# Rugby sevens at the 2019 Summer Universiade

Rugby sevens was contested at the 2019 Summer Universiade from 5 to 7 July at the Ex Nato and L. Moccia Stadium in Naples and Afragola, Italy.

## Qualification

Following the FISU regulations, The maximum of 8 teams in rugby sevens events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level will be selected by
* The entry and the payment of guarantee;
* Those 4 teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition and/or FISU World University Championships will be automatically qualified;
* Those 2 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition and/or FISU World University Championships will be replaced by new applying teams;
* The host is automatically qualified;
* The remaining teams will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and ISF ranking.

### Qualified teams
#### Men's competition

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host country | — | — | 1 | Italy |
| Top four of previous edition of Summer Universiade | 14–17 July 2013 | Kazan | 3 | Russia France South Africa |
| The best place at the last World University Championships | 12–14 July 2018 | Swakopmund | 1 | Australia |
| Continental Quotas | — | — | 3 | Argentina Japan Romania |
| Wild Card | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

#### Women's competition

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host country | — | — | 1 | Italy |
| Top three of previous edition of Summer Universiade | 14–17 July 2013 | Kazan | 2 | Russia Canada |
| Top four of previous edition of World University Championships | 12–14 July 2018 | Swakopmund | 3 | France Belgium South Africa |
| Continental Quotas | — | — | 2 | Argentina Japan |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Draw

Following the FISU regulations, draw of pool will be based on following by.
* Previous World University Championships results
* Participation in previous Summer Universiades
* Continental representation
* World Rugby Rankings

### Men's competition

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| South Africa(1) France(3) | Argentina(5) Italy | Russia Canada | Japan Romania |

### Women's competition

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| France(1) Belgium(3) | South Africa(4) Canada | Argentina Japan | Russia Italy |

## Pools composition

| Men's competition | Men's competition | Women's competition | Women's competition |
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool A | Pool B |
| Argentina | France | Canada | Russia |
| Romania | Japan | France | South Africa |
| Russia | Italy | Japan | Belgium |
| South Africa | Canada | Italy | Argentina |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medal events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Japan (JPN) Kentaro Fujii Masaki Hamada Seijun Kawasaki Toshiki Kuwayama Junya Matsumoto Kanta Matsunaga Takanobu Minami Masahiro Nakano Hideto Niguma Yoshihiro Noguchi Hiroaki Saito Shotaro Tsuoka | South Africa (RSA) Rohaan Adams Kurt-Lee Arendse David Carey Mervano Da Silva Gustav Erlank Lungelo Gosa Eugene Hare Johann Kritzinger Diedrik Oberholzer Jacobus Smit Bernard Van Der Linde Edwin Van Rooyen | France (FRA) Nicolas Baquer Benjamin Barnerias Dorian Bellot Léonard Bouscasse Lucas Dubois Arnaud Le Berre Colin Lebian Guillaume Manevy Maëlann Perret-Tourlonias Antoine Poussin Raphaël Sanchez Jordan Sepho |
| Women details | Japan (JPN) Raichieru Miyo Bativakalolo Wakaba Hara Yume Hirano Riho Kurogi Kana Murokoshi Hana Nagata Iroha Nagata Haruna Okada Mami Shinzaki Miyu Shirako Honoka Tsutsumi Ayumi Yabuuchi | France (FRA) Sarah Aguado Carla Arbez Mélissa Bergeron Émilie Boulard Océane Buisson Marie-Aurélie Castel Julie Coudert Charlotte Escudero Manae Feleu Iän Jason Meg Mambe Hada Traore | Russia (RUS) Alina Arterchuk Alena Dammer Iana Danilova Diana Glushenko Snezhanna Kulkova Diana Loginova Daria Lushina Ekaterina Mikhaleva Mariia Molokoedova Daria Noritsina Kseniia Pozdeeva Evgeniia Steblinskaia |