2020 Olympics

[Canalina Profile]

Not that I know

www.rugby.ru and their vk page https://vk.com/rugby should be the most direct sources

[Canalina Profile]

Large wins by the five favorites in the first round: France, Spain, Ireland, England, Russia.
In the other game the more and more surprising Poland defeated 29-10 an Italian team filled of girls coming from the second place in the Six Nations

[Canalina Profile]

Tomorrow's quarterfinals should be

France-Romania
Russia-Italy
Spain-Poland
Ireland-England

Out from the Olympics: Moldova, Czech Rep., Germany, Sweden

The swedish should be out by just one point: -54 points difference for Romania, -55 points difference for them

[Thomas Profile]

I found the Russia - England Result surprising I wasn't expecting that.

[Canalina Profile]

France v Romania 55-0
Russia v Italy 44-0

Italy out of the Olympic Game

Russia was just of an other level. It must be understood how they reached that level with a base (I suppose) not larger than the italian one, and if we can reach the same level with the kind of players we have in this moment.
It seems an athletic matter: they showed more strength and efficaciousness in the tackles and more power and speed in the run, they didn't show particular handling skills or tactical genius

[Canalina Profile]

Is this a statue outside Kazan stadium or a performer acting like a statue?

https://www.facebook.com/RussianRugby/p ... =3&theater

[Thomas Profile]

All to play for in the 3rd place match

France v Spain

At present France dominating

[Armchair Fan Profile]

Bye Olympics. Now it's up to people in the offices to work out how to keep programs running.

[Thomas Profile]

France through to the Repechage defeating Spain

17-5

Dissapointed for Spain, no repeat of Rio 2016

[Thomas Profile]

Congratulations to England qualified to Tokyo, Russian through to the Repechage a repeat of 2016

[Canalina Profile]

Final ranking

1 England (at the Games)
2 Russia (to the repechage)
3 France (to the repechage)
4 Spain
5 Ireland
6 Poland (best surprise of the season)
7 Italy (usual 7th/10th placement)
8 Romania
9 Sweden
10 Moldova (well done, they came from third category)
11 Germany
12 Czech Rep.

[ugrugbychiclet Profile]

South Africa will not qualify for the Olympics or repechage irrespective of the position that they finish next week in Tunisia.

Edit: They can however qualify for the world series qualifier if they finish in the top 2.

[Canalina Profile]

South Africa will not qualify for the Olympics or repechage irrespective of the position that they finish next week in Tunisia.
...

They will be happy
It's not good also for the other participants; if South Africa won, the qualification to the Olympics would appear for the second team a prize conquered just because the real deserver rejected it.
Anyway I didn't know women Africa qualifying to the Olympics were already this weekend in Jammal, I thought they were in Johannesburg in november

[ugrugbychiclet Profile]

A thread to help following the teams qualified.

Qualifiers:

2018-19 Womens Sevens Series: 4 spots

1-2 JUNE, 2019: South America - Lima, Peru

6-7 JULY, 2019: North America – George Town, Cayman Islands

13-14 JULY, 2019: European - Kazan, Russia

7-9 NOVEMBER, 2019: Oceania – Suva, Fiji

9-10 NOVEMBER, 2019: Asia – Guangzhou, China

TBC, 2019: Africa

TBC, 2020: Olympic Games Repechage

12-13 OCTOBER, 2019: Africa - Tunisia (most likely Tunis)

November is the men's qualifier.

[ugrugbychiclet Profile]

South Africa will not qualify for the Olympics or repechage irrespective of the position that they finish next week in Tunisia.
...

They will be happy
It's not good also for the other participants; if South Africa won, the qualification to the Olympics would appear for the second team a prize conquered just because the real deserver rejected it.
Anyway I didn't know women Africa qualifying to the Olympics were already this weekend in Jammal, I thought they were in Johannesburg in november[/quote]

Kenya didn't mind in 2016 when they qualified despite finishing second ...

