Colombia women's national rugby sevens team
Union | Colombian Rugby Federation | ||
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Nickname(s) | Las tucanes (The toucans) | ||
Coach(es) | Laurent Palau | ||
Captain(s) | Alejandra Betancur | ||
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World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 |
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]
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
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Summer Olympics
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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Placement round | 12th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
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Total | 0 Titles | 1/1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Rugby World Cup Sevens
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
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15th-place Final | 16th | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 1/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Pan American Games
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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5th playoff | 5th equal | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
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Semifinals | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 1/1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
South American Championship
[edit]- 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 (Villa Carlos Paz) - 3rd
- 2018 - 3rd
- 2019 (Lima) - 2nd
- 2019 (Montevideo) - 3rd
- 2020 - 3rd
- 2021 - 2nd
Players
[edit]Previous squad
[edit]The following is the Colombia roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]
Head coach: Laurent Palau
Backs | Forwards | ||
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2 | Nathalie Marchino | 1 | Nicole Acevedo |
4 | Khaterinne Medina | 3 | Alejandra Betancur (c) |
6 | Isabel Romero | 5 | Ana Ramírez |
8 | Solangie Delgado | 7 | Estefanía Ramírez |
9 | Camila Lopera | 10 | Guadalupe López |
11 | Sharon Acevedo | ||
12 | Laura González |
References
[edit]- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ "World Rugby Sevens Repechage ready for kick-off - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ "Final squads confirmed ahead of Olympic Repechage kick-off in Monaco - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ world.rugby (2021-11-13). "BRAZIL AND COLOMBIA QUALIFY FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Colombia named their Olympic squad". World Rugby. 13 July 2016.