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8 top teams to qualify for knockout stages of 7s competition in Tokyo Olympics

8 top teams to qualify for knockout stages of 7s competition in Tokyo Olympics

By Dhanjay Deo
02/07/2021

The top two teams in each pool, plus the two third-placed teams with the highest point totals will qualify for the quarterfinals of the Rugby 7s competition in the Tokyo Olympics.

24 teams will take part in the Tokyo Olympics, 12 in each of the men’s and women’s tournaments.

The Fiji Airways Men's National 7s team is in Pool B with Great Britain, Canada and Japan.

Pool A has New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and South Korea.

South Africa is in Pool C with USA, Kenya and Ireland.

In the Women's competition, the Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s team is in Pool B with Canada, France and Brazil while New Zealand joins Russia, Great Britain and Kenya in Pool A.

The final pool will see the host nation Japan taking on Olympic champions Australia, USA and China.

The fixtures will be released next week.

The Olympic Rugby 7s competition will be held from the 26th to the 31st of July.

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