The Spanish Rugby 7 team disputes this weekend in Los Angeles (United States) the final stage of world seriesthe world championship of the Olympic modality in which it will aspire to the title with legitimacy in its status as a third head of series.
Spain has only figured behind Argentina and Fiyi in the classification of the regular season, which has consisted of six stages in which the team led by Paco Hernández has added a second place, two third parties, two other rooms and the sixth place in Hong Kong, the worst of the course.
In the tournament that will be held at the Dignity Health Sports Park Angelino, The national team appears in group B with Australia, New Zealand and Fiyi, the three oceanic giantswhile the group is made up of Argentina, France -fensora of the title achieved a year ago in Madrid-, South Africa and Great Britain.
To access the semifinals, Spain must occupy one of the first two places in your groupwhich will be played entirely on the first day with successive clashes against Australia (19.44, in peninsular hours), New Zealand (22.45) and Fiyi (2.13 in the morning of Sunday).
Hernández has summoned fourteen players For the last tournament of the season, so you must make a discard before the first game since you can only register thirteen.
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In the women’s category, the Spanish team, descended by the sudden change of format of the world series adopted by the International Federation, faces the tournament with the purpose of ensuring a place in the second category.
Spain, which in principle had to play permanence in the Dignity Health Sports Park, arrives in the Californian city with the same purpose of finishing among the top four of the promotion, which will allow it to participate in the next campaign in the three reduced format tournaments that will form the Second Division.
If not, however, the team led by Mariví Ribera would still have the opportunity to be repeated for it through the European Championship.
The Pacense coach has convened for this final stage of the course fourteen players, one of which must discard before the debut because only thirteen can be registered.
The aforementioned are Claudia Peña, Iciar Pozo, Marta Fresno, Beatriz Domínguez, Marta Cantabrana, Cecilia Huarte, Denisse Gortazar, Mar Molina, Silvia Morales, Juana Stella, Anne Fernández de Corres, Carmen Miranda, April Camacho and María García Gala.
The competition format is novel, since the eight teams have been divided into two groups whose leaders will be automatically framed in the Second Division next season, the rooms will be discarded and the seconds will be crossed against the third parties to play the promotion to a match.
Spain has been framed in Group B with Colombia, Kenya and Brazil, and will be measured with the first two on Saturday to, predictably, play against the Brazilians the first place in the Sunday day; Argentina, China, South Africa and Ireland make up Group A.
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