The Fiji Men’s 7s team has been pooled with Great Britain, hosts Japan and Olympic debutants Canada in Pool B of the Tokyo Olympics 7s next month.
Fiji defeated 43-7 in the Gold Medal finale at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Pool A features New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, and Olympic debutants Korea. In Pool C, are South Africa who finished as bronze medallists in Rio, USA, Kenya and Ireland who are also making their Olympic debut.
In the women’s competition, the Fijiana are grouped in Pool B alongside Canada, France and Brazil. Pool C has Olympic champions Australia, USA, China and hosts Japan. In Pool A are New Zealand, Russia, Great Britain and Kenya.
The men’s competition will take place from 26-28 July, with the women’s tournament following on 29-31 July with the gold medal match happening on ‘Super Saturday’. All the action will take place at Tokyo Stadium, which was the venue for the opening match of Rugby World Cup 2019.
