Spain Wins World Rugby 7s Repechage at Monaco & Qualifies for Rio Olympics

Spain Wins World Rugby 7s Repechage at Monaco & Qualifies for Rio Olympics

In dramatic fashion, Spain won the World Rugby Sevens Repechage at the Monaco Sevens 22-19 over Samoa with no time on the clock. With that, Spain gained the twelfth and final spot in the Rio Olympics Men’s Rugby Sevens competition.

Spain joins Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand, Great Britain, Argentina, USA, France, Kenya, Japan, Australia and hosts Brazil at the Games.

Teams that participated in the Monaco Sevens, included Zimbabwe, Tonga, Ireland, Samoa, Canada, Germany, Uruguay, Sri Lanka, Russia, Chile, Morocco, Tunisia, Hong Kong, Spain, Mexico and South Korea.

DJCoil Rugby preview article: Men’s Rugby Olympic Repechage in Monaco June 18-19

5th Place Semi Finals Ireland 19 – 24 Canada Hong Kong 24 – 5 Chile

Trophy Semi Finals Zimbabwe 26 – 19 Morocco Tonga 33 – 12 Uruguay

13th Place Semi Finals Mexico 19 – 22 Sri Lanka South Korea 33 – 19 Tunisia

Cup Quarter Finals Ireland 7 – 12 Spain Russia 14 – 12 Canada Hong Kong 12 – 31 Samoa Germany 26 – 0 Chile

Trophy Quarter Finals Zimbabwe 19 – 10 Mexico Morocco 33 – 14 Sri Lanka South Korea 7 – 41 Tonga Uruguay 22 – 5 Tunisia

Pool A Samoa 26 – 0 Tonga Zimbabwe 12 – 24 Ireland Samoa 21 – 27 Ireland Zimbabwe 21 – 14 Tonga Tonga 12 – 31 Ireland Samoa 21 – 7 Zimbabwe

Pool B Canada 33 – 0 Uruguay Germany 42 – 5 Sri Lanka Canada 57 – 0 Sri Lanka Germany 22 – 14 Uruguay Uruguay 40 – 14 Sri Lanka Canada 19 – 21 Germany

Pool C Russia 26 – 19 Morocco Chile 19 – 12 Tunisia Russia 24 – 12 Tunisia Chile 33 – 12 Morocco Morocco 19 – 14 Tunisia Russia 26 – 0 Chile

Pool D Hong Kong 26 – 10 Mexico Spain 26 – 7 South Korea Hong Kong 19 – 7 South Korea Spain 28 – 5 Mexico Mexico 12 – 42 South Korea Hong Kong 19 – 0 Spain