Argentina national rugby sevens team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Argentina women's national rugby sevens team.

Argentina

Union	Argentine Rugby Union
Emblem(s)	Puma
Coach(es)	Santiago Gómez Cora
Captain(s)	Santiago Álvarez
Most caps	Santiago Gómez Cora (61)
Top scorer	Santiago Gómez Cora (1,178)
Most tries	Santiago Gómez Cora (230)
Team kit Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	8 (First in 1993 )
Best result	Runners-up (2009)
Official website
uar.com.ar/equipos-uar/los-pumas-7s/

Argentina national rugby sevens team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	Team
Rugby Sevens World Cup
	2009 Dubai	Team
	2001 Mar del Plata	Team
World Games
	2013 Cali
	2005 Duisburg
Rugby Sevens South American
	2006 Asunción
	2007 Viña del Mar
	2008 Punta del Este
	2009 S J dos Campos
	2010 Mar del Plata
	2011 Bento Gonçalves
	2013 Rio de Janeiro
	2014 Santiago
	2015 Santa Fe
	2019 Santiago
	2020 Valparaíso
	2012 Rio de Janeiro
Pan American Games
	2019 Lima
	2011 Guadalajara
	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.

Tournament history

(*): asterisk indicates a shared placing

Summer Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Quarter-finals	6th	6	3	3	0
2020	Bronze medal match	3rd	6	4	2	0
2024	Quarter-finals	7th	6	3	3	0
Total	Bronze medal match	3/3	18	10	8	0

Olympic Games History
2016	Pool stage	Argentina 17 – 14  United States	Win
	Pool stage	Argentina 14 – 21  Fiji	Loss
	Pool stage	Argentina 31 – 0  Brazil	Win
	Quarter-finals	Argentina 0 – 5  Great Britain	Loss
	5–8th place playoff Semi-final	Argentina 26 – 21  Australia	Win
	5–8th place playoff Fifth place	Argentina 14 – 17  New Zealand	Loss
2020	Pool stage	Argentina 29 – 19  Australia	Win
	Pool stage	Argentina 14 – 35  New Zealand	Loss
	Pool stage	Argentina 56 – 0  South Korea	Win
	Quarter-finals	Argentina 19 – 14  South Africa	Win
	Semi-finals	Argentina 14 – 26  Fiji	Loss
	Bronze medal	Argentina 17 – 12  Great Britain	Win
2024	Pool stage	Argentina 31 – 12  Kenya	Win
	Pool stage	Argentina 28 – 12  Samoa	Win
	Pool stage	Argentina 14 – 22  Australia	Loss
	5th–8th place playoff semi-final	Argentina 12 – 17  New Zealand	Loss
	5th–8th place playoff Seventh place	Argentina 19 – 0  United States	Win
	Quarter-finals	Argentina 14 – 26  France	Loss

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Argentina at the 2018 USA Sevens in San Diego

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Plate final	9	7	5	2	0
1997	Plate quarters	13*	5	2	3	0
2001	Semifinals		7*	5	2	0
2005	Quarterfinal	5*	6	4	2	0
2009	Final		6	5	1	0
2013	Plate semifinal	11*	5	2	3	0
2018	Quarterfinal	5	4	3	1	0
2022	5th Place Final	5	4	3	1	0
Total	0 Titles	8/8	44	29	15	0

Pan American Games

Pan American Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2011	Final		6	5	1	0
2015	Final		6	5	1	0
2019	Final		5	5	0	0
2023	Final		5	5	0	0
Total			17	15	2	0

World Games

World Games a
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2001 [1]	did not participate
2005	Third playoff		5	3	2	0
2009	Third playoff	4	6	4	2	0
2013  [2]	Final		6	5	1	0
Total	0 Titles	3/4	17	12	5	0

World Rugby Sevens Series

Main article: World Rugby Sevens Series

Argentina is a "core team" on the World Rugby Sevens Series. Their best season was the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series, when they finished second.

Key to tournament locations
	Africa and Middle East Asia
	Oceania Europe
	Americas					Argentine event

