The Olympic Games in Paris officially begin on Friday night with the opening ceremony, but there’s some sports action before that, with both the rugby seven and the football events getting underway on Wednesday.
For the men, the rugby sevens tournament will take place across Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and when the winner takes gold, it will be one of the first gold medals awarded of the games.
Here we have our men’s rugby sevens Olympic preview, looking at the latest odds, format, schedule and everything else you need before Wednesday.
Rugby Sevens Olympic Format
12 men’s teams will take part in the Paris 2024 rugby sevens event.
The men will play their group games and quarter finals on Wednesday and Thursday, before the official start of the Olympics, and then the final games will be played on Saturday, day one inside the official Olympic event, and here we will see who wins the gold medal.
Three pool’s each with four teams, will start things off before we go into a knockout round, where the top eight teams will play in quarter finals, followed by semi finals and at the end, the final.
Final games will determine every single position, so at the end of the tournament, the 12 teams will be ranked 1-12 based on their results, with the top three taking the medal positions.
Rugby Sevens Olympics Latest Odds
Here is a look at the latest rugby sevens betting odds for the Paris 2024 Olympics, where we’ve taken an overview from the best betting sites to find the current best odds available on the market.
| Team | Latest Odds |
|---|---|
| France | 5/2 |
| New Zealand | 4/1 |
| Argentina | 4/1 |
| Fiji | 6/1 |
| Ireland | 12/1 |
| Australia | 14/1 |
| South Africa | 20/1 |
| USA | 50/1 |
| Samoa | 150/1 |
| Kenya | 300/1 |
| Uruguay | 300/1 |
| Japan | 500/1 |
*Odds listed are best available and correct as of Monday July 22 at 3pm
Since debut at Rio 2016, both men’s events in the rugby sevens have been won by Fiji, and they will come here looking for the hat trick.
But as fourth favourites, the bookmakers do not see their chances being strong this time around.
France are the host nation, and favourites to win gold in this event, after taking the 2024 world series grand final just a month ago.
Led by Antoine Dupoint, who has switched codes from the 15-a-side game, helped his team win their first world series title in 19 years, and his switch has made a huge impact on how sevens is viewed within France.
A gold medal could take that to even greater heights, and for the sport’s popularity, having this home games could not have come at a better time.
Rugby Sevens Olympic Schedule - Men’s
The men’s rugby sevens tournament at Paris 2024 will take place across three days this week, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
| Date | Rugby Sevens Games |
|---|---|
| 24th July | Group Stage |
| 25th July | Group Stage + Quarter Finals |
| 27th July | Semi Finals + Bronze Medal Game + Gold Medal Game |
Rugby Sevens Betting Offers & Free Bets
Ahead of the rugby sevens Olympic event taking place, we have a range of excellent free bets and betting offers which players can use to bet on Paris 2024.
Check out the list of offers below, which are available with some of the best bookmakers in the UK.
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