The tournament runs June 21-23 in Monaco
American superstar Perry Baker, running for a try at a packed Starlight Stadium last August, put a taunting finger to his lip to hush the Canadian crowd. It was fitting because the 24-14 U.S. victory in the final of the men’s rugby sevens North American and Caribbean Olympic qualifier gave the Americans a berth in Paris and greatly muted Canada’s chances of getting to the 2024 Summer Games.
Canada was drawn into Group B with Great Britain, China and Uganda. Pool A consists of South Africa, Chile, Tonga and Mexico and Pool C has Spain, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Brazil. The winner of the tournament, known as the repechage, will earn a spot at the Stade de France this summer as the 12th and final qualifier for the Paris Olympics.
“Today’s pool draw marks an exciting step for the teams aiming to claim their place in Paris and fulfill their Olympic dreams by winning the repechage,” World Rugby vice-chairman John Jeffrey said in a statement. Canada was led by a now-retired veteran core of Victoria’s Connor Braid, former University of Victoria Vikes great Nathan Hirayama and West Vancouver’s Harry Jones in making the quarter-finals of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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