Argentina_national_rugby_sevens_team

Argentina national rugby sevens team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Rugby Sevens World Cup
World Games
Rugby Sevens South American
Pan American Games

Argentina
Union	Argentine Rugby Union
Emblem(s)	Puma
Coach(es)	Santiago Gómez Cora
Captain(s)	Santiago Alvarez Fourcade
Most caps	Santiago Gómez Cora (61)
Top scorer	Santiago Gómez Cora (1,178)
Most tries	Santiago Gómez Cora (230)
Team kit	Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	8 (First in 1993)
Best result	Runners-up (2009)
Official website
	uar.com.ar/equipos-uar/los-pumas-7s/

Argentina national rugby sevens team

Rugby team

The Argentina national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and, beginning in 2016, in the Summer Olympics.

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The Argentine rugby sevens team has had some success in the World Rugby Sevens Series, finishing third in 2003-04, and finishing among the top six teams in five out of six seasons from 2003-04 to 2008-09. Argentina won the USA Sevens tournament in 2004 and again in 2009. During its peak, the Argentine team was led by Santiago Gómez Cora, who is ranked all-time first in tries (230), fifth in points (1,178), and third in appearances (61).

Argentina's best finish at the Rugby World Cup Sevens came in 2009, when the team reached the finals and finished as runners up.

Tournament history

* asterisk indicates a shared placing

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2014 London Sevens Squad^[usurped]

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Medal record
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	Team
Rugby Sevens World Cup
	2009 Dubai	Team
	2001 Mar del Plata	Team
World Games
	2013 Cali
	2005 Duisburg
Rugby Sevens South American
	2006 Asunción
	2007 Viña del Mar
	2008 Punta del Este
	2009 S J dos Campos
	2010 Mar del Plata
	2011 Bento Gonçalves
	2013 Rio de Janeiro
	2014 Santiago
	2015 Santa Fe
	2019 Santiago
	2020 Valparaíso
	2012 Rio de Janeiro
Pan American Games
	2019 Lima
	2011 Guadalajara
	2015 Toronto

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Quarter-finals	6th	6	3	3	0
2020	Bronze medal match	3rd	6	4	2	0
2024	Qualified	TBD
Total	Bronze medal match	2/2	12	7	5	0

Olympic Games History
2016	Pool stage	Argentina 17 – 14 United States	Win
	Pool stage	Argentina 14 – 21 Fiji	Loss
	Pool stage	Argentina 31 – 0 Brazil	Win
	Quarter-finals	Argentina 0 – 5 Great Britain	Loss
	5–8th place playoff Semi-final	Argentina 26 – 21 Australia	Win
	5–8th place playoff Fifth place	Argentina 14 – 17 New Zealand	Loss
2020	Pool stage	Argentina 29 – 19 Australia	Win
	Pool stage	Argentina 14 – 35 New Zealand	Loss
	Pool stage	Argentina 56 – 0 South Korea	Win
	Quarter-finals	Argentina 19 – 14 South Africa	Win
	Semi-finals	Argentina 14 – 26 Fiji	Loss
	Bronze medal	Argentina 17 – 12 Great Britain	Win

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Plate final	9	7	5	2	0
1997	Plate quarters	13*	5	2	3	0
2001	Semifinals		7*	5	2	0
2005	Quarterfinal	5*	6	4	2	0
2009	Final		6	5	1	0
2013	Plate semifinal	11*	5	2	3	0
2018	Quarterfinal	5	4	3	1	0
2022	5th Place Final	5	4	3	1	0
Total	0 Titles	8/8	44	29	15	0

Pan American Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2011	Final		6	5	1	0
2015	Final		6	5	1	0
2019	Final		5	5	0	0
Total			17	15	2	0

Argentina_national_rugby_sevens_team

Argentina national rugby sevens team

Tournament history

Summer Olympic Games

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Pan American Games

World Games

Rugby X Tournament

World Rugby Sevens Series

2010s

Players

Current squad

Records and statistics

Player records

Award winners

Previous squads

Tournament wins

Notes

References

External links

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Key to tournament locations
	Africa and Middle East Asia
	Oceania Europe
	Americas					Argentine event