[rey200 Profile]

I don't like it.. there should at least be a match between 2nd and 3rd as a decider when they don't meet in the semis.

[ugrugbychiclet Profile]

I don't like it.. there should at least be a match between 2nd and 3rd as a decider when they don't meet in the semis.

To negate the "SA factor"? If yes, then I see what you are getting as SA could knock out a genuine Olympics contender at the semifinal stage. Actually, even at the quarterfinal stage.

[Thomas Profile]

SA OLYMPIC Committee have set the bar far too high, their policy of guarantee Medals only sports may backfire in the future.

[Ser Podrick of Payne Profile]

Link for the live stream from Tunis is at https://www.facebook.com/RugbyAfrique/v ... 698365826/ but nothing happening there atm.

Results from Rugby Afrique twitter:

Madagascar 34 - 0 Morocco
Tunisia 38 - 0 Mauritius
Zimbabwe 12 - 7 Zambia
Uganda 0 - 32 South Africa
Senegal 19 - 10 Botswana
Kenya 36 - 0 Ghana

Madagascar 41 - 0 Mauritius
Tunisia 31 - 0 Morocco
South Africa 31 - 0 Zimbabwe
Uganda 15 - 10 Zambia
Senegal 17 - 10 Ghana
Kenya 49 - 0 Botswana

Morocco 41 - 0 Mauritius
Tunisia 7 - 14 Madagascar
Zambia 0 - 36 South Africa
Uganda 10 - 5 Zimbabwe
Botswana 10 - 12 Ghana
Kenya 36 - 0 Senegal

DAY 2

South Africa 42 - 0 Morocco
Madagascar 24 - 5 Senegal
Uganda 0 - 33 Tunisia
Kenya 36 - 5 Zimbabwe
Ghana 29 - 10 Mauritius
Zambia 24 - 5 Botswana
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Morocco 12 - 17 Senegal
Uganda 7 - 0 Zimbabwe
South Africa 29 - 0 Madagascar
Kenya 19 - 0 Tunisia

Bronze Medal Match
Tunisia v Madagascar

CUP FINAL
Kenya v South Africa

[Thomas Profile]

Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens 2019 at 16:30 local time Tunisia (UCT +1): South Africa
vs Kenya

Bronze Medal Match
Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens 2019 at 16:04 local time Tunisia (UCT +1): Madagasar vs Tunisia

[Ser Podrick of Payne Profile]

Placings games:

Mauritius 17 - 22 Botswana
Ghana 21 - 14 Zambia
Morocco 22 - 12 Zimbabwe
Uganda 12 - 5 Senegal

Bronze Medal
Madagascar 5 - 0 Tunisia

Cup Final
South Africa 15 - 14 Kenya

Kenya directly qualifies for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
South Africa & Kenya are qualified for a qualification tournament to enter the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
Tunisia & Madagascar are qualified for Olympic repechage tournament next year.

[Thomas Profile]

Placings games:

Mauritius 17 - 22 Botswana
Ghana 21 - 14 Zambia
Morocco 22 - 12 Zimbabwe
Uganda 12 - 5 Senegal

Bronze Medal
Madagascar 5 - 0 Tunisia

Cup Final
South Africa 15 - 14 Kenya

Kenya directly qualifies for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
South Africa & Kenya are qualified for a qualification tournament to enter the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
Tunisia & Madagascar are qualified for Olympic repechage tournament next year.

I feel for SA, getting penalised by their olympic committee

[Ser Podrick of Payne Profile]

China qualified also from Asia Zone to join Japan, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Great Britain, Kenya and Fiji

Hong Kong and Kazakhstan to global repechage from which two teams will qualify for the OG.

[Thomas Profile]

Olympic Qualifiers suspended : Challenger series

https://sudamerica.rugby/espanol/pumas- ... -3?nid=353

[victorsra Profile Website]

This is not the Olympics Qualy. It is the world series 2nd division.