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2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
Twelve women's teams were eligible to compete in the repechage tournament, as high placing teams from the six continental Olympic qualification events. Jamaica was a late withdrawal from the tournament due to travel difficulties presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced the number of teams competing to eleven.[4]
France and Russia were the two best teams in the repechage, each going through the tournament undefeated. They claimed the two qualifying berths on offer for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.[2][5]
^Jamaica was a late withdrawal from the tournament due to travel difficulties presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Pool stage
The teams were drawn into three pools with each team playing against all opponents in their own pool.[6] Due to the late withdrawal of Jamaica, all matches involving them were recorded as a bye for their opponents in Pool B.[4][7]
The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed teams on the combined pool standings progressed to the knockout stage.[8] The seedings were based on (a) highest pool placing, then (b) most competition points awarded (for a win, draw or loss) in the respective pool standings, and (c) greatest difference between points scored and conceded across all pool matches played.
With two Olympic places available, the top eight women's teams from the pool stage were seeded into two separate four-team brackets. The winners of each bracket qualified for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.[5][6]