2010s

Summary for Series XI to XX

World Sevens Series
XI 09–10		XII 10–11	XIII 11–12	XIV 12–13	XV 13–14
	7th* Dubai	9th Dubai	4th Dubai	9th Dubai	5th Dubai
	rd* George	6th George	11th* Port Elizabeth	4th Port Elizabeth	4th Port Elizabeth
	11th* Wellington	7th* Wellington	11th* Wellington	7th* Wellington	7th* Wellington
	rd* Adelaide	6th Adelaide	9th Gold Coast	5th Gold Coast	11th* Gold Coast
	11th* Los Angeles	7th* Las Vegas	6th Las Vegas	6th Las Vegas	7th* Las Vegas
	–	–	–	cancelled† Mar Del Plata	–
	13th* Hong Kong	13th* Hong Kong	6th Hong Kong	13th* Hong Kong	11th* Hong Kong
	–	–	7th* Tokyo	10th Tokyo	13th Tokyo
	6th Edinburgh	11th* Edinburgh	7th* Glasgow	6th Glasgow	10th Glasgow
	rd* London	7th* London	4th London	7th* London	10th London
8/8 62 pts 7th [3]		8/8 38 pts 8th [4]	9/9 92 pts 7th [5]	9/9 84 pts 10th [6]	9/9 75 pts 9th [7]
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012). † World 7s component cancelled due to demands on UAR joining The Rugby Championship.

World Rugby Sevens Series
XVI 14–15		XVII 15–16	XVIII 16–17	XIX 17–18	XX 18–19
	5th Dubai	7th* Dubai	11th* Dubai	11th* Dubai	7th* Dubai
	4th Port Elizabeth	nd Cape Town	10th Cape Town	nd Cape Town	9th Cape Town
	10th Wellington	6th Wellington	5th Wellington	10th Hamilton	11th* Hamilton
	6th Gold Coast	5th Sydney	7th* Sydney	rd Sydney	9th Sydney
	10th Las Vegas	7th* Las Vegas	7th* Las Vegas	nd Las Vegas	4th Las Vegas
	–	7th* Vancouver	6th Vancouver	7th* Vancouver	7th* Vancouver
	7th* Hong Kong	9th Hong Kong	6th Hong Kong	5th Hong Kong	5th Hong Kong
	14th Tokyo	4th Singapore	13th Singapore	14th Singapore	7th* Singapore
	10th Glasgow	4th Paris	9th Paris	9th Paris	7th* Paris
	10th London	6th London	7th* London	11th* London	11th* London
9/9 80 pts 8th [8]		10/10 119 pts 5th	10/10 90 pts 9th	10/10 105 pts 7th	10/10 94 pts 9th
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012). :† World 7s component cancelled

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected to represent Argentina during the 2023–24 SVNS tournament beginning in December 2023.

Note: Caps reflect the total number of SVNS events competed in as of the 2023 Dubai Sevens.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Santiago Álvarez (c)	Forward	(1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 30)	56	Unattached
Luciano González	Forward	(1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)	49	Unattached
Santiago Mare	Forward	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 28)	28	Unattached
Marcos Moneta	Forward	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24)	21	Unattached
Matías Osadczuk	Forward	(1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 27)	36	Unattached
Germán Schulz	Forward	(1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 (age 31)	63	Unattached
Tomás Elizalde	Back	(2000-11-18) 18 November 2000 (age 24)	9	Unattached
Agustín Fraga	Back	(2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 22)	18	Unattached
Matteo Graziano	Back	(2001-07-21) 21 July 2001 (age 23)	14	Unattached
Alejo Lavayén	Back	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 24)	10	Unattached
Joaquín Pellandini	Back	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 25)	12	Unattached
Gastón Revol	Back	(1986-11-26) 26 November 1986 (age 38)	99	Unattached
Tobías Wade	Back	(1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 25)	15	Unattached

Records and statistics

Player records

The following shows leading career Argentina players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Matches played [9] No. Player Matches 1 Gastón Revol 492 2 Germán Schulz 374 3 Santiago Álvarez 310 4 Luciano González 293 5 Franco Sábato 292 6 Nicolás Bruzzone 240 7 Fernando Luna 229 8 Matías Osadczuk 223 9 Santiago Gómez Cora 213 10 Francisco Merello 196

Tries scored [10] No. Player Tries 1 Santiago Gómez Cora 230 2 Luciano González 137 3 Marcos Moneta 129 4 Franco Sábato 128 5 Matías Osadczuk 117 6 Germán Schulz 110 7 Diego Palma 76 8 Lucio López Fleming 71 9 Francisco Merello 65 10 Gastón Revol 62

Points scored [11] No. Player Points 1 Gastón Revol 1,008 2 Luciano González 725 3 Marcos Moneta 651 4 Matías Osadczuk 587 5 Germán Schulz 550 6 Santiago Mare 405 7 Tobias Wade 340 8 Santiago Álvarez 279 9 Agustin Fraga 220 10 Joaquin Pellandini 190

Award winners

The following Argentina Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2004: ^[12]

World Rugby Men's 7s Player of the Year Year Nominees Winners 2004 Lucio López Fleming — 2021 Marcos Moneta Marcos Moneta 2023 Rodrigo Isgró Rodrigo Isgró Marcos Moneta (2)

