2023 RAN Sevens explained

Countries: Canada
Date:August 19–20; 2023
Nations:7
Matches:16
Prevseason:2022 (Nov)
Nextseason:2024

The 2023 RAN Sevens are a North American rugby sevens tournament for the Rugby Americas Northregion of World Rugby that took place at the Starlight Stadium, Langford, British Columbia on 19 and 20 August 2023; they were held in Canada for the second time. The defending champions are Jamaica. The winners will earn qualification to the 2024 Olympics.[1]

Format

The teams are divided into two round-robin pools and each play matches against their pool opponents. The top two sides in each pool advance to the Cup semi-finals, from which the winners advance to the final / third-place matches.

The remaining teams that did not qualify for the Cup rounds compete in a Plate round-robin pool for fifth to seventh place.

Teams

The six teams competing in British Columbia were:[2] [3]

, and withdrew before the tournament.

Pool stage

All times in Pacific Time Zone

Legend
Advanced to Cup semi-finals
Advanced to Cup quarter-finals

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Pool A

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21013547–124
2002797–902

Pool B

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21014121204
2002067–672

Knockout stage

Cup

Standings

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Qualified for the 2024 Olympics
Qualified for the 2024 Repechage
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MacKinnon . Carly . 2023-03-31 . Canada Named Host Country for the 2023 Rugby Americas North Sevens, Qualification Event for Olympic Games Paris 2024 . 2023-08-18 . Rugby Americas North . en-US.
  2. Web site: MacKinnon . Carly . 2023-05-03 . Senior Men's and Women's Teams Announced for 2023 RAN 7s . 2023-08-18 . Rugby Americas North . en-US.
  3. Web site: MacKinnon . Carly . 2023-08-02 . 2023 RAN Sevens: Updated Teams, Format, and Event Schedule . 2023-08-18 . Rugby Americas North . en-US.
  4. Web site: RAN Sevens | Rugby Americas North .