Olympic qualification tournaments
The dates and venues for the regional Olympic qualification tournaments have been announced.
Published by John Birch, May 1st, 2015
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Wesummaried the complexitiesof the Olympic qualification process back in February. Brazil have already qualified, and four more teams will also book a place in Rio from the World Series. Today World Rugby confirmed the dates and venues for the six regional tournaments from which a further six teams will qualify for the Games.
It was also announced that the tournament to decide the 12th and final qualifer will be held in June 2016 at a venue to be announced at the end of this year.
Teams that have so far qualified for the World Repecharge are: Argentina, Ireland, Russia, Spain and Venezuela.