The disqualification of Papua New Guineaone of the rivals of the Spanish rugby 7 team in group C of Monaco Olympic Qualifying which will give the last place for Paris 2024, disrupts the schedule planned by Spain for this play-off which, in practice, has been reduced to triple sudden death next Sunday.
The regulations provided for the non-counting of matches in the event of one of the participants withdrawing, so that Spain will play only one match this Fridaywhich is assumed to be a victory over the weak Brazil (3:04 pm), and another on Saturday against Hong Kong (5:02 pm) with very little or nothing at stake, as both teams are set to face each other again in quarter finals.
In this way, the no-points measure for Papua New Guinea’s non-appearance would mean that leaders and runners-up in group C would be the worst of the three groups and finish third and sixth, respectively, in the final table to face each other yes in the quarterfinals, which, a priori, would remove the result of the day before of all importance.
The call from Spain For this tournament to be held in Fontvieille (Monaco), it consists of captain Juanchín Ramos, Paco Cosculluela, Pol Pla, Nicolás Nieto, Manu Moreno, Eduardo López, Alejandro Laforga, Josep Serres, Jaime Manteca, Jeremy Trevithick, Enrique Bolinches , Tobías Sainz -Trápaga and Tiago Romero.
The Spanish coaching staff has to make a ruling before the tournament starts because, unlike what happens in the World Series, there are only twelve registered players. Among the latter is certainly Pol Pla, the leading try scorer in the history of the Spanish ‘sevens’.
The veteran Catalan winger was the only survivor of the squad that won for Spain, at the same Louis II stadium, the right to compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in a similar play-off also played by the current national coach. , Paco Hernández, and where his second coach, Matías Tudela, served as captain.
In addition to Brazil and Hong Kong, the other contenders to qualify for Paris 2024 are South Africa, Chile, Tonga, Mexico (group A) and Great Britain, Uganda, Canada and China (Group B).
In the women’s tournament, which will take place simultaneously at the same facility, Papua New Guinea’s failure leaves group A, which now includes Argentina, Kenya and Samoa, limited; B consists of Hong Kong, Paraguay, Uganda and Jamaica; while China, Poland, Mexico and the Czech Republic will compete in C.
Source: La Verdad
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