Argentina national rugby sevens team

Argentina
UnionArgentine Rugby Union
Emblem(s)Puma
Coach(es)Santiago Gómez Cora
Captain(s)Santiago Álvarez
Most capsSantiago Gómez Cora (61)
Top scorerSantiago Gómez Cora (1,178)
Most triesSantiago Gómez Cora (230)
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances8 (First in 1993)
Best resultRunners-up (2009)
Official website
uar.com.ar/equipos-uar/los-pumas-7s/
Argentina national rugby sevens team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
Rugby Sevens World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2009 Dubai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Mar del Plata Team
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Cali
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Duisburg
Rugby Sevens South American
Gold medal – first place 2006 Asunción
Gold medal – first place 2007 Viña del Mar
Gold medal – first place 2008 Punta del Este
Gold medal – first place 2009 S J dos Campos
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mar del Plata
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bento Gonçalves
Gold medal – first place 2013 Rio de Janeiro
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santa Fe
Gold medal – first place 2019 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 2020 Valparaíso
Silver medal – second place 2012 Rio de Janeiro
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto

The Argentina national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and, beginning in 2016, in the Summer Olympics.

The Argentine rugby sevens team has had some success in the World Rugby Sevens Series, finishing third in 2003-04, and finishing among the top six teams in five out of six seasons from 2003-04 to 2008-09. Argentina won the USA Sevens tournament in 2004 and again in 2009. During its peak, the Argentine team was led by Santiago Gómez Cora, who is ranked all-time first in tries (230), fifth in points (1,178), and third in appearances (61).

Argentina's best finish at the Rugby World Cup Sevens came in 2009, when the team reached the finals and finished as runners up.


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