With the women’s Sevens starting on August 6, those playing for France and Spain will make a slice of history as they take part in rugby’s first match in the Games for 92 years, while Australia’s game against France will kick start the men’s side of the draw on August 9.
The schedule sees both the men’s and the women’s Sevens teams play their respective side of the tournament across three days with each split into two sessions. The pool stages will take place over three sessions and the knockout stages across the remaining three.
World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said: “We are almost there. Rugby is about to make Olympic history and, after a break of 92 years, the sport is ready to return to the programme at Rio 2016 for what we are hoping will be one of the highlights of these Games.
“Rugby sevens is a fast, thrilling sport that is capturing the imaginations of millions of people around the world and it is exciting to think that millions more fans will be created when the men’s and women’s events are beamed globally to new audiences one month from now.
“With the confirmation of the match schedules, now the players and fans know when each game is taking place and they can prepare accordingly. It really helps to bring the whole thing a little closer and it ramps up the anticipation even more.”
The men’s draw can be found here while the women’s draw can be found here.
