# 2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens

The 2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens was the thirteenth edition of the Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, the continental championship for rugby sevens in South America. The competition took place as a series over two legs, the first tournament at Punta del Este in Uruguay, and the second at Viña del Mar in Chile.
Chile won both tournaments to take out the series title and gain entry to the USA Sevens and Canada Sevens in 2019, as well as a berth at the inaugural Challenger Series for a chance to qualify to the World Sevens Series in 2020–21.
Uruguay finished fourth in the series and also gained a berth at the Challenger Series as the next highest-placed team from Sudamérica not already in the World Series.

## Teams

Twelve teams competed in the series, six teams from the Sudamérica Rugby region together with six invited international teams.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada Maple Leafs
* Chile
* Colombia
* Germany
* Paraguay
* Portugal
* Russia
* SA 7s Academy
* USA Falcons
* Uruguay
Notes:
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Invitational team

## Series standings

Final standings over the two legs of the series:
| Pos | Team | Viña del Mar | Punta del Este | Total points | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile | 22 | 22 | 44 | USA and Canada events in 2019; Challenger Series in 2020 |
| 2 | Argentina | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| 3 | Portugal | 17 | 15 | 32 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | 8 | 19 | 27 | Challenger Series in 2020 |
| 5 | Germany | 15 | 8 | 23 | |
| 6 | SA 7s Academy | 10 | 12 | 22 | |
| 7 | USA Falcons | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
| 8 | Russia | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| 9 | Colombia | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 10 | Canada Maple Leafs | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 11 | Paraguay | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 12 | Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Legend :
| Dark bar | Already a core team in the World Series |
| Dotted bar | Invited team not eligible for qualification from Sudamérica |

## Punta del Este Sevens

The first leg of the series was held on 5–6 January 2019.
All times are in Uruguay Standard Time (UTC−03:00)

### Placings

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Chile | 7−5 | Argentina | Portugal Germany |
| 5th place | United States Falcons | Suspended | South Africa 7s Academy | Uruguay Canada Maple Leafs |
| 9th place | Paraguay | 21−7 | Russia | Colombia Brazil |
Source: Sudamerica Rugby

### Pool stage
#### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Chile | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 26 | +76 | 9 |
| United States Falcons | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 6 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 71 | +9 | 6 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 118 | −101 | 3 |
* 5 January 2019 16:25
| Chile | 28−21 | Germany |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 16:47
| United States Falcons | 38−0 | Paraguay |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 18:37
| Chile | 47−0 | Paraguay |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 18:59
| United States Falcons | 26−26 | Germany |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 20:49
| Germany | 33−17 | Paraguay |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 21:33
| United States Falcons | 5−27 | Chile |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

#### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 9 |
| South Africa 7s Academy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 12 | +24 | 7 |
| Colombia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 4 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 66 | −37 | 4 |
* 5 January 2019 17:53
| Uruguay | 19−7 | Colombia |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 18:15
| South Africa 7s Academy | 26−5 | Russia |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 20:05
| Russia | 10−26 | Uruguay |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 20:27
| South Africa 7s Academy | 10−0 | Colombia |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 21:55
| Russia | 14−14 | Colombia |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 22:39
| South Africa 7s Academy | 0−7 | Uruguay |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

#### Group C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 5 | +117 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 73 | −3 | 7 |
| Canada Maple Leafs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 70 | −4 | 5 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 122 | −110 | 3 |
* 5 January 2019 17:09
| Canada Maple Leafs | 21−28 | Portugal |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 17:31
| Argentina | 40−0 | Brazil |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 19:21
| Canada Maple Leafs | 40−7 | Brazil |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 19:43
| Argentina | 47−0 | Portugal |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 21:11
| Portugal | 42−5 | Brazil |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
* 5 January 2019 22:17
| Argentina | 35−5 | Canada Maple Leafs |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

### Knockout stage
#### 9th–12th bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 6 January 2019 – 15:00 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 15:00 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Colombia | 5 |
| Colombia | 5 | 6 January 2019 – 18:14 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 18:14 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Paraguay | 12 | 6 January 2019 – 18:14 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 18:14 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Paraguay | 12 | Paraguay | 21 |
| 6 January 2019 – 15:22 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 15:22 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | Paraguay | 21 |
| 6 January 2019 – 15:22 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 15:22 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | Russia | 7 |
| Russia | 28 | Russia | 7 |
| Brazil | 12 | | |
| Brazil | 12 | Eleventh Place | Eleventh Place |
| | | 6 January 2019 – 17:52 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 17:52 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| | | Colombia | 24 |
| | | Brazil | 21 |

#### 5th–8th bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 6 January 2019 – 19:56 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 19:56 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| United States Falcons | 17 |
| United States Falcons | 17 | 6 January 2019 – 22:06 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 22:06 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Uruguay | 0 | 6 January 2019 – 22:06 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 22:06 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Uruguay | 0 | United States Falcons | Suspended |
| 6 January 2019 – 20:18 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 20:18 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | United States Falcons | Suspended |
| 6 January 2019 – 20:18 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 20:18 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | South Africa 7s Academy | |
| South Africa 7s Academy | 12 | South Africa 7s Academy | |
| Canada Maple Leafs | 5 | | |
| Canada Maple Leafs | 5 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 6 January 2019 – 21:24 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 21:24 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| | | Uruguay | 31 |
| | | Canada Maple Leafs | 14 |

#### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 January 2019 – 16:24 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 16:24 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | | |
| Argentina | 31 | | | |
| Argentina | 31 | 6 January 2019 – 20:40 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 20:40 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | |
| United States Falcons | 7 | 6 January 2019 – 20:40 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 20:40 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | |
| United States Falcons | 7 | Argentina | 34 | |
| 6 January 2019 – 16:46 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 16:46 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | Argentina | 34 | |
| 6 January 2019 – 16:46 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 16:46 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | Germany | 0 | |
| Uruguay | 17 | Germany | 0 | |
| Uruguay | 17 | | | | 6 January 2019 – 22:50 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 22:50 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Germany | 19 | | | | 6 January 2019 – 22:50 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 22:50 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Germany | 19 | | | | Argentina | 5 |
| 6 January 2019 – 17:08 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 17:08 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | | | | Argentina | 5 |
| 6 January 2019 – 17:08 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 17:08 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | | | Chile | 7 |
| South Africa 7s Academy | 17 | | | | Chile | 7 |
| South Africa 7s Academy | 17 | 6 January 2019 – 21:02 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 21:02 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | | |
| Portugal | 19 | 6 January 2019 – 21:02 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 21:02 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | | |
| Portugal | 19 | Portugal | 14 | | | |
| 6 January 2019 – 17:30 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 17:30 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | | Portugal | 14 | | | |
| 6 January 2019 – 17:30 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 17:30 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | Chile | 24 | | Third place | Third place |
| Chile | 31 | Chile | 24 | | Third place | Third place |
| Chile | 31 | | | | 6 January 2019 – 22:28 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 22:28 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Canada Maple Leafs | 5 | | | | 6 January 2019 – 22:28 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | 6 January 2019 – 22:28 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Canada Maple Leafs | 5 | | | | Germany | 5 |
| | | | | | Portugal | 19 |
Source: Sudamerica Rugby
* 1 2 Due to adverse weather conditions at the time, the match was called off and both teams agreed to determine the result through a coin flip. The result had the United States earn fifth place in the tournament

## Viña del Mar Sevens

The second leg of the series was held on 12–13 January 2019.
All times are in Chile Summer Time (UTC−03:00)

### Placings

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Chile | 31–7 | Uruguay | Argentina Portugal |
| 5th place | South Africa 7s Academy | 22–5 | Russia | Germany Colombia |
| 9th place | United States Falcons | 26–5 | Paraguay | Brazil Canada Maple Leafs |

### Pool stage
#### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| South Africa 7s Academy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 9 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 7 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 5 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 68 | −47 | 3 |
* 12 January 2019 12:40
| South Africa 7s Academy | 34−12 | Uruguay |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 13:00
| Chile | 21−7 | Brazil |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 16:00
| South Africa 7s Academy | 14−7 | Brazil |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 16:20
| Chile | 21−10 | Uruguay |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 19:40
| Uruguay | 33−7 | Brazil |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 20:20
| Chile | 10−19 | South Africa 7s Academy |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

#### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 7 |
| Canada Maple Leafs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 5 |
| United States Falcons | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 5 |
* 12 January 2019 11:20
| United States Falcons | 19−14 | Canada Maple Leafs |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 11:40
| Argentina | 33−21 | Colombia |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 14:40
| United States Falcons | 5−19 | Colombia |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 15:00
| Argentina | 7−21 | Canada Maple Leafs |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 18:20
| Canada Maple Leafs | 10−14 | Colombia |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 18:40
| Argentina | 19−14 | United States Falcons |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

#### Group C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 31 | +41 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 5 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 109 | −102 | 3 |
* 12 January 2019 12:00
| Germany | 31−0 | Paraguay |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 12:20
| Portugal | 24−12 | Russia |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 15:20
| Germany | 24−19 | Russia |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 15:40
| Portugal | 47−7 | Paraguay |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 19:00
| Paraguay | 0−31 | Russia |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
* 12 January 2019 19:20
| Portugal | 12−17 | Germany |
* The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
Source: Sudamerica Rugby

### Knockout stage
#### 9th–12th bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 January 2018 – 12:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 12:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| United States Falcons | 35 |
| United States Falcons | 35 | 13 January 2018 – 17:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 17:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| Brazil | 0 | 13 January 2018 – 17:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 17:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| Brazil | 0 | United States Falcons | 26 |
| 13 January 2018 – 12:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 12:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | United States Falcons | 26 |
| 13 January 2018 – 12:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 12:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | Paraguay | 5 |
| Canada Maple Leafs | 12 | Paraguay | 5 |
| Paraguay | 17 | | |
| Paraguay | 17 | Eleventh Place | Eleventh Place |
| | | 13 January 2018 – 17:20 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 17:20 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| | | Brazil | 24 |
| | | Canada Maple Leafs | 17 |

#### 5th–8th bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 January 2018 – 15:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 15:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| Russia | 19 |
| Russia | 19 | 13 January 2018 – 18:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 18:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| Germany | 15 | 13 January 2018 – 18:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 18:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| Germany | 15 | Russia | 5 |
| 13 January 2018 – 15:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 15:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | Russia | 5 |
| 13 January 2018 – 15:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 15:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | South Africa 7s Academy | 22 |
| South Africa 7s Academy | 15 | South Africa 7s Academy | 22 |
| Colombia | 10 | | |
| Colombia | 10 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 13 January 2018 – 18:00 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 18:00 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| | | Germany | 47 |
| | | Colombia | 5 |

#### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 13 January 2018 – 13:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 13:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | | |
| Argentina | 22 | | | |
| Argentina | 22 | 13 January 2018 – 16:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 16:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | |
| Russia | 14 | 13 January 2018 – 16:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 16:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | |
| Russia | 14 | Argentina | 0 | |
| 13 January 2018 – 13:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 13:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | Argentina | 0 | |
| 13 January 2018 – 13:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 13:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | Chile | 35 | |
| Germany | 7 | Chile | 35 | |
| Germany | 7 | | | | 13 January 2018 – 19:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 19:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| Chile | 17 | | | | 13 January 2018 – 19:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 19:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| Chile | 17 | | | | Chile | 31 |
| 13 January 2018 – 13:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 13:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | | | | Chile | 31 |
| 13 January 2018 – 13:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 13:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | | | Uruguay | 7 |
| South Africa 7s Academy | 12 | | | | Uruguay | 7 |
| South Africa 7s Academy | 12 | 13 January 2018 – 16:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 16:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | | |
| Uruguay | 14 | 13 January 2018 – 16:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 16:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | | |
| Uruguay | 14 | Uruguay | 19 | | | |
| 13 January 2018 – 14:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 14:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | | Uruguay | 19 | | | |
| 13 January 2018 – 14:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 14:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | Portugal | 14 | | Third place | Third place |
| Colombia | 12 | Portugal | 14 | | Third place | Third place |
| Colombia | 12 | | | | 13 January 2018 – 19:00 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 19:00 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| Portugal | 36 | | | | 13 January 2018 – 19:00 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar | 13 January 2018 – 19:00 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar |
| Portugal | 36 | | | | Argentina | 31 |
| | | | | | Portugal | 21 |