Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games rugby sevens confirmed

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South Korea qualified for Olympic 2020 from Asia

By Shamseer Jaleel

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games rugby sevens schedule was confirmed recently, but this year’s event will see the shorter version of the game being worked off first from 26-28 July 2021. Furthermore, there will be two sessions on all three days with the medal games taking place under lights.

Rugby sevens will take place at the Tokyo Stadium, which proved itself to be an excellent Rugby World Cup 2019 venue, with a fantastic atmosphere and superb playing conditions. Rugby sevens is anticipated to be one of the most sought after tickets of the Games, following the huge success of Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan, which captured the nation’s imagination, with a record-breaking cumulative domestic television audience of 425 million and the creation of more than one million new rugby participants through the Impact Beyond program. The race to Tokyo Olympic qualification is almost complete with 21 of the 24 teams having already secured their berth to Tokyo. The remaining two women’s and one men’s places will be decided at an Olympic Repechage event prior to the qualification deadline.Rugby sevens was a highlight of a spectacular Rio 2016 Olympic Games on debut, with Australia’s women and Fiji’s men winning gold medals the first Olympic rugby medals since 1924, and the first Olympic medal in Fiji’s history.