Rugby sevens at the 2019 Summer Universiade

Rugby sevens at the XXX Summer Universiade
Venues	Ex Nato L. Moccia Stadium
Dates	5–7 July
Teams	8 (men) 8 (women)

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.^[1]

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 ^[2]

• 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.

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			8

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			8

Following the FISU regulations, draw of pool will be based on following by.^[2]

• Previous World University Championships results
• Participation in previous Summer Universiades
• Continental representation
• World Rugby Rankings

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

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

Men'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

  *   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)		2	2	2	6

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	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	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

• Results Book – Rugby sevens