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The Americas claimed a pair of top-four finishes at the Sevens Challenger Series opener in Dubai. Chile finished in 2nd place with Uruguay one spot behind, putting both South American sides in a strong position to reach core qualification.
Kenya took top spot, recovering from a pool stage defeat against Germany to edge the Chileans in the Cup Final. It was the Germans who Los Cóndores had flown past in the Semi Final, redeeming an earlier miscue against Tonga in the opening round.
Los Teros also suffered defeat in their first match of the tournament, falling to Georgia by two points, but they bounced back to cruise into the Quarter Finals. Tonga proved a stern challenge but Uruguay were up to the task, but the Simbas were too big a step in the Semi Final. A late try from Baltazar Amaya, his second of the match, gave the Teros the Bronze Final over Germany.
Mexico were winless throughout and finished at the bottom of the ladder. The Challenger Series continues on March 8 when the Montevideo leg begins.
POOL RESULTS
POOL A
Hong Kong 21 – 7 Papua New Guinea
Uruguay 10 – 12 Georgia
Hong Kong 19 – 7 Georgia
Uruguay 41 – 14 Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea 10 – 19 Georgia
Uruguay 33 – 0 Hong Kong
POOL B
Tonga 26 – 19 Chile
Japan 22 – 17 Portugal
Tonga 26 – 21 Portugal
Japan 14 – 24 Chile
Chile 24 – 0 Portugal
Japan 19 – 5 Tonga
POOL C
Germany 19 – 5 Uganda
Kenya 41 – 0 Mexico
Germany 43 – 0 Mexico
Kenya 29 – 7 Uganda
Uganda 40 – 14 Mexico
Kenya 12 – 24 Germany
KNOCKOUT RESULTS
9th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Portugal 22 – 19 Papua New Guinea
Uganda 50 – 0 Mexico
CUP QUARTER FINALS
Japan 19 – 21 Kenya
Uruguay 21 – 14 Tonga
Germany 19 – 7 Hong Kong
Chile 26 – 7 Georgia
11th PLACE FINAL
Papua New Guinea 47 – 10 Mexico
9th PLACE FINAL
Portugal 12 – 27 Uganda
CUP SEMI FINALS
Kenya 21 – 5 Uruguay
Germany 7 – 15 Chile
7th PLACE FINAL
Hong Kong 38 – 0 Georgia
5th PLACE FINAL
Japan 28 – 5 Tonga
BRONZE FINAL
Uruguay 12 – 7 Germany
CUP FINAL
Kenya 12 – 5 Chile
