2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens

The 2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens was the thirteenth edition of the Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, the continental championship for rugby sevens in South America. The competition took place as a series over two legs, the first tournament at Punta del Este in Uruguay, and the second at Viña del Mar in Chile.

2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens
Hosts	Uruguay
Date	5–13 January 2019
Final positions
Champions	Chile
Runners-up	Argentina
Third	Portugal
← 2018 2020 →

Chile won both tournaments to take out the series title and gain entry to the USA Sevens and Canada Sevens in 2019,[1] as well as a berth at the inaugural Challenger Series for a chance to qualify to the World Sevens Series in 2020–21.[2]

Uruguay finished fourth in the series and also gained a berth at the Challenger Series as the next highest-placed team from Sudamérica not already in the World Series.[2]

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the series, six teams from the Sudamérica Rugby region together with six invited international teams.

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Canada Maple Leafs [lower-alpha 1]
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Germany [lower-alpha 1]
•  Paraguay
•  Portugal [lower-alpha 1]
•  Russia [lower-alpha 1]
•  SA 7s Academy [lower-alpha 1]
•  USA Falcons [lower-alpha 1]
•  Uruguay

Notes:

1. Invitational team

Series standings

Final standings over the two legs of the series:

Pos	Team	Viña del Mar	Punta del Este	Total points	Qualification
1	Chile	22	22	44	USA and Canada events in 2019; Challenger Series in 2020
2	Argentina	19	17	36
3	Portugal	17	15	32
4	Uruguay	8	19	27	Challenger Series in 2020
5	Germany	15	8	23
6	SA 7s Academy	10	12	22
7	USA Falcons	12	5	17
8	Russia	3	10	13
9	Colombia	2	7	9
10	Canada Maple Leafs	7	1	8
11	Paraguay	5	3	8
12	Brazil	1	2	3

Legend
Dark bar	Already a core team in the World Series
Dotted bar	Invited team not eligible for qualification from Sudamérica

Punta del Este Sevens

The first leg of the series was held on 5–6 January 2019.

All times are in Uruguay Standard Time (UTC−03:00)

Placings

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Chile	7−5	Argentina	Portugal  Germany
5th place	United States Falcons	Suspended[note 1]	South Africa 7s Academy	Uruguay  Canada Maple Leafs
9th place	Paraguay	21−7	Russia	Colombia  Brazil

Source: Sudamerica Rugby [3]

Pool stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Chile	3	3	0	0	102	26	+76	9
United States Falcons	3	1	1	1	69	53	+16	6
Germany	3	1	1	1	80	71	+9	6
Paraguay	3	0	0	3	17	118	−101	3

5 January 2019 16:25

Chile	28−21	Germany

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 16:47

United States Falcons	38−0	Paraguay

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 18:37

Chile	47−0	Paraguay

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 18:59

United States Falcons	26−26	Germany

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 20:49

Germany	33−17	Paraguay

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 21:33

United States Falcons	5−27	Chile

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	52	17	+35	9
South Africa 7s Academy	3	2	0	1	36	12	+24	7
Colombia	3	0	1	2	21	31	−10	4
Russia	3	0	1	2	29	66	−37	4

5 January 2019 17:53

Uruguay	19−7	Colombia

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 18:15

South Africa 7s Academy	26−5	Russia

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 20:05

Russia	10−26	Uruguay

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 20:27

South Africa 7s Academy	10−0	Colombia

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 21:55

Russia	14−14	Colombia

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 22:39

South Africa 7s Academy	0−7	Uruguay

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	122	5	+117	9
Portugal	3	2	0	1	70	73	−3	7
Canada Maple Leafs	3	1	0	2	66	70	−4	5
Brazil	3	0	0	3	12	122	−110	3

5 January 2019 17:09

Canada Maple Leafs	21−28	Portugal

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 17:31

Argentina	40−0	Brazil

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 19:21

Canada Maple Leafs	40−7	Brazil

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 19:43

Argentina	47−0	Portugal

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 21:11

Portugal	42−5	Brazil

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

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5 January 2019 22:17

Argentina	35−5	Canada Maple Leafs

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

Knockout stage

9th–12th bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 January 2019 – 15:00 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
	Colombia	5
					6 January 2019 – 18:14 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
	Paraguay	12
					Paraguay	21
	6 January 2019 – 15:22 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
					Russia	7
	Russia	28
	Brazil	12
					Eleventh Place
					6 January 2019 – 17:52 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
					Colombia	24
					Brazil	21

5th–8th bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 January 2019 – 19:56 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
	United States Falcons	17
					6 January 2019 – 22:06 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
	Uruguay	0
					United States Falcons	Suspended
	6 January 2019 – 20:18 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
					South Africa 7s Academy	[note 1]
	South Africa 7s Academy	12
	Canada Maple Leafs	5
					Seventh Place
					6 January 2019 – 21:24 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
					Uruguay	31
					Canada Maple Leafs	14

