Pumas 7 will qualify for the Olympic Games in Toulouse: what they need this weekend

The Argentine sevens team is preparing for an important challenge thinking about Paris 2024 which starts this Friday against Germany.

The Argentine rugby sevens team The Cougars 7s, the bronze medal winners of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, will have as a rival their pair of Germany in their tournament debut in Toulouse, France, where they will secure their qualification for the Olympic event in Paris.

The tournament in Toulouse, corresponding to penultimate stage of the World Tour of specialty, which organizes the World Rugby, The qualifying stage starts this Friday and continues on Saturday, while the final stage takes place the following day.

The team led by coach Santiago Gómez Cora will face the Germans in the morning (9.13 Argentina Time) and at 2:00 pm it will be measured against Spain, as they finish the qualifying stage a day later against England at 8.27. Meanwhile, the last stage of the International Circuit of the specialty will end in London tournament, from May 20 to 21.

What do Los Pumas 7s lack to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?

the argentinian team finished second in the World Rugby International Circuitafter winning two gold medals at the Hamilton and Vancouver tournaments and another two silver medals at the Los Angeles and Singapore competitions.

The first four places in the final classification of the international Sevens circuit will access the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which already has the participation of local France and New Zealand. The oceanic team leads the tournament with 164 points and already has a quota for the next Olympic Games, while Argentina is second with 140 points, followed by Fiji with 130.

By reaching third place at the Toulouse Sevens, Argentina’s national team will ensure their participation in Paris 2024.

The Pumas 7s have played 16 finals in the history of the tournament, which has been held since 1999, and won four gold medalswhile they lost the remaining 12. The titles in Hamilton (2023), Vancouver (2022), San Diego (2009) and Los Angeles (2004).

The Argentine squad of Los Pumas 7s on the World Rugby World Tour

• Santiago Alvarez Fourcade

• Tomas Elizalde, Agustin Fraga
• Luciano Gonzalez Rizzoni
• Matteo Graziano
• Rodrigo Isgro
• Alejo Lavayen
• Tomas Lizazu
• Mark Moneta
• Joaquin Pellandini
• Gaston Revol
• German Schulz
• Santiago Vera Feld
• Tobias Wade.