# Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Twelve teams qualify for women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Japan automatically qualifies as host, with the top four teams of the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series securing their spots. Afterwards, qualification is determined with each of the six continental confederations determining a representative, and the remaining qualification spot determined through an international sevens tournament to be determined.

## Table

| Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualifier |
| Host | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series | 20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019 | Various | 4 | New Zealand |
| 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series | 20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019 | Various | 4 | United States |
| 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series | 20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019 | Various | 4 | Canada |
| 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series | 20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019 | Various | 4 | Australia |
| 2019 South American Qualifying Tournament | 1–2 June 2019 | Lima | 1 | Brazil |
| 2019 RAN Women's Sevens | 6–7 July 2019 | George Town | 0 | — |
| 2019 European Qualifying Tournament | 13–14 July 2019 | Kazan | 1 | Great Britain |
| 2019 Africa Women's Sevens | 12–13 October 2019 | Jemmal | 1 | Kenya |
| 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship | 7–9 November 2019 | Suva | 1 | Fiji |
| 2019 Asian Qualifying Tournament | 9–10 November 2019 | Guangzhou | 1 | China |
| 2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament | 19–20 June 2021 | Monaco | 2 | France |
| 2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament | 19–20 June 2021 | Monaco | 2 | ROC |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 |
* Notes:
* 1 2 With both the United States and Canada advancing to the tournament through securing top four slots in the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the spot for the RAN champion was re-allocated, allowing the final Olympic qualifying tournament to have two teams qualify for the Olympic Games.
* ↑ Great Britain qualified for the Olympics through England's performance as England were the designated home nation that could earn Olympic qualification for Great Britain. Rugby sevens players from Scotland and Wales, however, were eligible to be selected for the British team at the Olympic Games.
* ↑ South Africa won the qualifying tournament but declined their spot due to a policy against accepting spots from continental tournaments. Kenya, as runner-up, qualified instead.

## 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

As a principal route for the tournament, four places were determined by performance in the series over six tournaments.
2018–19 Core Teams :
| Pos | Event Team | Glendale | Dubai | Sydney | Kitakyushu | Langford | Biarritz | Points total |
| 1 | New Zealand | 20 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 110 |
| 2 | United States | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 100 |
| 3 | Canada | 16 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 94 |
| 4 | Australia | 12 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 86 |
| 5 | France | 14 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 70 |
| 6 | England | 6 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 50 |
| 7 | Russia | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | Ireland | 10 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 41 |
| 9 | Spain | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 36 |
| 10 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 11 | China | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
* Notes:
* ↑ By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England represented Great Britain in qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Sevens. The final make-up of the Great Britain women's team was determined by the British Olympic Association.

## Africa

Rugby Africa held the 2019 Africa Women's Sevens on 12–13 October 2019 at Jemmal, Tunisia. With South Africa declining their Olympic qualification spot, Kenya advanced to the Olympic tournament.

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | +123 | 9 |
| Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 7 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 63 | −41 | 5 |
| Botswana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 82 | −62 | 3 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | +99 | 9 |
| Uganda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 48 | −31 | 5 |
| Zambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 63 | −46 | 3 |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Madagascar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 7 | +82 | 9 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 14 | +62 | 7 |
| Morocco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 5 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 120 | −120 | 3 |

### Knockout Round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 13 Oct 2019 – 9:30 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 9:30 – Jemmal, Tunisia | | | |
| South Africa | 42 | | | |
| South Africa | 42 | 13 Oct 2019 – 13:20 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 13:20 – Jemmal, Tunisia | | |
| Morocco | 0 | 13 Oct 2019 – 13:20 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 13:20 – Jemmal, Tunisia | |
| Morocco | 0 | South Africa | 29 | |
| 13 Oct 2019 – 9:52 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 9:52 – Jemmal, Tunisia | | South Africa | 29 | |
| 13 Oct 2019 – 9:52 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 9:52 – Jemmal, Tunisia | Madagascar | 0 | |
| Madagascar | 24 | Madagascar | 0 | |
| Madagascar | 24 | | | | 13 Oct 2019 – 16:30 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 16:30 – Jemmal, Tunisia |
| Senegal | 5 | | | | 13 Oct 2019 – 16:30 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 16:30 – Jemmal, Tunisia |
| Senegal | 5 | | | | South Africa | 15 |
| 13 Oct 2019 – 10:14 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 10:14 – Jemmal, Tunisia | | | | | South Africa | 15 |
| 13 Oct 2019 – 10:14 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 10:14 – Jemmal, Tunisia | | | | Kenya | 14 |
| Uganda | 0 | | | | Kenya | 14 |
| Uganda | 0 | 13 Oct 2019 – 13:42 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 13:42 – Jemmal, Tunisia | | | |
| Tunisia | 33 | 13 Oct 2019 – 13:42 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 13:42 – Jemmal, Tunisia | | | |
| Tunisia | 33 | Tunisia | 0 | | | |
| 13 Oct 2019 – 10:36 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 10:36 – Jemmal, Tunisia | | Tunisia | 0 | | | |
| 13 Oct 2019 – 10:36 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 10:36 – Jemmal, Tunisia | Kenya | 19 | | Third place | Third place |
| Kenya | 36 | Kenya | 19 | | Third place | Third place |
| Kenya | 36 | | | | 13 Oct 2019 – 16:04 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 16:04 – Jemmal, Tunisia |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | | | | 13 Oct 2019 – 16:04 – Jemmal, Tunisia | 13 Oct 2019 – 16:04 – Jemmal, Tunisia |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | | | | Madagascar | 5 |
| | | | | | Tunisia | 0 |

