 Colombia's final qualifying match was played against Paraguay who had come in last place in 2015 South American championship Division A.This was the end of the road for Colombia as they gallantly lost this match 39-27.After winning Sudamericano B three times in a row (Apartadó 2014, Lima 2015 and Lima 2016), Sudamérica Rugby promoted Colombia to the top tier of South America, alongside Uruguay, Chile, Brazil and Paraguay, to start in 2018.