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The World Sevens Series returns this weekend in Los Angeles. It’s back to Dignity Health Sports Park for the second time in less than six months. Once again it will feature only men’s sides, with the women to return next weekend in Vancouver.
Through five stops on this year’s 11-event circuit it’s New Zealand who are ahead of the pack. Six teams from ranks 3 through 8 are within six points of each other. Only the top four will earn automatic spots in next year’s Paris Olympics.
Argentina are the highest-ranked Americas side at the moment in 6th spot, and are just one point ahead of the 7th-placed USA. Uruguay hold 11th place in their first year as a core team and are a full 10 points ahead of 14th-placed Canada. Chile will also compete in LA as an invitational side.
The two-day tournament begins on Saturday. All matches will be broadcast live on Peacock in the USA, CBC Sports online in Canada, and ESPN in Latin America.
A complete fixture list can be seen here.
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D |
| New Zealand | South Africa | Fiji | France |
| Samoa | Ireland | Australia | Great Britain |
| USA | Uruguay | Kenya | Argentina |
| Chile | Canada | Japan | Spain |
ARGENTINA
Santiago Álvarez, Agustín Fraga, Luciano González Rizzoni, Matteo Graziano, Rodrigo Isgro, Alejo Lavayen, Marcos Moneta, Matías Osadczuk (capt.), Joaquín Pellandini, Gastón Revol, Germán Schulz, Santiago Vera Feld, Tobías Wade
CANADA
Phil Berna (capt.), Jack Carson, Elias Ergas, Elias Hancock, Thomas Isherwood, Lockie Kratz, Josiah Morra, Matthew Oworu, Matt Percillier, Alex Russell, Kalin Sager, Jake Thiel, Josh Thiel
CHILE
Tomás Alvarado, Lucca Avelli, Clemente Armstrong, Manuel Bustamante, Santiago Edwards, Diego Greiber, Baltazar Jana, Federico Kennedy, Dante Marchese, Luca Strabucchi, Marcelo Torrealba (capt.), Ernesto Tchimino, Iñaki Tuset
URUGUAY
Ignacio Álvarez, Baltazar Amaya, Felipe Arcos Pérez, Diego Ardao, Bautista Basso, Koba Brazionis, Tomás Etcheverry, Ignacio Facciolo, José Iruleguy, Guillermo Lijtenstein (capt.), James McCubbin, Eugenio Plottier, Mateo Viñals
USA
Perry Baker, Adam Channel, Aaron Cummings, Gavan D’Amore-Morrison, Malacchi Esdale, Naima Fuala’au, Joe Schroeder, David Still, Faitala Talapusi, Stephen Tomasin, Marcus Tupuola, Maka Unufe, Kevon Williams (capt.)
