Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Brazil, hosted at the Deodoro Stadium, a temporary outdoor stadium constructed as part of the Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park in Rio de Janeiro. The tournament was held from 6 August to 8 August 2016, starting with group matches before finishing with the medal ceremony on 8 August.
Australia beat New Zealand 24–17 in the final. Canada secured the bronze medal with a win over Great Britain.
Qualification
With Brazil being the hosts, their team automatically qualified despite their sevens team not regularly appearing in the top 6 on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the initial stage of qualification, where the top 4 teams at the end of the series gaining qualification to the 2016 Olympic Games. Between June and September 2015, each of the six regional rugby unions held an Olympic qualification event, where one team from each region qualified, bring the total up to 11 team qualified. The final spot was determined by a repechage tournament held in Monaco, where the winner of that event became the final team to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.
As a result of England finishing fourth in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series, Great Britain were awarded a spot in the Olympic games, despite the other nations failing to qualify in the top 4. This is because Great Britain compete as one union in the Olympics and as several in international rugby (England, Wales, Scotland and a combined union from Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland), which meant should one of either the England, Wales or Scotland teams qualify, then Great Britain would be awarded a spot in the Olympic Games. It was decided players based in Northern Ireland were not eligible to represent Great Britain in the rugby sevens tournament as these players represent the IRFU, and the union demanded that Northern Irish players, that have committed to play for the Irish rugby union, only play for Ireland despite being eligible under IOC rules to compete for Great Britain. The three remaining unions agreed in advance of the 2013–14 Sevens World Series that their highest-finishing teams in that season would represent all three unions in the first stage of qualification.
Qualified teams
Squads
Match officials
On 11 April 2016, World Rugby announced a panel of twelve match officials for the women's sevens. Two Brazilians were later added as assistant referees.
Aimee Barrett (South Africa)
Jess Beard (New Zealand)
Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)
James Bolabiu (Fiji)
Sara Cox (Great Britain)
Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
Rose Labreche (Canada)
Gabriel Lee (Hong Kong)
Alhambra Nievas (Spain)
Amy Perrett (Australia)
Alex Pratt (Great Britain)
Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
Mariana Wyse (Brazil) – Assistant referee
Nayara Lima (Brazil) – Assistant referee
Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 28 June 2016. The 12 teams were seeded based on their points they have accumulated over the past two seasons on the Women's Sevens Series circuit. The four teams that qualified directly from the 2014–15 Women's Sevens World Series were guaranteed a top four seeding, with their positioning determined by their combined score over the two seasons.
Pool stage
Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. Third place teams drop to a third-placed teams table, where the top two third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Ranking of third-placed teams
The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds.
Knockout stage
9–12th place playoff
Semi-finals
11th place
9th place final
5–8th place playoff
Semi-finals
7th place
5th place final
Medal playoff
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final ranking
Statistics
Try scorers
10 tries
Portia Woodman
7 tries
Charlotte Caslick
Emma Tonegato
Kayla McAlister
6 tries
Bianca Farella
5 tries
Ghislaine Landry
Lina Guérin
Alev Kelter
4 tries
Beatriz Futuro Muhlbauer
Alice Richardson
Jessica Javelet
3 tries
Emilee Cherry
Ellia Green
Kayla Moleschi
Karen Paquin
Camille Grassineau
Caroline Ladagnous
Marie Yamaguchi
Janet Musindalo Okelo
Huriana Manuel
2 tries
Nicole Beck
Chloe Dalton
Paula Ishibashi
Cláudia Teles
Raijieli Daveua
Jade Le Pesq
Abbie Brown
Natasha Hunt
Jasmine Joyce
Emily Scarratt
Emily Scott
Danielle Waterman
Joanne Watmore
Amy Wilson-Hardy
Ano Kuwai
Celestine Navalayo Masinde
Marina Bravo
Amaia Erbina
Iera Etxebarría
Patricia García
Joanne Fa'avesi
Kathryn Johnson
1 try
Shannon Parry
Evania Pelite
Amy Turner
Sharni Williams
Amanda Araújo
Luiza Campos
Isadora Cerullo
Mariana Barbosa Ramalho
Haline Scatrut
Brittany Benn
Jen Kish
Kelly Russell
Natasha Watcham-Roy
Charity Williams
Sharon Acevedo
Khaterinne Medina
Rusila Nagasau
Litia Naiqato
Timaima Ravisa
Viniana Riwai
Ana Maria Roqica
Rebecca Tavo
Lavenia Tinai
Luisa Tisolo
Audrey Amiel
Fanny Horta
Elodie Guiglion
Marjorie Mayans
Heather Fisher
Katy McLean
Yuka Kanematsu
Yume Okuroda
Doreen Remour Nziwa
Irene Awino Otieno
Kelly Brazier
Gayle Broughton
Theresa Fitzpatrick
Tyla Nathan-Wong
Ruby Tui
Niall Williams
María Casado
Bárbara Pla
Ryan Carlyle
Lauren Doyle
Richelle Stephens
Point scorers
50 points
Portia Woodman
41 points
Ghislaine Landry
35 points
Charlotte Caslick
Emma Tonegato
Kayla McAlister
34 points
Chloe Dalton
33 points
Alev Kelter
30 points
Bianca Farella
29 points
Tyla Nathan-Wong
28 points
Alice Richardson
25 points
Lina Guérin
24 points
Patricia García
20 points
Beatriz Futuro Muhlbauer
Jade Le Pesq
Jessica Javelet
19 points
Raquel Kochhann
17 points
Katy McLean
15 points
Emilee Cherry
Ellia Green
Kayla Moleschi
Kelly Russell
Karen Paquin
Camille Grassineau
Caroline Ladagnous
Marie Yamaguchi
Janet Musindalo Okelo
Huriana Manuel
14 points
Emily Scott
13 points
Lavenia Tinai
10 points
Nicole Beck
Paula Ishibashi
Cláudia Teles
Raijieli Daveua
Pauline Biscarat
Abbie Brown
Natasha Hunt
Jasmine Joyce
Emily Scarratt
Danielle Waterman
Joanne Watmore
Amy Wilson-Hardy
Ano Kuwai
Celestine Navalayo Masinde
Marina Bravo
Amaia Erbina
Iera Etxebarría
Joanne Fa'avesi
Kathryn Johnson
8 points
Bui Baravilala
7 points
Luisa Tisolo
Viniana Riwai
Yume Okuroda
Kelly Brazier
Richelle Stephens
5 points
Shannon Parry
Evania Pelite
Amy Turner
Sharni Williams
Amanda Araújo
Luiza Campos
Isadora Cerullo
Mariana Barbosa Ramalho
Haline Scatrut
Brittany Benn
Jen Kish
Natasha Watcham-Roy
Charity Williams
Sharon Acevedo
Khaterinne Medina
Rusila Nagasau
Litia Naiqato
Timaima Ravisa
Ana Maria Roqica
Rebecca Tavo
Audrey Amiel
Fanny Horta
Elodie Guiglion
Marjorie Mayans
Heather Fisher
Yuka Kanematsu
Doreen Remour Nziwa
Irene Awino Otieno
Gayle Broughton
Theresa Fitzpatrick
Ruby Tui
Niall Williams
María Casado
Bárbara Pla
Ryan Carlyle
Lauren Doyle
4 points
Janet Awuor Awino
2 points
Gemma Etheridge
Tais Balconi
Mio Yamanaka
See also
Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
References
External links
Official website
Women's tournament
2016 in women's rugby union
Women's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympics