2011 Commonwealth Youth Games | Rugby Sewes |Jason Kriel
Rugby sevens at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games
The 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games will be the fourth Commonwealth Youth Games which started in 2000 and will be held on the Isle of Man.
The IV Commonwealth Youth Games, Isle of Man
7 – 13 September 2011
Rugby sevens (details below)
Max athletes per team: 1 x squad of 12
Medals: (gold, silver & bronze) & Plate competitions.
Men: 16 – 18 years of age (athletes born in 1993, 1994 & 1995)
The Rugby sevens competition at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in Douglas, Isle of Man will be held in September 2011 at the The Bowl Stadium.
Competing Teams
A total of 8 teams will compete in this tournament. The host nations Isle of Man and Scotland as hosts of the 2014 Commonwealth Games get automatic entries into the tournament, along with the highest ranked nation of the Commonwealth's six regions (Africa, Americas, Asia, Caribbean, Europe and Oceania).
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | 1 |  Isle of Man |
| Automatic entry | 1 |  Scotland |
| Africa | 1 |  South Africa |
| Americas | 1 |  Canada |
| Asia | 1 |  Sri Lanka |
| Caribbean | 1 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Europe | 1 |  England |
| Oceania | 1 |  Australia |
| Total | 8 |
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Rugby 7s
Rugby 7s made its Commonwealth Games debut at the Kuala Lumpur Games in 1998 and has proved a popular addition to the programme.
Rugby 7s in Glasgow
A concertina version of the traditional Rugby Union game, Rugby 7s is by contrast a fast and furious contest with high point-scoring, hard hits and lung-bursting sprints. The vast majority of the top Rugby 7s nations in the world will be expected at Glasgow 2014.
A total of 42 games will be contested across two days of fierce competition at Ibrox Stadium, as 16 teams battle it out in front of packed audiences striving for the single Glasgow 2014 gold medal.
With Rugby 7s set to make its Olympic Games debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will take on a new focus as the best teams in the Commonwealth look to get an early foothold on the sport across the next decade of competition.
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