Cape Town - The Blitzboks have been drawn in the same group as series leaders the USA for this weekend’s Vancouver Sevens.
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South Africa will contest Pool A alongside the USA, winners in Las Vegas this past weekend, Chile and Wales.
The Blitzboks had a tough game against Chile in Las Vegas which ended in a 5-all draw.
The Springbok Sevens side still qualified for the Cup quarter-finals before losing 29-10 to the hosts in Las Vegas.
They also lost 14-12 to Fiji in the fifth-place semi-final.
The winners of Pool A will play the runners-up in Pool D in the Cup quarter-finals, with the Pool A second-placed side facing the Pool D victors.
Pools for the Vancouver Sevens on March 9-10:
Pool A
USA, South Africa, Chile, Wales
Pool B
Samoa, Fiji, Kenya, Canada
Pool C
New Zealand, Australia, Spain, France
Pool D
England, Argentina, Scotland, Japan
The South Africans are currently fifth on the World Rugby Sevens Series standings, 31 points behind leaders USA.Pool Draw! Here are your pools for the #Canada7s on 9-10 March in Vancouver pic.twitter.com/0qMxpigSkM
— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 4, 2019
After the #USA7s we're exactly halfway through the #HSBC7s series and it's @USARugby who are top of the standings. Top four at the end of the series will gain automatic qualification for #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/UsSiXoc9N7
— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 4, 2019