U.S. Men, Women Rugby Sevens Teams Qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics

The U.S. men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams earned spots in the 2016 Summer Olympics Games by winning first place at a tournament in Cary, North Carolina. The American men won their final 21-5 on Sunday against Canada, taking the automatic Olympic qualifying spot at the 2015 North American Caribbean Rugby Association Championships.

The American women advanced by beating Mexico 88-0 in the final of the two-day tournament, which included nine nations in the men’s competition and eight in the women’s event. The U.S. women had five shutouts in six games at the weekend tournament and outscored opponents 369-5. The seven-person version of rugby will make its Olympic debut at the Rio Games. It will be the first time since 1924 that any version of rugby has been included in an Olympics, and the first time women’s rugby has been played at the Summer Games.