Diego Warnken
COSTA RICA
Oldemar Ortíz Monge, Byron Monge Benavídes, Jefry López Meneses, Jason Gómez Barbosa, Jouzel Chavarría Torrente, Engel David Pavón Gutiérrez, Deiby Méndez Brenner, Gabriel Sánchez Granados, Marlon Cerdas Blanco, Alejandro Vicente Pinto, Anthony Fonseca Vega, Joseph Brayden Watson
EL SALVADOR
Jorge Bolaños, Armando Alfaro Delgado, Oscar Peña de León, Rúben Flores Rodas, Douglas Pérez López, Rafael Ramírez Castillo, Manuel Urbina Martínez, Jimmy Ordóñez Zelaya, Natanael Osorio Cea, David Alfaro Rodríguez, Walter Moreno, José Luís Urbina Martínez
GUATEMALA
Livio Alonzo Eufragio, Michael García Guzmán, Norwin Moliendo Carranza, Estuardo José Pons Fajardo, Eswin Quiñonez Melendres, Daniel Najarro Vásquez, Juan Pablo Estrada Monroy, Xabier San Juan Reyes, Julio César García Pogio, Fabricio Tzorin García, Yoshihide Kawano, Jean Paul Valenzuela Pérez
NICARAGUA
Ariel Moraga, Bismarck López, Cristhian Sánchez, Diego Espinoza, Ermy Gazo, Goulber García, Joaquín Rayo, José López, Joseph Blandford, Manuel Obando, Omar Suárez, Rubén Zeledón
PANAMA
Michael Alvorado, Cristobál Barba, Julián Pérez, Juan Ocampo, Samuel Vergara, Emanuel Guevara, Jesús Kapel, Juan Leren, Jonathan Naranjo, Jonathan Chacón, Emanuel Ríos, Javier Camarena
PERU
Rahuel Molocho Falla, Mauricio Huapaya, Renato Concha Reatagui, Stephano Anderson Polar, Diego Suárez Chávez, Diego Medino Alegre, Jonathan Valdiva Ríos, Lucas Barrios de Mendoza Flores, Alessandro Pérez Gubbins, José Maria Ramírez Caballero, Alessandro Riva Cánepa
URUGUAY
Joaquín Alonso, Diego Ardao, Bautista Basso, Francisco Berchesi, Francisco Brazionis, Tomás Etcheverry, Guillermo Lijtenstein, James McQubbin, Marcos Pastore, Eugenio Plotter, Sebastián Schroeder, Mateo Viñals
POOLS
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C |
| Brazil | Chile | Costa Rica |
| Guatemala | El Salvador | Nicaragua |
| Panama | Peru | Uruguay |
2021 MEN’S SOUTH AMERICAN 7’s – FIXTURES
DAY ONE
9:00am Guatemala vs Panama
9:22am El Salvador vs Peru
9:44am Costa Rica vs Nicaragua
11:06am Brazil vs Panama
11:28am Chile vs El Salvador
11:50am Uruguay vs Nicaragua
1:12pm Brazil vs Guatemala
1:34pm Chile vs Peru
1:56pm Costa Rica vs Uruguay
Three fixtures will follow on Day One. They will see 8th vs 9th, 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. They are to be part of what is called the challenge and Gold Cup of the tournament. This will also be the format for the first half of Day Two of the competition. The second half of Day Two will be divided into two parts. First, Cup Semi Finals and the finals for 5th and 7th position. Second, the Bronze Final and Final.
The two winning Semi Finalists will qualify for South Africa 2022.
