The Vodafone Fiji 7s team will meet Australia in the Medal quarterfinal of the 2017 Vancouver 7s tomorrow despite losing 26‑24 to Argentina in their last pool match this afternoon.
Fiji qualified top of Pool B and will meet Australia in the Medal quarterfinal at 7.14am tomorrow.
Argentina which is the second qualifier from Fiji’s pool will face USA in the Medal quarterfinal.
South Africa clash with Canada in the Medal quarterfinal while New Zealand meet England.
The Medal quarterfinal starts at 6.08am tomorrow.
Discipline cost Fiji the match against Argentina as they gave away their 19‑7 lead at halftime through penalties and a yellow card to Mesulame Kunavula in the second half.
Vatemo Ravouvou, Kalione Nasoko and Osea Kolinisau scored for Fiji in the first half.
Fiji's only points in the second half came from an individual try by Samisoni Viriviri.
Argentina scored three tries in the second half to steal the win from Fiji at the stroke of full time through a kick from Javier Rojas.
This is their first win over Fiji since Port Elizabeth in 2012.
Fiji had earlier survived a strong battle with Samoa beating them 19‑12 in their second pool match and defeated Wales 36‑19 in their opening match.
Looking at the results of the final round of pool matches, France beat Japan 31‑19, USA defeated Australia 29‑5, and Wales beat Samoa 21‑14, Kenya beat Chile 26-19, South Africa and England drew 12-all, Russia upset Scotland 12-10 and New Zealand edged Canada 15-14.
Round 2 pool matches results - Australia beat Japan 36-7, USA defeated France 31-19, Wales beat Argentina 21-14, England thrashed Chile 26-0, South Africa defeated Kenya 15-5, Canada beat Russia 26-5 while New Zealand overcame Scotland 33-12.
Round 1 pool matches results - Australia beat France 12-7, USA thrashed Japan 52-0, Argentina defeated Samoa 24-19, England beat Kenya 28-14, South Africa thrashed Chile 33-0, Canada beat Scotland 28-15 and New Zealand thumped Russia 40-0.
The Medal quarterfinal will start at 6.08am tomorrow, the semis start at 10.08am tomorrow while the final will kick off at 1.19pm tomorrow.
Some serious offload work from Fiji to set up Vatemo Ravouvou at the #Canada7s. Zing. pic.twitter.com/hxoQ0Tu59P
— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 12, 2017
