Twelve teams qualify for women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
Japan automatically qualifies as host, with the top four teams of the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series securing their spots.
[10] England won the tournament, meaning that Great Britain qualified for the Olympics.
Teams eligible to compete in the tournament included: Rugby Americas North held the 2019 RAN Women's Sevens on 6–7 July 2019 at George Town, Cayman Islands.
[13] Brazil won direct qualification to the Olympics while the second and third placed teams Colombia and Argentina advanced to the final qualifying tournament.