Argentina, ranked 6th, maintains a good position to climb in the next stage of the circuit. The Argentine team will not see action again until 2026: on January 31 and February 1, they will compete in the Singapore Sevens, the third stage of the calendar. The Argentine Pumas 7s concluded their second appearance of the season with a valuable silver medal in the Cape Town Sevens, where they fell in the final to South Africa by a narrow 21-19 score. With this result, the team coached by Santiago Gomez Cora accumulated 24 points and secured the 6th position in the World Circuit Rankings 2025/2026. According to the analysis of the Argentine News Agency, the national team showed a clear recovery compared to their debut in Dubai, a stage in which they were unable to reach the podium. Thus, Argentina is behind South Africa, Fiji, New Zealand, France, and Australia in a standings table that, as is customary, awards 20 points to the champion, 18 to the runner-up, and 16 to the third-place finisher, while positions from fourth to eighth distribute between 14 and 6 points. The competition in Cape Town also allowed for the observation of the parity among the top-ranked teams. South Africa, Fiji, and New Zealand share the top spot with 32 points, although the local team leads by points difference (+72). There, they will seek to consolidate their growth, add to the top teams again, and get closer to the privileged positions of the circuit. The coaching staff's expectation is to use the long break to adjust physical and tactical details for a season that, as every year, demands regularity, intensity, and large squads to sustain the pace of international competition.