World Rugby Men's 7s Dream Team Year No. Player 2024 7. Matías Osadczuk

Previous squads

• 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series

1993 RWC7s Squad
Lisandro Arbizu (Belgrano Athl.) Pedro Baraldi (Jockey Club, Rosario) Gonzalo Camardón (Alumni) Fernando del Castillo (Jockey Club, Rosario) Gonzalo García (Duendes) Hernán García Simón (Pueyrredón) Horacio Herrera (Córdoba Athl.) Gustavo Jorge (Pucará) Santiago Mesón (Tucumán R.C.) Martín Terán (Tucumán R.C.) Cristian Viel Temperley (Newman) Coach: Ricardo Paganini Miguel Setién.

1997 RWC7s Squad
Lisandro Arbizu (Belgrano Athl.) Cristian Viel Temperley (Newman) Facundo Soler (Tala) Gonzalo García (Duendes) Pablo Bouza (Duendes) Santiago Phelan (CASI) Leandro Lobrauco (Atlético del Rosario) Gonzalo Camardón (Alumni) Eduardo Simone (Liceo Naval) Marcos Garicoche (CASI) Coach: Bernardo Otaño

2001 RWC7s Squad
Diego Albanese (Grenoble, FFR) Pedro Baraldi (Jockey Club, Rosario) Felipe Contepomi (Bristol, RFU) Ignacio Corleto (Narbonne, FFR) Martín Gaitán (CASI) Francisco Leonelli (La Tablada) José Núñez Piossek (Huirapuca) Santiago Phelan (CASI) Agustín Pichot (Bristol, RFU) Hernán Senillosa (Hindú) Coach: Gonzalo Albarracín.

2005 RWC7s Squad
Francisco Bosch (Hindú Club) Lucas Borges (Pucará) Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (Liceo Naval) Santiago Gomez Cora (Lomas Athletic) Fernando Higgs (Los Tordos) Francisco Leonelli Morey (La Tablada) Lucio López Fleming (SIC) Federico Martín Aramburú (Biarritz Olympique, FFR) Andrés Romagnoli (San Fernando) Martín Schusterman (Plymouth Albion, RFU) Federico Serra Miras (SIC) Coach: Hernán Rouco Oliva

2009 RWC7s Squad

Martín Bustos Moyano (Córdoba Athl.) Dino Tomás Cáceres (Tucumán Lawn Tennis) Gonzalo Camacho (Buenos Aires C&RC) Agustín Figuerola (CASI) Pablo Gómez Cora (Lomas Athletic) Santiago Gomez Cora (Lomas Athletic) Lucas González Amorosino (Pucará) Lucio López Fleming (SIC) Francisco Merello (Regatas Bella Vista) Santiago Piccaluga (Newman) Martín Rodríguez (Atlético del Rosario) Horacio San Martín (Tala) Coach: Duncan Forrester

2014 London Sevens Squad [13]
Martin Chiappesoni Felipe Nougues Fernando Luna Lucas de Vincenzi Nicolas Coronel Diego Palma Ramiro Moyano Franco Sabato Joaquin Cachi Paz Gaston Revol Agustin Cortes Gonzalo Gutierrez Taboada

Tournament wins

Event	Venue	City	Cup
			Winner	Final Score	Runner-up
2004 USA	Home Depot Center	Los Angeles	Argentina	21–12	New Zealand
2009 USA	Petco Park	San Diego	Argentina	19–14	England
2022 Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	Argentina	29–10	Fiji
2023 New Zealand	Waikato Stadium	Hamilton	Argentina	14–12	New Zealand
2023 Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	Argentina	33–21	France
2023 London	Twickenham Stadium	London	Argentina	35–14	Fiji
2023 South Africa	Cape Town Stadium	Cape Town	Argentina	45–12	Australia
2024 Australia	HBF Park	Perth	Argentina	31–5	Australia
2024 Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	Argentina	36–12	New Zealand

Notes

^a Rugby sevens was discontinued at the World Games after 2013 due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.

References

1. "World Games VI – Akita, Japan". Rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
2. "World Games Day 2: Fiji cruise to Gold Medal | Ultimate Rugby Sevens - the Online Home for Everything Rugby 7s". Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
3. "2010 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
4. "2011 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
5. "2012 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
6. "2013 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
7. "2014 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
8. "2015 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
9. "Stats Centre | HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
10. "Stats Centre | HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
11. "Argentina Rugby 7s Team". www.svns.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
12. "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
13. 2014 London Sevens Squad ^[usurped]

External links

• Official website
• WorldRugby profile