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Argentina is the only Americas team to qualify for the Cup Quarter Finals at the Los Angeles Sevens. Play was affected heavily by the conditions as rain pounded into Dignity Health Sports Park all day long. It caused several delays, with the games stretching well into the evening as a result.
Los Pumas lost a heart-breaker to Great Britain by just two points in the tournament opener. They bounced back with a strong performance against France, and wrapped up second spot in Pool D with a convincing win over Spain.
The USA struggled on home turf, falling behind 21-nil to Samoa in their loss against Samoa. That was followed by a heavy defeat to New Zealand. Their only victory came over Chile, and required a last-gasp solo effort from Gavan D’Amore-Morrison to salvage the result.
A young Cóndores squad were outclassed by New Zealand and Samoa, though they did manage to score one try in each. Marcelo Torrealba’s conversion of his own try looked to have stolen a win over the Eagles before D’Amore-Morrison’s heroics.
It was mixed results for Los Teros. Ireland scored the only try of their first match in stoppage time, but then Bautista Basso’s sliding score earned a famous come-from-behind win over South Africa. Uruguay would fall flat against Canada, however, conceding three second half tries that cost them a potential Quarter Final spot.
That was the only positive result for the Canucks, which included a double from Jake Thiel. In fact the 26 points against Los Teros was the only scoring of the day as the Canadians were shut out first by South Africa and then Ireland.
Samoa will be Argentina’s opponent in the first Quarter Final on Day Two. Before that will see the other four Americas teams competing in the 9th Place draw. The USA are up first against Spain, followed by Canada versus Kenya, Chile against France, and Uruguay opposite Japan.
A complete fixtures list can be seen here.
DAY ONE RESULTS
POOL A
Samoa 26 – 19 USA
New Zealand 26 – 7 Chile
Samoa 31 – 5 Chile
New Zealand 36 – 15 USA
USA 20 – 17 Chile
New Zealand 7 – 14 Samoa
POOL B
Ireland 7 – 0 Uruguay
South Africa 12 – 0 Canada
Ireland 22 – 0 Canada
South Africa 5 – 10 Uruguay
Uruguay 10 – 26 Canada
South Africa 5 – 14 Ireland
POOL C
Australia 7 – 12 Kenya
Fiji 50 – 0 Japan
Australia 24 – 10 Japan
Fiji 19 – 5 Kenya
Kenya 5 – 7 Japan
Fiji 15 – 12 Australia
POOL D
Great Britain 7 – 5 Argentina
France 19 – 7 Spain
Great Britain 24 – 17 Spain
France 12 – 17 Argentina
Argentina 19 – 7 Spain
France 14 – 21 Great Britain
DAY TWO FIXTURES
9th PLACE QUARTER FINALS
USA vs Spain
Kenya vs Canada
France vs Chile
Uruguay vs Japan
CUP QUARTER FINALS
Samoa vs Argentina
Fiji vs South Africa
Great Britain vs New Zealand
Ireland vs Australia