World Sevens Series
XI 09–10		XII 10–11	XIII 11–12	XIV 12–13	XV 13–14

	7th* Dubai	9th Dubai	4th Dubai	9th Dubai	5th Dubai
	rd* George	6th George	11th* Port Elizabeth	4th Port Elizabeth	4th Port Elizabeth

	11th* Wellington	7th* Wellington	11th* Wellington	7th* Wellington	7th* Wellington
	rd* Adelaide	6th Adelaide	9th Gold Coast	5th Gold Coast	11th* Gold Coast

	11th* Los Angeles	7th* Las Vegas	6th Las Vegas	6th Las Vegas	7th* Las Vegas
	–	–	–	cancelled^† Mar Del Plata	–

	13th* Hong Kong	13th* Hong Kong	6th Hong Kong	13th* Hong Kong	11th* Hong Kong
	–	–	7th* Tokyo	10th Tokyo	13th Tokyo

	6th Edinburgh	11th* Edinburgh	7th* Glasgow	6th Glasgow	10th Glasgow
	rd* London	7th* London	4th London	7th* London	10th London

8/8 62 pts 7th ^[3]		8/8 38 pts 8th ^[4]	9/9 92 pts 7th ^[5]	9/9 84 pts 10th ^[6]	9/9 75 pts 9th ^[7]
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012). ^† World 7s component cancelled due to demands on UAR joining The Rugby Championship.

World Rugby Sevens Series
XVI 14–15		XVII 15–16	XVIII 16–17	XIX 17–18	XX 18–19

	5th Dubai	7th* Dubai	11th* Dubai	11th* Dubai	7th* Dubai
	4th Port Elizabeth	nd Cape Town	10th Cape Town	nd Cape Town	9th Cape Town

	10th Wellington	6th Wellington	5th Wellington	10th Hamilton	11th* Hamilton
	6th Gold Coast	5th Sydney	7th* Sydney	rd Sydney	9th Sydney

	10th Las Vegas	7th* Las Vegas	7th* Las Vegas	nd Las Vegas	4th Las Vegas
	–	7th* Vancouver	6th Vancouver	7th* Vancouver	7th* Vancouver

	7th* Hong Kong	9th Hong Kong	6th Hong Kong	5th Hong Kong	5th Hong Kong
	14th Tokyo	4th Singapore	13th Singapore	14th Singapore	7th* Singapore

	10th Glasgow	4th Paris	9th Paris	9th Paris	7th* Paris
	10th London	6th London	7th* London	11th* London	11th* London

9/9 80 pts 8th ^[8]		10/10 119 pts 5th	10/10 90 pts 9th	10/10 105 pts 7th	10/10 94 pts 9th
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012). :^† World 7s component cancelled

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Santiago Álvarez (c)	Forward	(1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 30)	56	Unattached
Luciano González	Forward	(1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)	49	Unattached
Santiago Mare	Forward	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 27)	28	Unattached
Marcos Moneta	Forward	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24)	21	Unattached
Matías Osadczuk	Forward	(1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 27)	36	Unattached
Germán Schulz	Forward	(1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 (age 30)	63	Unattached
Tomás Elizalde	Back	(2000-11-18) 18 November 2000 (age 23)	9	Unattached
Agustín Fraga	Back	(2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 22)	18	Unattached
Matteo Graziano	Back	(2001-07-21) 21 July 2001 (age 22)	14	Unattached
Alejo Lavayén	Back	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 23)	10	Unattached
Joaquín Pellandini	Back	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 24)	12	Unattached
Gastón Revol	Back	(1986-11-26) 26 November 1986 (age 37)	99	Unattached
Tobías Wade	Back	(1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 24)	15	Unattached

Event	Venue	City	Cup
Event	Venue	City	Winner	Final Score	Runner-up
2004 USA	Home Depot Center	Los Angeles	Argentina	21–12	New Zealand
2009 USA	Petco Park	San Diego	Argentina	19–14	England
2022 Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	Argentina	29–10	Fiji
2023 New Zealand	Waikato Stadium	Hamilton	Argentina	14–12	New Zealand
2023 Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	Argentina	33–21	France
2023 London	Twickenham Stadium	London	Argentina	35–14	Fiji
2023 South Africa	Cape Town Stadium	Cape Town	Argentina	45–12	Australia
2024 Australia	HBF Park	Perth	Argentina	31–5	Australia
2024 Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	Argentina	36–12	New Zealand