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The Americas will have no medalists at the Women’s Sevens in Tokyo. North America’s hopefuls Canada and the USA have both fallen out of contention, the former joining Brazil in missing the Quarter Finals entirely while the Eagles can finish no higher than 5th after coming up short against Great Britain.
There will be a new Olympic champion as Australia fell first to the USA in the final pool match before being upset by Fiji in the second Quarter Final. The USA’s outstanding victory gave them top spot in Pool C but their medal hopes were shattered by Great Britain who ran out to a 21-nil lead in the third Quarter Final before conceding two tries to the Eagles.
Canada’s disappointing pool run was capped by a dismal 31-nil defeat to France, with China’s dominant win over Japan enough to knock the Maple Leafs out of the medal rounds. A one-sided win over Brazil, their second of the tournament, was scant consolation for Canada who now play Kenya for 9th place.
Las Yaras were routed by Fiji in their final pool match with Bianca Silva once again the try scorer. They now face Japan in their final game in the hopes of avoiding the bottom ranking. The Eagles are up against China, with a possible rematch against Australia – should they beat Russia – for 5th spot up for grabs.
POOL STAGE RESULTS
POOL A
Russia 12 – 14 Great Britain
New Zealand 29 – 7 Kenya
New Zealand 26 – 21 Great Britain
Russia 35 – 12 Kenya
Great Britain 31 – 0 Kenya
New Zealand 33 – 0 Russia
POOL B
France 12 – 5 Fiji
Canada 33 – 0 Brazil
Canada 12 – 26 Fiji
France 40 – 5 Brazil
Fiji 41 – 5 Brazil
Canada 0 – 31 France
POOL C
USA 28 – 14 China
Australia 48 – 0 Japan
Australia 26 – 10 China
USA 17 – 7 Japan
China 29 – 0 Japan
Australia 12 – 14 USA
KNOCKOUT RESULTS
9th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Canada 45 – 0 Brazil
Kenya 21 – 17 Japan
QUARTER FINALS
New Zealand 36 – Russia
Fiji 14 – 12 Australia
USA 12 – 21 Great Britain
France 24 – 10 China
FINAL FIXTURES
FRIDAY, JULY 30
| PT | ET | MATCH | TEAM 1 | TEAM 2 |
| 17:00 | 20:00 | 11th Place Final | Brazil | Japan |
| 17:30 | 20:30 | 9th Place Final | Canada | Kenya |
| 18:00 | 21:00 | 5th Place Semi Final | Russia | Australia |
| 18:30 | 21:30 | 5th Place Semi Final | USA | China |
| 19:00 | 22:00 | Semi Final | New Zealand | Fiji |
| 19:30 | 22:30 | Semi Final | Great Britain | France |
SATURDAY, JULY 31
| 00:30 | 03:30 | 7th Place Final | Russia / Australia | USA / China |
| 01:00 | 04:00 | 5th Place Final | Russia / Australia | USA / China |
| 01:30 | 04:30 | Bronze Medal Final | New Zealand / Fiji | Great Britain / France |
| 02:00 | 05:00 | Gold Medal Final | New Zealand / Fiji | Great Britain / France |
