Nice Britain have failed to succeed in the lads’s rugby sevens on the Olympic Video games for the primary time because it made its debut in 2016 after shedding 14-5 to South Africa within the repechage ultimate in Monaco.
The Blitzboks established a 9 level lead on the break after tries from Quewin Nortje and Shilton van Wyk – and GB couldn’t get better after the interval.
Defeat means South Africa declare the one qualification spot from the event as GB, who gained silver at Rio 2016 and misplaced the bronze medal match to Argentina in Tokyo, miss out.
GB had topped their pool and beate Tonga within the quarter-final earlier than overcoming Spain within the final 4.
China gained the ladies’s competitors to hitch GB and 10 different sides in Paris.
Chen Keyi scored two tries of their 24-7 win over Kenya within the ultimate.
GB girls’s workforce have already secured their place at Paris and named their 12-player squad for the event earlier this week.
The Sevens programme on the Video games will happen between 24-30 July on the Stade de France.