2023 RAN Sevens

2023 RAN Sevens
Hosts	Canada
Date	August 19–20; 2023
Nations	7
Final positions
Champions	United States
Runners-up	Canada
Third	Mexico
Series details
Matches played	16
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The 2023 RAN Sevens are a North American rugby sevens tournament for the Rugby Americas North region of World Rugby that took place at the Starlight Stadium, Langford, British Columbia on 19 and 20 August 2023; they were held in Canada for the second time. The defending champions are Jamaica. The winners will earn qualification to the 2024 Olympics. ^[1]

Format

The teams are divided into two round-robin pools and each play matches against their pool opponents. The top two sides in each pool advance to the Cup semi-finals, from which the winners advance to the final / third-place matches.

The remaining teams that did not qualify for the Cup rounds compete in a Plate round-robin pool for fifth to seventh place.

Teams

The six teams competing in British Columbia were: ^{[2] [3]}

•   Barbados
•   Bermuda
•   Canada
•   Jamaica
•   Mexico
•   United States

Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Cayman Islands withdrew before the tournament.

Pool stage

All times in Pacific Time Zone (UTC−07:00)

Legend
Advanced to Cup semi-finals
Advanced to Cup quarter-finals

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Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	102	0	102	6
Mexico	2	1	0	1	35	47	–12	4
Bermuda	2	0	0	2	7	97	–90	2

August 19	Mexico	35–7	Bermuda	Starlight Stadium
10:30

August 19	United States	62–0	Bermuda	Starlight Stadium
13:14

August 19	Mexico	0–40	United States	Starlight Stadium
15:58

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	2	2	0	0	59	12	47	6
Jamaica	2	1	0	1	41	21	20	4
Barbados	2	0	0	2	0	67	–67	2

August 19	Jamaica	29–0	Barbados	Starlight Stadium
11:14

August 19	Canada	38–0	Barbados	Starlight Stadium
13:58

August 19	Jamaica	12–21	Canada	Starlight Stadium
16:42

Knockout stage

Plate

	Final
	20 August – Starlight Stadium
	Barbados	31
	Bermuda	0

Cup

	Quarter Finals				Semi-finals				Final
					20 August - Starlight Stadium
					Canada	54
	20 August - Starlight Stadium
					Mexico	5
	Mexico	29
									20 August - Starlight Stadium
	Barbados	5
									Canada	14
									United States	24
					20 August - Starlight Stadium
					United States	30
	20 August - Starlight Stadium
					Jamaica	0			Third place
	Jamaica	45
									20 August - Starlight Stadium
	Bermuda	0
									Mexico	10
									Jamaica	7

Standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2024 Olympics
Qualified for the 2024 Repechage

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Mexico
4	Jamaica
5	Barbados
6	Bermuda

References

1. MacKinnon, Carly (2023-03-31). "Canada Named Host Country for the 2023 Rugby Americas North Sevens, Qualification Event for Olympic Games Paris 2024". Rugby Americas North. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
2. MacKinnon, Carly (2023-05-03). "Senior Men's and Women's Teams Announced for 2023 RAN 7s". Rugby Americas North. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
3. MacKinnon, Carly (2023-08-02). "2023 RAN Sevens: Updated Teams, Format, and Event Schedule". Rugby Americas North. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
4. "RAN Sevens | Rugby Americas North".