Colombia women's national rugby sevens team
The Colombia women's national rugby sevens team participates at several international tournaments. Colombia qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] Their biggest achievement is the bronze medal won at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.[3][4]
| Union | Colombian Rugby Federation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Las tucanes (The toucans) | ||
| Coach(es) | Laurent Palau | ||
| Captain(s) | Alejandra Betancur | ||
| |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
Colombia placed second at the 2019 Sudamérica Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Peru, earning them a place at the final qualification tournament. They were knocked out of the Qualifier semi-finals at the 2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament by France.[5][6] Colombia qualified for their first Sevens World Cup after finishing as runners-up at the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens. The 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens will be held in South Africa.[7]
Tournament history
Summer Olympics
| Olympic Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2016 |
Placement round | 12th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
 2020 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Pan American Games
| Pan American Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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5th playoff | 5th equal | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
 2019 |
Semifinals |  |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
South American Championship
- 2004 - 3rd
- 2005 - 4th
- 2007 - 2nd
- 2008 - 5th
- 2009 - 5th
- 2010 - 2nd
- 2011 - 5th
- 2012 - 2nd
- 2013 - 5th
- 2014 - 4th
- 2015 - 1st
- 2016 - 3rd
- 2017 - 3rd
Players
Previous squad
Squad to 2016 Summer Olympics
The following is the Colombia roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]
Head coach: Laurent Palau
References
- worldrugby.org. "Colombia and Argentina book spots at Rio 2016". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- "Argentina and Colombia win South American rugby sevens tournament and guarantee their places at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- EFE (2019-07-28). "Colombia logró histórica medalla en el rugby siete femenino". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- "Colombia women aim for a second Olympics: We will never forget the joy of qualifying | Women in Rugby". www.women.rugby. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- "World Rugby Sevens Repechage ready for kick-off - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- "Final squads confirmed ahead of Olympic Repechage kick-off in Monaco - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- world.rugby (2021-11-13). "BRAZIL AND COLOMBIA QUALIFY FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- "Colombia named their Olympic squad". World Rugby. 13 July 2016.
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