South Africa national rugby sevens team
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The South Africa national rugby sevens team is the country’s elite men’s rugby sevens side, renowned on the World Rugby Sevens Series for its speed, skill, and multiple series titles.
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| South Africa national rugby sevens team canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9704027 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: South Africa national rugby sevens team Context triple: [Cecil Afrika, memberOfSportsTeam, South Africa national rugby sevens team]
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South Africa national rugby union team
The South Africa national rugby union team, known as the Springboks, is one of the world’s most successful and historically significant rugby sides, renowned for its physical style of play and multiple Rugby World Cup titles.
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South African Rugby Union
The South African Rugby Union is the national governing body responsible for organizing and overseeing rugby union in South Africa, including its professional teams and competitions.
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C.
New Zealand national rugby sevens team
The New Zealand national rugby sevens team is one of the world’s most successful and dominant rugby sevens sides, renowned for multiple World Series titles and strong performances at major international tournaments.
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South Africa Fed Cup team
The South Africa Fed Cup team is the national women's tennis team that represents South Africa in the international Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) competition.
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South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team, nicknamed Bafana Bafana, represents South Africa in international men's soccer and is known for winning the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations and hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: South Africa national rugby sevens team Target entity description: The South Africa national rugby sevens team is the country’s elite men’s rugby sevens side, renowned on the World Rugby Sevens Series for its speed, skill, and multiple series titles.
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A.
South Africa national rugby union team
The South Africa national rugby union team, known as the Springboks, is one of the world’s most successful and historically significant rugby sides, renowned for its physical style of play and multiple Rugby World Cup titles.
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B.
South African Rugby Union
The South African Rugby Union is the national governing body responsible for organizing and overseeing rugby union in South Africa, including its professional teams and competitions.
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C.
New Zealand national rugby sevens team
The New Zealand national rugby sevens team is one of the world’s most successful and dominant rugby sevens sides, renowned for multiple World Series titles and strong performances at major international tournaments.
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D.
South Africa Fed Cup team
The South Africa Fed Cup team is the national women's tennis team that represents South Africa in the international Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) competition.
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E.
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team, nicknamed Bafana Bafana, represents South Africa in international men's soccer and is known for winning the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations and hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national rugby sevens team
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sports team ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Springbok Sevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competesIn |
Olympic Games rugby sevens tournament
NERFINISHED
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Rugby World Cup Sevens NERFINISHED ⓘ World Rugby Sevens Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confederation | Rugby Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| eliteStatus | top-tier team on World Rugby Sevens Series ⓘ |
| foundedBy | South African Rugby Football Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's team ⓘ |
| governingBody | South African Rugby Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyAbbreviation | SA Rugby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeStadium | Cape Town Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeTournament | South Africa Sevens (World Rugby Sevens Series leg) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Blitzboks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCoach |
Neil Powell
NERFINISHED
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Paul Treu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Branco du Preez
NERFINISHED
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Cecil Afrika NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyle Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Seabelo Senatla NERFINISHED ⓘ Werner Kok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| olympicMedal |
bronze medal at 2016 Summer Olympics
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bronze medal at 2020 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| playsFormat | seven-a-side rugby union ⓘ |
| region | Africa ⓘ |
| represents | South Africa in international rugby sevens ⓘ |
| rival |
England national rugby sevens team
NERFINISHED
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Fiji national rugby sevens team NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand national rugby sevens team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | South Africa Sevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | rugby sevens ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
skillful attacking play
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speed ⓘ |
| teamColors |
gold
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green ⓘ |
| worldCupSevensTitle |
1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens
NERFINISHED
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2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens NERFINISHED ⓘ 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldRugbyMemberUnion | South African Rugby Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldRugbySevensSeriesTitles |
2008–09
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2016–17 ⓘ 2017–18 ⓘ 2021–22 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: South Africa national rugby sevens team Description of subject: The South Africa national rugby sevens team is the country’s elite men’s rugby sevens side, renowned on the World Rugby Sevens Series for its speed, skill, and multiple series titles.
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