2016 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament

2016 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
Host nations	Ireland
Date	25–26 June 2016
Nations	16  Argentina  China  Cook Islands  Hong Kong  Ireland  Kazakhstan  Morocco  Mexico  Portugal  Russia  Samoa  Spain  Trinidad and Tobago  Tunisia  Venezuela  Zimbabwe
Final positions
Series details

The Final 2016 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament is an Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics which will be held on 25–26 June 2016.^[1][2] The tournament will use a round-robin format, with the top team qualifying directly to the Olympics.

The tournament will take place at the UCD Bowl in Dublin, Ireland.

Teams

Means of qualification	Completed date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2015 CONSUR Women's Sevens Championships	7 June 2015	Santa Fe	2	Argentina
				Venezuela
2015 NACRA Women's Sevens Championships	14 June 2015	Cary	2	Mexico
				Trinidad and Tobago
2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championships	21 June 2015	Various	1	Russia
2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Repechage	19 July 2015	Lisbon	3	Ireland
				Portugal
				Spain
2015 Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Championships	27 September 2015	Johannesburg	3	Madagascar^[1]
				Tunisia
				Zimbabwe
2015 FORU Women's Sevens Championships	15 November 2015	Auckland	2	Cook Islands
				Samoa
2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships	29 November 2015	Various	3	China
				Hong Kong
				Kazakhstan
Total			16

^ 1. Kenya, as the runners-up in the African qualifying tournament, would have qualified to this tournament, but instead qualified directly for the Olympics after South Africa withdrew.^[3] Madagascar, the fifth place finisher in qualifying, was named as a replacement.^[4]

References

1. Olympic qualification tournaments
2. Olympic sevens qualification explained
3. Kenya women replace South Africa for Rio
4. South Africa reject Olympic invitation