LIVE. Rugby 7s at the 2024 Olympics: at what time can you watch the first match of the Blues? The detailed program

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Schedule of rugby sevens at the 2024 Olympic Games dates

Antoine Dupont and the French rugby 7s team launch the very first events of these Olympic Games.

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14:00 – Some rules about rugby 7s

Rugby 7s is therefore a format with 7 players per team, matches of two halves of 7 minutes each, on a rugby field of the same dimensions as in rugby union. Five changes are possible and the player profiles are obviously not the same.

1:00 p.m. – Which group are the Blues in?

Antoine Dupont’s France is in a tough group with the United States, Uruguay, but above all the Fiji team, quite simply the Olympic champions of Tokyo in 2021.

12:00 – France launches its tournament

The French rugby 7s team begins its Olympic tournament this Wednesday, July 24 with the very first match of the group stage against the United States, at 4:30 p.m., at the Stade de France before a second match against Uruguay at 8 p.m.

Rugby 7s is a recent discipline of the Summer Games. Having arrived in 2016, the Olympic tournament in Paris will be the third edition. Rugby 7s is played on the same field as rugby union, and consequently the spaces are much larger. With two halves of seven minutes, the match is also much shorter.

In the last Olympics, Fiji dominated the men’s tournament, winning both gold medals. In the women’s event, Australia won the gold medal in 2016, while New Zealand were Olympic champions in 2021. The French won the silver medal.

For the Paris Games, the two French teams are aiming for the gold medal. To do so, the French, currently the third-ranked nation in the world, will have to beat the Australians and New Zealanders, the tournament favourites. On the men’s side, the team can count on the support of none other than Antoine Dupont. The scrum-half of the French XV has already participated in several tournaments with the VII, with the key being the first success of the French team since 2005 during the round in Los Angeles. So all hopes are allowed. But be careful because France could be eliminated before the opening ceremony. “We try not to think about it at all,” sighs captain Paulin Riva. “Clearly, we don’t want to find ourselves in that situation, even if it’s something that could happen and that we’ll have to deal with. Above all, we want to start very strong and take advantage of this enthusiasm that promises to be extraordinary against the United States.”

When are the Olympic rugby sevens events?

The men’s rugby sevens tournament will be played from 24 to 27 July 2024, while the women’s tournament will be played from 28 to 30 July 2024.

Where will the rugby sevens events take place?

The rugby sevens events will be played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis

The detailed calendar

Men

Wednesday July 24

  • 3:30 p.m.: Australia – Samoa, men, pool B
  • 4:00 p.m.: Argentina – Kenya, men, group B
  • 4:30 p.m.: France – United States of America, men, group C
  • 5:00 p.m.: Fiji – Uruguay, men, group C
  • 5:30 p.m.: Ireland – South Africa, men, pool A
  • 6:00 p.m.: New Zealand – Japan, men, pool A
  • 7:00 p.m.: Australia – Kenya, men, pool B
  • 7:30 p.m.: Argentina – Samoa, men, group B
  • 8:00 p.m.: France – Uruguay, men, group C
  • 8:30 p.m.: Fiji – United States of America, men, pool C
  • 9:00 p.m.: Ireland – Japan, men, pool A
  • 9:30 p.m.: New Zealand – South Africa, men, pool A

Thursday July 25

  • 2:00 p.m.: Samoa – Kenya, men, pool B
  • 2:30 p.m.: Argentina – Australia, men, group B
  • 3:00 p.m.: United States of America – Uruguay, men, pool C
  • 3:30 p.m.: Fiji – France, men, group C
  • 4:00 p.m.: South Africa – Japan, men, pool A
  • 4:30 p.m.: New Zealand – Ireland, men, pool A
  • 8:00 p.m.: places 9-12, men
  • 8:30 p.m.: seats 9-12, men
  • 9:00 p.m.: quarter-final, men
  • 9:30 p.m.: quarter-final, men
  • 10:00 p.m.: quarter-final, men
  • 10:30 p.m.: quarter-final, men

Saturday July 27

  • 2:30 p.m.: places 5-8, men
  • 3:00 p.m.: places 5-8, men
  • 3:30 p.m.: semi-final, men
  • 4:00 p.m.: semi-final, men
  • 4:30 p.m.: places 11-12, men
  • 5:00 p.m.: places 9-10, men
  • 6:00 p.m.: places 7-8, men
  • 6:30 p.m.: places 5-6, men
  • 7:00 p.m.: Bronze medal final, men
  • 7:45 p.m.: Men’s gold medal final

Women

Sunday July 28

  • 3:30 p.m.: Ireland – Great Britain, women, pool B
  • 4:00 p.m.: Australia – South Africa, women, pool B
  • 4:30 p.m.: United States of America – Japan, women, pool C
  • 5:00 p.m.: France – Brazil, women, group C
  • 5:30 p.m.: Fiji – Canada, women, group A
  • 6:00 p.m.: New Zealand – People’s Republic of China, Women, Pool A
  • 7:00 p.m.: Ireland – South Africa, women, pool B
  • 7:30 p.m.: Australia – Great Britain, women, pool B
  • 8:00 p.m.: United States of America – Brazil, women, group C
  • 8:30 p.m.: France – Japan, women, group C
  • 9:00 p.m.: Fiji – People’s Republic of China, Women, Pool A
  • 9:30 p.m.: New Zealand – Canada, women, group A

Monday July 29

  • 2:00 p.m.: Great Britain – South Africa, women, pool B
  • 2:30 p.m.: Australia – Ireland, women, pool B
  • 3:00 p.m.: Japan – Brazil, women, group C
  • 3:30 p.m.: France – United States of America, women, group C
  • 4:00 p.m.: Canada – People’s Republic of China, women, pool A
  • 4:30 p.m.: New Zealand – Fiji, women, pool A
  • 8:00 p.m.: seats 9-12, women
  • 8:30 p.m.: seats 9-12, women
  • 9:00 p.m.: quarter-final, women
  • 9:30 p.m.: quarter-final, women
  • 10:00 p.m.: quarter-final, women
  • 10:30 p.m.: quarter-final, women

Tuesday July 30

  • 2:30 p.m.: places 5-8, women
  • 3:00 p.m.: places 5-8, women
  • 3:30 p.m.: semi-finals, women
  • 4:00 p.m.: semi-finals, women
  • 4:30 p.m.: places 11-12, women
  • 5:00 p.m.: places 9-10, women
  • 6:00 p.m.: places 7-8, women
  • 6:30 p.m.: places 5-6, women
  • 7:00 p.m.: Bronze medal final, women
  • 7:45 p.m.: Women’s gold medal final

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