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 January 2019 – 16:24 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
	Argentina	31
					6 January 2019 – 20:40 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
	United States Falcons	7
					Argentina	34
	6 January 2019 – 16:46 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
					Germany	0
	Uruguay	17
									6 January 2019 – 22:50 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
	Germany	19
									Argentina	5
	6 January 2019 – 17:08 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
									Chile	7
	South Africa 7s Academy	17
					6 January 2019 – 21:02 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
	Portugal	19
					Portugal	14
	6 January 2019 – 17:30 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
					Chile	24			Third place
	Chile	31
									6 January 2019 – 22:28 – Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
	Canada Maple Leafs	5
									Germany	5
									Portugal	19

Source: Sudamerica Rugby [4]

1. Due to adverse weather conditions at the time, the match was called off and both teams agreed to determine the result through a coin flip. The result had the United States earn fifth place in the tournament

Viña del Mar Sevens

The second leg of the series was held on 12–13 January 2019.

All times are in Chile Summer Time (UTC−03:00)

Placings

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Chile	31–7	Uruguay	Argentina  Portugal
5th place	South Africa 7s Academy	22–5	Russia	Germany  Colombia
9th place	United States Falcons	26–5	Paraguay	Brazil  Canada Maple Leafs

Pool stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
South Africa 7s Academy	3	3	0	0	67	29	+38	9
Chile	3	2	0	1	52	36	+16	7
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	55	62	−7	5
Brazil	3	0	0	3	21	68	−47	3

12 January 2019 12:40

South Africa 7s Academy	34−12	Uruguay

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 13:00

Chile	21−7	Brazil

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 16:00

South Africa 7s Academy	14−7	Brazil

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 16:20

Chile	21−10	Uruguay

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 19:40

Uruguay	33−7	Brazil

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 20:20

Chile	10−19	South Africa 7s Academy

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Colombia	3	2	0	1	54	48	+6	7
Argentina	3	2	0	1	59	56	+3	7
Canada Maple Leafs	3	1	0	2	45	40	+5	5
United States Falcons	3	1	0	2	38	52	−14	5

12 January 2019 11:20

United States Falcons	19−14	Canada Maple Leafs

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 11:40

Argentina	33−21	Colombia

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 14:40

United States Falcons	5−19	Colombia

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 15:00

Argentina	7−21	Canada Maple Leafs

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 18:20

Canada Maple Leafs	10−14	Colombia

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 18:40

Argentina	19−14	United States Falcons

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	72	31	+41	9
Portugal	3	2	0	1	83	36	+47	7
Russia	3	1	0	2	62	48	+14	5
Paraguay	3	0	0	3	7	109	−102	3

12 January 2019 12:00

Germany	31−0	Paraguay

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 12:20

Portugal	24−12	Russia

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 15:20

Germany	24−19	Russia

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 15:40

Portugal	47−7	Paraguay

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 19:00

Paraguay	0−31	Russia

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

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12 January 2019 19:20

Portugal	12−17	Germany

The Mackay School, Viña del Mar

Source: Sudamerica Rugby [5]

Knockout stage

9th–12th bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 January 2018 – 12:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
	United States Falcons	35
					13 January 2018 – 17:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
	Brazil	0
					United States Falcons	26
	13 January 2018 – 12:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
					Paraguay	5
	Canada Maple Leafs	12
	Paraguay	17
					Eleventh Place
					13 January 2018 – 17:20 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
					Brazil	24
					Canada Maple Leafs	17

5th–8th bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 January 2018 – 15:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
	Russia	19
					13 January 2018 – 18:40 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
	Germany	15
					Russia	5
	13 January 2018 – 15:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
					South Africa 7s Academy	22
	South Africa 7s Academy	15
	Colombia	10
					Seventh Place
					13 January 2018 – 18:00 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
					Germany	47
					Colombia	5

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 January 2018 – 13:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
	Argentina	22
					13 January 2018 – 16:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
	Russia	14
					Argentina	0
	13 January 2018 – 13:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
					Chile	35
	Germany	7
									13 January 2018 – 19:50 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
	Chile	17
									Chile	31
	13 January 2018 – 13:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
									Uruguay	7
	South Africa 7s Academy	12
					13 January 2018 – 16:30 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
	Uruguay	14
					Uruguay	19
	13 January 2018 – 14:10 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
					Portugal	14			Third place
	Colombia	12
									13 January 2018 – 19:00 – The Mackay School, Viña del Mar
	Portugal	36
									Argentina	31
									Portugal	21

References

1. "#SAR7s: Enero 2019 ya vive el Circuito" (in Spanish). 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
2. "New Challenger Series to boost rugby sevens' expansion". World Rugby. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
3. "Chile se consagró campeón del Seven Punta HSBC 2019" (in Spanish). Sudamérica Rugby. 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
4. "#SAR7s: Fixture de Punta del Este" (in Spanish). Sudamérica Rugby. 26 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
5. "#SAR7s: Viña del Mar tiene fixture" (in Spanish). Sudamérica Rugby. 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.