London Sevens 2019: Day 2 Result

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2018-19
2019 London Sevens: Full Results

Twickenham Stadium, London
25-26 May 2019

The ninth tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2018-19 was held at the Twickenham Stadium in London from 25-26 May 2019.

Japan are one of the fifteen core teams on the 2018-19 season along with Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Kenya, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, USA and Wales. The core teams compete at every tournament, while one place is available to a non-core team at each tournament. Ireland were the non-core team at the 2019 London Sevens.

At London, Japan were in Pool A along with South Africa, Argentina and Canada. In their pool games, Japan lost 49-0 to South Africa, 36-7 to Argentina and 31-12 to Canada. The Japanese side finished fourth in Pool A to progress to the Challenge Trophy Quarterfinals.

In the knock-out stages, Japan lost 17-0 to Wales in the Challenge Trophy Quarterfinals. In the Thirteenth Place Semi-finals, Japan beat Kenya 26-17 and then beat England 29-14 in the final.

Japan finished in thirteenth place overall in London and came away with three points. Fiji defeated Australia 43-7 in the Cup Final.

After nine completed rounds, Japan sit in the relegation position of fifteenth place overall on 25 points; two points behind Kenya and five points behind Wales.

Meanwhile Fiji head the table on 164 points from the United States on 162 points and New Zealand on 143 points. South Africa in fourth place on 131 points round out the qualifiers for the 2020 Olympic Sevens.


Final Pool Placings

Pos. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1 South Africa Fiji New Zealand USA
2 Canada France Ireland Australia
3 Argentina Kenya England Wales
4 Japan Samoa Scotland Spain

Pool A Games for Japan

Saturday, 25 May 2019

Match No.6 – 11:20: South Africa 49 d Japan 0

Match No.13 – 14:04: Argentina 36 d Japan 7

Match No.21 – 17:10: Canada 31 d Japan 12

 

Knockout Results for Japan

Sunday, 26 May 2019

Challenge Trophy Quarterfinals

Match No.27 – 10.14: Wales 17 d Japan 0

 

Thirteenth Place Semi-finals

Match No.34 – 12.58: Japan 26 d Kenya 17

 

Thirteenth Place Final

Match No.41 – 16.07: Japan 29 d England 14

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