Tournament Basics

  • 68 total matches between July 24-30 with no matches on July 26 (Opening Ceremony)
  • 12 teams will compete
  • Three pools of four teams
  • Top two teams in each pool advance as well as the next two overall finishers
  • Teams that don’t advance will play for 9th-12th place
  • Each team will play 5 or 6 matches
  • A match can end in a tie in pool play

Men's Pool

 

Pool A Pool B Pool C
Ireland Argentina Fiji
Japan Australia France
New Zealand Kenya Uruguay
South Africa Samoa United States

U.S. Men Fast Facts

  • First match will be July 24 at 10:30 a.m. ET on Peacock
  • Will face Fiji on July 24 at 2:30 p.m. ET on Peacock and USA
  • Finish pool play against Uruguay on July 25 at 9 a.m. ET on Peacock and USA
  • Perry Baker announced he will retire after the Games
  • Kevon Williams will serve as the captain
  • Madison Hughes returns after scoring 32 points in Tokyo (third most among all players); Hughes stepped away from rugby after the 2020 Games but rejoined before the 2023-24 SVNS Series season.
  • The 2024 Games mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. winning gold in 1924, when rugby was played under 15s format
  • The men finished sixth in Tokyo after losing the quarterfinals to Great Britain

Around the World

  • Nine of the 12 teams competing in Paris are returning from Tokyo
  • Samoa and Uruguay are making their Olympic debut
  • After not qualifying for Tokyo, France is expected to contend for the gold medal
  • Argentina won the 2023-24 World Rugby SVNS Series regular season title
  • Fiji will look to defend its back-to-back gold medals