Pools for final Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens qualifier in Monaco drawn
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
The pools for the final Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifying tournament in rugby sevens, the World Rugby Sevens Repechage, have been drawn ahead of the competition taking place next month in Monaco.
Scheduled to take place on June 19 and 20, the repechage tournament will qualify two women's and one men's team for the Games.
The draw was held at the Hotel Hermitage and featured World Rugby vice-chairman Bernard Laporte, Prince Albert II and Monegasque Rugby Union chairman Gareth Wittstock.
In Pool A of the women's tournament will be Russia, Argentina, Mexico and Samoa, while Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, Jamaica and Tunisia will compete in Group B.