## Asia

Asia Rugby held a tournament on 9–10 November 2019 in Guangzhou, China. Japan, already qualified for the Olympics as the host country, did not enter. China won the tournament and gained direct qualification.

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 7 | +139 | 9 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 49 | +32 | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 87 | –61 | 5 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 115 | –110 | 3 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 17 | +80 | 9 |
| Thailand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 17 | +64 | 7 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 98 | –78 | 5 |
| Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 90 | –66 | 3 |

### Knockout round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 10 November – 13:14 – Guangzhou | 10 November – 13:14 – Guangzhou |
| Kazakhstan | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 10 November – 16:30 – Guangzhou | 10 November – 16:30 – Guangzhou |
| Hong Kong | 19 | 10 November – 16:30 – Guangzhou | 10 November – 16:30 – Guangzhou |
| Hong Kong | 19 | Hong Kong | 0 |
| 10 November – 13:36 – Guangzhou | 10 November – 13:36 – Guangzhou | | Hong Kong | 0 |
| 10 November – 13:36 – Guangzhou | 10 November – 13:36 – Guangzhou | China | 33 |
| China | 34 | China | 33 |
| Thailand | 0 | | |
| Thailand | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 10 November – 16:04 – Guangzhou | 10 November – 16:04 – Guangzhou |
| | | Kazakhstan | 17 |
| | | Thailand | 14 |

## Europe

Rugby Europe held a tournament on 13–14 July 2019 in Kazan, Russia. England won the tournament, meaning that Great Britain qualified for the Olympics.
Teams eligible to compete in the tournament included:
* The top seven placed Olympic teams in the 2019 Marcoussis Women's Sevens, with England representing Great Britain
* The top four placed teams in the 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy
* The 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference winner

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 5 | +120 | 9 |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 46 | +21 | 7 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 69 | –21 | 5 |
| Moldova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 125 | –120 | 3 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 5 | +105 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 26 | +88 | 7 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 84 | –55 | 5 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 143 | –138 | 3 |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 12 | +77 | 9 |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 19 | +84 | 7 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 88 | –54 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 119 | –107 | 3 |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 14 July – 10:00 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 10:00 – Central Stadium | | | |
| France | 55 | | | |
| France | 55 | 14 July – 13:59 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 13:59 – Central Stadium | | |
| Romania | 0 | 14 July – 13:59 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 13:59 – Central Stadium | |
| Romania | 0 | France | 12 | |
| 14 July – 11:06 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 11:06 – Central Stadium | | France | 12 | |
| 14 July – 11:06 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 11:06 – Central Stadium | England | 14 | |
| England | 17 | England | 14 | |
| England | 17 | | | | 14 July – 17:11 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 17:11 – Central Stadium |
| Ireland | 7 | | | | 14 July – 17:11 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 17:11 – Central Stadium |
| Ireland | 7 | | | | England | 19 |
| 14 July – 10:22 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 10:22 – Central Stadium | | | | | England | 19 |
| 14 July – 10:22 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 10:22 – Central Stadium | | | | Russia | 0 |
| Russia | 44 | | | | Russia | 0 |
| Russia | 44 | 14 July – 14:21 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 14:21 – Central Stadium | | | |
| Italy | 0 | 14 July – 14:21 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 14:21 – Central Stadium | | | |
| Italy | 0 | Russia | 12 | | | |
| 14 July – 10:44 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 10:44 – Central Stadium | | Russia | 12 | | | |
| 14 July – 10:44 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 10:44 – Central Stadium | Spain | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 17 | Spain | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 17 | | | | 14 July – 16:46 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 16:46 – Central Stadium |
| Poland | 14 | | | | 14 July – 16:46 – Central Stadium | 14 July – 16:46 – Central Stadium |
| Poland | 14 | | | | France | 17 |
| | | | | | Spain | 5 |

## North America

Rugby Americas North held the 2019 RAN Women's Sevens on 6–7 July 2019 at George Town, Cayman Islands. With the United States and Canada both qualifying through the Women's Sevens Series, the first and second placed teams Jamaica and Mexico advanced to the final qualifying tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Jamaica | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 24 | +140 | 15 |
| Mexico | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 49 | +63 | 10 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 9 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 88 | 61 | +27 | 7 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 156 | –141 | 3 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 140 | –120 | 0 |

## Oceania

Oceania Rugby held the 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship on 7–9 November 2019 at Suva, Fiji. With Australia and New Zealand already qualified through the Women's Sevens Series, Fiji gained direct qualification to the Olympics while Papua New Guinea and Samoa advanced to the final qualifying tournament.

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 0 | +189 | 9 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 97 | –56 | 5 |
| Vanuatu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 85 | –56 | 5 |
| Nauru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 104 | –77 | 5 |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22 | +66 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 7 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 5 |
| Tonga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 120 | –115 | 3 |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Olympic qualifier | Olympic qualifier |
| 9 November – 12:12 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November – 12:12 – ANZ Stadium |
| Fiji | 43 |
| Fiji | 43 | 9 November – 18:35 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November – 18:35 – ANZ Stadium |
| Samoa | 0 | 9 November – 18:35 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November – 18:35 – ANZ Stadium |
| Samoa | 0 | Fiji | 36 |
| 9 November – 12:34 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November – 12:34 – ANZ Stadium | | Fiji | 36 |
| 9 November – 12:34 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November – 12:34 – ANZ Stadium | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | | |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| | | 9 November – 16:58 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November – 16:58 – ANZ Stadium |
| | | Samoa | 45 |
| | | Solomon Islands | 0 |

## South America

Sudamérica Rugby held a tournament on 1–2 June 2019 in Lima, Peru. Brazil won direct qualification to the Olympics while the second and third placed teams Colombia and Argentina advanced to the final qualifying tournament.

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 17 | +183 | 12 |
| Peru | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 50 | +30 | 10 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 79 | –14 | 8 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 123 | –87 | 6 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 127 | –112 | 4 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Colombia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 31 | +133 | 11 |
| Argentina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 24 | +130 | 11 |
| Chile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 64 | –19 | 8 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 112 | –87 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 157 | –157 | 4 |

### Knockout

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2 June 2019 – 12:32 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex | 2 June 2019 – 12:32 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex |
| Brazil | 36 |
| Brazil | 36 | 2 June 2019 – 15:12 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex | 2 June 2019 – 15:12 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex |
| Argentina | 14 | 2 June 2019 – 15:12 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex | 2 June 2019 – 15:12 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex |
| Argentina | 14 | Brazil | 28 |
| 2 June 2019 – 12:54 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex | 2 June 2019 – 12:54 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex | | Brazil | 28 |
| 2 June 2019 – 12:54 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex | 2 June 2019 – 12:54 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex | Colombia | 15 |
| Colombia | 19 | Colombia | 15 |
| Peru | 5 | | |
| Peru | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2 June 2019 – 14:50 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex | 2 June 2019 – 14:50 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex |
| | | Argentina | 22 |
| | | Peru | 12 |

## Olympic qualification event

A 12-team repechage tournament was scheduled to be held from 20 to 21 June 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new venue and date for the tournament has yet to be announced. Two runners-up from each of the six continental qualification tournaments will play, with the winner and runner-up advancing to the Olympic tournament.
| Continent | Qualifiers |
| Africa | Madagascar |
| Africa | Tunisia |
| Asia | Hong Kong |
| Asia | Kazakhstan |
| Europe |
| Europe | France |
| Europe | Russia |
| North America | Jamaica |
| North America | Mexico |
| Oceania | Papua New Guinea |
| Oceania | Samoa |
| South America | Argentina |
| South America | Colombia |
| Total | 12 |
* Notes:
* ↑ Kenya originally qualified for the OQE as the second-placed team but instead advanced directly to the Olympics after South Africa declined their place. They were replaced by Tunisia, the fourth-placed team.