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Final Americas rosters for World Sevens Challenger tourney

Core spots on the 2022-2023 World Sevens Series are up for grabs in Santiago this weekend. Only the winner in each of the Men’s and Women’s Challenger brackets will celebrate success. The Estadio Santa Laura will provide the backdrop with seven Americas teams in all competing.

Home side Chile have put forth a competitive outfit in the Men’s Pool A, while Jamaica are in Pool B and Uruguay in Pool C. Hong Kong, Tonga, and Germany will also be expected to do well while Uganda proved a credible outfit at the Commonwealth Games.

Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico will represent the Americas on the Women’s side. It’s Japan who are likely to be favored, however, given their previous Series experience. China, Poland, and Belgium are other teams to watch.

The tournament begins on Friday and runs through Sunday. A full fixture list can be seen here. All games will be streamed on the same page except for Latin American viewers who can watch on Star Plus.

 

MEN

CHILE
Clemente Armstrong, Julio Blanc, Benjamín de Vidts, Alfonso Escobar, Cristóbal Game, Joaquín Huici (capt.), Luca Strabucchi, Ernesto Tchimino, Vicente Tredinick, Benjamín Videla, Diego Warnken, Lucas Westcott

JAMAICA
Mason Caton-Brown, Joshua Christie, Oscar Clayton, Ryan Denvir, Oshane Edie (capt.), Robert Fraser, Ronaldeni Fraser, Aaron Lowe, Cameron Melville, Jack Rampton, Aquile Smith, Fabian Turner

URUGUAY
Baltazar Amaya, Diego Ardao (capt.), Bautista Basso, Koba Brazionis, Carlos Deus, Felipe Etcheverry, Tomás Etcheverry, Ignacio Facciolo, Valentín Grille, Tomás Inciarte, Guillermo Lijtenstein, Marcos Pastore

POOL A POOL B POOL C
Chile Hong Kong Germany
Georgia Jamaica Lithuania
Papua New Guinea Tonga Uganda
South Korea Zimbabwe Uruguay

 

WOMEN

ARGENTINA
Guliana Agüero, Deborah Fretes, Paula Ghiorzi, Sofía González, Ángela Juárez, Gimena Mattus (capt.), Azul Medina, Andrea Moreno, Emilia Ortega, Micaela Pallero, Antonella Reding, María Taladrid

CHILE
Beatriz Araneda, Antonieta Badilla, Nataly Badilla (capt.), Daniela Baeza, Gisel Castañeda, Piera Colombo, Camila Igor, Carla Jorquera, Tere Marín, Nicole Olgade, Daniela Rojas, Jelena Salopek

COLOMBIA
Valentina Álvarez, Angela Alzate, Daniela Alzate, Isabel Arzuaga (capt.), Sara Florez, Camila Lopera, Laura Mejía, Maribel Mestra, Valeria Muñoz, Isabel Romero, Juliana Soto, Valentina Tapias

MEXICO
Daniela Álvarado, Alessandra Bender (capt.), Isabela González, Karina Landeros, Karmin Macedo, Cecilia Martínez, María Prujin, Cecilia Ramírez, Laura Rodríguez, Vanessa Rodríguez, Jennifer Salomón, Zoé Tuyú

POOL A POOL B POOL C
Chile Argentina Colombia
China Belgium Japan
Kenya Papua New Guinea Kazakhstan
South Africa Poland Mexico

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