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Men's Rugby Sevens Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games


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1 hour ago, juliosilva said:

Brazil has withdrawn from the olympic qualification tournament

Sad but their chances were slim. Will they be replaced though ? Good opportunity for Paraguay (who placed 4th at the 2019 SA qualifying tournament) to face stronger teams. 

I'd like to know how the seeding will be made. WS teams surely first, in which order though ? If we take 2018-2019 then it's Samoa-France-Ireland, if we take 2019-2020 then it's France-Ireland-Samoa. Not much of a difference between n°2 and n°3 but since there is a huge level gap between those three teams and the rest, n°1 is assured to avoid the other two until the final. Same question for the other teams by the way, as there is no such thing as a world ranking in 7s. 

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Speak of the devil ... here are the pools :

 

Women's :

 

Pool A : :RUS :ARG :MEX :SAM

Pool B : :PNG :KAZ :JAM :TUN

Pool C : :FRA :HKG :COL :MAD

 

2 spots up for grabs. Russia and France probably n°1 and 2 but having France in pool C is quite strange since the n°3 is usually drawn in this pool. It really was a draw, so full coincidence.The two european teams shouldn't face each other before the final though, being in pool A and C. Had they been drawn in pool B and C, one of them would be eliminated, which is total nonsense.

 

Men's :

 

Pool A : :SAM :IRL :TGA :ZIM :MEX

Pool B : :FRA :HKG :CHI :UGA :JAM

 

It appears China has withdrawn too. Don't know the format, maybe quarter-finals, maybe straight semi-finals. Samoa seeded 1. 5 teams per pool so 2 matchs maximum in the last round.

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5 minutes ago, dodge said:

Confirmed that it’s the top 2 into a semi final for the men. Seeding looks very favourable to France (when they don’t need it!). 

 

It doesn't make any difference, France will have to play Samoa and Ireland in semis and final. It is not possible for any of these 3 teams to avoid playing the other 2 unless there is some unforeseen upset. 

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9 minutes ago, dodge said:

Confirmed that it’s the top 2 into a semi final for the men. Seeding looks very favourable to France (when they don’t need it!). 

 

Hmm, not that much. It means Ireland/Samoa in semis and then in final, whereas having one of them in our pool could mean an easier semi-final.

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The favourable bit to France is they don’t have to play any team of note until the semi final 

 

by then whoever they’ve faced will likely have had 2 tight games 

 

France, effectively, has a bye to the semi final 

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