Rugby sevens Olympic qualification tournament (45 matches, 16 teams, i.e. a 20-hour event in total)Saturday 18 June, from 10 am to 8.30 pm and Sunday 19 June, from 10.30 am to 7.30 pm Stade Louis II
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Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualification Tournament
Monaco Sevens is the Olympic qualification tournament for the Rugby Sevens. It will take place at the Louis II Stadium on 18 and 19 June 2016.
16 teams will compete for the only remaining qualifying place for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
"Monaco Sevens," the Rugby Sevens world Olympic repechage tournament, will take place at the Louis II Stadium on 18 and 19 June 2016.
The pool allocation draw for the men's and women's repechage tournaments will decide the matches between the teams competing for the only remaining qualifying place for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
The women’s repechage tournament will take place in Dublin on 25 and 26 June.
Various dignitaries will be present at the draw:
T.S.H. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene
Bryan Habana, South African international rugby player
Bernard Lapasset, President of World Rugby
Brett Gosper, Director General of World Rugby
Octavian Morariu, President of Rugby Europe and a Member of the IOC
Abdelaziz Bougja, President of the World Rugby’s Regional Committee
*Teams: Canada /Chile/ Germany/Hong Kong/Ireland/Mexico/Morocco/Russia/Samoa/ South Korea/ Spain/Sri Lanka/Tonga/Tunisia/Uruguay/Zimbabwe.
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