July 5, 2016
Men’s Rugby Sevens Summer Olympic Schedule
Photo: Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Doug Coil
World Rugby has announced the schedule for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Both the Men’s and Women’s competition will take place at the Deodoro Stadium starting Saturday, August 6 and finishing on Thursday, August 11. The Women’s matches will be from August 6-8, while the men play August 9-11.
The 12 teams are broken into three, four-team pools. The top two finishers from each pool move on to the quarterfinals with seeding determined by the pool standings. The two best third place finishers from the pool stages will also move on to the quarterfinals.
The quarterfinals begin the knockout round. Quarterfinal winners will move on to the semifinals, which will decide the teams playing in the Gold and Bronze Medal matches. The loser of the Gold Medal match will win the Silver Medal.
- A: Fiji, USA, Argentina, Brazil
- B: South Africa, Australia, France, Spain
- C: New Zealand, Great Britain , Kenya, Japan
- Argentina – August 9 Noon ET
- Brazil – August 9 5pm ET
- Fiji- August 10 at 12:30pm ET
- Quarterfinal – August 10 4pm or 5pm ET
- Semi-Finals August 11 – 1:30pm & 2pm ET
- Bronze – August 11 at 5:30pm ET
- Gold – August 11 at 6pm ET
Tuesday, August 9
| Match No. | Time (ET) | Matchup | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:00 am | B2 v. B3 | Australia v. France |
| 2 | 10:30 am | B1 v. B4 | South Africa v. Spain |
| 3 | 11:00 am | C2 v. C3 | Great Britain v. Kenya |
| 4 | 11:30 am | C1 v. C4 | New Zealand v. Japan |
| 5 | 12:00 pm | A2 v. A3 | USA v. Argentina |
| 6 | 12:30 pm | A1 v. A4 | Fiji v. Brazil |
| 7 | 3:00 pm | B2 v. B4 | Australia v. Spain |
| 8 | 3:30 pm | B1 v. B3 | South Africa v. France |
| 9 | 4:00 pm | C2 v. C4 | Great Britain v. Japan |
| 10 | 4:30 pm | C1 v. C3 | New Zealand v. Kenya |
| 11 | 5:00 pm | A2 v. A4 | USA v. Brazil |
| 12 | 5:30 pm | A1 v. A3 | Fiji v. Argentina |
Wednesday, August 10
| Match No. | Time (ET) | Matchup | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 10:00 am | B3 v. B4 | France v. Spain |
| 14 | 10:30 am | B1 v. B2 | South Africa v. Australia |
| 15 | 11:00 am | C3 v. C4 | Kenya v. Japan |
| 16 | 11:30 am | C1 v. C2 | New Zealand v. Great Britain |
| 17 | 12:00 pm | A3 v. A4 | Argentina v. Brazil |
| 18 | 12:30 pm | A1 v. A2 | Fiji v. USA |
| 19 | 3:00 pm | Place 9-12 | 3rd best 3rd v. 3rd best 4th |
| 20 | 3:30 pm | Place 9-12 | Best 4th v. 2nd best 4th |
| 21 | 4:00 pm | Quarterfinal 1 | A1 v. 2nd best 3rd |
| 22 | 4:30 pm | Quarterfinal 2 | C2 v. B2 |
| 23 | 5:00 pm | Quarterfinal 3 | C1 v. A2 |
| 24 | 5:30 pm | Quarterfinal 4 | B1 v. best 3rd |
Thursday, August 11
| Match No. | Time (ET) | Matchup | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 11:30 am | Place 11-12 | Loser M19 v. Loser M20 |
| 26 | 12:00 pm | Place 9-10 | Winner M19 v. Winner M20 |
| 27 | 12:30 pm | Place 5-8 | Loser QF1 v. Loser QF2 |
| 28 | 1:00 pm | Place 5-8 | Loser QF3 v. Loser QF4 |
| 29 | 1:30 pm | Semifinal 1 | Winner QF1 v. Winner QF2 |
| 30 | 2:00 pm | Semifinal 2 | Winner QF3 v. Winner QF4 |
| 31 | 4:30 pm | Place 7-8 | Loser M27 v. Loser M28 |
| 32 | 5:00 pm | Place 5-6 | Winner M27 v. Winner M28 |
| 33 | 5:30 pm | Bronze Medal | Loser SF1 v. Loser SF2 |
| 34 | 6:00 pm | Gold Medal | Winner SF1 v. Winner SF2 |
